FCP Bob 1,312 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqi...011/usc0001xgp/Watching CNN and it doesn't look like very much building damage but there have been pictures of a really large Tidal Wave hitting the shore.Hawaii could also be hit by Tidal Waves Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 The video of the Tidal Waves hitting is hard to explain, just devastating to watch. Link to post Share on other sites
Oggmonster 0 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Dammit. Hopefully their preparation saves tens of thousands of lives. This looks terrible. Link to post Share on other sites
vbnautilus 48 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 8.9 is just absurd. Link to post Share on other sites
TwstdWrstr 10 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 An alternate link from AL-Jazeera.http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/Just saw perhaps one of the most disturbing things ive seen on TV, a huge wall of water full of debris coming into that town, there were at least two vans that were driving on the road, they just stopped. Water was behind them, then water in front. The vans were just stuck with no where to go. The water pushed a huge boat right into the roadway, followed by an 18 wheeler along with an unreal amount of debris. I can't fathom the terror the people in the vans experienced.Then the helicopter shot panned away just before the water wall got to them. God be with the people of Japan. Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 8.9 is just absurd.It's something like the 5th or 6th worst of the last Century Link to post Share on other sites
AmScray 355 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 The video of that tidal wave hitting that town was one of the most surreal things ever- probably the most dramatic showing of sudden, natural force I've ever seen; short of a major asteroid strike being caught on tape, I don't think anything will ever surpass it. That was just amazing. Being Japan, I imagine there will be lots of video forthcoming. Over/under on the death toll?Does anyone know the breadth of the destruction? Was it localized or all across Japan? How long before we start seeing some *awesome* Godzilla photoshops? Link to post Share on other sites
Sick Boy 0 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Is anyone else getting a little bit worried with all these natural disasters happening everywhere? Personally Im freaked out, everyday Im reading in the newspapers, Earthquake in Christchurch, earthquake in China, earhquake in Japan, Tsunami in Japan, Tsunami warnings everywhere. Like wtf man, we got a Tsunami warning in New Zealand for christ's sake, thats the last thing we need. I cant remember this scale of worldwide natural disasters happening similtanously on such a scale. Not to mention the shit going down in the Middle East and Africa. This world is fucked, seriously.Maybe 2012 will be the end. Link to post Share on other sites
AmScray 355 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Is anyone else getting a little bit worried with all these natural disasters happening everywhere? Personally Im freaked out, everyday Im reading in the newspapers, Earthquake in Christchurch, earthquake in China, earhquake in Japan, Tsunami in Japan, Tsunami warnings everywhere. Like wtf man, we got a Tsunami warning in New Zealand for christ's sake, thats the last thing we need. I cant remember this scale of worldwide natural disasters happening similtanously on such a scale. Not to mention the shit going down in the Middle East and Africa. This world is fucked, seriously.Maybe 2012 will be the end.You do realize that we've been having earthquakes for a while now, right? I'd say at least 150 years, maybe more.There's even evidence to suggest that they might have had a role in killing off the dinosaurs, a thousand or so years before Jesus roamed the earth. Link to post Share on other sites
ShakeZuma 585 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 gotta wonder about all those tiny pacific islands out there that were directly in the path of this thing. I mean some of those places aren't but like 8 feet above sea level. have to wonder how many inhabited islands out there simply don't exist anymore. Link to post Share on other sites
sandwedge 30 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Amazing. I can't get over the video of the burning pile of debris floating across the ground. Link to post Share on other sites
sandwedge 30 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 An alternate link from AL-Jazeera.http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ I clicked the link. I'm probably on some watch list now. Link to post Share on other sites
r23y 2 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Watching the footage of this.That tsunami is devastating Link to post Share on other sites
GeneralGeeWhiz 0 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 been watching footage. just horrifying. and i live in the bay area and we just got a tsunami warning. so what does everyone do when they hear that? go out to the piers to get a better look. Link to post Share on other sites
KosinTrouble 0 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 been watching footage. just horrifying. and i live in the bay area and we just got a tsunami warning. so what does everyone do when they hear that? go out to the piers to get a better look.Obviously people trying to get a darwin award... Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,752 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 The video of the Tidal Waves hitting is hard to explain, just devastating to watch. An alternate link from AL-Jazeera.http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/Just saw perhaps one of the most disturbing things ive seen on TV, a huge wall of water full of debris coming into that town, there were at least two vans that were driving on the road, they just stopped. Water was behind them, then water in front. The vans were just stuck with no where to go. The water pushed a huge boat right into the roadway, followed by an 18 wheeler along with an unreal amount of debris. I can't fathom the terror the people in the vans experienced.Then the helicopter shot panned away just before the water wall got to them. God be with the people of Japan. The video of that tidal wave hitting that town was one of the most surreal things ever- probably the most dramatic showing of sudden, natural force I've ever seen; short of a major asteroid strike being caught on tape, I don't think anything will ever surpass it. That was just amazing. Being Japan, I imagine there will be lots of video forthcoming. Over/under on the death toll?Does anyone know the breadth of the destruction? Was it localized or all across Japan? How long before we start seeing some *awesome* Godzilla photoshops?Link? Link to post Share on other sites
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brvheart 1,752 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I tried that, but the first like 5 videos I watched didn't have any vans on a road. Link to post Share on other sites
Dubey 1,035 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I think that was a live feed that probably hasn't been captured and posted anywhere yet. Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 I tried that, but the first like 5 videos I watched didn't have any vans on a road.I was watching it live on CNN and BBC Link to post Share on other sites
Skeleton Jelly 2 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I tried that, but the first like 5 videos I watched didn't have any vans on a road.That's still some pretty amazing video. Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,752 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 That's still some pretty amazing video.I agree.I found a good one on the Drudge Report, but it has a lot of the same video as the one you posted...http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-New...ings_In_Capital Link to post Share on other sites
LongLiveYorke 38 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Pictures:http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/m...hits_japan.html Link to post Share on other sites
Skeleton Jelly 2 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Wow Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,752 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Why are Japanese people so weird? I mean, like 40% of the people carry around surgical masks? Really? Link to post Share on other sites
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