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Japanese earthquake / tsunami discussion

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  • #32
    sunflower27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,822 ✭✭✭sunflower27


    Agonist wrote: »
    Did the PM say something about radiation?

    he said he has no information re leaks at this point


  • #33
    sunflower27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,822 ✭✭✭sunflower27


    irish1967 wrote: »
    Tsunami sirens sounding in Honolulu ! Wave expected in 3 hours. Vertical evacuation in place. 3rd floor or above.


    Hawaii has been told to be on tsunami alert from 2am (their time).

    Australia also on alert.


  • #34
    Agonist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭Agonist


    The tsunami is travelling at 800 kph across the Pacific...


  • #35
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,244 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    This is unbelievable lads...it's like the end of the world or something. Those poor people. And now Hawaii too is in danger. Just watching sky news there and that wave of mud crashing through all the farmland. Terrible stuff


  • #36
    Chopperdog 2
    Registered Users Posts: 218 ✭✭Chopperdog 2


    Poor Japan is getting hammered as we speak and sky are giving live reports from Hawaii..... 3,000 miles away!!

    Wave (might) hit Hawaii in 5 hours, if it does.......

    Why all this Hawaii hysteria?

    Come on Sky News, Japan is where the issue is........ May God look after them all.


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  • #37
    ollie1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭ollie1


    leahyl wrote: »
    This is unbelievable lads...it's like the end of the world or something. Those poor people. And now Hawaii too is in danger. Just watching sky news there and that wave of mud crashing through all the farmland. Terrible stuff

    And you could see people just standing on the road and in the cars not knowing that the wave was coming towards them :(


  • #38
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,639 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    Agonist wrote: »
    The tsunami is travelling at 800 kph across the Pacific...

    That has to be s mistype????


  • #39
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Chopperdog 2 wrote: »
    Poor Japan is getting hammered as we speak and sky are giving live reports from Hawaii..... 3,000 miles away!!

    Wave (might) hit Hawaii in 5 hours, if it does.......

    Why all this Hawaii hysteria?

    Come on Sky News, Japan is where the issue is........ May God look after them all.

    Sky News have a contact in Hawaii and this tsunami could hit them hard as it picks up power crossing the Pacific.At least they are doing a better job reporting it than Irish Newscasters-not a mention of it here on the news earlier.


  • #40
    Agonist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭Agonist


    helimachoptor wrote: »
    That has to be s mistype????

    Well no, I heard a reporter saying that. He may have been wrong.


  • #41
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,244 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    ollie1 wrote: »
    And you could see people just standing on the road and in the cars not knowing that the wave was coming towards them :(

    I know and if one person has already been confirmed dead in Tokyo which is hundreds of miles away from the actual epicentre of the quake can you imagine how many people are dead where the main quake was....:(


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  • #42
    Dazza
    Registered Users Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Dazza


    Go to "justin tv " and type in cnn news. They have good coverage. So sad tho


  • #43
    tinofapples
    Registered Users Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭tinofapples


    My younger brother is in Japan on holidays since the weekend :(


  • #44
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,639 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    tinofapples wrote: »
    My younger brother is in Japan on holidays since the weekend :(

    I really hope he's ok


  • #45
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,244 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    tinofapples wrote: »
    My younger brother is in Japan on holidays since the weekend :(

    What part is he in?


  • #46
    Turtwig
    Registered Users Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    sunflower27 wrote: »
    Scary, scary stuff. Remember hearing about this book years ago.

    http://www.amazon.com/Sixty-Seconds-That-Change-World/dp/0283060794

    Kinda OT, but this guy has an excellent youtube channel for explaining sciency stuff. (See his history of the universe stuff.)

    The scariest thing about this quake is I've seen numerous documentaries and reports forewarning this would happen. But now it's happened it's still hard to believe. When you hear about the grave stuff you think it sounds bad but when you see similar scenes on tv.:eek: Scary ****, just hope as many as people get as lucky as possible considering the circumstances.


  • #47
    tinofapples
    Registered Users Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭tinofapples


    leahyl wrote: »
    What part is he in?

    Was at Mount Fuji 22 hrs ago, can't make contact


  • #48
    FTGFOP
    Registered Users Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭FTGFOP


    holy crap

    (recorded video of tsunami wave)


  • #49
    [Deleted User]
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    Fekin hell, girl I was seeing in Philippines just went to the far north coast yesterday and there's a tsunami warning.. Hoping she's ok.


  • #50
    watna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,367 ✭✭✭✭watna


    We're on tsunami warning in NZ as well. Luckily I live up on a hill. Scary stuff.


  • #51
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,244 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    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?


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  • #52
    ollie1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭ollie1


    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 :(


  • #53
    Loomis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,692 ✭✭✭Loomis


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


  • #54
    ollie1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭ollie1


    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


  • #55
    Mister men
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,487 ✭✭✭Mister men


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


  • #56
    O-Deazy
    Registered Users Posts: 187 ✭✭O-Deazy


    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/


  • #57
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    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...


  • #58
    sunflower27
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    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


  • #59
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,244 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    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


  • #60
    Mister men
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,487 ✭✭✭Mister men


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


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  • #61
    cocoshovel
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    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.


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