7.9 and 8.8 Earthquakes in Japan

That's like having whitewater rapids coming AT you.

death toll up to 19 according to al jazeera according to "japanese media"

this seems surprisingly low - testament to japanese earthquake prep and building regulations, i guess?

Um.

http://twitter.com/adriennemong/status/46140399038894080

it looks so fucked up that i can't see them having a real death toll for some time. i *think* death tolls mean the bodies are accounted for so.

A very basic description of said plant:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_I_Nuclear_Power_Plant

^^^this is true, as we have recently seen in christchurch xpost

okay that nuclear plant shit is too scary not gonna think about that at all thanks

Oh man, I just watched that video on the guardian homepage and I just want to puke.

http://twitpic.com/48edb1

Fuck fuck fuck, what a disaster. Hope everyone with friends or relatives in Japan is okay.

xpost

holy shit!!!

Also I really want that nuclear power tweet to be bullshit but I fear otherwise.

Pic upthread is this:

"A large fire erupted at the Cosmo oil refinery in Ichihara city in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo and was burning out of control with 100-foot (30 meter) -high flames whipping into the sky."

The coolant malfunction just means it will take weeks/months before Fukushima can restart. The control rods already have the core shut down.

Related:

Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant - If we can re-install power for the cooling system within 8 hours, it will be ok.

So basically, ease back a bit for now.

thanking u sanpuku

Ha no cel service whatsoever here but the hotel wifi is strong and unrelenting so hi ilx

hey jjj, apparently 'threads' is on google video

(hoping gallows humour isn't amiss here...in all srsness please stay safe)

Hahaha

I think we will be hosting a grip of peeps from the bottom 3 floors here in a bit

...you all grip onto each other and pray?

if there's one thing worse than a tsunami it's predictive text

Oh you adorable limey

if there's one thing worse than predictive text it's not consulting urbandictionary before posting

See I'm from the streets so I know what's up

the streets, in a few hours

Btw if I die I am happy to go out quoting "I ain't the one"

Look it up lj

ice cube or skynyrd?

aha, the one you quoted then

Best song to ever utilize poop-butt btw

skynyrd would be kinda incongruous w/ yr marital situation, was o_Oing until i looked further down the page

Ha you might want to listen to the nwa before you give me any marital cred tbh

take care jj + k

deej, i really hope your sister is fine and that you hear from her soon, i have recently been through the same horrible wait to hesr from my sister who was in christchurch so you have my full empathy.

<3

a friend of mine has been trying to get through to his sister in osaka - when he finally did so, her response was "what earthquake?"

lol how embarrassing

Yeah, Nick's in Osaka and they had a few shaky tremors but nothing major - he said the holy-fucking did not commence until he tuned into the Al J feed.. Japan is incredibly well-prepared for seismic activity; good luck Pacific.

Via Elvis T:

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/03/11/lhvpd9/energylhvpd9-04.jpg

Uh that looks bad for me

Ok to be fair that is my reaction with a totally lunkheaded grasp on geography so I am glad to be wrong here

hawaii is directly in line with the projected path of the biggest eastward waves

You can see a little blue dot that's supposed to be Hawaii.

going to bed, the very best of luck deej's sister and jjj

What side of the island are you on jjj?

Northwest side. Whoops.

Tbf in all seriousness i am in a tall concrete/steel structure (which is inconveniently close to the shore which sucks atm but) worst case we get stuck for a day or two - bathtub is full of water etc so not really worried. Still fucking freaky tho, not going to lie.

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!