Japan - News/General Discussion

Tu_triky wrote:People would loot your car here if you got a flat tire because of a pot hole.

Ain't it the truth. :sweat:

And we're supposed to be more civilized than anyone else in the world. :shakehead:

L.A. Times slideshow of damage:http://framework.latimes.com/2011/03/11/earthquake-and-tsunami-hits-japan/#/0

bmwracer wrote:
Ain't it the truth. :sweat:

And we're supposed to be more civilized than anyone else in the world. :shakehead:

"Man makes the money, but money doesn't make the man."

Horrifying and heartbreaking photographs of the devastation in Japan

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/03/earthquake-in-japan/100022/

Tu_triky wrote:Horrifying and heartbreaking photographs of the devastation in Japan

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/03/earthquake-in-japan/100022/

The fires remind me of Northridge 1993... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
The fires remind me of Northridge 1993... :sweat:

Dude the footage is crazy. I just saw a clip filmed inside an office....the shaking went out for fuggin' EVER.

Tu_triky wrote:Dude the footage is crazy. I just saw a clip filmed inside an office....the shaking went out for fuggin' EVER.

Yeah, didn't they say the initial quake lasted for minutes...? :crazy: :shocked:

Casualty totals are growing... :sweat:

One hour ago:
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Police said 200 to 300 bodies were found in the northeastern coastal city of Sendai, the city in Miyagi prefecture, or state, closest to the epicenter. Another 178 were confirmed killed, with 584 missing. Police also said 947 people were injured.
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Condolences to the families of those killed or injured. :(

And now they've had a 6.2 in Niigata!! :sweat:

Not so dramatic but the tsunami arrived in Northern California and wrecked the harbors in Cresent City and Santa Cruz.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/11/national/main20042243.shtml

They are saying the reason the damage was contained was because the tsunami hit at low tide.

Not to minimize the tragedy that hit Japan last night, but I'm amazed at the advances in the "developed" countries. Buildings in Japan built to standards that saved countless lives. Sea Walls with doors that open and close to minimize damage. Warning systems that alerted people to the dangers of the tsunami. TV and radio weather people telling folks from 50 different countries exactly when the waves were going to hit their coasts.

All that stuff that we all but take for granted simply didn't exist when I was a kid.

gaijinmark wrote:And now they've had a 6.2 in Niigata!! :sweat:

Damn.

Japan is getting pummeled. :sweat:

EDIT: And they're still getting ones over 4.5 in the past hour: http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/ :sweat:

Check this guy's reactions during the quake. "Duuude!" Nice crops!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YlEzZvWrQQ

Takoyama wrote:Check this guy's reactions during the quake. "Duuude!" Nice crops!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YlEzZvWrQQ

You know, I was laughing listening to him, but if I were in his place I know I'd be scared shitless!!

^^^It made me chuckle because he sounds like a lot of my friends who live in SoCal. Also, when he said "look at this shit!" (slides door open and camera pans on dank). Honestly, he took it rather mellow. I on the other hand was cursing up a storm.

Takoyama wrote:^^^It made me chuckle because he sounds like a lot of my friends who live in SoCal. Also, when he said "look at this shit!" (slides door open and camera pans on dank). Honestly, he took it rather mellow. I on the other hand was cursing up a storm.

That dood must have took a few rips off his bong because that cat was way too mellow. He hit the doja for sure.

Tu_triky wrote:

That dood must have took a few rips off his bong because that cat was way too mellow. He hit the doja for sure.

Yeah definitely!

Takoyama wrote:

Yeah definitely!

You know!

Thanks for sharing. Pretty funny.

Hope you're okay despite the constant aftershocks, man.

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, didn't they say the initial quake lasted for minutes...? :crazy: :shocked:

Exactly man. :sweat: Dude if I had a bottle next to me I would have been doing shots.

Tu_triky wrote:

Dude the footage is crazy. I just saw a clip filmed inside an office....the shaking went out for fuggin' EVER.

Yeah, it was major intense, and I also watched a few Kobe '95 youtube footages of that quake, major shaker there too!

The news reported that the earthquake caused the earth to speed up its rotation by 1.6 microseconds....

Speed up??? :shocked: :sweat: