2011 Sendai Earthquake & Tsunami

Crostorm · #141 Postby **Crostorm** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:12 am

Minamisaniriku 10,000 people are missing, says NHK

Chacor · #142 Postby **Chacor** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:19 am

AFP: 300-400 bodies found in coastal town of Rikuzentakata. Power has been restored to Sendai according to one expat in the city speaking to BBC News TV.

#143 Postby **RL3AO** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:20 am

Already fear this will be used by the anti-nuclear power people.

Ironically in the end it will probably go to show how safe nuclear power really is. That it took an 8.9 quake and a series of failures for a plant to go into meltdown and even then the containment dome will do its job and the release of nuclear material will be similar to three mile island.

Crostorm · #144 Postby **Crostorm** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:27 am

Earthquake Information (Information about Seismic Intensity at each site)
Issued at 22:19 JST 12 Mar 2011

22:15 JST 12 Mar 2011 37.1N 141.4E 40km 6.0 Fukushima-ken Oki

Crostorm · #145 Postby **Crostorm** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:40 am

MAP 6.4 2011/03/12 13:15:41 37.261 141.175 37.5 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... ia_eqs.php

Crostorm · #146 Postby **Crostorm** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:45 am

Sendai aeroport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_6iDBoOvb0

Chacor · #147 Postby **Chacor** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:22 am

RL3AO wrote:Already fear this will be used by the anti-nuclear power people.

Ironically in the end it will probably go to show how safe nuclear power really is. That it took an 8.9 quake and a series of failures for a plant to go into meltdown and even then the containment dome will do its job and the release of nuclear material will be similar to three mile island.

Already was, by Greenpeace talking on the BBC.

#148 Postby **Stephanie** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:54 am

Thank you to all of those that are in Japan right now for the updates. My thoughts and prayers are with you and all of Japan. I am shocked by the news and videos of destruction and now totally frightened by what is happening with their nuclear reactors. The ramifications of what has happened and is currently happening will affect generations to come.

Just when you thought you witnessed "the worst" major disaster, it seems like there's another one that is even worse. This is really scary.

#149 Postby **cycloneye** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:11 am

Here is the location of that 6.4 strong aftershock very close to the nuclear plant that had the explosion.

#150 Postby **vbhoutex** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:41 am

Crostorm wrote:Sendai aeroport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_6iDBoOvb0

As much video as we have seen it is still very difficult for me to wrap my head around the tsunami vids. I can not imagine watching that live as it was happening, not knowing if you were going to be ok or not. Truly scary!!! And now on top of all of the destruction they are possibly facing a nuclear disaster. Hopefully the containment structures are intact and will hold.

Chacor · #151 Postby **Chacor** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:45 am

No meltdown is expected any longer, according to the government. Only concern is a minor leakage, and iodine is on standby for distribution.

#152 Postby **vbhoutex** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:48 am

James Reynolds?(typhoonhunter)is on his way to Japan. Hopefully we will get some reports from him also once he gets there. I hope the "no meltdown" isn't just government hype. I pray it is true.

Bunkertor · #153 Postby **Bunkertor** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:20 am

Just in: Jap. experts found fission-products Iod and Casium near the compound. It is been told that this suggests that the meltdown is in progress.

#154 Postby **brunota2003** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:22 am

So in other words, no further meltdowns are expected, because the one they were concerned with already started?

Bunkertor · #155 Postby **Bunkertor** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:26 am

25 years after Tchernobyl. This i would call "Murphy´s law"

#156 Postby **srainhoutx** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:41 pm

Just stunning...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFmUqkrq2S0&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Aquawind · #157 Postby **Aquawind** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:37 pm

WOW!! Amazing widespread damage and it's not over. An island moved 8 feet and the earth's axis 4 inches!

#158 Postby **StormingB81** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:14 pm

Here very shortly I will be headed to the airport which my flight had a connection flight in Tokyo, Japan. My neighbor just fly in from there I asked him if he saw anything he said he had no intentions to look. I should be able to get on a computer sometime monday SO I will let you all know what is going on.

#159 Postby **StormingB81** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:39 pm

BREAKING NEWS: EMERGENCY CALLED at reactor where there was an explosion 170,000 people evacuated!

Website · #160 Postby **Brent** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:40 pm

BreakingNews: Japan's nuclear safety agency reports an emergency at a second reactor - AP

and from earlier...

AlBoeNEWS FLASH -- OFFICIALS: NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPOSED TO RADIATION AT 1ST REACTOR COULD REACH 160

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