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SPEEDY MCCREADY
SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,956
edited April 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
I just cant stop watching this news coverage.....

Its so damn sad...
It has put tears in my eyes more than once......
Its just so damned sad.....
Its gonna get worse....nuclear meltdown?? widespread radiation released???


And I just cant stop watching this news coverage.....
Take me piece by piece.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
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  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    It's hard to tear yourself away from the horror of it. I've been mesmerized by the raw video of the tsunami coming in. It's been an awful year for disasters, but this is just relentless with the radiation threat on top of everything else. And then it will be the water borne illnesses... it's just awful.
    15 years of sharks 06/30/08 (MA), 05/17/10 (Boston), 09/03/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/04/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/30/12 (Missoula), 07/19/13 (Wrigley), 10/15/13 (Worcester), 10/16/13 (Worcester), 10/25/13 (Hartford), 12/4/13 (Vancouver), 12/6/13 (Seattle), 6/26/14 (Berlin), 6/28/14 (Stockholm), 10/16/14 (Detroit)
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,956
    It's hard to tear yourself away from the horror of it. I've been mesmerized by the raw video of the tsunami coming in. It's been an awful year for disasters, but this is just relentless with the radiation threat on top of everything else. And then it will be the water borne illnesses... it's just awful.
    This video is just unfuckingreal......

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APEsVeE7FGk
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,823
    http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A ... ml&h=c6f28

    interesting link. Note the wider scope of all quakes at various times the last 24 hours
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  • Fifthelement
    Fifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,965
    Devastating :(
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  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    I wonder how much warning they had that the tsunami was coming. It must have been terrifying to hear those alarms start blaring.
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  • QuarterToTen
    QuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,651
    This video is just unfuckingreal......

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APEsVeE7FGk

    The futility of the faintly wailing siren is so unnerving.

    Heartbreaking.
    Nice shirt.
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,823
    I wonder how much warning they had that the tsunami was coming. It must have been terrifying to hear those alarms start blaring.
    my brother lives in Guam. was on facebook with him friday morning. said the had a warning that got pushed back from 7 to 11. guessing that was pm since we spoke at about 5 our time. he's 14 hours ahead. Havn't heard from him what if any damage occured once it did hit. seemed largely unconcerned. said where he is at is 600 ft above sea level. He's Fire Chief of Andersen AF Base. Well aquainted with disaster response.
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  • Fifthelement
    Fifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,965
    From all the reports, the tsunami hit in the NE not very long after the quake. Within a half hour or less.
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  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    edited March 2011
    From all the reports, the tsunami hit in the NE not very long after the quake. Within a half hour or less.

    Wow. And figure, with the time of day, lots of people were at work. No time to go home and retrieve anything _ or even if you're home, I'm assuming you run like hell.

    The images that really blew me away were the ones showing the surge of debris flowing over fields. The velocity was amazing.

    Edit: Here it is... and there's a vehicle on that road, driving away. I hope they made it.

    http://vimeo.com/groups/35336/videos/20915064
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,956
    From all the reports, the tsunami hit in the NE not very long after the quake. Within a half hour or less.

    Wow. And figure, with the time of day, lots of people were at work. No time to go home and retrieve anything _ or even if you're home, I'm assuming you run like hell.

    The images that really blew me away were the ones showing the surge of debris flowing over fields. The velocity was amazing.
    That tsunami wave was traveling 500mph????

    500MPH!!!!!

    Is that correct???
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Cool Face Ryan
    Cool Face Ryan Posts: 1,254
    Yea, its terrible, but if the US spends 1 fucking dime on them, omfg. Im young, and I dont follow/understand politics much, but Im old enough to know how broke we are, and we got our own damn problems. If the radiation shit affects Hawaii, then deal with Hawaii, not Japan
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  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    manutd3581 wrote:
    Yea, its terrible, but if the US spends 1 fucking dime on them, omfg. Im young, and I dont follow/understand politics much, but Im old enough to know how broke we are, and we got our own damn problems. If the radiation shit affects Hawaii, then deal with Hawaii, not Japan

    Wow. Just wow.
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,823
    manutd3581 wrote:
    Yea, its terrible, but if the US spends 1 fucking dime on them, omfg. Im young, and I dont follow/understand politics much, but Im old enough to know how broke we are, and we got our own damn problems. If the radiation shit affects Hawaii, then deal with Hawaii, not Japan

    Wow. Just wow.
    this explains alot about this statement.
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    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • Cool Face Ryan
    Cool Face Ryan Posts: 1,254
    mickeyrat wrote:
    manutd3581 wrote:
    Yea, its terrible, but if the US spends 1 fucking dime on them, omfg. Im young, and I dont follow/understand politics much, but Im old enough to know how broke we are, and we got our own damn problems. If the radiation shit affects Hawaii, then deal with Hawaii, not Japan

    Wow. Just wow.
    this explains alot about this statement.
    yea, go ahead and tell me how us continuing to help other countries to avert the fact that were $1 trillion bazillion in debt is moving in the right direction. the floor is open, as well as my ears.
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  • m0jorisen
    m0jorisen Posts: 516
    From all the reports, the tsunami hit in the NE not very long after the quake. Within a half hour or less.

    Wow. And figure, with the time of day, lots of people were at work. No time to go home and retrieve anything _ or even if you're home, I'm assuming you run like hell.

    The images that really blew me away were the ones showing the surge of debris flowing over fields. The velocity was amazing.
    That tsunami wave was traveling 500mph????

    500MPH!!!!!

    Is that correct???


    that is correct i heard the same thing
    Had my eyes peeled both wide open, and I got a glimpse
    Of my innocence... got back my inner sense...
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    From all the reports, the tsunami hit in the NE not very long after the quake. Within a half hour or less.

    Wow. And figure, with the time of day, lots of people were at work. No time to go home and retrieve anything _ or even if you're home, I'm assuming you run like hell.

    The images that really blew me away were the ones showing the surge of debris flowing over fields. The velocity was amazing.
    That tsunami wave was traveling 500mph????

    500MPH!!!!!

    Is that correct???

    The wave was moving that fast, not the actual water.
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    manutd3581 wrote:
    Yea, its terrible, but if the US spends 1 fucking dime on them, omfg. Im young, and I dont follow/understand politics much, but Im old enough to know how broke we are, and we got our own damn problems. If the radiation shit affects Hawaii, then deal with Hawaii, not Japan
    People are dieing and you are thinking about money?

    Our deficit ain't shit. I was just thinking how I could help them. In the end money is nothing.


    When the giant Yosemite supervolcano blows and destroys North America, I hope someone comes to our aid. I'd like to think we lend a helping hand regardless of the cost.


    Our country is broke because it is run by morons. Doesn't mean we can't do what we can to help people. Gotta make up for the stupidity somehow.
  • Cool Face Ryan
    Cool Face Ryan Posts: 1,254
    manutd3581 wrote:
    Yea, its terrible, but if the US spends 1 fucking dime on them, omfg. Im young, and I dont follow/understand politics much, but Im old enough to know how broke we are, and we got our own damn problems. If the radiation shit affects Hawaii, then deal with Hawaii, not Japan
    People are dieing and you are thinking about money?

    Our deficit ain't shit. I was just thinking how I could help them. In the end money is nothing.


    When the giant Yosemite supervolcano blows and destroys North America, I hope someone comes to our aid. I'd like to think we lend a helping hand regardless of the cost.


    Our country is broke because it is run by morons. Doesn't mean we can't do what we can to help people. Gotta make up for the stupidity somehow.
    Dont mean to come off as greedy, just seems like this country is always putting aside its problems for others, and for what? Every other country hates us, and when we will need help, who's gonna give it? We would deserve it considering what we've done for other countries, but they'll look at us and say "They're the super power of today, let them handle it."
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  • Nothingman54
    Nothingman54 Posts: 2,251
    Does this mean the price of eggrolls are going up?? First gas now eggrolls. Damn it! Jk. That's some crazy shit. I can't imagine. I thought it was cool that they got the donation thing up really fast. Iv donated.
    I'll be back
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    manutd3581 wrote:
    manutd3581 wrote:
    Yea, its terrible, but if the US spends 1 fucking dime on them, omfg. Im young, and I dont follow/understand politics much, but Im old enough to know how broke we are, and we got our own damn problems. If the radiation shit affects Hawaii, then deal with Hawaii, not Japan
    People are dieing and you are thinking about money?

    Our deficit ain't shit. I was just thinking how I could help them. In the end money is nothing.


    When the giant Yosemite supervolcano blows and destroys North America, I hope someone comes to our aid. I'd like to think we lend a helping hand regardless of the cost.


    Our country is broke because it is run by morons. Doesn't mean we can't do what we can to help people. Gotta make up for the stupidity somehow.
    Dont mean to come off as greedy, just seems like this country is always putting aside its problems for others, and for what? Every other country hates us, and when we will need help, who's gonna give it? We would deserve it considering what we've done for other countries, but they'll look at us and say "They're the super power of today, let them handle it."
    Countries don't like us because as shitty as things might seem here, we have it better than most of the world. The United States is very arrogant. When the shit hits the fan here, I'd like to think the rest of the world will have our backs. Helping other countries the good thing we have going for us.