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2011-03-11 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
7.9 magnitude quake hits Japan
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Posted by ryuge 2011-03-11 01:22|| || Front Page|| [6 views ]  Top

#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||   2011-03-11 01:56|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 01:58|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 04:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Links to vids?
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-03-11 07:00||   2011-03-11 07:00|| Front Page Top

#5 
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-03-11 07:16||   2011-03-11 07:16|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 07:22|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 07:25|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 07:35|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 07:50|| Front Page Top

#10 Honolulu street level warning video here:
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-03-11 07:51||   2011-03-11 07:51|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 08:12|| Front Page Top

#12 Tsunami crossing tarmac at Sendai airport.
Posted by Water Modem 2011-03-11 09:26||   2011-03-11 09:26|| Front Page Top

#13 Sendai Petrochemical plant ablaze
Posted by Water Modem 2011-03-11 09:29||   2011-03-11 09:29|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 09:40|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 09:57|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 10:01|| Front Page Top

#17 No news about how Yokosuka and 7th fleet are doing?
Posted by Penguin 2011-03-11 10:02||   2011-03-11 10:02|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 10:15|| Front Page Top

#19 Penguin - look here
Posted by Water Modem 2011-03-11 10:21||   2011-03-11 10:21|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 10:28|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 11:16|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 11:43|| Front Page Top

#23 So far, so good for us.
Posted by tu3031 2011-03-11 12:35||   2011-03-11 12:35|| Front Page Top

#24 Same Japanese person came back with the following:
Odaiba did have some fire.

Yokosuka and other sea sides might caught many roads and some homes/ building damages. Transport system is halted everywhere.

Chiba was hit on roads and homes. Oil plant got burst there.

Bridges are not safe for the next day and given warning for potential earthquakes during the next 1 month.

Everywhere nearby sea side will be recommended to avoid.

Aomori, Hokkaido, and Iwate - with unknown people and deth numbers, it has reached around 1,000 people. Together with mad slide and other disasters, I'd expect 5,000 people may be dead.

Tonight, it is way below zero C. I saw many old ones who could not escape, on TV, shivering for cold.

I am sure there are many trapped in water and mad filled homes and other places - mother with babies, old ones and those immobile. I hope to god to keep eyes and warmth for them. They may not survive tonight.

I have watched a white ban with wiper moving was in running water, pushed to the sea. So as an old man pushing his cycle away from sea side. People were shouting at him to get away.

I am not sure if people were there for the next 2 mins, but if there were, likely, 100% sure that they are dead now.
Posted by Water Modem 2011-03-11 12:38||   2011-03-11 12:38|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 12:39|| Front Page Top

#26 And...GREEN JOBS!
Posted by tu3031 2011-03-11 12:44||   2011-03-11 12:44|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 12:51|| Front Page Top

#28 Video:
Tsunami creates giant whirlpool off Japan.
Posted by Frozen Al 2011-03-11 12:56||   2011-03-11 12:56|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 12:57|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 12:58|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 13:12|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 13:18|| Front Page Top

#33 Right now it appears their main worry is the nukes.
Posted by tu3031 2011-03-11 14:05||   2011-03-11 14:05|| Front Page Top

#34 US military status in the area.
Posted by tu3031 2011-03-11 14:15||   2011-03-11 14:15|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 14:20|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 14:28|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 14:29|| Front Page Top

#38 Time lapse, Santa Cruz, CA Harbor.
Posted by tu3031 2011-03-11 14:37||   2011-03-11 14:37|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 15:00|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 15:18|| Front Page Top

#41 Now #36 is back. So there's two places to go for live updates.
Posted by tu3031 2011-03-11 15:19||   2011-03-11 15:19|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 15:28|| Front Page Top

#43 Kesennuma.

It looks like a B-29 fire raid during the war.
Posted by tu3031 2011-03-11 15:39||   2011-03-11 15:39|| Front Page Top

#44 US West coast damage and casualties.
Posted by tu3031 2011-03-11 16:21||   2011-03-11 16:21|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 16:41|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 17:36|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 17:43|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 18:33|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 18:49|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 18:52|| Front Page Top

#51 88K missing as of an hour ago.
Posted by twobyfour 2011-03-11 19:04||   2011-03-11 19:04|| Front Page Top

#52 #36 is back to a straight news story.
#40 is done for the night.
Posted by tu3031 2011-03-11 19:27||   2011-03-11 19:27|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 20:51|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-11 23:02|| Front Page Top

#55 and now

Magnitude 6.1 - TONGA
2011 March 12 01:19:07 UTC
Posted by linker 2011-03-11 23:43||   2011-03-11 23:43|| Front Page Top

#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||   2011-03-12 00:02|| Front Page Top

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