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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| 7.9 magnitude quake hits Japan |
| 2011-03-11 |
| The quake struck around 237 miles northeast of Tokyo. A tsunami warning has been issued for Japan, Russia and the Mariana Islands. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #56 Actually, I stayed in Hagatna/Agana out of curiosity, to see iff any tidal wave will indeed occur as well as to "compare notes" as per old Personal Dreams/Visions of mine ["KAMALEN Event"], + dare God to kill His own Madonna Fan, etc. etc. * GUAM TSUNAMI WATCH, later TSUNAMI WARNING > any "first wave(s)" vee the Japan/Sendai Quake was anticipated to hit Guam circa 03/11 7:09PM Guam time last Nite. AFAIK Mall + Stores along Guam's Route 4 in Hagatna started shutting down immediately around 6:15-6:30PM. Personally I wasn't expecting any big waves anyway given WESTPAC UW GEOGRAPHY + OCEAN PATTERNS, REGIONAL HISTORY, + in lessor NATURAL SURFACE OBSTRUCTION VIA THE TAMUNING = EAST AGANA PENINSULA. IMO NW Guam from AAFB + NWR Ritidian Point, to Hotel Row-Harmon Cliffline + Tamuning Peninsula would had absorbed the brunt of any wave from Japan = Sendai Quake. I did observe Guam Police cars [flashing blue sirens] speed past escorting a number of mixed group of DOE, Tourist Buses, prob headed towards Guam's Hotel Row to evacuate tourists from Hotels there. Guam is more likely to experience large or massive tidal waves iff SPACE ROCKS = COMET APOPHIS impacts the Pacific Ocean near HAWAII, NORPAC or EAST ASIA. * See HISTORY CHANNEL'S "MONSTER WAVES" [Killer, Rogue,+ Monster Tidal Waves, wid SPACE THREATS being deemed the MOST DANGEROUS/POTENT OF 'EM ALL]. LASTLY, ON A SEPARATE NOTE, I BELIEVE GUAM DID EXPERIENCE A FEW "PRE-QUAKES" PRIOR TO THE TIME OF THE JAPAN/SENDAI QUAKE, albeit the former have not been officially acknowledged or reported yet in the local Medias, e.g. GUAM MASS TRANSIT BUS SUDDENLY SHAKING HARD WHILE UP AT DEDEDO PUBLIC HEALTH NRHC + AGAIN LATER IN TRAFFIC. Other signs also, espec POST-MIDNITE, OFFSHAPED SKY LIGHTS + AURORAE OER GUAM-WESTPAC INCLUDING IN THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION OF JAPAN + NE ASIA. OTOH a lot of good-sized Quakes + other Phenomenon have gone un-reported in the local Medias - I'm not sure why that is. DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT? PCORRECTNESS? PROTOCOLS? I do believe that iff NASA-JPL + Other Agencies, Perts are going to be publicly forecasting alleged "TECHS/GRID" = "CIVILIZATION" DAMAGING-IFF-NOT-DESTROYING SOLAR STORMS-FLARES come 2012 or after, then IMO the US-World should expect to see + experience HIGH-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKES SIMILAR TO SENDAI OR WORSE. The Good News is there's no universal scientific consensus on how the SUN, EARTH BEHAVED DURING EARTH'S PAST "GREAT EPOCHS", NOW GLOBAL WARMING-CLIMATE CHANGE; THE BAD NEWS IS THE SAME. [WALTER "AND THATS THE WAY IT IS..." CRONKITE here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-03-12 00:02 |
| #55 and now Magnitude 6.1 - TONGA 2011 March 12 01:19:07 UTC |
| Posted by: linker 2011-03-11 23:43 |
| #54 Drudge is saying the 8.9 has been bumped up to a 9.1 I have relatives visiting Okinawa...they are supposed to be connecting back to the US through Japan...instead of returning today, it looks like Wednesday...maybe. |
| Posted by: Muggsy Glink 2011-03-11 23:02 |
| #53 '6.9 aftershock near Nagano' this was thought to be not an aftershock but an earthquake from another plate. |
| Posted by: linker 2011-03-11 20:51 |
| #52 #36 is back to a straight news story. #40 is done for the night. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-11 19:27 |
| #51 88K missing as of an hour ago. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2011-03-11 19:04 |
| #50 tu3031, based on the images I've seen, I think the figure you posted may not be that off the mark. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2011-03-11 18:52 |
| #49 23:38 The Independent newspaper is quoting reports of tens of thousands of people missing. That's many times the official police estimates. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-11 18:49 |
| #48 The Japanese could have some serious problems if the batteries that operate the pumps give out and they cannot get the backup diesel generators up and going. If they have a loss of coolant--the reactor could have a meltdown. I pray they don't. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-03-11 18:33 |
| #47 Video from Ali'i Drive in Kona, HI from a guy who really shouldn't have been there. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-03-11 17:43 |
| #46 Rad levels 1000X latest report. Seen some piccies. Last night, I stated re-reading Lucifer's Hammer, now I have fitting illustrations. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2011-03-11 17:36 |
| #45 Uh-oh... 21:37 Reports suggest possibility of radiation leak at nuclear power station at Fukushima. Evacuatino zone extended to six miles. Radiation said to be at eight times normal levels. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-11 16:41 |
| #44 US West coast damage and casualties. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-11 16:21 |
| #43 Kesennuma. It looks like a B-29 fire raid during the war. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-11 15:39 |
| #42 tu, that link says USGS is claiming a 150mile long 50mile wide hold made by the earthquake. That is utterly insane. |
| Posted by: Charles 2011-03-11 15:28 |
| #41 Now #36 is back. So there's two places to go for live updates. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-11 15:19 |
| #40 #36 was switched to a straight news story. Try here. Rooters sez 6.9 aftershock near Nagano. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-11 15:18 |
| #39 Johnson! Stop the presses!! 1937 GMT: Teen pop idol Justin Bieber has sent a tweet of solidarity with Japan to his eight million Twitter followers. It says: "Japan is one of my favorite places on earth... it's an incredible culture with amazing people. My prayers go out to them. We all need to help." |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-11 15:00 |
| #38 Time lapse, Santa Cruz, CA Harbor. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-11 14:37 |
| #37 It will be interesting to see if China gives aid. Or, coldly stands by and lets its neighbor suffer. Either way, it will tell. |
| Posted by: gromky 2011-03-11 14:29 |
| #36 Updates about every ten minutes. This was interesting... 1830 GMT: An official in Crescent City, in northern California, tells the Times-Standard newspaper that the city's harbor "has been destroyed" by tsunami waves triggered by the quake in Japan. "Thirty-five boars have been crushed and the harbor has major damage, major damage," but no injuries have been reported, Councilman Rich Enea says. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-11 14:28 |
| #35 From the article cited in #34: "In Guam, the tsunami snapped mooring lines to two attack submarines, Houston and City of Corpus Christi. Tug boats immediately responded. “Both subs are safe and under the control of the tug boats,” Joint Region Marianas posted on its Facebook page. No injuries have been reported." |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-03-11 14:20 |
| #34 US military status in the area. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-11 14:15 |
| #33 Right now it appears their main worry is the nukes. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-11 14:05 |
| #32 Jesus, does he babble on or what? I'm screaming "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" at my TV. Thank God for TOTUS! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-11 13:18 |
| #31 In the ?/answer BO spent more time lecturing the Pubs about how they have to give in to him on the budget than he did on Japan. |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-03-11 13:12 |
| #30 I'm sure all our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by this . Seems BO had a toke on a pipe before he spoke... That man couldnt have made a worse hash (s'cuse the pun) of sorting his priorities out if he tried . Surely he could have hosted another spin session for petrol prices and other tangents he went off on .. |
| Posted by: Oscar 2011-03-11 12:58 |
| #29 For those of you with friends in Japan, Michael Yon posted this person finder link . |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-03-11 12:57 |
| #28 Video: Tsunami creates giant whirlpool off Japan. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2011-03-11 12:56 |
| #27 #25 Barry's on now. "Too bad about Japan. But (they've never liked "my people" much anyway) let's talk about gas prices...". |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-03-11 12:51 |
| #26 And...GREEN JOBS! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-11 12:44 |
| #25 Barry's on now. "Too bad about Japan. But let's talk about gas prices...". The Japanese will be thrilled about that. What a buffoon. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-11 12:39 |
#24 Same Japanese person came back with the following:Odaiba did have some fire. |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-03-11 12:38 |
| #23 So far, so good for us. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-11 12:35 |
| #22 The 7th Fleet is reporting all okay so far: http://www.informationdissemination.net/2011/03/tsunami-updates.html |
| Posted by: Pancho Angise6853 2011-03-11 11:43 |
| #21 20 KPH carries a fire/embers just fine. At about an acre fire creates its own winds. Buildings have a way of making wind corridors. Smoke is your first concern. Get the crap out of downwind. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-03-11 11:16 |
| #20 If you live in the Chicago Area NHK is live right now on over the air channel 20-3 The firestorm video is awful! |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-03-11 10:28 |
| #19 Penguin - look here |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-03-11 10:21 |
| #18 A person I know from the net - in Japan - says: Kisennuma city is a sea of fire. Google Map of Position Wikipedia says pop is 73,403 and it is a sister city of Seattle. Industry Kesennuma relies on tourism and commercial fishing, the latter being what the city is known for, especially its tuna, pacific saury and skipjack tuna production, keeping the fishing port very active. It also has a shark fin fishery. |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-03-11 10:15 |
| #17 No news about how Yokosuka and 7th fleet are doing? |
| Posted by: Penguin 2011-03-11 10:02 |
| #16 According to the agency, the tsunami was observed in a wide range mainly from Hokkaido to Kyushu Tohoku region. 3:00 pm on 50 minutes, Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture, including 7.3 meters of the tsunami was observed, in a town 52 minutes at the four 4.2 m Ibaraki, 21:03 Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, the 4.1-minute meters, at the same time reached more than 4 meters in the city of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture. In addition, the GPS floating offshore wave gauge is at 3 pm in the 12th minute off Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, 6.8 m, at the same time as 6.3 m off Miyako, 14:03 pm off the coast of Miyagi prefecture Kesennuma 6 m min was observed. The main tsunami height 39 minute presentation follows at 6:00 pm. 3.5 m [Hokkaido] Erimo town, Iwate Prefecture Tokachi Port 2.8 meters [3.2 meters]; Ofunato Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture; over 3.3 m - 2.2 m - Choshi, Chiba Prefecture; Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture - Yokohama City - Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture - 1.6 m - 1.4 m - 1.7 m Owase, Mie Prefecture] Shirahama, Wakayama - 0.9 m [2] Port Susaki, Kochi Prefecture. 2 m - 1.4 m - Miyazaki Prefecture - Kagoshima Prefecture - Miyazaki port city of Amami, Okinawa - 1.1 m - 0.3 m Zyou |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-03-11 10:01 |
| #15 The Japanese papers don't appear to be keeping up with English Translation (understandable)... Run the papers through google translate Do a google search on: Japan english news then back off the english links and run through Google Translate.. Example provide this as input to Translate: http://www.asahi.com Remember to click to translate from Japanese to English (or your language of choice) |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-03-11 09:57 |
| #14 RT on the tsunami and the 4 nuke plants hit...Fukushima cooling system fails after Japan quake |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-03-11 09:40 |
| #13 Sendai Petrochemical plant ablaze |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-03-11 09:29 |
| #12 Tsunami crossing tarmac at Sendai airport. |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-03-11 09:26 |
| #11 Biggest danger is fires - all those wooden buildings. Fortunately winds aren't too strong. In Tokyo 30 KPH. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2011-03-11 08:12 |
| #10 Honolulu street level warning video here: |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-03-11 07:51 |
| #9 A monster. Now 8.9. Largest to ever hit Japan since recordings began. 7th largest to hit. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-03-11 07:50 |
| #8 Joseph M headed to high ground, I presume. Hope we get a report in from our Western Pacific correspondent later today. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2011-03-11 07:35 |
| #7 NHK summary [15 sec ad precedes]: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-03-11 07:25 |
| #6 MSNBC Live Feed: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-03-11 07:22 |
| #5 |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-03-11 07:16 |
| #4 Links to vids? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-03-11 07:00 |
| #3 NYT has reported an aftershock of 7.4. Hawaii Civil Defense "Evacuate all coastal areas immediately. Waves up to 6 feet expected to hit Hilo and Haleiwa at 2:59 a.m." [0759 EST] USGS site has some interesting maps. Amazing live videos taken from aircraft showing tsunami activity & fires in Japan. Coincidentally (or not) at 0358 EST a 4.6 earthquake hit the Kilauea volcano area in Hawaii, no tsunami warning due to that. Tsunami warning or advisory for the entire west coast of the US & Canada Watch/warning/advisory definitions here |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-03-11 04:49 |
| #2 Sorry, Hawaii has a tsunami watch, not warning. Tsunami warning has been issued for Guam, though, along with Japan, Russia, Marcus Is., N. Marianas, Wake, and Taiwan. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2011-03-11 01:58 |
| #1 USGS now has it as 8.8. Tsunami warnings for Hawaii, Guam, and points west. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2011-03-11 01:56 |