8.9 earthquake and tsunami in Japan!

[L-Harper]

I just wanted to post that my heart is literally breaking for the people of Japan. My thoughts and prayers will continue to be with them. It's so hard sitting here seeing this devastation and not being able to do anything about it.

 

[SaraJayne]

Listening to some guy from MIT talk about it. He is getting irritated that the newsgal wants to compare it to Chernobyl.

He was stating, one of the problems in Japan, the fuel continues to generate heat and heat has to be removed.

So the problem is that they have to remove the "decay heat", which is possible.

Anyway, I did not get it all but that seemed to be what he was trying to drive home.

CNN has a breaking news twitter feed running across the top of the homepage and one of the tweets I caught was they are going to use seawater to try and cool the reactors.

I also read that the earthquake caused the Japan coast to move 8 feet. That is just unimaginable.

Our local news was saying last night that the earthquake was picked up here in WI by seismic activity sensors!

 

[diznygirl]

That says there was an explosion and that they are not sure if the reactor was even in the building that exploded. So far the reactor did not blow.

Here's another explanation of what happened, from an LA Times article:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-japan-quake-20110313,0,2572097.story

"The outer walls of the ***ushima power plant's No. 1 reactor were blown off by a hydrogen explosion Saturday, leaving only a skeletal frame. Officials said four workers at the site received non-life-threatening injuries.

The inner container holding the reactor's fuel rods is not believed to be damaged, said Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, and workers were cooling the facilities with seawater."

 

[The Mystery Machine]

CNN has a breaking news twitter feed running across the top of the homepage and one of the tweets I caught was they are going to use seawater to try and cool the reactors.

I also read that the earthquake caused the Japan coast to move 8 feet. That is just unimaginable.

Our local news was saying last night that the earthquake was picked up here in WI by seismic activity sensors!

What is even more crazy is this.....

ST. LOUIS | An earthquake expert at St. Louis University says the strong quake that struck Japan should be a wake-up call for those living along the New Madrid fault.
Robert Hermann says the next big quake can happen at any time. It has been 200 years since the massive quake centered in New Madrid, Mo., rattled much of the U.S. But Hermann says everyone living near the fault needs to be prepared.
Hermann told KSDK-TV that the earthquake in Japan shook so much that St. Louis moved up and down about a quarter of an inch.

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[golfgal]

What is even more crazy is this.....

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I was thinking about this yesterday, I wondered how much of the intensity of the Japan earthquake was a direct result of the shifting from the earthquake in Chile. Since that one was so massive, and the aftershocks were so massive, the plates in the earth had to have shifted dramatically.

 

[monkeybug]

We got word that our friends in Tokyo are scared, but alive. To say we are relieved is an understatement! This is the sweetest little family, and yesterday every time I looked at my little boy, I thought of their little girl of the same age and wondered what she was going through.
The e-mail she sent was short and we still don't know if her extended family is ok.(they live in the area affected by the tsunami)
My heart is just breaking for them and for all the families in Japan.

 

[happygirl]

I feel so bad for those poor people, things keep getting worse and worse for them. The nuclear plant is exploding, the keep have huge aftershock.

 

[golfgal]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/japan.earthquake.tsunami.earth/index.html?hpt=T1

I was just reading this article and it says that the earth shifted on it's axis by 4 degrees after the earthquake--WOW. I have long since held the theory that climate changes were not the result of global warming or any such man made conditions but the earth shifting on it's axis. It was something I though about as a little kid as an explanation for the ice ages, etc. I have nothing to support this-didn't really even know if technology was available to measure this but I guess so. It will be interesting to see if we notice any climatic changes over the next few years or so.

I wonder if the strange weather patterns this winter were a result of the slight shift from the earthquake in Chile??

 

[Hollywoodhaha]

My best friend is currently living in Japan but I have gotten in contact with her. She is fine!

 

[Ravensdark99]

No matter your faith...if it be mormon, christian..muslim..or in my case shinto...pray for the victims..and pray that we dont have a nuclear holocaust in a couple of hours when ***ushima explodes...

 

[BCDisneyFanatic]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/japan.earthquake.tsunami.earth/index.html?hpt=T1

I was just reading this article and it says that the earth shifted on it's axis by 4 degrees after the earthquake--WOW. I have long since held the theory that climate changes were not the result of global warming or any such man made conditions but the earth shifting on it's axis. It was something I though about as a little kid as an explanation for the ice ages, etc. I have nothing to support this-didn't really even know if technology was available to measure this but I guess so. It will be interesting to see if we notice any climatic changes over the next few years or so.

I wonder if the strange weather patterns this winter were a result of the slight shift from the earthquake in Chile??

That would be a shift of 4 inches, not 4 degrees.

And no.

 

[Feralpeg]

My friend finally heard from her family in Japan. They are all okay. They said their situation is a bit tenuous even though they are not in the actual tsunami area.

Keep praying for these people!

 

[RadioNate]

My husband's cousin who lives in Tokyo happened to be on a business trip to Singapore so that's good.

But this is becoming more desperate. Forget electricity and running water. There is no water to drink or food. This reactor situation is beyond horrific.

I just heard a report from a Canadian in Japan and he talked about how wonderful the people have been. They are understandably upset but they have been dignified, orderly and civilized. I'm embarrassed to say our citizens riot and loot when their basketball teams win championships. How would we behave during something like this?

 

[hereyago]

You know after Katrina hit, some people did act up. However, I still have the images in my head of older people and babies on the streets waiting for help as well as the super dome.


Plus whole towns have been washed away, there is nothing to loot. And don't think that after awhile, some people are going to do what they need to do to survive. If it means steal someone's food, etc. we are humans, but we are still very much animals with an instinct to survive


We are so used to electricity and our technology of things, but when these things go out, sometimes for people its hard to cope. the lives that these people knew are gone: everything they have is gone. they are going through shock and disbelief, they are going to be anxious of when things will be back to normal.

2003, hurricane Isabel visited our city, state. my street looked like someone just threw trees, limbs all over the place. some of us had generators luckily. well it took a while for the power to come back on. i recall a guy who doesn't live on our street, came by and asked us where we got our generator. he kept eyeing it. so we put it between the houses and a car to block the generator.

 

[SaraJayne]

You know after Katrina hit, some people did act up. However, I still have the images in my head of older people and babies on the streets waiting for help as well as the super dome.


Plus whole towns have been washed away, there is nothing to loot. And don't think that after awhile, some people are going to do what they need to do to survive. If it means steal someone's food, etc. we are humans, but we are still very much animals with an instinct to survive


We are so used to electricity and our technology of things, but when these things go out, sometimes for people its hard to cope. the lives that these people knew are gone: everything they have is gone. they are going through shock and disbelief, they are going to be anxious of when things will be back to normal.

2003, hurricane Isabel visited our city, state. my street looked like someone just threw trees, limbs all over the place. some of us had generators luckily. well it took a while for the power to come back on. i recall a guy who doesn't live on our street, came by and asked us where we got our generator. he kept eyeing it. so we put it between the houses and a car to block the generator.

Honestly, I believe a person from Japan would starve before they stole food from a fellow citizen. Their moral/ethical code is extraordinarily high.

 

[hereyago]

Honestly, I believe a person from Japan would starve before they stole food from a fellow citizen. Their moral/ethical code is extraordinarily high.

Yes, however, they aren't going to watch their kid starve.

 

[Planogirl]

Here are some unbelievable and shocking pictures: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1365546/Japan-earthquake-pictures-Devastation-rescue-workers-fight-fires-search-survivors.html

Sorry if these have already been posted.

 

[hereyago]

Here are some unbelievable and shocking pictures: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1365546/Japan-earthquake-pictures-Devastation-rescue-workers-fight-fires-search-survivors.html

Sorry if these have already been posted.

But I will say this: they seem to have their act together in the way of rescue: i see a helicopter getting a man.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Here are some unbelievable and shocking pictures: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cue-workers-fight-fires-search-survivors.html

Sorry if these have already been posted.

Thanks for those. How awful, it just breaks my heart to see that devastation.

 

[Kitty 34]

Here are some unbelievable and shocking pictures: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1365546/Japan-earthquake-pictures-Devastation-rescue-workers-fight-fires-search-survivors.html

Sorry if these have already been posted.

Wow!! Those pictures were just something!!! It just makes you want to cry for their anquish over there.