ineedsnow Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 and to think a ton of roofs around here couldn't handle the weight of the snow this year and they have a fookin cruise ship on theres and its still standing Same people that put a boat on the roof http://www.life.com/...rom-a-wasteland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 this isn't good if true!! http://abcnews.go.com/International/japan-earthquake-reactor-fukushima-nuclear-plant-explodes/story?id=13131123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 live streaming video from japan just said it could be the worse case scenario http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 this isn't good if true!! http://abcnews.go.co...ory?id=13131123 There's a whole thread on this. The current situation remains unknown, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 i knew that was in the wrong thread my bad There's a whole thread on this. The current situation remains unknown, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeatherPimp Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Official death toll in tsunami, earthquake is now at 2,414; thousands more missing, Japanese police say - AP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Official death toll in tsunami, earthquake is now at 2,414; thousands more missing, Japanese police say - AP Based on everything I've seen and read I hate to say it but 10x that figure would not surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick05 Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 please don't post chain emails. this was already posted and I think deleted by a mod today. i know right... filipinos are gullible, in general, so i can see how this hoax scared a lot of people... i was watching the news today and they said that a number of colleges and high schools canceled classes because of the circulating texts/emails... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 some of these debris fields are insane...just watched anderson cooper walking around in one...stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppsRunner Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 The weather certainly won't be helping... especially tonight. Sendai is supposed to get rain/snow today/tonight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I just saw some of the most incredible tsunami footage on AC360. It was snowing in the shot and buildings and power poles are just being ripped up with tremendous force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Trying to find a version where someone isn't filming the TV but here it is: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 ABC Nightline has some incredible footage and stories right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Don't know if this was posted yet.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslkahuna Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Can we also stop with the nonsensical speculation of where the next quake is going to happen, unless you happen to be posting something by a credible seismologist? Thanks. No credible seismologist would ever say anything like that. Charles Richter said it best when he said that only fools and charlatans forecast earthquakes. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 No credible seismologist would ever say anything like that. Charles Richter said it best when he said that only fools and charlatans forecast earthquakes. Steve Steve do you remember when somehow the Chinese correctly predicted an earthquake back in the 70s and evacuated a town? And then when they "predicted" the next one, nothing happened. That was the end of the prediction business. How much is there in animals being aware of changes in the earth just prior to an earthquake or tsunami hitting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 On the subject of earthquake prediction, the one I remember most is the Iben Browning 1990 New Madrid prediction even though I was only 7 years old at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Steve do you remember when somehow the Chinese correctly predicted an earthquake back in the 70s and evacuated a town? And then when they "predicted" the next one, nothing happened. That was the end of the prediction business. How much is there in animals being aware of changes in the earth just prior to an earthquake or tsunami hitting? From what I recall, Chinese scientists successfully predicted an earthquake sometime in the mid 70's, which saved a lot of lives. They did it again prior to Tangshan, however many people did not heed the warnings and we all know what happened next. EDIT: the successful prediction was the 1975 Haicheng earthquake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Haicheng_earthquake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslkahuna Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 There were a lot of foreshocks preceeding Haicheng earthquake which led them to forecast that earthquake. For Tangshan, things were not so clear cut and they actually did not reach a complete consensus so the warnings issued were not as urgent as the year before. Animals have been known to exhibit unusual behavior just before a shock since it's believed that they can detect early vibrations and magnetic field changes that preceed the shock. Apparently a lot of animals in 2004 saved themselves that way. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 On the subject of earthquake prediction, the one I remember most is the Iben Browning 1990 New Madrid prediction even though I was only 7 years old at the time. I was 5 but living in MO. We had 3 earthquake drills in Kindergarten. Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag3 Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 CNBC saying 6.2 aftershock near Tokyo recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 There were a lot of foreshocks preceeding Haicheng earthquake which led them to forecast that earthquake. For Tangshan, things were not so clear cut and they actually did not reach a complete consensus so the warnings issued were not as urgent as the year before. Animals have been known to exhibit unusual behavior just before a shock since it's believed that they can detect early vibrations and magnetic field changes that preceed the shock. Apparently a lot of animals in 2004 saved themselves that way. Steve This fascinates me to no end. Not far fetched considering that birds migrate thousands of miles based on being attuned to the earths electromagnetic fields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallow Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 CNBC saying 6.2 aftershock near Tokyo recently. Not according to USGS. There was a 5.8 east of Sendai, though. EDIT: Just popped up. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0001xka.php#maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 wow this was actaullly well SW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derecho! Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Not according to USGS. There was a 5.8 east of Sendai, though. EDIT: Just popped up. http://earthquake.us...001xka.php#maps Yep...wow, inland WEST of Tokyo. Definitely outside the mainshock rupture area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Yep...wow, inland WEST of Tokyo. Definitely outside the mainshock rupture area. This is just out of control-- these rampant earthquakes. I can't believe what is happening there-- like the continent is coming unglued at one end. I mean, even a 6.3 is a really significant, damaging event-- and this one was centered right under Honshu-- not out in the ocean. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Wait-- I'm confused. The USGS map now shows the center E of Tokyo, near the E coast of Honshu. Did it shift from the initial estimate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derecho! Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Wait-- I'm confused. The USGS map now shows the center E of Tokyo, near the E coast of Honshu. Did it shift from the initial estimate? No, that's a new aftershock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Wait-- I'm confused. The USGS map now shows the center E of Tokyo, near the E coast of Honshu. Did it shift from the initial estimate? I'm seeing it SW of Tokyo on the USGS site. 6.1M nothing to sneeze at. That can do some damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Shallow depth to the 6.1 magnitude quake, only 1km deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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