Massive earthquake and tsunamis hit Japan

[xes]

http://twitter.com/W7VOA#

Good little twitter to follow

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Details of the FO helpline number from the BBC site - not sure if it will be any use to people here but thought I'd quote it

"Britain's Foreign Office has now set up a helpline for anyone in the UK worried about friends or relatives in Japan affected by the earthquake and tsunami: 020 7008 0000."

 

[Barking_Mad]

Photos here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709791

 

[aqua]

it's going to be some time before I get the image of those cars losing the race to escape the tsunami out of my head

 

[Steel Icarus]

it's going to be some time before I get the image of those cars losing the race to escape the tsunami out of my head

I missed them, but as I can't not watch the 24 hour footage, I suppose I'll see them at some point.

 

[Barking_Mad]

 

[Dan U]

it's going to be some time before I get the image of those cars losing the race to escape the tsunami out of my head

innit. saw someone running across a field as well trying to escape it

 

[treefrog]

We're on tsunami alert here, been told not to go near the sea tomorrow. That footage of the tsunami rolling over the landscape will haunt me for a while, it's like something out of hell.

Hope everyone's loved ones are safe and well.

 

[aqua]

oh fucking hell

Reuters: Ship carrying 100 people swept away by tsunami off northeastern coast of Japan

 

[QueenOfGoths]

We're on tsunami alert here, been told not to go near the sea tomorrow. That footage of the tsunami rolling over the landscape will haunt me for a while, it's like something out of hell.

Hope everyone's loved ones are safe and well.

That was the footage that really got me too, it just didn't seem real.

 

[wiskey]

it's going to be some time before I get the image of those cars losing the race to escape the tsunami out of my head

sobering stuff to wake up to

 

[treefrog]

That was the footage that really got me too, it just didn't seem real.

And all the huge ships knocked sideways, like something out of a disaster movie. I have never, ever seen anything like it. And I hope never to ever again.

 

[treefrog]

Reports of the tsunami just hitting Midway island, at a height of 8ft.

 

[Barking_Mad]

...

Chief cabinet secretary Yukio Edano says the nuclear power plant in Fukushima developed a mechanical failure in the system needed to cool the reactor after it was shut down in Friday's earthquake.

He said the measure was a precaution and there was no radiation leak at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant. He said the facility was not in immediate danger.

 

[treefrog]

CNN reporting that entire Pacific islands may have been swamped already. Really worried for the families of my students

 

[wiskey]

Reports of the tsunami just hitting Midway island, at a height of 8ft.

wiki doesn't want to tell me their elevation above sea level but I'm guessing its not much

 

[Barking_Mad]

Great graphic of tsunami path

http://magicseaweed.com/Tsunami-Warning--Content/3105/

 

[pk]

I am trying to find out if the damage, and how much damage, extends to Nagoya. I have a friend there, and, at the moment cannot contact her.

Nagoya is fine, don't worry.

 

[N_igma]

Fucking nuts! My mate is working over there, she's ok thank fuck!

 

[treefrog]

NZ warning downgraded, BBC footage of the waves on the sea absolutely gobsmacking.

 

[likesfish]

deathtoll 44 but I guess thats going to skyrocket
theirs some twat on a bridge watching ships and buildings hitting the bridge

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

deathtoll 44 but I guess thats going to skyrocket
theirs some twat on a bridge watching ships and buildings hitting the bridge

The buildings are amazing there. I have been in small earthquakes that would have torn my house here down.

 

[treefrog]

deathtoll 44 but I guess thats going to skyrocket
theirs some twat on a bridge watching ships and buildings hitting the bridge

What else are they going to do? Maybe they're scared to the spot?

 

[aqua]

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

 

[krtek a houby]

Initially couldn't get through to wife's family; phones are fecked but brother in law emailed & all ok, thank feck.

 

[T & P]

Apparently a ship carrying 100 people has been swept by the tsunami

 

[gaijingirl]

the epicentre is where I used to live. Waiting to hear from friends. My ex boyfriend is a fireman/paramedic there.... god really hope they're all ok.

 

[AverageJoe]

Apparently a ship carrying 100 people has been swept by the tsunami

My first thought was that it was the one in the whirlpool film put up earlier.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709856

Thats absolutely terrifying

 

[aqua]

http://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak

 

[weepiper]

Christ, terrifying footage of the tsunami