Japan hit by 9.0 earthquake.
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BBC online reports that a passenger train with an unknown number of people on board is missing and that a ship carrying 100 people has been lost. I'm relieved to hear so many TBBS people in Japan are safe but I fear the death toll is going to be horrendous.
BBC online reports that a passenger train with an unknown number of people on board is missing and that a ship carrying 100 people has been lost. I'm relieved to hear so many TBBS people in Japan are safe but I fear the death toll is going to be horrendous.
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The videos that were taken in stores or offices are unreal. Everything shaking so violently. How scary.
I keep thinking about Goji staying at the school helping the kids get through it. That was so awesome.
The videos that were taken in stores or offices are unreal. Everything shaking so violently. How scary.
I keep thinking about Goji staying at the school helping the kids get through it. That was so awesome.
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Jesus the video they are showing on CNN right now is incredible. The freaking earthquake went on forever. How scary.
Jesus the video they are showing on CNN right now is incredible. The freaking earthquake went on forever. How scary.
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I felt another aftershock just now. It's been going all night. The trains are still stopped locally, and my friend's wife is stuck in downtown Tokyo, unable to make it back to where we live in Koshigaya. Which sucks for them, obviously. Thankfully today I went to the school I can walk home from, or I'd be stuck somewhere too.
I felt another aftershock just now. It's been going all night. The trains are still stopped locally, and my friend's wife is stuck in downtown Tokyo, unable to make it back to where we live in Koshigaya. Which sucks for them, obviously. Thankfully today I went to the school I can walk home from, or I'd be stuck somewhere too.
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They talk on the news about future shocks and how they are smaller than the main event because most of the energy is released in that main event. But then in other talks they are mentioning the 7.2 quake at 9 march 2011 02:45:20 UTC as being a forewarning of something bigger.
So it seems that future shocks can be bigger or smaller than those past, and you can only talk in hindsight about which one was the main event and which are the aftershocks and forewarnings.
They talk on the news about future shocks and how they are smaller than the main event because most of the energy is released in that main event. But then in other talks they are mentioning the 7.2 quake at 9 march 2011 02:45:20 UTC as being a forewarning of something bigger.
So it seems that future shocks can be bigger or smaller than those past, and you can only talk in hindsight about which one was the main event and which are the aftershocks and forewarnings.
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I'm trying to get a hold of my niece, my nephew DJ lives in Okinawa with his family, hope they're ok.
I'm trying to get a hold of my niece, my nephew DJ lives in Okinawa with his family, hope they're ok.
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88,000 missing?
Not surprising, though- considering nearly a quarter of a million died in the tsunami after the Indonesia quake of 2004.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698
More than likely, that number will go down, but when you look at the footage of the waves and fires it's difficult but to expect the worst.
88,000 missing?
Not surprising, though- considering nearly a quarter of a million died in the tsunami after the Indonesia quake of 2004.
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Tokyo Tower
Tokyo Tower
This is Tokyo Tower right now...
23 people are confirmed dead at this moment.
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Two people I know in Japan are ok.. My cousin was on a work assignment in Shanghai and missed the whole thing. Naoko, a fellow Project Learning Tree coordinator lives in Tokyo and is fine..
Haven't been able to get a hold of my friend Miki, however, and I'm starting to be troubled..
Two people I know in Japan are ok.. My cousin was on a work assignment in Shanghai and missed the whole thing. Naoko, a fellow Project Learning Tree coordinator lives in Tokyo and is fine..
Haven't been able to get a hold of my friend Miki, however, and I'm starting to be troubled..
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I was watching CNN and FOX news coverages late last night, and it looked like the water was just overflowing or flooding the streets in a coastal city. It wasn't like a violent rush of tides, but still that looked very devastating.
I was watching CNN and FOX news coverages late last night, and it looked like the water was just overflowing or flooding the streets in a coastal city. It wasn't like a violent rush of tides, but still that looked very devastating.
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I posted this in TNZ:
It sounds like Japan really knows what it's doing when it comes to earthquakes/tsunami.
I posted this in TNZ:
It sounds like Japan really knows what it's doing when it comes to earthquakes/tsunami.
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People finder for Japan:
http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/?lang=en
Tweeted by George Takei.
I hope everyone stays safe.
People finder for Japan:
http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/?lang=en
Tweeted by George Takei.
I hope everyone stays safe.
