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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #41 on: March 11, 2011, 11:38:20 AM »
Barry is one natural disaster that is completely preventable!  Shame! Shame!

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2012 can't arrive quick enough

That's no BS!

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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #42 on: March 11, 2011, 11:43:15 AM »
God have mercy.  

The town of Kesenna (population 74,000) is on fire.

Currently 88,000 people are missing in Japan.



Yikes!

And 88k missing?  First I heard a number that big!   ::speechless::

And now they're having problems cooling a nuke plant down!

http://abcnews.go.com/International/japanese-earthquake-stokes-nuclear-fears-damaged-power-plants/story?id=13114181

 ::speechless::

And this whirlpool is just freaky!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709856

And Trap is dead on with the econmic impact of all this, and the ripples it can have in the region and across the globe.

This is a major Hand of God event, and a quick recovery is not in the offing.  Fires raging, nuke plant over-heating, water mud and debris everywhere, people missing....

 ::speechless::

Time to pitch in and help and pray for the best!  Picking up the pieces and moving forward will come later...
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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #43 on: March 11, 2011, 11:57:51 AM »
I'm not trying to be flip or insensitive, but with earthquakes, tsunamis, and now nuclear plants overheating in Japan, you knew this was inevitable:

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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #44 on: March 11, 2011, 12:16:40 PM »
Godzilla might have been more merciful!

This clip is pretty good.  Some footage is the same, some from new angles, some I hadn't seen before...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42030003#42030003

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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #45 on: March 11, 2011, 12:26:31 PM »
I'm not trying to be flip or insensitive, but with earthquakes, tsunamis, and now nuclear plants overheating in Japan, you knew this was inevitable:



Hey, if we can use a disaster to invoke the likely ineptitude of Obama, certainly an obligatory Godzilla reference is not out of order.
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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #46 on: March 11, 2011, 12:35:36 PM »
I'm not trying to be flip or insensitive, but with earthquakes, tsunamis, and now nuclear plants overheating in Japan, you knew this was inevitable:



Hey, if we can use a disaster to invoke the likely ineptitude of Obama, certainly an obligatory Godzilla reference is not out of order.

She is certainly growing in all the wrong places!


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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #47 on: March 11, 2011, 12:49:32 PM »
 ::hysterical::   ::hysterical::   ::hysterical::
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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #48 on: March 11, 2011, 12:55:00 PM »
Hey, anyone up for some "end of the world as we know it" stuff?

Do a little bit of reading about the New Madrid fault and the earthquake of 1811.

[blockquote]Some sections of the Mississippi River appeared to run backward for a short time. Sand blows were common throughout the area, and can still be seen from the air in cultivated fields. The shockwaves propagated efficiently through midwestern bedrock. Residents as far away as Pittsburgh and Norfolk were awakened by intense shaking. Church bells were reported to ring as far as Boston, Massachusetts and York, Ontario (now Toronto), and sidewalks were reported to have been cracked and broken in Washington, D.C. There were also reports of toppled chimneys in Maine.



The zone remains active today. In recent decades minor earthquakes have continued. New forecasts estimate a 7 to 10 percent chance, in the next 50 years, of a repeat of a major earthquake like those that occurred in 1811–1812, which likely had magnitudes of between 7.5 and 8.0. There is a 25 to 40 percent chance, in a 50-year time span, of a magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquake.



In a report filed in November 2008, The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency warned that a serious earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone could result in "the highest economic losses due to a natural disaster in the United States," further predicting "widespread and catastrophic" damage across Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and particularly Tennessee, where a 7.7 magnitude quake or greater would cause damage to tens of thousands of structures affecting water distribution, transportation systems, and other vital infrastructure.

The potential for the recurrence of large earthquakes and their impact today on densely populated cities in and around the seismic zone has prompted research devoted to understanding in the New Madrid Seismic Zone. By studying evidence of past quakes and closely monitoring ground motion and current earthquake activity, scientists attempt to understand their causes and recurrence intervals.

The lack of apparent land movement along the New Madrid fault system has long puzzled scientists. In 2009 two studies based on eight years of GPS measurements indicated that the faults were moving at no more than 0.2 millimetres (0.0079 in) a year. This contrasts to the rate of slippage on the San Andreas Fault which averages up to 37 millimetres (1.5 in) a year across California.

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What this quake essentially did was to treat the center/east of the country like it was a gong. Two hundred years ago a seismic event of this magnitude wasn't capable of extinguishing catastrophic numbers of human lives because there weren't any here in big numbers. What a difference 200 years makes. Take a quicky look at a map and identify all of the big population centers that are in the immediate vicinity of the fault. Pretty scary, huh? This isn't an "if" situation but rather a "when" sort of thing. I hope I'm not around when it happens.

There is geological/archeological evidence that suggests that the New Madrid fault has a cyclical pattern that repeats every 200 years or so. Now let's see, 1811 plus 200 is...


More info here. Lots of info with additional links here.
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In a doomsday scenario, hippies will be among the first casualties. So not everything about doomsday will be bad.

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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #49 on: March 11, 2011, 01:10:35 PM »

There is geological/archeological evidence that suggests that the New Madrid fault has a cyclical pattern that repeats every 200 years or so. Now let's see, 1811 plus 200 is...

2211 if you count it TWICE!



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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #50 on: March 11, 2011, 01:25:25 PM »
New Madrid was something, for sure.  There's a documentary floating aroound out there on that that was pretty neat.  Talked about all the crap going on, first hand reports of witnesses from newspaper reports of the time etc, sounded like the end of everything.
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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #51 on: March 11, 2011, 01:26:24 PM »

There is geological/archeological evidence that suggests that the New Madrid fault has a cyclical pattern that repeats every 200 years or so. Now let's see, 1811 plus 200 is...

2211 if you count it TWICE!



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Yeah, can't go back...not if you're dead!

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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #52 on: March 11, 2011, 01:28:46 PM »
Now a 6.6 mag hits central Japan.

TOKYO (Reuters) – A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck northwestern Japan on Saturday after a massive quake hit northeastern Japan, NHK reported.
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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #53 on: March 11, 2011, 01:34:25 PM »
2011 Darwin Award nominees:

[blockquote]SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) -- Some California surfers rode high water from a tsunami caused by the Japanese earthquake, while other beaches were closed.

In Santa Cruz, it was a typical good day for surfing before the water pulled out of Monterey Bay toward the Pacific Ocean when the tsunami hit.

Around 8:10 a.m., within seconds, the water dropped by about 9 feet as the harbor turned into a river as water was sucked out to sea.

Surfers who had been paddling on their boards were able to walk with them on the wet sand. Others stayed in water, despite warnings from lifeguards to come in.

A couple of boats broke loose and part of a dock was also pulled away during one of several surges, each of which took about 10 minutes.[/blockquote]

FNC was just saying that there are initial reports that some people in CA (or OR) had been swept out to sea. We will have to wait and see if that report was correct. As you know there is a lot of BS that flies around these big stories.

You would think that it wouldn't be that hard to get news out of a place like Crescent City, CA.
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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #54 on: March 11, 2011, 01:40:19 PM »
Another prediction of mine coming true.

It's just too easy sometimes...

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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #55 on: March 11, 2011, 01:45:20 PM »
News and video at this link about Crescent City, CA.

[blockquote]Local residents reported that about three dozen boats were "crushed" in the harbor and that surging waters significantly damaged or destroyed most of the docks. Ocean water surging up Elk Creek north of the harbor reportedly lapped up to front doors of the community's cultural center.



Officials reported waves of 6 1/2 feet in Crescent City and 6 feet in Morro Bay, said Caltech scientist Lucy Jones.

Jones said officials won't know the extent of the damage until high tide occurs later Friday morning.

"Clearly, very large drawdown of water in Half Moon Bay," Jones said earlier in the day. "We are coming to high tide in a couple other hours. As long as we're still growing on tide, we need to keep a watch on the water. ... Currents may be very significant.

In Santa Cruz, the waves josted boats and damaged docks.

Authorities issued an evacuation advisory about 6:40 a.m. for coastal residents and those living along the San Lorenzo and Capitol rivers and other major waterways in Santa Cruz County, said county spokesman Enrique Sahagun.

The first waves reached land about 7:45 a.m. At Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor, the swells pushed and bumped boats together and broke some docks, but total damage is unknown thus far, Sahagun said.[/blockquote]
In a doomsday scenario, hippies will be among the first casualties. So not everything about doomsday will be bad.

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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #56 on: March 11, 2011, 01:46:28 PM »
USGS reporting that a rift has opened at the quake site 150 miles long by 50 feet miles wide...via FNC on their ticker.
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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #57 on: March 11, 2011, 01:48:05 PM »
I can't recall - is Japan  one of the ones where Øbongo humiliated himself by bowing to, or is it one of the ones he insulted with inappropriate gifts?

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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #58 on: March 11, 2011, 01:50:56 PM »
I can't recall - is Japan  one of the ones where Øbongo humiliated himself by bowing to, or is it one of the ones he insulted with inappropriate gifts?
I think those things go hand in hand.
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Re: RED ALERT: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN
« Reply #59 on: March 11, 2011, 02:00:57 PM »
USGS reporting that a rift has opened at the quake site 150 miles long by 50 feet miles wide...via FNC on their ticker.


Yup.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hTCtRxP_xkFQ2pfP3VmawSMJ4L5w?docId=9ab580866b31403993cced11f67c16b4

And, I don't know about other people, but when I see the words "Slightly"  and "Radioactive" used together, it kind of makes me nervous...

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9LT6T580&show_article=1
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