Oh man, I just watched that video on the guardian homepage and I just want to puke.
― ka£ka (NickB), Friday, 11 March 2011 09:41 (thirteen years ago) link
http://twitpic.com/48edb1
― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Friday, 11 March 2011 09:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Fuck fuck fuck, what a disaster. Hope everyone with friends or relatives in Japan is okay.
― Matt DC, Friday, 11 March 2011 09:47 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost
holy shit!!!
― yeah (kelpolaris), Friday, 11 March 2011 09:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Also I really want that nuclear power tweet to be bullshit but I fear otherwise.
― Matt DC, Friday, 11 March 2011 09:51 (thirteen years ago) link
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."
― yeah (kelpolaris), Friday, 11 March 2011 09:53 (thirteen years ago) link
The coolant malfunction just means it will take weeks/months before Fukushima can restart. The control rods already have the core shut down.
― Competent Person Statement (Sanpaku), Friday, 11 March 2011 09:53 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 March 2011 09:55 (thirteen years ago) link
thanking u sanpuku
― Clay, Friday, 11 March 2011 09:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha no cel service whatsoever here but the hotel wifi is strong and unrelenting so hi ilx
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 11 March 2011 09:56 (thirteen years ago) link
hey jjj, apparently 'threads' is on google video
(hoping gallows humour isn't amiss here...in all srsness please stay safe)
― acoleuthic, Friday, 11 March 2011 09:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Hahaha
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I think we will be hosting a grip of peeps from the bottom 3 floors here in a bit
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:02 (thirteen years ago) link
...you all grip onto each other and pray?
― acoleuthic, Friday, 11 March 2011 10:03 (thirteen years ago) link
if there's one thing worse than a tsunami it's predictive text
Oh you adorable limey
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:04 (thirteen years ago) link
if there's one thing worse than predictive text it's not consulting urbandictionary before posting
― acoleuthic, Friday, 11 March 2011 10:06 (thirteen years ago) link
See I'm from the streets so I know what's up
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:09 (thirteen years ago) link
the streets, in a few hours
― acoleuthic, Friday, 11 March 2011 10:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Btw if I die I am happy to go out quoting "I ain't the one"
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Look it up lj
ice cube or skynyrd?
― acoleuthic, Friday, 11 March 2011 10:13 (thirteen years ago) link
aha, the one you quoted then
Best song to ever utilize poop-butt btw
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:14 (thirteen years ago) link
skynyrd would be kinda incongruous w/ yr marital situation, was o_Oing until i looked further down the page
― acoleuthic, Friday, 11 March 2011 10:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha you might want to listen to the nwa before you give me any marital cred tbh
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:19 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― estela, Friday, 11 March 2011 10:23 (thirteen years ago) link
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?"
― lex pretend, Friday, 11 March 2011 10:25 (thirteen years ago) link
lol how embarrassing
― BLOOMPS 2012 (rip van wanko), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:30 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― anna sui generis (suzy), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Via Elvis T:
http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/03/11/lhvpd9/energylhvpd9-04.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 March 2011 10:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Uh that looks bad for me
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Ok to be fair that is my reaction with a totally lunkheaded grasp on geography so I am glad to be wrong here
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:39 (thirteen years ago) link
hawaii is directly in line with the projected path of the biggest eastward waves
― acoleuthic, Friday, 11 March 2011 10:39 (thirteen years ago) link
You can see a little blue dot that's supposed to be Hawaii.
― anna sui generis (suzy), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:40 (thirteen years ago) link
going to bed, the very best of luck deej's sister and jjj
― Birds (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:41 (thirteen years ago) link
What side of the island are you on jjj?
― ka£ka (NickB), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Northwest side. Whoops.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:46 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:50 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― ka£ka (NickB), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah we're pretty much in that wedge between Molokai and lanai, so I don't know how that works
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:58 (thirteen years ago) link
FWIW, Wake Island (sort of on the same path) only saw 0.39M / 1.3FT.
― Competent Person Statement (Sanpaku), Friday, 11 March 2011 10:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Barely worth getting your board out, but good luck anyhow jjj!
― ka£ka (NickB), Friday, 11 March 2011 11:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Uh according to Hawaii news midway island just reported 4 foot swell
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 11 March 2011 11:06 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― HI DEGGERE (c sharp major), Friday, 11 March 2011 11:07 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 11 March 2011 11:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Obv an xpost
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 11 March 2011 11:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Same as me c major, one of my oldest friends from Dublin is in Sendai, he's fine tho.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Friday, 11 March 2011 11:13 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― James Mitchell, Friday, 11 March 2011 11:17 (thirteen years ago) link
!!!!
well, shit
Thinking of you Jjusten.
― ENBB, Friday, 11 March 2011 11:26 (thirteen years ago) link