8.9 Earthquake Hits Japan....

jimed14

For those that are worried, what I'm reading is it's only a tsunami watch for Cali, Oregon and north ... Mexico and South America have a warning.

(and of course, my knucklehead friends are on facebook gearing up to go "tsunami surfing" later ... :? )

haffajappa

jammergirl wrote:

Just got off work, watching live footage now, holy shit...

my dad was born in Japan, I have many relatives over there who I have yet to meet...praying for them now, as well as everyone else...Jesus the footage is absolutely brutal....

I feel for you sister...

Fifthelement

jimed14 wrote:

For those that are worried, what I'm reading is it's only a tsunami watch for Cali, Oregon and north ... Mexico and South America have a warning.

(and of course, my knucklehead friends are on facebook gearing up to go "tsunami surfing" later ... :? )

Thanks for the update.

Cliffy6745

jimed14 wrote:

For those that are worried, what I'm reading is it's only a tsunami watch for Cali, Oregon and north ... Mexico and South America have a warning.

(and of course, my knucklehead friends are on facebook gearing up to go "tsunami surfing" later ... :? )

of course they are. I was wondering if a legit surfer could be dropped on that wave how long they could last since you obviously couldn't get up on a wave moving that fast.

Cliffy6745

8 people confirmed dead, I would imagine that is going to rise pretty damn quickly, unfortunately.

haffajappa

jimed14 wrote:

For those that are worried, what I'm reading is it's only a tsunami watch for Cali, Oregon and north ... Mexico and South America have a warning.

(and of course, my knucklehead friends are on facebook gearing up to go "tsunami surfing" later ... :? )

Vancouver is buffered by Vancouver Island, if there were a tsunami i'm not sure how it would work if it would channel up georgia strait... But Tofino and Ucuelet are equipped with tsunami escape routes.
fifth and vedderfan10 are on the island.. you guys can surf it. when i'm over there i'm up on the mountain anyways... :]

Anyways i don't think it'd amount to much here.

EDIT: I seriously thought you said "Canucklehead"
....haha, thats why i said our vancouver island friends will do the surfing.


carry on.

Fifthelement

Just read on the ticker that an earthquake in China killed 25 and has injured hundreds more :(

Seriously though, has the Apocalypse started? Thousands of dead fish in Cali, birds falling dead from the skies, earthquakes, floods, drought, wars, and other social unrest. It's enough to make you go hmm :think: :wtf:

Cliffy6745

Some of thesse fires are gigantic...

jammergirl

haffajappa wrote:

I feel for you sister...

thanks, thinking of you and yours as well....this is crazy, did anyone see the giant fireball just now on TV at the Tokyo power plant??? shit, I feel so helpless....

free2beme

Fifthelement wrote:

Just read on the ticker that an earthquake in China killed 25 and has injured hundreds more :(

Seriously though, has the Apocalypse started? Thousands of dead fish in Cali, birds falling dead from the skies, earthquakes, floods, drought, wars, and other social unrest. It's enough to make you go hmm :think: :wtf:

must admit I have been thinking along the same lines

haffajappa

jammergirl wrote:

haffajappa wrote:

I feel for you sister...

thanks, thinking of you and yours as well....this is crazy, did anyone see the giant fireball just now on TV at the Tokyo power plant??? shit, I feel so helpless....

ya an oil refinery is on fire...

haffajappa

free2beme wrote:

Fifthelement wrote:

Just read on the ticker that an earthquake in China killed 25 and has injured hundreds more :(

Seriously though, has the Apocalypse started? Thousands of dead fish in Cali, birds falling dead from the skies, earthquakes, floods, drought, wars, and other social unrest. It's enough to make you go hmm :think: :wtf:

must admit I have been thinking along the same lines

i've been thinking it for a while

Fifthelement

haffajappa wrote:

free2beme wrote:

Fifthelement wrote:

Just read on the ticker that an earthquake in China killed 25 and has injured hundreds more :(

Seriously though, has the Apocalypse started? Thousands of dead fish in Cali, birds falling dead from the skies, earthquakes, floods, drought, wars, and other social unrest. It's enough to make you go hmm :think: :wtf:

must admit I have been thinking along the same lines

i've been thinking it for a while

Me too. But I watch Supernatural so I kinda blame that show as last season the storyline was about the Apocalypse :oops: :roll:

haffajappa

fifth they said all of the pacific rim now

Fifthelement

:shock:

I'm listening for sirens or for my husbands' ship to call. I'm sure we'll be fine where we are, but we were planning a trip up to Ukee in the next week or so. Has your dad heard from any family yet? I hope they're all okay.

free2beme

Me too. But I watch Supernatural so I kinda blame that show as last season the storyline was about the Apocalypse :oops: :roll: [/quote]
we started growing our own vegies as preparation! Op-shop is a well known band here in N.Z. the lead singer is a real believer and has started building an ark!

haffajappa

wtf is thaat big swirly thing in the ocean that a ship is headin into :shock:

dimitrispearljam

just wishing the best..im speechless :(

jimed14

Hmm, looks like they upgraded a good portion of the US pacific coast to a tsunami warning ... first wave to hit San Francisco a little after 8 am.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... laska.html

Still think we'll be ok ... but, certainly doesn't make me sleep easy. :?

youngster

Damn. A friend of mine is in the Navy and his ship is deployed right now somewhere in the Pacific near Japan. I know he was in Japan a couple weeks ago. Hope everyone near there is ok.