Japanese earthquake / tsunami discussion

amacachi · 11-03-2011 5:06pm

Mister men wrote: »

This is the dam that just broke according to the media

That would be bad.

baalthor · 11-03-2011 5:08pm

That graphic on Sky, is it from the fires? Cos it looks very like a nuclear explosion, but they couldn't be that insensitive, could they ??

star gazer · 11-03-2011 5:09pm

Brenireland wrote: »

On a day like today its when we really start to appreciate Volunteers and those who assist in helping the injured in such disaster areas and for those who risk their lives.

Great to hear our allies in England & the U.S.A are indeed offering their assistance to Japan.

Yeah, everyone from ordinary neighbours to trained volunteers to the most skilled professionals will be needed to pull together to try to prevent as much loss in this catastrophe as possible. Hopefully the international response will be prompt and effective as even though Japan is a very advanced country it looks like the level of devastation is huge.
Sounds like there are serious problems with transport and communications at this point.

Professey Chin · 11-03-2011 5:10pm

Luxie wrote: »

And very much at its mercy.

Ppppft ill take it on.Not so tough now ground are ya
*punches ground*
.......ow.....you win this round >_>

Fighting Irish · 11-03-2011 5:10pm

Konata wrote: »

I know this has probably been asked a thousand times but what's the best live stream to watch at the minute? Link please? Thanks

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

Pauleta · 11-03-2011 5:11pm

Mr Trade In wrote: »

BBC coverage is a thousand times better than Sky,F'n Sky just had a landlord of a British pub talking about his poor champagne glasses that have broke.
Wonder will Dolphin and Whale get the blame again?

Im not a Sky basher. Really, im ashamed that i actually like their way of doing things :pac: but they are getting it very wrong today. Its very poor coverage. The BBC are always going to be the best though. I used to scoff at the British patting themselves on the back about how great the BBC is but in all truth they truly are the best in the business by a mile.

Thrill · 11-03-2011 5:11pm

some more pics......

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/255922411.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1299860673&Signature=X5E9BNUA2au9v9zidGHW3dokdZE%3D

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/256021899.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1299860687&Signature=MXkrVBLFsbafYRNSaSr4vH0CUEk%3D

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Mister men · 11-03-2011 5:12pm

Looking at some footage now. A whole building made of concrete, must be 4-5 stories high was just rushing down a street at an incredible pace.:eek:

aidan24326 · 11-03-2011 5:13pm

MagicMarker wrote: »

Erm.... the earthquake?

Thanks for that highly helpful answer :rolleyes:

Yakult wrote: »

Reports of a ship carrying 100 people swept away according to SN.

Also a train missing. Was a passenger train on a coastal line north of Sendai when the tsunami hit, looks like it was washed away. No confirmation yet of how many were on it. The final death toll will be a lot higher than 300 anyway that's for sure.

DarkJager · 11-03-2011 5:14pm

Pauleta wrote: »

Im not a Sky basher. Really, im ashamed that i actually like their way of doing things :pac: but they are getting it very wrong today. Its very poor coverage. The BBC are always going to be the best though. I used to scoff at the British patting themselves on the back about how great the BBC is but in all truth they truly are the best in the business by a mile.

I thought the ad they put together earlier when it had just started really getting serious was quite tasteless. Images of the waves sweeping in and washing cars away with omnious music in the background.

Mister men · 11-03-2011 5:14pm

256021899.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1299860687&Signature=MXkrVBLFsbafYRNSaSr4vH0CUEk%3D

:eek:

Brenireland · 11-03-2011 5:15pm

star gazer wrote: »

Yeah, everyone from ordinary neighbours to trained volunteers to the most skilled professionals will be needed to pull together to try to prevent as much loss in this catastrophe as possible. Hopefully the international response will be prompt and effective as even though Japan is a very advanced country it looks like the level of devastation is huge.
Sounds like there are serious problems with transport and communications at this point.

Communications are meant to be perfect believe it or not!,this morning they had two or three on the radio with PK from Japan on the line and it was perfect and other reports say likewise!,so that is good!

Infrastructure will have been hit hard like roads etc...

I seen earlier someone had posted here that their were 88,000 missing!,but its early yet.

mike65 · 11-03-2011 5:15pm

baalthor wrote: »

That graphic on Sky, is it from the fires? Cos it looks very like a nuclear explosion, but they couldn't be that insensitive, could they ??

One of the fuel storage domes went up in one go earlier, it looked like a small
nuclear explosion as the fireball rose slowly into the sky.

Dolph Starbeam · 11-03-2011 5:17pm

Thrill wrote: »

skyscrapers swaying during the earthquake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhJzdtzl6KY

Thankfully that is how the sky scrapers are actually designed, if they were not able to sway like that the would just break in half during an earthquake. Pretty scary to watch them swaying like that none the less.

Konata · 11-03-2011 5:17pm

Mister men wrote: »

:eek:

Wow. That picture really gets me. That's awful - and I'm sure there were people travelling on that road when the earthquake hit.

RIP.

novarock · 11-03-2011 5:18pm

Mister men wrote: »

:eek:

I dont think that is from this earthquake - its a photo i have seen before.

mike65 · 11-03-2011 5:19pm

Konata wrote: »

Wow. That picture really gets me. That's awful - and I'm sure there were people travelling on that road when the earthquake hit.

RIP.

Thats Kobe 1995

redsteveireland · 11-03-2011 5:19pm

Mister men wrote: »

:eek:

Is that not an old pic from KOBE 1994?

Thrill · 11-03-2011 5:19pm

1600: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US Air Force in Japan has transported coolant to the plant. Officials say the facility should be back to normal soon....BBC.

Konata · 11-03-2011 5:20pm

mike65 wrote: »

Thats Kobe 1994

Ah. Thanks, presumed it was from today.

Mister men · 11-03-2011 5:20pm

novarock wrote: »

I dont think that is from this earthquake - its a photo i have seen before.

Posted above by Thrill.
Actually looking at the picture now the cars look pretty old. Hope it's an old pic.

ScumLord · 11-03-2011 5:21pm

Konata wrote: »

Wow. That picture really gets me. That's awful - and I'm sure there were people travelling on that road when the earthquake hit.

RIP.

I'm sure there where some unlucky people but I've heard Japan in an attempt to revitalise their economy did a load of infrastructure work like building roads, and that many can be empty most of the time. Hopefully that was one of those roads. The less traffic on it the better for rescuers.

Konata · 11-03-2011 5:21pm

BBC stream down?

Thrill · 11-03-2011 5:22pm

mike65 wrote: »

Thats Kobe 1994 (the trees are a clue its not March!)

Someone must have sent it to the news claiming they took it probably. Thats a pretty scummy thing to do.

DarkJager · 11-03-2011 5:24pm

Konata wrote: »

Wow. That picture really gets me. That's awful - and I'm sure there were people travelling on that road when the earthquake hit.

RIP.

The early Sky News footage earlier was horrible. When I turned it on it looked like it was computer generated - the massive wave just sweeping across fields and washing houses away. Then it approached a road and you could see the traffic. They cut it off just as you saw vans and cars getting swept away by it. Hasn't been shown since and understandably so, it was horrific viewing.

redsteveireland · 11-03-2011 5:25pm

Thrill wrote: »

Someone must have sent it to the news claiming they took it probably. Thats a pretty scummy thing to do.

'the news' should have known better. Look at the picture does it look like it was taken this decade?

Any word on when waves due to hit the US coast?

Cool_CM · 11-03-2011 5:25pm

Konata wrote: »

BBC stream down?

Back up now.

News 24 went on to talk about Libya so they're re-showing recorded stuff at them moment.

How Soon Is Now · 11-03-2011 5:27pm

Which bbc news are you s all watching bbc world news???

Mister men · 11-03-2011 5:28pm

DarkJager wrote: »

The early Sky News footage earlier was horrible. When I turned it on it looked like it was computer generated - the massive wave just sweeping across fields and washing houses away. Then it approached a road and you could see the traffic. They cut it off just as you saw vans and cars getting swept away by it. Hasn't been shown since and understandably so, it was horrific viewing.

Yeah they have edited a lot of their stuff rightfully so. A lot of the earlier reports where hard to watch. Ones of people running across fields trying to outrun the wave and then it caught them up, shot from a helicopter.:( Was surprised they showed it at the time.

123balltv · 11-03-2011 5:35pm

the moon is acting up now :eek:

On March 19, the moon will swing around Earth more closely than it has in the past 18 years, lighting up the night sky from just 221,567 miles (356,577 kilometers) away. On top of that, it will be full. And one astrologer believes it could inflict massive damage on the planet

Japanese earthquake / tsunami discussion

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