8.9 Quake & Tsunami Hits Japan....

AuburnChopper 3.0 · « **on:** March 11, 2011, 08:41:45 AM »

DAAAYYYYUUUMMMMMMMM.......

Good morning!

Townhallsavoy · « **Reply #1 on:** March 11, 2011, 09:18:07 AM »

I know.

One of my best friends is at Stanford right now. I woke him up at 5:00am his time to let him know he might want to start climbing a tree that has a thick trunk.

Crazy shit, this planet.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #2 on:** March 11, 2011, 09:20:35 AM »

I have a cousin that is living in Kapaau, HI. Luckily that is the biggest island and farthest East, but he is on the West coast of that island. Nobody in the family has been able to get in touch with him as of yet today.

chinook · « **Reply #3 on:** March 11, 2011, 10:27:27 AM »

tsunami warning sirens for the coast of oreygun.

ding-a-ling ding-a-ling

AU_Tiger_2000 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 11, 2011, 10:50:59 AM »

Quote from: Buzz Killington on March 11, 2011, 09:20:35 AM

I have a cousin that is living in Kapaau, HI. Luckily that is the biggest island and farthest East, but he is on the West coast of that island. Nobody in the family has been able to get in touch with him as of yet today.

My sister and her husband live on the North side of the same island. She posted from her phone that everyone had been evacuated inland.

Hawaii can move everyone inland in a few hours notice. New Orleans couldn't do the same in a few days notice.

Townhallsavoy · « **Reply #5 on:** March 11, 2011, 11:25:43 AM »

Quote from: AU_Tiger_2000 on March 11, 2011, 10:50:59 AM

New Orleans couldn't do the same in a few days notice.

It's because we're idiots.

Token · « **Reply #6 on:** March 11, 2011, 11:32:47 AM »

I like where this thread is heading.

Saniflush · « **Reply #7 on:** March 11, 2011, 11:33:50 AM »

Quote from: Token on March 11, 2011, 11:32:47 AM

I like where this thread is heading.

There is potential here.

AUTailgatingRules · « **Reply #8 on:** March 11, 2011, 01:06:40 PM »

Quote from: Townhallsavoy on March 11, 2011, 09:18:07 AM

Crazy shit, this planet.

Global warming's a bitch. I'm sure it played a role somehow

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #9 on:** March 11, 2011, 01:12:52 PM »

Quote from: AUTailgatingRules on March 11, 2011, 01:06:40 PM

Global warming's a bitch. I'm sure it played a role somehow

Was W anywhere near Japan?

Townhallsavoy · « **Reply #10 on:** March 11, 2011, 01:36:31 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on March 11, 2011, 01:12:52 PM

Was W anywhere near Japan?

He doesn't need to be.

He can control his weather controlling device from the ranch.

Tarheel · « **Reply #11 on:** March 11, 2011, 02:44:42 PM »

Quote from: AU_Tiger_2000 on March 11, 2011, 10:50:59 AM

My sister and her husband live on the North side of the same island. She posted from her phone that everyone had been evacuated inland.

Hawaii can move everyone inland in a few hours notice. New Orleans couldn't do the same in a few days notice.

The phones have been crazy there. We were finally able to reach some friends in Oahu who said that they were OK; we heard from them via teh MyBook (or is it FaceSpace?).

Really acute observation there about the evacuation in Hawaii versus NO!

djsimp · « **Reply #12 on:** March 16, 2011, 11:59:15 AM »

Ummm, the shit keeps getting worse for folks in Japan. The Chernobyl disaster may end up taking second place in the worse nuclear plant disasters when this is all over. Not good at all.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110316/ts_nm/us_japan_quake

CCTAU · « **Reply #13 on:** March 16, 2011, 12:38:47 PM »

Quote from: Townhallsavoy on March 11, 2011, 01:36:31 PM

He doesn't need to be.

He can control his weather controlling device from the ranch.

Damn. Here we go again. "IT'S A WEATHERING MACHINE".

AUJarhead · « **Reply #14 on:** March 16, 2011, 01:26:06 PM »

When's Ming pressing the "Hot Hail" button?

Token · « **Reply #15 on:** March 16, 2011, 01:37:56 PM »

What is it about Japan that makes it such an ideal location for nuclear disasters?

GarMan · « **Reply #16 on:** March 16, 2011, 05:31:35 PM »

Quote from: djsimp41 on March 16, 2011, 11:59:15 AM

Ummm, the poop keeps getting worse for folks in Japan. The Chernobyl disaster may end up taking second place in the worse nuclear plant disasters when this is all over. Not good at all.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110316/ts_nm/us_japan_quake

Fortunately, this is overblown media hype at best... Even if there is a partial meltdown as they're suspecting, the likelihood of this becoming anything like Chernobyl is slim-to-none. The radiation leaks that have been reported are relatively insignificant. We're talking about "radioactive" elements with half-lives of seconds versus Chernobyl's leaks of radioactive elements of 30+ years.

Tarheel · « **Reply #17 on:** March 16, 2011, 06:33:14 PM »

Quote from: GarMan on March 16, 2011, 05:31:35 PM

Fortunately, this is overblown media hype at best... Even if there is a partial meltdown as they're suspecting, the likelihood of this becoming anything like Chernobyl is slim-to-none. The radiation leaks that have been reported are relatively insignificant. We're talking about "radioactive" elements with half-lives of seconds versus Chernobyl's leaks of radioactive elements of 30+ years.

I'm not at the Alex Jones red alert level on this issue (Everyone buy and take potassium iodate and iodide!!) but I do think that it's worse than the Japanese are telling the public. The main reasons I think that are, admittedly, anecdotal, but after seeing those dramatic hydrogen explosions in three of the reactor buildings I simply can't believe that this is not a major catastrophic event. Also, we do know that the Japanese designers built these containment buildings with tanks near the roof where they kept the 'spent' fuel rods which could have easily been blown out in the hydrogen explosion event(s) even though the containment structure around the pressure vessel(s) and the vessel(s) themselves inside have been deluged in sea water to prevent a meltdown. My opinion is that the real worry is not a meltdown but with the 'spent' fuel rods being blown out of their cooling tanks and possibly blown apart exposing the plutonium and uranium pellets inside them. In all seriousness, what's your opinion on that latter possibility GarMan? (Do we need to meet and discuss this over a cocktail and cigars this evening while we watch basketball?)

djsimp · « **Reply #18 on:** March 16, 2011, 07:27:44 PM »

Well first, the whole deal with the Americans running out to buy iodine pills us just stupid. That only somewhat protects the Thyroid anyway.

The deal with the Nuclear Plants are a different story. At first, I really didn't think it was going to be that bad. Now though, 6 reactors are in distress and two of them they believe have been leaking out of the containment. One of the reactors fuel rods are now exposed fully. A meltdown is gonna happen at this point. One of the US Navy ships have detected radiation 60 miles out in the Pacific and they are also detecting small amounts of radiation in Tokyo which is about 150 miles South. The Japanese Government has tried to downplay this too, but they themselves have made comments to say there is a real threat.

chinook · « **Reply #19 on:** March 16, 2011, 07:33:59 PM »

the japanese are afraid of exposing the real truth about superior japanese engineering. calling chris hansen.