waves hitting hawaii about now fwiw
― acoleuthic, Friday, 11 March 2011 12:57 (thirteen years ago) link
6 ft wave at the speed of an airplane is prediction they were giving a bit ago for HI.
― A Very Small Bag of Phrases (Eazy), Friday, 11 March 2011 13:00 (thirteen years ago) link
terrifying, apocalyptic footage on that al jazeera news page, jesus.
― lycanthrope electrif (Pashmina), Friday, 11 March 2011 13:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Holy shit
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 11 March 2011 13:11 (thirteen years ago) link
If you want surreally mellow coverage:http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/category.asp?C=176904
― A Very Small Bag of Phrases (Eazy), Friday, 11 March 2011 13:17 (thirteen years ago) link
apparently the waves at hawaii were smaller than forecast
― acoleuthic, Friday, 11 March 2011 13:29 (thirteen years ago) link
basically japan has borne the vast majority of any brunt
― acoleuthic, Friday, 11 March 2011 13:30 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 11 March 2011 13:31 (thirteen years ago) link
1332: Between 200 and 300 bodies have been found on a beach near Sendai, the semi-official Jiji Press news agency is reporting.
― nakh is your name really Nakh Chi Van or were you kidding us? (nakhchivan), Friday, 11 March 2011 13:34 (thirteen years ago) link
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)
― Matt DC, Friday, 11 March 2011 13:36 (thirteen years ago) link
hey nat, haven't heard from you in a while. glad your parents are okay, stay strong.
― dayo, Friday, 11 March 2011 13:37 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU8zyscGWe4&feature=player_embedded#at=49
― Fetchboy, Friday, 11 March 2011 13:43 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― A Very Small Bag of Phrases (Eazy), Friday, 11 March 2011 13:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Feeling quite sick after reading about the bodies being found in Sendai.
― Cluster the boots (Billy Dods), Friday, 11 March 2011 13:50 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 11 March 2011 13:55 (thirteen years ago) link
stay safe out there jjj; posi thoughts out to all ilxors affected
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Friday, 11 March 2011 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
WATCH FOXNEWS.COM LIVE9aet Breaking News Coverage Monster EarthquakeWe'll have the latest on the 8.9 magnitude quake in Japan and the tsunami aftermath. Plus Boyz II Men Celebrate 20th Anniversary.
― Play with human heads instead of playing with balls (kkvgz), Friday, 11 March 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
an R&B tsunami
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 March 2011 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
The official Kyodo news agency is reporting that about 88,000 people are missing.
― ears are wounds, Friday, 11 March 2011 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Jesus, that number is hard to even process.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 11 March 2011 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
yea g-damn
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 March 2011 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― ears are wounds, Friday, 11 March 2011 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Really hoping that number is just because the phones are jammed to hell and it's impossible to contact anyone.
― adamj, Friday, 11 March 2011 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
sending good thoughts to Hawaii and jjj...
― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 11 March 2011 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
ugh just watched some of the footage. horrible. really hope they get this nuclear situation under control.
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 11 March 2011 15:10 (thirteen years ago) link
xxxpost
That footage is astonishing, I thought it was a lava flow at first.
― Cluster the boots (Billy Dods), Friday, 11 March 2011 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
ugh CNN coverage is the worst...morning "A" team as bad as late night "D" team
― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 11 March 2011 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link
al jazeera is killing every news organisation out there atm
― lex pretend, Friday, 11 March 2011 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
heard from my sister. shes stuck in the city but ok
― deej, Friday, 11 March 2011 15:37 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709856
This is pretty terrifying looking as well. Can't work out where if anywhere the land's supposed to begin.
― Matt DC, Friday, 11 March 2011 15:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Al j reporting that the tsunami is reaching Hawaii about now.
― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Friday, 11 March 2011 15:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Big Picture on the quake, great as usual http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/03/earthquake-in-japan/100022/
― stet, Friday, 11 March 2011 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indonesia-volcano-erupts-2239167.html
― StanM, Friday, 11 March 2011 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
paging jjj
― ullr saves (gbx), Friday, 11 March 2011 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
the world is ending
― J0rdan S., Friday, 11 March 2011 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
The second picture on Stet's link, with the couple holding each other as the ceiling collapses, is terrifyingly intimate compared to everything else we're seeing.
Just made the mistake of looking up photos of Sendai on Flickr :(
― Matt DC, Friday, 11 March 2011 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
watching the debris wave stuff makes me feel dehumanized, like we are all just ants
― I love victorias but I've chosen maidenform (Edward III), Friday, 11 March 2011 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
That was my thought exactly - just like water washing away an ants nest. So horrible to see those cars driving around looking for a way out.
― ka£ka (NickB), Friday, 11 March 2011 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
holy shit
hope jjj and fuck as many people as possible can survive and be safe.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 11 March 2011 16:17 (thirteen years ago) link
It makes me feel *very* human, in a rightful-place-of-puny-human kind of way. Also that wierd sense of an emotional connection to the whole human race that extraodinary disasters bring on.
Yup, please to be no more massive bumps in the deathcount.
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Friday, 11 March 2011 16:19 (thirteen years ago) link
nothing about this sentence scans appropriately to me
― ullr saves (gbx), Friday, 11 March 2011 16:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Hawaii was hit by a 1-meter (39-inch) wave, according to scientists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, which wasn’t anticipating major damage.
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Friday, 11 March 2011 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
fuck*,* as many people as possible
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 11 March 2011 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
yes, both these ring v true w/me
― lex pretend, Friday, 11 March 2011 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Big Picture-type gallery @ DMhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1365318/Japan-earthquake-tsunami-The-moment-mother-nature-engulfed-nation.html
― StanM, Friday, 11 March 2011 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
when this video started I was like, well that doesn't look too bad, just a little swell, then after 1:15 it's like omg and then it just keeps going and going and going
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTwnxVIlWss
― I love victorias but I've chosen maidenform (Edward III), Friday, 11 March 2011 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
like my mind is having a difficult time processing the immensity of something that renders houses and cars as just so much detritus like what you find in the strainer after washing the dishes
― hapshash jar tempo (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 11 March 2011 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Holy shit are those burning buildings actually moving with the wave? Fucking hell.
― Matt DC, Friday, 11 March 2011 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
The scale of all these images is mind bending. The gas fire one as well as the waves.
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Friday, 11 March 2011 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
That video is unbelievable. It's like humanity and all it's works are just nothing, dear god....
― lycanthrope electrif (Pashmina), Friday, 11 March 2011 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link