Massive earthquake and tsunamis hit Japan

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I've been wondering what on earth they're going to do with all the tonnes of broken cars and so forth. Landfill? Recycling?

I read in one place that they're dumping the debris in a baseball stadium.

In the meantime, baseball games have been told to play in the daytime as night games need too much electricity

 

[Miss Caphat]

quakes can read, and underneath the road it says "tear along the dotted line"

so many answers, I don't know which to believe!

 

[Barking_Mad]

Programme on Channel 4 at 9pm about the earthquake & tsunami.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Programme on Channel 4 at 9pm about the earthquake & tsunami.

Yeah, already got it set to record.

Of all the news videos (as in on the ground reporting) on the internet, I've found Channel 4's among the best.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Programme on Channel 4 at 9pm about the earthquake & tsunami.

Good programme. Bits of footage I've not seen.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Apparently I am in the midst of an earthquake right now here in japan (my first since arriving). You wouldnt know it though. Someone is pointing out a moving calender that looks like I blew on it from the other side of the street. Now everyone is gathered round the TV to find out the magnitude.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Apparently I am in the midst of an earthquake right now here in japan (my first since arriving). You wouldnt know it though. Someone is pointing out a moving calender that looks like I blew on it from the other side of the street. Now everyone is gathered round the TV to find out the magnitude.

Just a tiddler

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?area=asia&lang=eng

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Yeah I have been in ones that feel like a train is running though the living room but nobody bats an eye. Ok time to go now, I cant beleive that I can type because I am drunk on free booze beuyond my wildest dreams. Ja ne atto de ne.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Yeah I have been in ones that feel like a train is running though the living room but nobody bats an eye. Ok time to go now, I cant beleive that I can type because I am drunk on free booze beuyond my wildest dreams. Ja ne atto de ne.

Are you actually going to remember any of your holiday or will you be pissed the whole time?

 

[badlands]

this has probably been posted, but if it hasn't (footage of tsunami)

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/1416681/71a8dbc9/nieuwe_tsunami_footage.html

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

this has probably been posted, but if it hasn't (footage of tsunami)

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/1416681/71a8dbc9/nieuwe_tsunami_footage.html

Don't think it has. Must be new. It's one of the few that actually shows the speed of the water.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Are you actually going to remember any of your holiday or will you be pissed the whole time?

I will be pissed the whole time. My shedule involves meeting people for drinks, band rehearsals with drinks or all night gigs and drinking. When I am not out drinking my in-laws as delightful hoasts force feed me all the booze and food I can cram in my belly.

 

[OneStrike]

A 6.5 shallow quake has triggered a tsunami warning, it is predicted to only be 0.5'metres so hopefully nothing serious.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I will be pissed the whole time. My shedule involves meeting people for drinks, band rehearsals with drinks or all night gigs and drinking. When I am not out drinking my in-laws as delightful hoasts force feed me all the booze and food I can cram in my belly.

Hard life you lead AS

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Hard life you lead AS

As delightful as it seems, by the end of my holidays I am usually pleased not to be drinking.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

As delightful as it seems, by the end of my holidays I am usually pleased not to be drinking.

I'm sure your liver is as well

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Its too early in the morning to be itchy yet. I drunk enough so that it seems like a good idea to open another drink this morning. That feeling is fading fast though.

 

[elbows]

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/82673.html

Dog drifting atop roof rescued off coast of Kesennuma
SENDAI, April 2, Kyodo

A dog was rescued at sea off the coast of Kesennuma on Friday after being found drifting atop a roof believed to have been washed away by the killer tsunami triggered by the March 11 earthquake, Japan Coast Guard officials said.

Coast guard members aboard a helicopter involved in the day's search for those still missing after the disaster found the dog on the roof drifting along some 1.8 kilometers off Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, at around 4 p.m., according to the officials.

Three of the members approached the dog in a lifeboat and rescued it about an hour later after initial rescue operations by the helicopter failed as the dog got away from the roof to lumbers and other debris floating nearby, the officials said.

The dog's blackish collar has no clues about the owner such as address and contact numbers, they said.

The dog was keeping quiet and ate biscuits and sausages on a patrol boat, according to the officials.

 

[elbows]

More on that story:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/04/01/tsunami-dog-japan.html

 

[elbows]

Telegraph has video:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ing-dog-rescued-after-three-weeks-at-sea.html

 

[Barking_Mad]

looks pretty healthy for a dog that's not had fresh water or a decent meal in 3 weeks....im just saying, as a dog owner....

 

[elbows]

Yeah I was skeptical of other stories and that hasnt changed this time around but I thought I would post it anyway.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Some family from miyagi that were right in the thick of it are visiting today.
Yesterday before the gig we had a specail meeting with the manager. They said that if during the gig there was another massive earthquake we should act normal and not upset the customers. Oh and watch our heads.

loooks like hanami is finally here time to get even more pissed than normal.

 

[butchersapron]

Not being funny but is there another one on the way? I.e happening right now? The guardian is reporting it as taking place.

 

[Kanda]

Another quake in Miyagi, 1m Tsunami warning too...

 

[xes]

I got 2 quakes at M7.4 showing on equake, but at the same time, so I'm guessing that's just 1?

 

[FunkyUK]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php

 

[xes]

shit, 2 large ones very close together it is then

 

[pk]

7.4 ?

Fuck.

 

[TopCat]

Is that big?