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Japanese earthquake / tsunami discussion

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    #182
    Standard Toaster
    Registered Users Posts: 10,250 ✭✭✭✭Standard Toaster


    Jesus Christ the video feeds coming in, those people trying to drive away from the wave...God help them.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

    http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/11/article-1365229-0D916781000005DC-641_634x613.jpg

    Only 26 confirmed dead, that will surely rise by a huge amount


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    #183
    amacachi
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    Shall myself and the others arguing stop now before we waste more peoples' time on this thread? :)


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    #184
    JerryHandbag
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    Some of those videos are jaw dropping....what the hell are you supposed to do when you're driving along and see a massive wave coming straight at you? Beyond belief.


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    #185
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,316 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    Standard Toaster wrote: »
    Jesus Christ the video feeds coming in, those people trying to drive away from the wave...God help them.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

    http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/11/article-1365229-0D916781000005DC-641_634x613.jpg

    Only 26 confirmed dead, that will surely rise by a huge amount

    Judging from the number of cars swept away and houses inundated along with fires around them I'm assuming it'll get into the thousands anyway.


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    #186
    mgmt
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    Disturbing footage :mad:


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    #187
    amacachi
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    BBC says there's reports of mudslides in some areas while Taiwan looks to be safe at least.


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    #188
    Hogzy
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    Reports on twitter say the Fukushima Nuclear Plant's cooling system has malfunctioned. That could be the more of a threat than the tsunami itself!


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    #189
    mike65
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    Some of the low lying islands in the "south" Pacific could be totally overwhelemd. 100% loss of life.


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    #190
    Big Daddy Cool
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    think i just heard western american coastline tsunami alert downgraded to a warning


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    #191
    mgmt
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    Hogzy wrote: »
    Reports on twitter say the Fukushima Nuclear Plant's cooling system has malfunctioned. That could be the more of a threat than the tsunami itself!

    focking hell


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    #192
    Wibbs
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    Terrible images coming from Japan. As has been said before the Japanese will recover and fast too. One of the most resilient cultures on earth. Very very sad. The loss of life is going to be pretty huge I imagine. I hope that nuclear plant gets made safe and soon.


    mike65 wrote: »
    btw that Portugal volcano was not a joke on my part, its happened before 1755

    http://geology.com/noaa/atlantic-ocean-tsunami/atlantic-ocean-tsunami-lisbon.jpg
    It's not another Portugal earthquake that would be the problem(except to Portugal. The last one flattened Lisbon). You're referring to one half of one of the Canary islands that will sooner or later slump into the atlantic, causing an unreal wave. Up to 100 metres.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    #193
    snubbleste
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    Hogzy wrote: »
    Reports on twitter say the Fukushima Nuclear Plant's cooling system has malfunctioned. That could be the more of a threat than the tsunami itself!

    What an apt name for a malfunctioning nuclear power plant, I presume it's located near Shima?


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    #194
    [Deleted User]
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    Just saw a clip of a man in japan holding onto an eldery gentleman, looked like his father maybe. Just looked so poignant. The son protecting his father.


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    #195
    Hogzy
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    What an apt name for a malfunctioning nuclear power plant

    ?


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    #196
    me-skywalker
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    Wish could go over and help with the recovery.
    Hopefully there's not too many deaths. Was hoping to go back this year. Fantastic coutnry and an amazing race of people. Looks like Ill have to wait till next year unless that Euromillions has my name on it.


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    #197
    amacachi
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    mike65 wrote: »
    Some of the low lying islands in the "south" Pacific could be totally overwhelemd. 100% loss of life.

    Looked like it could've happened after the Chilean earthquake and didn't, would be horrific if it ever did. :(


    Also the 4 nuclear power stations nearest the epicentre have all been shut down successfully. Most of the problems with the other stations will be communications. Everyone needs to rememeber this isn't the USSR, those stations will be extremely safe and will have a massive amount of failsafes, there's little to worry about with them.


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    #198
    Hogzy
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    me-skywalker wrote: »
    Wish could go over and help with the recovery.
    Hopefully there's not too many deaths. Was hoping to go back this year. Fantastic coutnry and an amazing race of people. Looks like Ill have to wait till next year unless that Euromillions has my name on it.

    Its at 32 now but i remember the Boxing Day tsunami went from 20-200-2000 in the space of 5 hours.


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    #199
    Standard Toaster
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    Massive massive earthquake. What's the craic with the natural disasters in recent times

    This earthquake is thousands of times more powerful then the one that hit NZ recently. 6th most powerful in recorded history


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    #200
    Stinicker
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    Having returned from Thailand yesterday and having seen the devastation wrought by the 2004 Tsunami, my blood ran cold just now and I burst into tears, my dear lord those poor poor people.

    I was speaking to a seismologist in Thailand last week from New Zealand and we were discussing the Christchurch quake and he told me they are expecting something massive in the coming year or two as the Christchurch quake was a result of pressure onto the pacific plate being exerted by the North American Plate and Eurasian plate and that the Christchuch earthquake were slippage on the bottom of the plate but that something major would occur at the conjuncture of the Eurasian, Pacific, Filipino and North American plate all of which meet in the vicinity of the Philppines and Japan. The timing was a bit off but he knew his stuff so it seems!


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    #201
    Big Daddy Cool
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    Hogzy wrote: »
    Reports on twitter say the Fukushima Nuclear Plant's cooling system has malfunctioned. That could be the more of a threat than the tsunami itself!

    did the japanese president not say a while ago that all nuclear plants had been shut down and there was no leaks, i think i also heard a fella on sky news say that fire wont damage the nuclear part of that plant


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    #202
    Cantona's Collars
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    4.5 Earthquake has just hit Hawaii,not very strong but certainly won't help to reassure their citizens.


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    #203
    ilovesleep
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    whycliff wrote: »
    It has the potential.

    Haiti Earthquake and Sumatra Tsunami will probably turn out to be worse in terms of death toll, but this may have a far bigger effect on the western world.

    Will this put pressure on the already fragile economic situation in europe and the usa?


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    #204
    Overature
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    "waves 60 miles inland" did anybody see the boat that was 60 miles inland, crazy


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    #205
    gman2k
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    Standard Toaster wrote: »
    Massive massive earthquake. What's the craic with the natural disasters in recent times

    This earthquake is thousands of times more powerful then the one that hit NZ recently. 6th most powerful in recorded history

    Seismologist just on the BBC said that earthquales of the NZ proportion happen on average every three days - just that they are rare to hit large populated areas.
    Reports on the BBC also that there is a fire at a nuclear power plant - source AP


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    #206
    [Deleted User]
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    re the nuclear plant : from breaking news twitter.

    Miyagi prefecture nuclear plant fire update: Smoke seen at building separate from reactor; no reports of radioactive leaks, injuries - AP
    20 minutes ago via breakingnews.com


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    #207
    SeaFields
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    amacachi wrote: »
    Everyone needs to rememeber this isn't the USSR, those stations will be extremely safe and will have a massive amount of failsafes, there's little to worry about with them.

    This is true. I know people think of the horrors of Chernobyl when nuclear power enters any debate. The cause of that disaster was an unauthorised experiment by the scientists working in the Chernobyl plant where they overrode automatic shutdowns in the reactor.


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    #208
    Dcully
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    Overature wrote: »
    "waves 60 miles inland" did anybody see the boat that was 60 miles inland, crazy

    Jesus Christ, is this true?


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    #209
    Hogzy
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    ilovesleep wrote: »
    Will this put pressure on the already fragile economic situation in europe and the usa?

    Probably not the time to think about our economies :mad:


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    #210
    Hogzy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭Hogzy


    Overature wrote: »
    "waves 60 miles inland" did anybody see the boat that was 60 miles inland, crazy

    afaik boats can go on rivers aswell. ;)


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    #211
    amacachi
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    Hogzy wrote: »
    Its at 32 now but i remember the Boxing Day tsunami went from 20-200-2000 in the space of 5 hours.

    I think deaths will be reported more quickly and accurately in Japan though. I'd expect this to get into the thousands but will be a lot lower than 04.


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