9.0 Earthquake in Japan

[Diunx]

Glad jbore is alright, the is a british guy called mark speaking on BBC right now don't know if it is cormac's friend, the videos are insane! THERE IS A GIANT FUCKING WHIRPOOL DRAGGING A BOAT!!!! So glad to hear that koji productions is alright.

[Cormacaroni]

The aftershocks keep on coming. They are pretty mild, really - normally we'd all just shrug them off. But today they're all kind of terrifying because you just don't know if they're going to stop, or get worse. 8hrs and counting of this.

Also worried about a diabetic friend who walking home across Tokyo on his own. We can't get hold of him because the phones are down. We get the occasional update on Facebook but no response to our messages.

God only knows what it's like in Sendai. Tokyo basically got off scot-free this time.

[T-Short]

Hope you guys will be able to get some sleep despite the constant aftershocks 

[Cormacaroni]

I think we're all just so fucking wired! This is like 9/11 squared in terms of media saturation and social connectivity. Everyone is trying to keep on top of everything and in touch with everyone else.

Still, there is always whiskey. *swigs*

[Shaka Khan]

Glad everyone is ok. Stay safe.

[Groogrux]

Wow, just got up and saw this.  Glad you guys are alright.

[Himu]

Glad you guys are alright. I have irl friends in Japan and Philippines due to being in the military.

[Mupepe]

Glad to hear J-Bore is okay.  Saw some pictures this morning and man that shit looks crazy.  Stay safe, guys.

[Mr. Gundam]

Any new developments concerning the nuclear reactor?

I saw some of those Tweets, pretty emotional stuff. I can't imagine what the Kobe quake would've been like if we had social networking back then.

The "Tsunami warnings" here in Washington are pretty ridiculous. We might get waves up to 3 feet on the coast. People need to stop freaking out.

[Great Rumbler]

Man, this sounds/looks horrible. 

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Don't wanna derail the thread, but there was actually an anime series from 2009 about a massive earthquake hitting the Tokyo area. But the weird thing it was only an 8.0:

http://myanimelist.net/anime/6211/Tokyo_Magnitude_8.0

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[Cormacaroni]

Any new developments concerning the nuclear reactor?

I saw some of those Tweets, pretty emotional stuff. I can't imagine what the Kobe quake would've been like if we had social networking back then.

The "Tsunami warnings" here in Washington are pretty ridiculous. We might get waves up to 3 feet on the coast. People need to stop freaking out.

just a l'il bit US-centric isn't it

[Himu]

any news on the nuclear reactor?

[Great Rumbler]

[youtube=560,345]sD7_Yv3dV_s[/youtube]

[Himu]

this is scary as fuck

[Mr. Gundam]

Any new developments concerning the nuclear reactor?

I saw some of those Tweets, pretty emotional stuff. I can't imagine what the Kobe quake would've been like if we had social networking back then.

The "Tsunami warnings" here in Washington are pretty ridiculous. We might get waves up to 3 feet on the coast. People need to stop freaking out.

just a l'il bit US-centric isn't it

Oh no! Not at all!

CNN and MSNBC are focusing on Japan as they should, but the local Seattle stations are on TSUNAMI DANGER OMG WARNING when it's nothing to be concerned about.

I was reading Japan Times, they said most of the rail lines in Tokyo are running again, but they weren't very clear about JR. Are those up, too?

Man, this sounds/looks horrible. 

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Don't wanna derail the thread, but there was actually an anime series from 2009 about a massive earthquake hitting the Tokyo area. But the weird thing it was only an 8.0:

http://myanimelist.net/anime/6211/Tokyo_Magnitude_8.0

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I kinda wonder if Irem will delay Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 4 out of respect to the victims.

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[Himu]

Well it's local news so it's expected. It's not like a local Seattle news channel is going to fly out to fucking Japan to report on the quake and tsunamis.

People are worried so they're taking advantage of that.

[Mr. Gundam]

any news on the nuclear reactor?

Apparently all the damages of the primary cooling system will be repaired today and they will go online tomorrow. Backup systems are holding up and if they fail there is diesel generators that can keep up with the cooling process.

The four Japanese nuclear power plants closest to the earthquake have been safely shut down, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told Reuters.

The United States has transported coolant to a Japanese nuclear plant affected by the massive quake and will continue to assist Japan, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said.

"We just had our Air Force assets in Japan transport some really important coolant to one of the nuclear plants. You know Japan is very reliant on nuclear power and they have very high engineering standards, but one of their plants came under a lot of stress with the earthquake and didn't have enough coolant," Clinton said at a meeting of the President's Export Council. 
 

[Mr. Gundam]

Update on the reactors:

No rest at Daiichi power plant. Unit 2 is almost at peak efficiency but now there is enormous pressure build in unit 1. This could end up in radioactive leak. They are doing all they can to lower the pressure but no word how it's going yet.

[Phoenix Dark]

US is rushing coolant support to the nuclear plant. Really really hope they manage to contain any damage

[Smooth Groove]

Can someone find out if Ichirou is safe? 

[Mr. Gundam]

Can someone find out if Ichirou is safe? 

He's in New Zealand.

[Smooth Groove]

I had no idea that Ichi moved but it's nice to hear that he's OK.  Best wishes to everyone still over there.  

[Himu]

Can someone find out if Ichirou is safe? 

He's in New Zealand.

how do i contact him? tell him i want to talk to him!

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Glad everyone is okay.

[Mr. Gundam]

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Distant

Until I hear otherwise, that's totally shopped.

[Purple Filth]

[CajoleJuice]

Just saw this on Twitter:

Recap : 8.9 6.4 6.4 6.8 3.2 7.1 6.3 6.3 5.8 5.9 6.3 6.1 6.1 3.2 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.5 6.2 6.2 6.5 6.1 5.9 5.5 5.4 4.6 5.2 3.3 5.4 2.8 2.5 5.5 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.0 5.4 5.2 2.7 5.5 5.2 6.0 5.6 5.9 5.3 5.5 5.0 3.2 5.1 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.7 6.5 5.8 5.8 5.1 5.5 5.1 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.3 2.5 5.1 5.8 2.5 5.1 5.6 4.9 5.6 5.3 5.2 4.9 5.5 5.2 2.6 5.1 5.4 5.1 5.4 5.8 5.0 6.2 5.6 5.2 4.9 5.4 5.0

Holy shit

[Phoenix Dark]

holy shit it's like an aggregate of Sonic scores

[Shaka Khan]

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Distant

Noooooooooooooooooooo

[Himu]

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omg NO

[Corporal]

Man, I haven't been able to watch any news since this morning. Just started catching up.

Good to see J-Bore is safe. Hang in there, guys.

Still, Japan appears to be holding up quite well, considering the magnitude of the quake and the incessant aftershocks. I really expected far worse than what I'm seeing so far. That's not to say that the chaos and utter destruction isn't bone chilling.

[bork]

Glad everyone is doing okay!  Was worried about Originalz since I saw nothing from him on Facebook, then I checked this thread and saw his post.   

My wife's family are all okay too, but I doubt they got too much out in Ishikawa-Ken anyway. 

[Mr. Gundam]

6.6 earthquake centered in Nagano.

[Mr. Gundam]

And now a separate 6.0 in Tochigi? They can't get a break.

[Shaka Khan]

[Shaka Khan]

There's truth to that, but for some odd reason I wanna slap his smug face, probably because he set his tweets to private. I wanna reply with the NYT link.

[Shaka Khan]

I know, check the edit lol.

[drew]

is akihabara one big sinkhole now, please tell me it is, PLEASE

[etiolate]

Was up till like 3-4am watching this.

All the roads to the beach here are closed. The video makes it look like a strong current, nothing bad. It's pushed some boats around, but that is about it.

edit: Just read the local paper's tsunami advisory online. First comment is "surfs up dude!".

fuckin Santa Cruz

[Himu]

is akihabara one big sinkhole now, please tell me it is, PLEASE

some girl on my fb friends list posted this.

"I hope all my kindred spirits in the Akihabara district are doing well after the earthquake. Much love. I need you to keep taking DS pictures of the cosplay waitresses!"

she is a self proclaimed otaku.

delete from fb friends list? y/n

Look at the responses:

"The world does end with you shibuya.... How ironic would that be?"

"That Gundam Museum better be in tact or Gaia is gonna have to answer to me! I'm not planeteer!"

[Groogrux]

Delete.

[The Sceneman]

is akihabara one big sinkhole now, please tell me it is, PLEASE

some girl on my fb friends list posted this.

"I hope all my kindred spirits in the Akihabara district are doing well after the earthquake. Much love. I need you to keep taking DS pictures of the cosplay waitresses!"

she is a self proclaimed otaku.

delete from fb friends list? y/n

Look at the responses:

"The world does end with you shibuya.... How ironic would that be?"

"That Gundam Museum better be in tact or Gaia is gonna have to answer to me! I'm not planeteer!"

still, I would love to pork an awful nerd woman like that

[Mr. Gundam]

Just got home from work and watching CNN's live coverage of NHK and TV Asahi's feeds. Man, it's horrible.

Screw CNN, here's TBS:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tbstv

is akihabara one big sinkhole now, please tell me it is, PLEASE

some girl on my fb friends list posted this.

"I hope all my kindred spirits in the Akihabara district are doing well after the earthquake. Much love. I need you to keep taking DS pictures of the cosplay waitresses!"

she is a self proclaimed otaku.

delete from fb friends list? y/n

Delete.

[ferrarimanf355]

Damn, I hope everyone's okay.  :'(

[ferrarimanf355]

On a very important note Gizmodo reminds us once again that the Red Cross is a bloodsucking curse that sometimes uses money raised from one catastrophe and uses it for aid in another catastrophe:

http://gizmodo.com/#!5781182/did-your-donation-really-reach-japan-probably-not

Where should I donate, then?

[Mr. Gundam]

You could also donate to World Vision.

[ferrarimanf355]

Oh, okay. Will donate now, then.

[MrSingh]

Had a hell of a ride on the 48th floor of a building when it hit. Wife was at home, on the 28th floor of a building built on reclaimed land in the Tokyo bay area. She said the building swayed so much that the fridge almost fell over. But at the end of it all, the only things that fell over was a coat rack and my PC mouse.

Devastation in northern Japan is heart wrenching though.

[Shaka Khan]

The pictures are really horrifying, especially this one (stolen from Patel's FB). Look at the dude's face, that is the NOT face I'll be making midst an earthquake, I'll tell you that!

When was the last time a quake of this magnitude hit Japan?

On a very important note Gizmodo reminds us once again that the Red Cross is a bloodsucking curse that sometimes uses money raised from one catastrophe and uses it for aid in another catastrophe:

http://gizmodo.com/#!5781182/did-your-donation-really-reach-japan-probably-not

I had to remove the "like" when I realized there's a "Share" button tucked away

[Diunx]

I'n gonna think about my fox hound keychain as a donation to the japanese empire.

[Cormacaroni]

Earth's axis has shifted 10 inches as a result of the quake. Japan's coastline has permanently shifted 2.4 meters.

apparently. Looking outside, it all seems much the same. All my friends seem to have made it home safe at some point in the night (or stayed overnight at work).

[Mr. Gundam]

Earth's axis has shifted 10 inches as a result of the quake. Japan's coastline has permanently shifted 2.4 meters.

apparently. Looking outside, it all seems much the same. All my friends seem to have made it home safe at some point in the night (or stayed overnight at work).

Do you figure it will be back to work as normal on Monday, or will Tokyo take a little longer to get back on it's feet?

[originalz]

Finally made it back home after sleeping on a hard floor in the office!  JR is still screwed so I was stranded in Shinjuku station for awhile, had to take the subway home which is somewhat of an annoying journey as it is, but the lines were super-crowded and the trains were crazy-delayed.  Everything in my apt seems fine, some things shifted around and fell but fortunately my TV is fine.  Worst thing to happen was my razor falling off the table and opening up, covering the floor with hair.  Jar of pickles also fell off from my fridge, but fortunately the glass didn't shatter.  Overall I got off pretty easily.  Bloody crazy what's happening in the north, tho.  Shit looks like 2012 or some high-budget disaster movie.

[Cormacaroni]

A guy I know just put this up - this is pretty much what it was like for us.

[youtube=560,345]#at=97[/youtube]

[Shaka Khan]

Where is your friend's workplace located, cormac? Also how many strong aftershocks followed (is still following?) a big one like this?

And for the people who just turned up safely, again, I'm glad everyone safe and ok.

[CajoleJuice]

Where is your friend's workplace located, cormac? Also how many strong aftershocks followed (is still following?) a big one like this?

Just saw this on Twitter:

Recap : 8.9 6.4 6.4 6.8 3.2 7.1 6.3 6.3 5.8 5.9 6.3 6.1 6.1 3.2 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.5 6.2 6.2 6.5 6.1 5.9 5.5 5.4 4.6 5.2 3.3 5.4 2.8 2.5 5.5 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.0 5.4 5.2 2.7 5.5 5.2 6.0 5.6 5.9 5.3 5.5 5.0 3.2 5.1 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.7 6.5 5.8 5.8 5.1 5.5 5.1 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.3 2.5 5.1 5.8 2.5 5.1 5.6 4.9 5.6 5.3 5.2 4.9 5.5 5.2 2.6 5.1 5.4 5.1 5.4 5.8 5.0 6.2 5.6 5.2 4.9 5.4 5.0

Holy shit

[Cormacaroni]

aftershocks have been more or less constant up til maybe 8am today? haven't really noticed any since. They're not really a big deal for us though, apart from the psychological aspect (at the risk of getting overly technical...they make you shit your pants).

[Bebpo]

Hope things turn around for you guys soon.  When I first saw the reports saying Aomori got hit bad too, I was worried about the few people I still knew from when I lived in Tsugaru, but then I saw it was the east coast and everyone I knew was on the west coast.  Still I can't help feel that some of my students probably migrated east and were caught up in all this

[Groogrux]

A guy I know just put this up - this is pretty much what it was like for us.

[youtube=560,345]#at=97[/youtube]

You have to admire his sense of humor about it all.

[Great Rumbler]

The situation with those nuclear power plants is looking really bad.