8.9 Earthquake Hits Japan....

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  • ShimmyMommy
    ShimmyMommy Posts: 7,505
    this is so horrible :cry: i am very worried about my friend and her family there :cry:
    Lots of love, light and hugs to you all!
  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    Oh my God, watching this is making me physically sick.
    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    this is unbelievable. hopefully nothing teribly horrifying happens with the power plant....
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  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Saw this this morning on the news... yet another monstrous natural disaster.

    I hope the best for all that might be in danger. No deserves to have something like this strike them. :cry:
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
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  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    pearljim wrote:
    I'm trying to reach some relatives via e-mail but nothing.....Most of mine are in southwest Japan but a few cousins are near Tokyo.

    Fingers crossed :(
    I wish the best for your relatives and hope you hear back from them soon. :)
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Looks like Hawaii escaped major damage.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_re_us/us_japan_earthquake_pacific
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  • PearlOfAGirl
    PearlOfAGirl Posts: 15,993
    Complete devastation, and it's getting worse... the videos and pictures on the news are unbelievable! :(

    Wish you were here...
    ♥~RIP Dad
  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    I've been watching the news since 3:30 this morning, what a horrible day.
  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    HeartShapedBox wrote:
    The US West Coast is bracing for a Tsunami!!! My heart goes out to all those people in Japan and Hawaii... :(

    I'm thinking Hawaii, and us on the west coast avoided any issues.

    That said, don't think I wasn't thinking about a surge of water coming into San Francisco Bay as I took the train through the transbay tube (from SF to East Bay) just before 8 am this morning.

    Can't be said enough, thoughts to all in Japan and elsewhere in the east that are going through some horrible times.
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  • pearljim
    pearljim Posts: 1,312
    Thank you.
    dcfaithful wrote:
    pearljim wrote:
    I'm trying to reach some relatives via e-mail but nothing.....Most of mine are in southwest Japan but a few cousins are near Tokyo.

    Fingers crossed :(
    I wish the best for your relatives and hope you hear back from them soon. :)
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  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Good vibes to all those effected by this earthquake/tsunami; I couldnt imagine. These images and videos on the news are jaw dropping. Much respect to the all-might mother nature.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    the thing that struck me this morning while watching this was from lucy jones at caltech:

    Jones said the earthquake must have been caused on a very long fault – at least 300 or 400 miles long.

    that just blows my mind...also that the force of the quake was equal to 350 megatons of explosives
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,168
    josevolution wrote:
    Damm the destruction is massive prayers for everyone affected . damm i hope Getright family is ok he is married to a Japanese woman and he travels to japan often ....
    He hey Jose, thanks for thoughts and the call this morning.
    Everyone one is just fine and taking a very deep breath that this tsunami did not hit Tokyo.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Get_Right wrote:
    josevolution wrote:
    Damm the destruction is massive prayers for everyone affected . damm i hope Getright family is ok he is married to a Japanese woman and he travels to japan often ....
    He hey Jose, thanks for thoughts and the call this morning.
    Everyone one is just fine and taking a very deep breath that this tsunami did not hit Tokyo.

    good to hear
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,814
    Get_Right wrote:
    josevolution wrote:
    Damm the destruction is massive prayers for everyone affected . damm i hope Getright family is ok he is married to a Japanese woman and he travels to japan often ....
    He hey Jose, thanks for thoughts and the call this morning.
    Everyone one is just fine and taking a very deep breath that this tsunami did not hit Tokyo.

    Ok yeah no biggie i immediatly thought of you glad to hear good news coming from your end ....
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    jimed14 wrote:
    HeartShapedBox wrote:
    The US West Coast is bracing for a Tsunami!!! My heart goes out to all those people in Japan and Hawaii... :(

    I'm thinking Hawaii, and us on the west coast avoided any issues.

    That said, don't think I wasn't thinking about a surge of water coming into San Francisco Bay as I took the train through the transbay tube (from SF to East Bay) just before 8 am this morning.

    Can't be said enough, thoughts to all in Japan and elsewhere in the east that are going through some horrible times.
    It was a trip seeing the emergency broadcast thing late last nite about a tsunami warning here! I live right on the edge of the bay but glad that nothing has happened here.

    It is heartbreaking to see what is happening in Japan. And apparently the earthquake lasted 4 MINUTES? The one we had here in '89 was like 10 seconds and it felt like an eternity. To experience an 8.9 for that long, those people must have felt liek they were going to die :( so scary.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    It is heartbreaking to see what is happening in Japan. And apparently the earthquake lasted 4 MINUTES? The one we had here in '89 was like 10 seconds and it felt like an eternity. To experience an 8.9 for that long, those people must have felt liek they were going to die :( so scary.

    the northridge quake was like 6 seconds and it seemed like 6 minutes...it's incomprehensible to me to ride out a quake that lasts 5 minutes
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    I have been trying to phone my dad (not in japan) but he's not picking up so i'm not sure what the status is on my family...

    I went to sleep for a few hours after being up til 4am and it feels like i woke up to an even worse situation :(
    I also woke up to a locked thread on the MT train about this... derailed by someone i'm not entirely surprised at.

    Just want to thank everyone in here and everyone in here who also has family and friends over there thoughts are with you all! ♥

    I'm off to work now...
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  • ShimmyMommy
    ShimmyMommy Posts: 7,505
    haffajappa wrote:
    I have been trying to phone my dad (not in japan) but he's not picking up so i'm not sure what the status is on my family...

    I went to sleep for a few hours after being up til 4am and it feels like i woke up to an even worse situation :(
    I also woke up to a locked thread on the MT train about this... derailed by someone i'm not entirely surprised at.

    Just want to thank everyone in here and everyone in here who also has family and friends over there thoughts are with you all! ♥

    I'm off to work now...

    :cry::cry: hugs for you
    Lots of love, light and hugs to you all!

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