Massive quake hits Japan
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Brick said:
Mrs. Brick's parents live in Japan, her sister in Honolulu. I'll see if I can get some details from the front. She's on the phone with parents now, they felt the earthquake but were pretty far from the tsunami.
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That is good news. Sounds like Hawaii got quite a nice warning to evacuate. Hope her sister is all good.
I just love waking up to devastating WORLD news. Japan got schooled sometime awful.
mattzaunmayr said:
in japan i believe the buildings are all built to survive earthquakes and tsunamis so hopefully the death toll doesn't go too high like it has in NZ
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It's at 60 confirmed at this moment. I don't think it will be too bad from the earthquake, but from looking at that tsunami video I have to think the death toll will rise considerably. It seemed like there were an awful lot of houses, buildings, and cars swept up in that thing.
No real information to share from Mrs. Brick's parents at this point, we were on our way to work so the conversation was brief once we confirmed they were OK. They felt the quake, they live on the top floor of a small building and could feel it sway. Most of their info is coming from the news, as is ours.
Her sister is in Honolulu, but she lives on the 29th floor or something, so if she's at home at 3-4 in the morning it should not be a problem. She might be at work, but as I recall the hospital where she works is on high ground, and is also on a military base so you'd think they'd have their s--- together when it comes to preparation.
Brick said:
It's at 60 confirmed at this moment. I don't think it will be too bad from the earthquake, but from looking at that tsunami video I have to think the death toll will rise considerably. It seemed like there were an awful lot of houses, buildings, and cars swept up in that thing.
No real information to share from Mrs. Brick's parents at this point, we were on our way to work so the conversation was brief once we confirmed they were OK. They felt the quake, they live on the top floor of a small building and could feel it sway. Most of their info is coming from the news, as is ours.
Her sister is in Honolulu, but she lives on the 29th floor or something, so if she's at home at 3-4 in the morning it should not be a problem. She might be at work, but as I recall the hospital where she works is on high ground, and is also on a military base so you'd think they'd have their s**t together when it comes to preparation.
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Tamara...... said:
News is stating body count at some Japan coast is 200-300 :shock: alone.
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wow news here in aus must be painfully slow i last read 19 were confirmed dead
i guess with japan's high population density a high death toll is inevitable
mattzaunmayr said:
Brick said:
It's at 60 confirmed at this moment. I don't think it will be too bad from the earthquake, but from looking at that tsunami video I have to think the death toll will rise considerably. It seemed like there were an awful lot of houses, buildings, and cars swept up in that thing.
No real information to share from Mrs. Brick's parents at this point, we were on our way to work so the conversation was brief once we confirmed they were OK. They felt the quake, they live on the top floor of a small building and could feel it sway. Most of their info is coming from the news, as is ours.
Her sister is in Honolulu, but she lives on the 29th floor or something, so if she's at home at 3-4 in the morning it should not be a problem. She might be at work, but as I recall the hospital where she works is on high ground, and is also on a military base so you'd think they'd have their s**t together when it comes to preparation.
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Tamara...... said:
News is stating body count at some Japan coast is 200-300 :shock: alone.
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wow news here in aus must be painfully slow i last read 19 were confirmed dead
i guess with japan's high population density a high death toll is inevitable
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The 2-300 has not been confirmed. News said they got word from Japanese Police which left quite the visual in my mind. Reported "2-300 people found laying dead on the_something_ coast".
Have you seen any footage though? I expect numbers to grow into the thousands.
Tamara...... said:
Have you seen any footage though? I expect numbers to grow into the thousands.
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yer i've seen some of the footage from just after the tsunami
looks like a fair bit of damage, anyone on the coast would be in a fair bit of trouble i assume
Imagine seeing this coming. It's a bit of an optical illusion as the downward angle makes the ocean in the background seem higher than it is, but still.
mattzaunmayr said:
i guess with japan's high population density a high death toll is inevitable
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From what I've seen it seemed to hit a fairly rural area, so that should help keep the body count down considerably. Still likely to get pretty bad, I suspect.
mattzaunmayr said:
Tamara...... said:
Have you seen any footage though? I expect numbers to grow into the thousands.
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yer i've seen some of the footage from just after the tsunami
looks like a fair bit of damage, anyone on the coast would be in a fair bit of trouble i assume
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Almost everyone lives near the eastern coast, to some extent. That's where most of the cities are located. But up in the northeast where this hit, much less dense. I've been trying to find a map on the news sites of exactly where the epicenter of the EQ was, and exactly where the wave hit, to cross reference against this map, but have not been able to.
mattzaunmayr said:
in japan i believe the buildings are all built to survive earthquakes and tsunamis so hopefully the death toll doesn't go too high like it has in NZ
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+1, if this hit in Haiti or somewhere like that the death toll would probably be tens of thousands and the entire country would be ruined.
8.9 is still huge though... that's at the level where boats and cars are going to be picking up and thrown inland by the waves, not really possible to build a building that can survive a yacht or truck being hurled into it's side.
Hopefully the death toll isn't too high.
Brick said:
mattzaunmayr said:
Tamara...... said:
Have you seen any footage though? I expect numbers to grow into the thousands.
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yer i've seen some of the footage from just after the tsunami
looks like a fair bit of damage, anyone on the coast would be in a fair bit of trouble i assume
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Almost everyone lives near the eastern coast, to some extent. That's where most of the cities are located. But up in the northeast where this hit, much less dense.
I've been trying to find a map on the news sites of exactly where the epicenter of the EQ was, and exactly where the wave hit, to cross reference against this map, but have not been able to
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This may help
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
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rocklobster said:
That footage of the farms and roads getting wiped out is amazing and horrifying at the same time.
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really is,
i keep watching it in disbelief, i know its real but it just looks fake on how its wiping everything away. Scary stuff
I hear BC has tsunami warnings too