8.9 earthquake leads to Japanese Tsunami

[rambone]

I don't see a thread about it. Post information, reports here.

Prayers go out to the people suffering.


9,500 people missing in tsunami-stricken Japan town

Japan disaster toll 1,600, nuclear meltdown feared

Take a look at this ocean whirlpool caused by the events. Its pulling boats into the vortex.

YouTube - Uzumaki whirlpool Japan tsunami

 

[U.S. Patriot]

My good friends in laws live in Hiroshima. He said they are ok, but I feel very sorry for the many people affected.

 

[mrjarrell]

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...-japan_earthquake_and_other_observations.html

Although the thread went partially to hell due to certain members, it's still got lots of links and news. Yours may be a better reboot, without the drama, tho.

Here's a link to live updating info.

BBC News - LIVE: Japan earthquake

 

[04DarkShadowGT]

This is going to cause major issues with the worlds already shaky economy.

 

[ISHOOTHST'S]

YouTube - Lavell Crawford Tsunami Relief

 

[mrjarrell]

Reuters: The emergency cooling system is no longer functioning at the Fukushima No. 3 reactor, an official from Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has told journalists.

Japan Fukushima nuclear plant faces new reactor problem | Reuters

 

[mrjarrell]

Reuters: Operators are preparing to release radioactive steam from the number three reactor at Fukushima No. 1 plant, after the cooling system failed there.

Yikes. Things are looking worse.

 

[mrjarrell]

Part of the core in one of the reactors has melted.

Core of quake-damaged reactor partially melts - World news - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com

 

[mrjarrell]

3 US warships are off the coast now and helping with search and rescue as well as refueling of rescue copters.

There are three US warships off the Japanese coast helping with the Japanese government's search and rescue effort, US 7th Fleet spokesman Lt Anthony Falvo says. One of their tasks is to search debris washed out to sea by the tsunami.

 

[mrjarrell]

Also looks like the Japanese defence force contingent is being doubled to 100K on the ground.

 

[longbow]

As I said in other posts, we will know how screwed they are by sunday evening. If anyone cares, the clean up and rebuilding of that one plant will be at least 15 billion.

The new plant will be built to take a 10.0 instead of an 8.5.

Last count they have six reactors in trouble.

 

[longbow]

FYI...

I have been sending emails back and forth to a high school friend who is a scientist at Fermi Labs in Batavia. He smashes particles for a living.

His comment to me is they are screwed!

 

[mrjarrell]

People are reporting that there are food shortages in Tokyo and most stores are either running low on basics or they are completely out of basics. Stores apparently aren't receiving new supplies this weekend due to the quake.

 

[mrjarrell]

Before and after photos of the tsunami, including the reactor.

ABC News - Japan Earthquake: before and after

 

[Denny347]

The amount of human suffering is incomprehensible. This is a disaster of epic proportions. I am truly sad to see the devastation.

 

[mrjarrell]

The USNRC has said they don't foresee any dangerous levels of radiation from the reactors making it to the US. Too much distance and an entire ocean between us and them. This is a bit of good news.

 

[mrjarrell]

More pics from folks on the ground,not journalists.

BBC News - Japan quake: Your pictures

 

[mrjarrell]

Now comes the calls for the US to put the brakes on nuke power. By no less a personage than the conservatives favourite liberal.

Lieberman: "Put the brakes" on new nuke plants - Face The Nation - CBS News

 

[mrjarrell]

US search and rescue teams are "on the ground" in Misawa, northern Japan, the White House says. They number 144 people and 12 dogs trained to detect survivors trapped under rubble, and have 45 metric tonnes of rescue equipment with them, AFP reports.

 

[rambone]

I heard that the quake/tsunami shifted the position of the island of Japan by as much as 8 inches. As well as slightly altering the axis of the earth.


I also learned a little bit about how the Richter scale works. The scale is not linear, it is logarithmic. In layman's terms, each whole number on the scale is ten times the size of the previous one.

Apparently the largest recorded earthquake was a 9.5 according to Wikipedia.

Also I found interesting that the Yucatan asteroid impact (possibly wiped out the dinosaurs) would have measured as a 12.5 on the Richter scale.