toblerone3
Grrrrr
So there were people inside those houses being washed away? Do you think they were screaming their heads off inside their own houses being washing away in a giant wave?
Massive earthquake and tsunamis hit Japan
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So there were people inside those houses being washed away? Do you think they were screaming their heads off inside their own houses being washing away in a giant wave?
elbows
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Day has broken in Japan so there are recent and sometimes live images again, only just realised I can get NHK world on freesat. Just seen there PM who is off to see the devastated region and visit the nuclear plant.
Looking at recent earthquake data there really have been a silly number of reasonably strong aftershocks.
Looking at recent earthquake data there really have been a silly number of reasonably strong aftershocks.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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So far the worst seems to be one niece staying over night in a school and my wifes sister being kept working for hours at lawson as people started panic buying nikuman.
Still no word at all from our family in the epicenter, We are going to try ringing again in an hour or so.
toblerone3
Grrrrr
Keep posting. After that call.
T & P
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I was thinking that when I watched the footage of that town being washed away. Sadly I reckon there would have been people inside many of those houses. The thing is, many would have thought it safer to stay- tourists filming the 2004 tsunami were safe in their third floor hotel rooms. But this one simply swept the entire buildings away.
Barking_Mad
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Minnie_the_Minx
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Nah, probably making a nice cup of tea
Minnie_the_Minx
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Not sure what that means in English but glad you've managed to find something out. Hope you get some good news soon
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Lawson is like a 7-11. They all sell worse crap than tesco express. Nikuman is a hot dough bun you buy at the counter for about 50p.
To be fair I love them, but in an earthquake or any kind of disaster all Lawson could offer me would be nihonshu + biru, and maybe (well it is a crisis) cheap Shouchu.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Comfort food in a disaster is good, so don't feel guilty. I quite like the sound of a hot dough bun
Barking_Mad
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Some live pics from NHK here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-g...tream.tv&utm_source=7478107&utm_medium=social
looks pretty bad from the helicopter shots.
Dear god it looks horrific.
looks pretty bad from the helicopter shots.
Dear god it looks horrific.
toblerone3
Grrrrr
You mean there was little warning.
lopsidedbunny
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thanks for the link
Minnie_the_Minx
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quimcunx said:
Nor would I. I'd be most pissed off, assuming I was still alive
Barking_Mad
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there's something oddly symbolic about that large parking lot of cars that is on fire....
lopsidedbunny
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What a lack of petrol? 
Barking_Mad
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Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
The tsunami warning was issued a few minutes after the earthquake. The tsunami itself hit land around 10 minutes later I think
Barking_Mad
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Plumdaff
joy in people
The news earlier stated that Japan got the warning 3 mins after the quake, the rest of the Pacific after 6 mins. However, the tsunami hit after only 10 minutes, giving only 7 minutes for evacuation or even getting the word out.
Barking_Mad
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It would appear their is some volcanic activity.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/2011/03/11/tsunami-russia-moves-11-000-91466-28319479/
From elsewhere
These are in very remote areas.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
The news earlier stated that Japan got the warning 3 mins after the quake, the rest of the Pacific after 6 mins. However, the tsunami hit after only 10 minutes, giving only 7 minutes for evacuation or even getting the word out.
alright, so I was three minutes out
Not much time to do much. I'd imagine your first thought would either be making a mad tear for it, or getting on your mobile and checking on others, not realising how little time you had left
Plumdaff
joy in people
alright, so I was three minutes out
Not much time to do much. I'd imagine your first thought would either be making a mad tear for it, or getting on your mobile and checking on others, not realising how little time you had left
Looking at the pictures, looks like coastal flatlands with no high enough ground nearby you could have got to in so little time, even if you'd known. Horrific
Lots of photos here if that's your cup of tea... http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/massive_earthquake_hits_japan.html
looks grim
looks grim
toblerone3
Grrrrr
lopsidedbunny
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elbows
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Looking at the pictures, looks like coastal flatlands with no high enough ground nearby you could have got to in so little time, even if you'd known. Horrific
Ive been watching the new footage with horror, and comparing it to google map images to learn more about what has been destroyed. Its pretty terrible, but I think it is also possible that the tv images, in a few instances, make things look even worse than they are. There are 2 or 3 locations that NHK world has had overhead images of so far. Looking on google, sometimes there is higher ground not too far away from the centres. And the centres are often very close to the normal coastline so in some of these places the water does not remain quite as far inland as the images may make it look. The place that was all on fire in the dark and looked like hell is an example. One other location that looks pretty flat did appear to have some built up areas where tv now shows nothing, but my vague google map stumblings gave me a little hope that some of the areas were not so built up and were sometimes fields. Im having trouble matching any of the video of the final scenes of devastation with the footage we saw of the tsunami in progress. In any case there isnt much good news around these areas to cling to, I suppose the best news overall was that Tokyo itself didnt suffer more damage.
Barking_Mad
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arclight on Twitter seems a good follow.
T & P
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Just checked the early edition of the morning papers on the Sky website. Some of the tabloids are, as ever, playing the numbers game for the sake of sensationalism. Mirror: 80,000 feared dead. Express: 100,000 
On a positive note, Sky just said a boat that was swept by the wave has been located and all 81 passengers are alive and have been rescued. Presumably it's the one reported through the day as missing.
On a positive note, Sky just said a boat that was swept by the wave has been located and all 81 passengers are alive and have been rescued. Presumably it's the one reported through the day as missing.
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