7.9 and 8.8 Earthquakes in Japan

Ring-side seats for this thing then, but I guess there's all the other islands to your northwest that will take the worst of it.

Yeah we're pretty much in that wedge between Molokai and lanai, so I don't know how that works

FWIW, Wake Island (sort of on the same path) only saw 0.39M / 1.3FT.

Barely worth getting your board out, but good luck anyhow jjj!

Uh according to Hawaii news midway island just reported 4 foot swell

kind of really glad facebook exists-- one of my friends in japan who was unaccounted for doesn't have internet at home so I thought I'd have to wait and worry for the next day or so, but her sister (in uk) posted on someone else's comment thread that she's okay.

So basically no one knows anything. On the not awesome side, the hotel isnt allowing the lower floors to bring any luggage or bags with them, just prescription medication

Obv an xpost

Same as me c major, one of my oldest friends from Dublin is in Sendai, he's fine tho.

Japan declares 'nuclear emergency' as attempts to cool reactor at northern plant are 'not going as planned' - official via NHK

Really not feeling good about this.

!!!!

well, shit

Thinking of you Jjusten.

Ok so apparently the second wave at midway was 8 feet

Tbf all of this would be much more useful info if I was not a shitheel from the middle of a continent.

I logged on to my work email today and saw that one of my colleagues in our Tokyo office had sent an email at 11:38pm ET. In almost comically stereotypical fashion, it informed us that they had email and network access in the office, but might have difficulty at work due to continuing aftershocks. This was followed about 10 minutes later by our SF-based VP of Operations informing the company that Tokyo was closed for at least the weekend.

Hey jjjusten - keep us updated when u can and look after yrself. Sending out anti-tsunami mindwaves now.

Can't find anything else on this?!

[6:41 a.m. ET, 8:41 p.m. Tokyo] CNN International, citing Reuters news service, is reporting a ship with 100 people aboard has been swept away by the tsunami off Japan.

It must be so chaotic out there that it's virtually impossible to corroborate anything.

hawaii has been given a playful tickle in the form of a 4.5 earthquake. nature, you coquette

Good luck, JJ.

Holy fucking crap I've been out all night and I just got txted by N on the way home and what the fuck woah.

Good luck JJ, please let us know you're ok when it's passed.

stay dry, y'all

jjj, you are going to video this shit, right? also, stay safe big man.

waves hitting hawaii about now fwiw

6 ft wave at the speed of an airplane is prediction they were giving a bit ago for HI.

terrifying, apocalyptic footage on that al jazeera news page, jesus.

Holy shit

If you want surreally mellow coverage:
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/category.asp?C=176904

apparently the waves at hawaii were smaller than forecast

basically japan has borne the vast majority of any brunt

My parents were just landing in Tokyo (after a local trip). They are fine. In a cab going home. This is so fucking surreal. Don't think I am going to Japan this year with the kids. DOn't feel like going ever again. I hope they decide to come back home but I doubt it.

1332: Between 200 and 300 bodies have been found on a beach near Sendai, the semi-official Jiji Press news agency is reporting.

Sort of understandable at the moment but this is a once-in-hundreds-of-years type occurrance and the country will rebound. It'd be sad to write off going back for good.

(xpost fucking hell that's grim)

hey nat, haven't heard from you in a while. glad your parents are okay, stay strong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU8zyscGWe4&feature=player_embedded#at=49

On the mellow Hawaii news, they're saying calm, calm, calm, no biggie, and a minute ago the whole coral reef on Diamond Head beach was exposed, the ocean inhaling.

Feeling quite sick after reading about the bodies being found in Sendai.

my dad on the big island (just inland enough) watching the waikiki webcam, after at least two big-deal false-alarms in my lifetime: "oh. something's actually happening." stay dry, everyone on the pacific.

stay safe out there jjj; posi thoughts out to all ilxors affected

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The official Kyodo news agency is reporting that about 88,000 people are missing.

Jesus, that number is hard to even process.

yea g-damn

This stream http://www.ustream.tv/channel/foxtokimekitonight is showing what I'm guessing from other reports is the waterfront at Sendai completely ablaze. Just terrifying.

Really hoping that number is just because the phones are jammed to hell and it's impossible to contact anyone.

sending good thoughts to Hawaii and jjj...

ugh just watched some of the footage. horrible. really hope they get this nuclear situation under control.

xxxpost

That footage is astonishing, I thought it was a lava flow at first.

ugh CNN coverage is the worst...morning "A" team as bad as late night "D" team