Japan's Monster Quake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4w27IczOTk

As you can see in this video, a tsunami is demolishing an entire Japanese airport. Yesterday, an 8.9 earthquake struck Japan and devastated the small nation. The death count is in the hundreds now, and there are still hundreds, maybe thousands of bodies still left undiscovered. This is the worst earthquake on Japanese record. The 8.9 started the tsunami in the Japanese Pacific Coast. The destruction is beyond belief. Also this afternoon there was an 8.4 aftershock. Honestly, I think they should have seen this earthquake coming. This is because I saw on the news they said Japan had "Beforeshocks" at 7.3 or somewhere around that. I also would like to say that the Japanese Prime Minister is very unsmart. He's decided to leave Japan's power plants running. I understand the circumstances, but considering the situation, more damage could be done leaving them online. One plant has already been blown up from what I've heard. But there is a good explanation to these massive quakes. Japan is on three tectonic plates. But who knows. I'm not aware of where the epicenter is yet, but if anyone knows, please do tell us. All I know is that the next victims will be America's West Coast and Hawaii. Leave your comments, concerns, opinions, etc.

Did the video not show up?

Here: YouTube - Raw Video: Tsunami Slams Northeast Japan

Were they hit twice? anyway some of the island i live on (Vancouver Island BC) was evacuated and our water went up 1 foot.

Shit man. I live on the U.S. East Coast so I should be fine. Sorry to hear about that.

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Shit man. I live on the U.S. East Coast so I should be fine. Sorry to hear about that.

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It was just for a tsunami warning. The waves travel here from there so...but nothing hit us. We always get the warnings when big tsunami's hit the Japan area or the middle of the pacific ocean.

Yeah, I've been watching it since around 1AM yesterday. Some scary stuff. Even Hawaii was hit, before I feel back to sleep. It was nothing serious then though.
Stay safe, everyone.

Most of Japan's nukes shut down automatically but one of them is having problems... a while ago there was a large explosion. We have to pray that they get it under control. A chernobyl event in Japan would devastate them and the rest of the world.

My laptop is a Toshiba. He's worried about his family. :(

I think I heard someone died in Hawaii taking pictures of the wave. I live in Vancouver and would have been a bit more worried if Vancouver Island wasn't blocking any dangers.

There was an explosion at one of the Japanese nuclear facilities. The explosion knocked out power and now they are unable to cool down their reactors. They are pumping sea water into it in attempts to cool it down but nobody is able to get close enough to the reactor to make a good assessment of what is going on. 170 000 people were evacuated from nearby areas.

Here are a few news links:
170,000 Evacuated Near Japan Nuclear Plant - News Story - KVIA El Paso
Japan earthquake: Meltdown may be occurring, Japanese nuclear official says - latimes.com

There are Five nuclear reactors in danger of melting down now. The one you heard about is the most dangerous one. These nuclear reactors are built by GM-1 which are designed to be cheap rather than safe. There are 120 of them through out the U.S.A. If these reactors melt down Japan will be mostly OK, instead the radiation will be carried by the jet-stream to the Pacific northwest in 6 days. British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho will be hit the hardest with radioactive fallout. Depending on how many or which reactors melt-down, worst case scenario we are looking at about something about 78% as devastating as Chernobyl was for the Pacific Northwest. So pack up your motorhomes.

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...-100k-to-japan

Please like this on your facebooks! they need 100 000 likes and they give out 100 000 for the disaster.

BTW if someone wants to donate you can call the number

1-800-418-1111

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There are Five nuclear reactors in danger of melting down now. The one you heard about is the most dangerous one. These nuclear reactors are built by GM-1 which are designed to be cheap rather than safe. There are 120 of them through out the U.S.A. If these reactors melt down Japan will be mostly OK, instead the radiation will be carried by the jet-stream to the Pacific northwest in 6 days. British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho will be hit the hardest with radioactive fallout. Depending on how many or which reactors melt-down, worst case scenario we are looking at about something about 78% as devastating as Chernobyl was for the Pacific Northwest. So pack up your motorhomes.

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I guess if that happened you wont hear from me for a while as i'll be evacuated.

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http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...-100k-to-japan

Please like this on your facebooks! they need 100 000 likes and they give out 100 000 for the disaster.

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"I have $100,000 that i am prepared to give in charity to people who have suffered a terrible disaster, but only if you all "like" me! If not enough of you 'like' me then I won't give it and I will keep it for myself!"

Why do people make these pages on facebook? They are sick. It is all bullshit also, these are fake pages. The people who make these facebook pages are just doing it for the thrill of having created a page that becomes popular through their own deception. It is sick and immature. And people fall for it and then they feel good about it as if they helped just by clicking a button. Look it up on Snopes. Every time there is some disaster somebody creates a page like this on facebook and people fall for it. If they have the money, why don't they just give it already? Why are they wasting time making a page on facebook and trying to get 'liked'? And if you want to help, figure that your clicking 'like' is worth a dollar, just donate a dollar.

By the Way, $100,000 american dollars is nothing in Japan and won't pave a city block.

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Originally Posted by Dannon Oneironaut

"I have $100,000 that i am prepared to give in charity to people who have suffered a terrible disaster, but only if you all "like" me! If not enough of you 'like' me then I won't give it and I will keep it for myself!"

Why do people make these pages on facebook? They are sick. It is all bullshit also, these are fake pages. The people who make these facebook pages are just doing it for the thrill of having created a page that becomes popular through their own deception. It is sick and immature. And people fall for it and then they feel good about it as if they helped just by clicking a button. Look it up on Snopes. Every time there is some disaster somebody creates a page like this on facebook and people fall for it. If they have the money, why don't they just give it already? Why are they wasting time making a page on facebook and trying to get 'liked'? And if you want to help, figure that your clicking 'like' is worth a dollar, just donate a dollar.

By the Way, $100,000 american dollars is nothing in Japan and won't pave a city block.

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Well, can't hurt anyway. If it's fake then it's fake, if it's not then we just helped. We don't know if it's fake, either.

Nobody would be evacuated. Due to this jet stream there wouldn't really be anywhere to evacuate to which wouldn't be affected. Our governments would likely hand out iodine pills to the public to counteract the radiation. Japan would definitely be affected. They would probably see rises in cancers for the next couple of decades.

I wasn't aware that there were 5 nuclear reactors in danger of meltdown. It is going to take a long time before things begin to seem even close to 'normal' in Japan once again.

japan is pretty screwed... i feel so bad for them...

By the places i have read (no not cnn....) it sounds like maybe another chernobyl is upon us. I read radioactive materials were released into the atmosphere. Things are getting worse and worse by the day. Also 2 fresh explosions in 2 reactors. Worst case scenerio seems to be happening.

It can't possibly go as wrong as Chernobyl. Chernobyl was a run away fission process, Fukushima is simply decay heat. Sure, there can be a 'meltdown', but in the end, there won't be radioactive debris flying all over the place. One of the reasons Chernobyl went really bad, was the fact that they used tons of water on the reactor elements, resulting in enormous plumes of radioactive steam floating away. The worst case scenario right now, is the reactors melting through the floor and landing in the concrete barrier below them. Here they will be flooded with water and probably left for some hundred years.

Check out these lovely photos from other locations in Japan.

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These fires have been going since the earthquake hit Japan.

That is it on the discussion? I left for a month and so much has happened in Japan since but the conversation about it ended? This is important stuff!

Nothing new happened..?

People tend to forget about these things after a week. It's sad really.

wait, are you implying that if it isn't all over the news, it's still going on?

Yes, let's keep using our energy and resources on talking about splashings and shakings in countries over 1000 kilometers away from us. Maybe we can feel better about our selves that way.

Does anyone know that there's been a 7.1 aftershock within the last few days?

Yeah, I heard that on the news. It was very close to the Fukushima plant, too.

Well, I have family in Japan and they are in denial of the radiation. Last I heard the head of the nuke plant bowed his head and deeply apologized and admitted that the situation was out of control and the only thing left to do was to bury the damn thing. Last I heard they were dumping a bunch of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean and airborne radiation has reached the West Coast of the U.S. and the levels here are higher than the levels of airborne radiation in Japan.

The amounts that have gotten into the air and water are harmless. Sure, it will hurt the immediate area and the situation is incredibly bad, but please look at my post at the previous page. Oil refineries were burning for several days too, releasing tons upon tons of toxic gasses, carbondioxide and ash into the atmosphere. Massive amounts of energy, just burned up into nothingness. The ozone layer will be badly damaged and more people have likely been hurt directly from these incidents, through poisoning and explosions. And nobody talked about it.

Well, thank you for pointing that out. That is more to be sad about. A little here, a little there, it all adds up.