Earthquake Triggers Tsunami Off Japan’s Coast

Richard · 03-11-2011, 04:48

And so it goes...

Richard

Huge Earthquake Triggers Tsunami Off Japan’s Coast
NYT, 11 Mar 2011

A devastating tsunami hit the coast of northeast Japan on Friday in the aftermath of an 8.9 magnitude earthquake about 80 miles offshore, killing at least 23 people and injuring many more. The earthquake triggered widespread power blackouts, and countries across the Pacific Ocean, from Russia to South America and including Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States, braced for possible tsunami waves.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/wo...a/12japan.html

32 Killed In Major Tsunami After 8.9 Japan Quake
AP, 11 Mar 2011

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110311/...pan_earthquake

Tree Potato · 03-11-2011, 05:16

Latest info we're being told is to expect a 6 ft wave/surge here at Jt Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Base housing hasn't been evac'd (yet) but my family will likely get to the 3rd floor of the HQ PACAF building just in case.

The carrier Abraham Lincoln pulled into Pearl Harbor this morning for shore leave, then had to head back to sea this evening to ride out the tsunami.

I figure this one is going to be bad... the mrs is actually doing laundry and dishes at 1 am...

(Just getting it done before the power is turned off and water becomes unpotable, if things get ugly)

**Pete** · 03-11-2011, 06:28

Video at link

Man o man

http://video.foxnews.com/v/4579888/i...shore-in-japan

OK - should have gone in the earthquake thread but I'm in a hurry and don't have time to move it.

Moved it - wow! Richard

Constant · 03-11-2011, 07:06

Hope everyone is safe. Hopefully the waves don't get huge.

echoes · 03-11-2011, 07:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete

Video at link

Man o man

http://video.foxnews.com/v/4579888/i...shore-in-japan

OK - should have gone in the earthquake thread but I'm in a hurry and don't have time to move it.

Moved it - wow! Richard

Wow.

It did not even look like water, and the force behind it, just incredible.

May God help those poor people, and all to be affected.

Holly

**Bill Harsey** · 03-11-2011, 07:58

Richard, thanks for the post.

Big Tsunami warnings on Oregon Coast right now, I would think this applies to other places too.

Check your local news of you live on Pacific Coast NOW.

All the best to any members living in Japan. (and I know there's at least one)

**Bill Harsey** · 03-11-2011, 08:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tree Potato

Latest info we're being told is to expect a 6 ft wave/surge here at Jt Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Base housing hasn't been evac'd (yet) but my family will likely get to the 3rd floor of the HQ PACAF building just in case.

The carrier Abraham Lincoln pulled into Pearl Harbor this morning for shore leave, then had to head back to sea this evening to ride out the tsunami.

I figure this one is going to be bad... the mrs is actually doing laundry and dishes at 1 am...

(Just getting it done before the power is turned off and water becomes unpotable, if things get ugly)

News says your getting your first waves.

Tree Potato · 03-11-2011, 08:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

News says your getting your first waves.

Kahului harbor has seen 6 ft, and Haleiwa had 3.3 ft.
Pearl Harbor reported a half meter so far. No reports of any damage in Hawaii yet after seeing the water push in and recede a few times.

Think we dodged a bullet. Thoughts go out to our friends in Japan. Still haven't heard from some of my airmen in Tokyo and while hope isn't a plan, I hope they're okay.

kgoerz · 03-11-2011, 14:10

I heard Sharks are biting the Hands and Feet of Japanese. Then throwing them back in the Water alive.

**Roguish Lawyer** · 03-11-2011, 15:43

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Originally Posted by kgoerz

I heard Sharks are biting the Hands and Feet of Japanese. Then throwing them back in the Water alive.

Nice

**Bill Harsey** · 03-11-2011, 16:12

One of our members here was hit by the tsunami.
Hoping for the best.

kgoerz · 03-11-2011, 16:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roguish Lawyer

Nice

When you brutally kill millions of living creatures in this world. With absolutely no thought of the suffering and total lack of respect for life. For no reason but personal pleasure. Karma is a Bitch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2UKgLsOhRM

Sigaba · 03-11-2011, 16:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by kgoerz

When you brutally kill millions of living creatures in this world. With absolutely no thought of the suffering and total lack of respect for life. For no reason but personal pleasure. Karma is a Bitch.

What people or nation will be able to hold themselves blameless when the time of reckoning comes?

akv · 03-11-2011, 16:36

The wave in the video was something else,

Prayers Out

ES 96 · 03-11-2011, 16:37

Great timing.... yeah, we don't really need those normally anyway...not like tsunamis are an everyday thing...

GOP budget cuts target tsunami warning center

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BY MATTHEW DALY
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) – A spending plan approved by the House would slash funding for a tsunami warning center that issued an alarm after the devastating earthquake in Japan.

The plan approved by the GOP-controlled House last month would trigger deep cuts for the National Weather Service, including the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii.

A union [NWSEO] representing workers at the tsunami center said the proposed cuts could result in furloughs and rolling closures of National Weather Service offices. Barry Hirshorn, Pacific region chairman of the National Weather Service Employees Organization, said the GOP bill would affect the center's ability to issue warnings similar to those issued after Friday's earthquake in Japan.

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