Japan hit by 8.9 earthquake

[timwilky]

Wait for the sunamis to start seriously hitting the whole Pacific rim

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Whirlpools, Nuclear Reactor Fires...

Next it will be Godzilla.

AAAHHHH GODZIWA!! haha, but in all seriousness, this is awfull, although the earthquake was smaller than thailand in 2004, that tsunami look 10x more powerfull and destructive. And the worry witht he nuclear reactors!!!! well that is a real worry.


lets hope that the tsunami manages to get a lot weaker before it hits anyone else!

[kaivalagi]

Originally Posted by timwilky

Wait for the sunamis to start seriously hitting the whole Pacific rim

Tell me about it, I'm bricking for my Fijian relatives...3pm or thereabouts our time I'll know the score...I am hoping that they will be spared being on a north-east coastline and south-east from Japan but there's no knowing for sure

Originally Posted by kaivalagi

Tell me about it, I'm bricking for my Fijian relatives...3pm or thereabouts our time I'll know the score...I am hoping that they will be spared being on a north-east coastline and south-east from Japan but there's no knowing for sure

I really hope they are ok mate, hopefully they should be ok if they are north east.

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by kaivalagi

Tell me about it, I'm bricking for my Fijian relatives...3pm or thereabouts our time I'll know the score...I am hoping that they will be spared being on a north-east coastline and south-east from Japan but there's no knowing for sure

Hope they get away with it. At least the world is more aware of the dangers and can "prepare"

Look on the bright side, SURF'S UP!!

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by carnivore

Look on the bright side, SURF'S UP!!

You think Keanu Reeves is headed to Hawaii as we speak?

He's going to be lonely without Patrick Swaze tho..

[kaivalagi]

Originally Posted by Jimmy2Feet

I really hope they are ok mate, hopefully they should be ok if they are north east.

Originally Posted by timwilky

Hope they get away with it. At least the world is more aware of the dangers and can "prepare"

Thanks guys, I am sure they'll be okay, just not knowing for certain is the problem...

These guys go out into open sea in a 16ft fibreglass boat riding the crests of waves on days when I would think twice about going to sea in things a lot lot bigger, they're a hardy bunch to say the least

Still can't get hold of my "cousin brother" who lives at sea level though, carp mobile signal there at the best of times. No doubt he knows it's on it's way and is busy securing things in the village and getting his wife and kids safe...The "coconut wireless" will no doubt have got word to everyone by now anyway

edit: half a metre high tsunami wave at the northern pacific islands...fingers crossed it remains that low...travelling at 500mph though apparently so that much energy could mean anything!
edit2: arrival times for locations listed here: http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php...1.03.11.123017

Hope your family are OK Kaivalagi.
My Uncle is on holiday in Barbados so hoping it stays away from there

[kaivalagi]

Originally Posted by minimorecambe

Hope your family are OK Kaivalagi.
My Uncle is on holiday in Barbados so hoping it stays away from there

Thanks, fingers crossed...

He'll be fine there, it's the other side of the Central America's, Honduras and Nicaragua in the main land are in the way Lucky sod though....wish I were there!