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Japanese earthquake / tsunami discussion

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  • #62
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Some of the Pacific Islands have no tsunami alert systems,hope the have got the calls to evacuate to high ground.Alaska has just go tsunami warning.


  • #63
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    Jaysus, just got into work at 8am and have been glued to this since, absolutely terrible stuff to watch.

    So much carnage and destruction, wish anyone in the effected areas the best.


  • #64
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,244 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    Warning of imminent earthquake in Honshu island. Just checked wikipedia there and it says it has a population of 103 million!:eek: that has to be wrong right?


  • #65
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    bbc news are constanly looping a clip of the wave going over fields with a sh¡t lot of debris in it...

    ...kinda curious/concerned how far in land that could have gotten.

    as far as i could see on an image skynews did up showing affected areas... the entire east coast got hit.


  • #66
    Alice Yummy Grenade
    Posts: 0 ✭ Alice Yummy Grenade


    Aljazeera are issuing warnings that Japan have issued warnings of another imminent major earthquake in the same area.


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  • #67
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,244 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    Ok I think I'm confused!!


  • #68
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Another quake warning for northeast island,they really are getting hit hard.Imagine Ireland in the same situation.....not being flippant but we couldn't handle a bit of snow,this would destroy us.
    Red Cross has just announced the wave is now bigger than some Pacific Islands.


  • #69
    Serena Bewildered Mouthpiece
    Posts: 17,381 ✭ Serena Bewildered Mouthpiece


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8__WmvoCtbs


    :(


  • #70
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,244 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    zerks wrote: »
    Another quake warning for northeast island,they really are getting hit hard.Imagine Ireland in the same situation.....not being flippant but we couldn't handle a bit of snow,this would destroy us.
    Red Cross has just announced the wave is now bigger than some Pacific Islands.

    Couldnt have said it better - really puts things into perspective in a big way.


  • #71
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    red cross saying some pacific islands are in danger of being badly hit and the waves are potentially higher than some of the islands.

    That would be a total disaster. Small island nations would be wiped off the map in minutes.


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  • #72
    Serena Bewildered Mouthpiece
    Posts: 17,381 ✭ Serena Bewildered Mouthpiece


    leahyl wrote: »
    Warning of imminent earthquake in Honshu island. Just checked wikipedia there and it says it has a population of 103 million!:eek: that has to be wrong right?
    Honshu Island is the entire middle of the country so yea, that would be right.


  • #73
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    zerks wrote: »
    Another quake warning for northeast island,they really are getting hit hard.Imagine Ireland in the same situation.....not being flippant but we couldn't handle a bit of snow,this would destroy us.
    Red Cross has just announced the wave is now bigger than some Pacific Islands.

    the main problem with that "bit of snow"... particularly in dublin... a lot of drivers were expecting the councils to provide perfect roads. this does not compare.

    there is no way you can put in a pre-emptive plan for natural disasters like this...


  • #74
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,244 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    Serena Bewildered Mouthpiece wrote: »
    Honshu Island is the entire middle of the country so yea, that would be right.

    Ok that's fine cos there was this guy on the phone with sky news earlier and when that news cane through the news guy asked him if that was a heavily populated area and yer man says "yes but it wouldn't be a big as the other cities like Tokyo"!!! WTF!!! It's the whole area you idiot!!


  • #75
    Konata
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,164 ✭✭✭Konata


    Oh this is awful :(

    Here's hoping that all boardsies currently in Japan (I know of several) are safe and sound.


  • #76
    tallus
    Registered Users Posts: 6,324 ✭✭✭tallus


    Absolutely shocking coverage.. jesus it kind of brings things into perspective.


  • #77
    FTGFOP
    Registered Users Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭FTGFOP


    On one of the live feeds I just watched a ship being swirled around in a vortex like it was a bathtub toy. The scale is hard to grasp.


  • #78
    Agonist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭Agonist


    Sky has that oil refinery explosion on repeat and then replays the same wave. Pile of crap.

    I can't fathom how this will end up, the casualties, the clear up. It's horrific to watch


  • #79
    Mister men
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,487 ✭✭✭Mister men


    If that wave they keep showing on a loop on Sky News is anything to go by there will be huge numbers of dead all around the coastal areas of Japan. Just checked on Wiki and there are millions upon millions living of the eat coast area near the quake. This is horrible simply horrible.


  • #80
    Konata
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,164 ✭✭✭Konata


    Watching the CNN live stream - the Japanese newslady reported 18 confirmed dead!


  • #81
    wyndham
    Registered Users Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭wyndham


    Looking on Google Earth, some of those islands in the Pacific, if the tsunami reaches them, would be obliterated.


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  • #82
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,244 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    It's been confirmed that it's the worst earthquake ever to hit japan. Jesus Christ


  • #83
    Konata
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,164 ✭✭✭Konata


    And the 5th worst earthquake in the world since 1900 :(


  • #84
    O-Deazy
    Registered Users Posts: 187 ✭✭O-Deazy


    Japanese media are confirming 19 dead so far and many more missing.. You have to think this is just the tip of the ice berg :(


  • #85
    Big Daddy Cool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,774 ✭✭✭Big Daddy Cool


    just heard some islands around that area have been swallowed up by the tsunami, really hope there was'nt a big population on them


  • #86
    ollie1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭ollie1


    The tsunami is going to hit Taiwan in 40 minutes this is horrific :(


  • #87
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,244 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    Konata wrote: »
    And the 5th worst earthquake in the world since 1900 :(

    :eek: Jesus just looking at sky news - showing a diagram of the direction the waves are heading - one looks like it could hit papa new guinea and northern Australia - surely it won't be strong enough by the time it gets there??! I'm scared now. The word apocalyptic springs to mind...:(


  • #88
    Mister men
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,487 ✭✭✭Mister men


    Big Daddy Cool wrote: »
    just heard some islands around that area have been swallowed up by the tsunami, really hope there was'nt a big population on them
    There is a huge population. I'm almost afraid to think of the numbers tbh. Millions living there.:( So sadding. I feel sick to my stomach.


  • #89
    silvervixen84
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 6,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭silvervixen84


    just reading this on my way to work, shocking stuff.


  • #90
    Konata
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,164 ✭✭✭Konata


    I've been planning to go to Japan for the last while, and will probably be spending a college year there in a few years so I've been doing a lot of reading about earthquakes and typhoons and the like.

    I had read that a massive earthquake was due in Japan, that meterologists have been waiting for it for the last few years. Apparently these things are cyclic. Of course, I'm sure everyone hoped it would never happen :( It's so awful to see, especially to this country that I care so much about :(


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  • #91
    Big Daddy Cool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,774 ✭✭✭Big Daddy Cool


    leahyl wrote: »
    :eek: Jesus just looking at sky news - showing a diagram of the direction the waves are heading - one looks like it could hit papa new guinea and northern Australia - surely it won't be strong enough by the time it gets there??! I'm scared now. The word apocalyptic springs to mind...:(

    it should'nt be to strong but who know's, i'm sure it could cause some problems, people in hawaii within a half mile to a mile of the coast have been warned to move to high ground


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