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Japanese earthquake / tsunami discussion

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    #632
    bitemybanger
    Registered Users Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭bitemybanger


    How come thier were no Planes at the airport that was hit?
    Did they all take flight after initial quake for fear of a tsunami?


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    #633
    Overheal
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    bitemybanger wrote: »
    How come thier were no Planes at the airport that was hit?
    Did they all take flight after initial quake for fear of a tsunami?
    how do you know there werent any planes?


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    #634
    Thrill
    Registered Users Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    67 aftershocks with a 5.0 magnitude or above in Japan since the quake

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

    The above link shows all earthquakes recorded in the past 7 days.


    There has been around 14 in the Hawaii region today so far.


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    #635
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    bitemybanger wrote: »
    How come thier were no Planes at the airport that was hit?
    Did they all take flight after initial quake for fear of a tsunami?
    There is a thread on this in the aviation forum, looks like they got the lot out of there fast.


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    #636
    drdeadlift
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    Overheal wrote: »
    how do you know there werent any planes?

    There were a few ga aircraft i seen from the videos,there were no passenger aircraft on the gates from what i could see.,if they managed to get the planes in the air within 30 mins fair play.


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    #637
    Big Nasty
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    Hawaii a non event then?


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    #638
    questionmark?
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    1443: Back to Japan now: The official Kyodo news agency is reporting that about 88,000 people are missing.

    BBC twitter feed http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

    Also showing pictures of huge areas on fire including a fire at a nuclear power plant.

    Terriable stuff lets hope the missing figure giving by kyodo dont turn into deaths.


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    #639
    Storm 10
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    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Hawaii a non event then?

    Why would you say that, do you want to see more deaths and destruction, please God it wont happen anywhere else


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    #640
    gman2k
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    Some footage on the BBC just showed a northern section of the country - night time footage from the air, and it looked like everywhere was on fire.


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    #641
    Smcgie
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    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    There is a thread on this in the aviation forum, looks like they got the lot out of there fast.
    ]

    Your username couldn't be more suitable for a time like this..


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    #642
    Turtwig
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    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Hawaii a non event then?

    It's currently being impacted right now and will be for the next few hours. It should be reasonably ok though they had 9 hours to prepare and barring an unfortunate amplification of the wave the damage shouldn't be too major. There's still gonna be damage though and possibly casualties. Bear in mind though Hawaii is well prepared for this sort of stuff other pacific islands aren't and some of these are dangerously low lying.:(


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    #643
    Big Nasty
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    Storm 10 wrote: »
    Why would you say that, do you want to see more deaths and destruction, please God it wont happen anywhere else

    I was asking if it was likely to happen or not. Was supposed to hit almost two hours ago so at this stage it would appear to be a non-event.


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    #644
    Overheal
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    drdeadlift wrote: »
    There were a few ga aircraft i seen from the videos,there were no passenger aircraft on the gates from what i could see.,if they managed to get the planes in the air within 30 mins fair play.
    May have been an emergency procedure. Interesting question though I'd like to look into that when I have more time.


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    #645
    bitemybanger
    Registered Users Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭bitemybanger


    Overheal wrote: »
    how do you know there werent any planes?

    From the video footage. Showed the airport under a couple of feet of water... Hardly enough to wash a plane away.


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    #646
    Thrill
    Registered Users Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    bitemybanger wrote: »
    From the video footage. Showed the airport under a couple of feet of water... Hardly enough to wash a plane away.

    Pic of airport.....

    http://twitpic.com/48gy7u


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    #647
    Mister men
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    bitemybanger wrote: »
    From the video footage. Showed the airport under a couple of feet of water... Hardly enough to wash a plane away.
    That was'nt a couple of feet of water. The wave i seen was at least 3-4 metres high.


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    #648
    Pauleta
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    This is horrific. I cant imagine what its like to be in Japan. There are fires everywhere, if there are not fires there is flooding, there are thousands of people dead and then there is the added threat of the nuclear plants. Its unimaginable.


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    #649
    ollie1
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    bitemybanger wrote: »
    From the video footage. Showed the airport under a couple of feet of water... Hardly enough to wash a plane away.

    I saw a photo from BBC website and saw some small planes in the airport.


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    #650
    Turtwig
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    bitemybanger wrote: »
    From the video footage. Showed the airport under a couple of feet of water... Hardly enough to wash a plane away.

    It's not the size of the water that makes it so lethal, it's its speed and mass. Put simply these waves are powerful enough to dislodge jets from a runway so odds are when the tsunami struck any planes that were exposed to it were washed away from the airport.


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    #651
    DarkJager
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    Malty_T wrote: »
    It's not the size of the water that makes it so lethal, it's its speed and mass. Put simply these waves are powerful enough to dislodge jets from a runway so odds are when the tsunami struck any planes that were exposed to it were washed away from the airport.

    Also the fact that the wave itself is probably carrying tons of debris, its like a solid brick wall moving at speed.


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    #652
    bitemybanger
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    Mister men wrote: »
    That was'nt a couple of feet of water. The wave i seen was at least 3-4 metres

    Well shurly enough to wash a car away so why do service vehicles remain dotted around the airport and no planes??


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    #653
    Mister men
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    Japanese leader says no radioactive waste released "as of yet". He did'nt seem that confident tbh. I hope it stays that way. God knows what sun up in Japan is going to bring.


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    #654
    Mister men
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    Crazy stuff


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    #655
    bitemybanger
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    Thrill wrote: »
    Pic of airport.....

    http://twitpic.com/48gy7u

    That's a much larger airport than one I saw a report on thismorning.
    I'd imagine planes didn't stand a chance there:eek:


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    #656
    ollie1
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    You can see some more photos of the airport here and you can see some small planes http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709791


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    #657
    daelight
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    Am working in central Tokyo - was hell of a ride in the office building. We are advised to stay inside until the shaking subsides. Well, that is a hell of an experience I can tell you. Have been through a few quakes but this was hard.

    Northern Japan got destroyed by earthquake & tsunami, distressing to see the coverage. I believe Hawaii and American west coast are in danger in next few hours so this disaster may not be over yet.

    Many aftershocks, many people and cars clogging the streets of the city as the expressways & trainline are shut. As I type this the building shakes agin - strong this time,, agh ....


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    #658
    aidan24326
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    Why is everything on fire? What's causing it?


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    #659
    Dolph Starbeam
    Registered Users Posts: 4,536 ✭✭✭Dolph Starbeam


    ollie1 wrote: »
    You can see some more photos of the airport here and you can see some small planes http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709791

    Wow those photos really are unbelievable, http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/11/article-0-0D924D9F000005DC-785_964x591.jpg , this one really looks scary.

    I really hope there is no more damage done, the nuclear danger really is a scary thought too.


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    #660
    MagicMarker
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    aidan24326 wrote: »
    Why is everything on fire? What's causing it?
    Erm.... the earthquake?


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    #661
    Konata
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,164 ✭✭✭Konata


    What a time for my shockwave flash yoke to crash - no matter how many times I re-install it, it dies as soon as I open a stream :(

    Been away for a few hours, arriving back now to worse and worse news. Poor Japan :(


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