Japanese earthquake / tsunami discussion

ollie1 · 11-03-2011 9:29am

FTGFOP wrote: »

holy crap

(recorded video of tsunami wave)[/QUOTE

Thats hard to watch seeing the wave going towards those cars and one car was driving the wrong way and had to turn around

Loomis · 11-03-2011 9:29am

Live BBC coverage here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709598

ollie1 · 11-03-2011 9:31am

leahyl wrote: »

How likely is it that there will be a major tsunami hitting Hawaii? Any experts on here or is there no way of knowing whether it will hit or not?

Heard on the news they said it was going to hit in 2 hours

Mister men · 11-03-2011 9:31am

Oh my fuc kin God. This is shocking. Worries about nuclear plants now.:(

O-Deazy · 11-03-2011 9:31am

Sky are showing some extremely hard coverage.. Just showed moving cars being washed off along with the tsunami! God help them..:(

http://news.sky.com/skynews/

Seaneh · 11-03-2011 9:32am

leahyl wrote: »

How likely is it that there will be a major tsunami hitting Hawaii? Any experts on here or is there no way of knowing whether it will hit or not?

There is no way to know for sure this early.
really is down to luck, lots of factors to come into play in the next few hours.

There's a lot of ocean between the waves and the islands.

I'd be a lot more worried about the smaller lower islands, they could be totally wiped out...

sunflower27 · 11-03-2011 9:32am

The cars in this pic look like toys in a swimming pool bobbing along.

This is heartbreaking. Watching it on CNN and it doesnt seem real.

http://twitpic.com/48dhx6

leahyl · 11-03-2011 9:33am

Seaneh wrote: »

There is no way to know for sure this early.
really is down to luck, lots of factors to come into play in the next few hours.

There's a lot of ocean between the waves and the islands.

I'd be a lot more worried about the smaller lower islands, they could be totally wiped out...

Christ this is awful! Thanks for that response. Just heard there are people being evacuated in Hawaii now

Mister men · 11-03-2011 9:34am

Reports of Kansai international airport completely destroyed.:( This is very very worrying. I am nearly in tears here watching some of these pictures.

cocoshovel · 11-03-2011 9:35am

Been watching on Al Jazeera, NHK world and some Japanese station on Ustream. Its pretty horrible, showing live shots of the wave moving across the land actually watching people in cars driving away getting swallowed up.

Cantona's Collars · 11-03-2011 9:37am

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.

GavRedKing · 11-03-2011 9:44am

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.

leahyl · 11-03-2011 9:49am

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?

Dravokivich · 11-03-2011 9:50am

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.

11-03-2011 9:50am

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

leahyl · 11-03-2011 9:50am

Ok I think I'm confused!!

Cantona's Collars · 11-03-2011 9:51am

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.

11-03-2011 9:53am

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

leahyl · 11-03-2011 9:53am

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.

Seaneh · 11-03-2011 9:54am

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.

11-03-2011 9:55am

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.

Dravokivich · 11-03-2011 9:57am

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...

leahyl · 11-03-2011 9:57am

Deleted User 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!!

Konata · 11-03-2011 9:59am

Oh this is awful

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

tallus · 11-03-2011 10:01am

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

FTGFOP · 11-03-2011 10:01am

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.

Agonist · 11-03-2011 10:01am

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

Mister men · 11-03-2011 10:03am

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.

Konata · 11-03-2011 10:05am

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

wyndham · 11-03-2011 10:05am

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

leahyl · 11-03-2011 10:05am

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

Konata · 11-03-2011 10:07am

And the 5th worst earthquake in the world since 1900

O-Deazy · 11-03-2011 10:08am

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

Big Daddy Cool · 11-03-2011 10:08am

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

ollie1 · 11-03-2011 10:10am

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

leahyl · 11-03-2011 10:10am

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...:(

Mister men · 11-03-2011 10:11am

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.

silvervixen84 · 11-03-2011 10:12am

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

Konata · 11-03-2011 10:13am

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

Big Daddy Cool · 11-03-2011 10:14am

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

leahyl · 11-03-2011 10:15am

Just wondering should the title of this thread be changed to japan earthquake rather than Tokyo earthquake?? It seems other areas of japan have suffered a lot more so maybe just use japan to cover the whole country?

11-03-2011 10:15am

This all seems so surreal...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cCN2STnpi8

Footage of it hitting hand.

ilovesleep · 11-03-2011 10:16am

leahyl wrote: »

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

Horrific!

Any boards.ie users out there?
Anyone with family/friends there?
Thoughts and prayers with them.

Big Daddy Cool · 11-03-2011 10:17am

Mister men wrote: »

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.

ah no are ya serious, terrible terrible stuff

Konata · 11-03-2011 10:17am

leahyl wrote: »

Just wondering should the title of this thread be changed to japan earthquake rather than Tokyo earthquake?? It seems other areas of japan have suffered a lot more so maybe just use japan to cover the whole country?

I agree. The earthquake was actually centered further north of Tokyo - the city of Sendai seems to be the worst affected. Tokyo felt a bad earthquake but it's epicentre wasn't focused there. Apparently Tokyo is suffering more from the halting of transport and power outages etc. than actual death and devastation.

Konata · 11-03-2011 10:19am

ilovesleep wrote: »

Horrific!

Any boards.ie users out there?
Anyone with family/friends there?
Thoughts and prayers with them.

There are several of boards.ie users out there, that I'm aware of anyway. I've come in contact with them via Anime & Manga and the proposed Japanese Culture forum. I remember being surprised by the amount of Irish people living there. I really hope they're all okay.

ollie1 · 11-03-2011 10:20am

Just heard on the news that the tsunami started half an hour after the earthquake happened.

11-03-2011 10:21am

hawaii fire and rescue saying 5-6 ft waves expected. traffic backing up.

Just noticed Google home p[age has tsunami alert on it. fair play.

Konata · 11-03-2011 10:21am

Even the West coast of America is on tsunami warning!

ilovesleep · 11-03-2011 10:21am

Seaneh wrote: »

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.

God!

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