8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan

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Postby TRAGChick » Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:04 pm

Maui Tom wrote:when it was all said and done....the surge stopped about 30 feet from our front door....we are about 800 yards and 2 roads from the ocean...we hightailed up the crater last night....but when we came back and saw how close it came...well....we were incredibly lucky....living with my folks now...87 band 81...and they did pretty good thru it all.....yes...weird shit happening everywhere lately....kind of troubling...


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Postby Clasicrockldy » Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:12 pm

Here is some news from my local CBS station.

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2011/03/11/crescent-city-docks-severely-damaged-by-tsunami/

I have been looking around the Crescent City television stations, and not one has anything up, in video, about the tsunami.But here is some video from a Medford, Oregon station, covering Crescent City and the Oregon Coast.

http://kdrv.com/
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Postby Don » Sat Mar 12, 2011 1:34 pm

Clasicrockldy wrote:Here is footage of the earthquake as it happened... I don't know exactly where this is in Japan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pkSKHPoEUs

It does get loud, and in the background, you can hear kitty howling..


That was the Tsunami Alert that came on the screen right when the shaking stopped.
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Postby Clasicrockldy » Sat Mar 12, 2011 1:39 pm

Don wrote:
Clasicrockldy wrote:Here is footage of the earthquake as it happened... I don't know exactly where this is in Japan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pkSKHPoEUs

It does get loud, and in the background, you can hear kitty howling..


That was the Tsunami Alert that came on the screen right when the shaking stopped.


I heard that warning sound, Don. If you listen carefully, the cat is meowing in the background, from the 2.01 mark to about 2.27, as the quake was subsiding.
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Postby Don » Sat Mar 12, 2011 2:12 pm

Clasicrockldy wrote:
Don wrote:
Clasicrockldy wrote:Here is footage of the earthquake as it happened... I don't know exactly where this is in Japan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pkSKHPoEUs

It does get loud, and in the background, you can hear kitty howling..


That was the Tsunami Alert that came on the screen right when the shaking stopped.


I heard that warning sound, Don. If you listen carefully, the cat is meowing in the background, from the 2.01 mark to about 2.27, as the quake was subsiding.


I heard that cat, I'm just saying that the Tsunami alert was almost instanteous. So people knew immediately if they where in that red area to hightail it out of there.
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Postby Clasicrockldy » Sat Mar 12, 2011 2:20 pm

Don wrote:
Clasicrockldy wrote:
Don wrote:
Clasicrockldy wrote:Here is footage of the earthquake as it happened... I don't know exactly where this is in Japan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pkSKHPoEUs

It does get loud, and in the background, you can hear kitty howling..


That was the Tsunami Alert that came on the screen right when the shaking stopped.


I heard that warning sound, Don. If you listen carefully, the cat is meowing in the background, from the 2.01 mark to about 2.27, as the quake was subsiding.


I heard that cat, I'm just saying that the Tsunami alert was almost instanteous. So people knew immediately if they where in that red area to hightail it out of there.


I did notice that too, Don. The people were making sure that their big flat screen TV didn't fall! :D
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Postby slucero » Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:15 pm

Holy crap... the Fukijima Reactor roof just blew off...

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Postby brandonx76 » Sun Mar 13, 2011 4:51 am

This can't be good...

http://s1.directupload.net/images/110312/42d4dk27.jpg


Hmm, hearing the above map is a fake...here's another, haven't had a chance to review...anyone know the difference between rads and rems?

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/4297/falloutmap.jpg
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Postby parfait » Sun Mar 13, 2011 7:11 am

brandonx76 wrote:This can't be good...

http://s1.directupload.net/images/110312/42d4dk27.jpg


Hmm, hearing the above map is a fake...here's another, haven't had a chance to review...anyone know the difference between rads and rems?

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/4297/falloutmap.jpg


Japan has just had one of their worst catastrophes in history, and you're thinking about if some radiation will tickle your ass?

This shit is awful. I'm going there next month to help out.
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Postby Clasicrockldy » Sun Mar 13, 2011 7:48 am

parfait wrote:
brandonx76 wrote:This can't be good...

http://s1.directupload.net/images/110312/42d4dk27.jpg


Hmm, hearing the above map is a fake...here's another, haven't had a chance to review...anyone know the difference between rads and rems?

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/4297/falloutmap.jpg


Japan has just had one of their worst catastrophes in history, and you're thinking about if some radiation will tickle your ass?

This shit is awful. I'm going there next month to help out.


Why wait a month, Parfait? They really need help NOW!
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Postby parfait » Sun Mar 13, 2011 7:54 am

Clasicrockldy wrote:
parfait wrote:
brandonx76 wrote:This can't be good...

http://s1.directupload.net/images/110312/42d4dk27.jpg


Hmm, hearing the above map is a fake...here's another, haven't had a chance to review...anyone know the difference between rads and rems?

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/4297/falloutmap.jpg


Japan has just had one of their worst catastrophes in history, and you're thinking about if some radiation will tickle your ass?

This shit is awful. I'm going there next month to help out.


Why wait a month, Parfait? They really need help NOW!


That's true, but organizing humanitarian aid on this type of scale takes time.
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Postby slucero » Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:10 am

brandonx76 wrote:This can't be good...

http://s1.directupload.net/images/110312/42d4dk27.jpg


Hmm, hearing the above map is a fake...here's another, haven't had a chance to review...anyone know the difference between rads and rems?

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/4297/falloutmap.jpg



http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultran ... ation.html


rad

The rad represents a certain dose of energy absorbed by 1 gram of tissue. It is a unit of concentration. So if we could uniformly expose the entire body to radiation, the number of rads received would be the same whether we were speaking of a single cell, an organ (e.g., an ovary) or the entire body (just as the concentration of salt in sea water is the same whether we consider a cupful or an entire ocean).

rem

Some forms of radiation are more efficient than others transferring their energy to the cell. To have a level playing field, it is convenient to multiply the dose in rads by a quality factor (Q) for each type of radiation. The resulting unit is the rem ("roentgen-equivalent man"). Thus, rem = rad x Q. X rays and gamma rays have a Q about 1, so the absorbed dose in rads is the same number in rems. Neutrons have a Q of about 5 and alpha particles have a Q of about 20. An absorbed dose of, say, 1 rad of these is equivalent to 5 rem and 20 rem respectively.


Radiation exposure for the average individual is 620 millirems per year, split about evenly between manmade and natural sources. The firefighters who served at the Chernobyl plant were exposed to between 80,000 and 1.6 million millirems. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission estimates that exposure to 375,000 to 500,000 millirems would be sufficient to cause death within three months for half of those exposed.

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Postby brandonx76 » Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:33 am

parfait wrote:
brandonx76 wrote:This can't be good...

http://s1.directupload.net/images/110312/42d4dk27.jpg


Hmm, hearing the above map is a fake...here's another, haven't had a chance to review...anyone know the difference between rads and rems?

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/4297/falloutmap.jpg


Japan has just had one of their worst catastrophes in history, and you're thinking about if some radiation will tickle your ass?

This shit is awful. I'm going there next month to help out.


Well - geeze, the concern is for a little more than a tickle, after some additional research, apparently this graphic is being promoted from organizations which manufacture radiation protection equipment out of Australia (Drew??? ;-) ...but point taken, some dick bag photoshopped the original photo - travel safe in your humanitarian efforts and be a good man in the storm
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Postby parfait » Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:40 am

brandonx76 wrote:
parfait wrote:
brandonx76 wrote:This can't be good...

http://s1.directupload.net/images/110312/42d4dk27.jpg


Hmm, hearing the above map is a fake...here's another, haven't had a chance to review...anyone know the difference between rads and rems?

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/4297/falloutmap.jpg


Japan has just had one of their worst catastrophes in history, and you're thinking about if some radiation will tickle your ass?

This shit is awful. I'm going there next month to help out.


Well - geeze, the concern is for a little more than a tickle, after some additional research, apparently this graphic is being promoted from organizations which manufacture radiation protection equipment out of Australia (Drew??? ;-) ...but point taken, some dick bag photoshopped the original photo - travel safe in your humanitarian efforts and be a good man in the storm


Check out this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfJQzxK4nU&feature=player_embedded It's pretty informative.

The radiation, if it all goes to hell, will be able to reach an area over 20 km - any further away from the reactor and it'll be harmless, so I wouldn't worry about having to start wearing Geiger counters and lead suits in LA
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Postby Clasicrockldy » Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:57 am

I thought I heard that the reactor didn't blow, the housing did.. :?
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Postby Rhiannon » Sun Mar 13, 2011 3:17 pm

Clasicrockldy wrote:I thought I heard that the reactor didn't blow, the housing did.. :?


Last I saw through the Tribune's twitter feed, the meltdown was likely in progress at the second reactor.
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Postby Journey Mom » Sun Mar 13, 2011 3:22 pm

My friend is saying that the Tokyo Tower is leaning at an alarming angle. Schools in Tokyo are cancelled for Monday. With this nuclear stuff going on, I'm even more worried about her now than I was before.
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Postby Maui Tom » Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:05 am

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Postby JH'sTXfan » Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:50 am



Tom, I'm so glad you're ok and made it through. As for that video, that had to be terrifying even for the people up on the high building. Might as well film though, because you sure couldn't run from it.
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Postby Clasicrockldy » Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:17 am

Journey Mom wrote:My friend is saying that the Tokyo Tower is leaning at an alarming angle. Schools in Tokyo are cancelled for Monday. With this nuclear stuff going on, I'm even more worried about her now than I was before.


I saw a pic of the antenna on top of the Tokyo Tower leaning.
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Postby Melissa » Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:26 am



Saw that on the news this a.m., absolutely frightening :(
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Postby SteveForever » Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:17 pm

this is all so sad and scary, we need to pray for Japan :cry: I lived there in the late 80's and they were so nice to me. I feel terrible
for what all they are enduring and will.
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Postby Saint John » Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:38 pm

They just had a landslide and another tsunami is heading their way.
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Postby Rick » Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:41 am

Man, they're saying this nuclear episode over there could easily be worse than Chernobyl. Especially worse for the U.S. because the jet stream will carry the radiation right to us.
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Postby brandonx76 » Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:42 am

Rick wrote:Man, they're saying this nuclear episode over there could easily be worse than Chernobyl. Especially worse for the U.S. because the jet stream will carry the radiation right to us.


I'm not worried - it's just a little ass tickling, according to Parfait...

Seriously, fucked up how fragile everything is...
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Postby RocknRoll » Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:45 am

Rick wrote:Man, they're saying this nuclear episode over there could easily be worse than Chernobyl. Especially worse for the U.S. because the jet stream will carry the radiation right to us.


Back in the 50's and early 60's wasn't the gov't doing nuclear bomb tests in the Pacific as well as Nevada? I still remember waayy back when, my mom telling us not to eat the snow and I lived in Utah.
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Postby Rick » Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:02 am

brandonx76 wrote:
Rick wrote:Man, they're saying this nuclear episode over there could easily be worse than Chernobyl. Especially worse for the U.S. because the jet stream will carry the radiation right to us.


I'm not worried - it's just a little ass tickling, according to Parfait...

Seriously, fucked up how fragile everything is...


Yeah, and we did this one to ourselves.
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Postby Rick » Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:05 am

RocknRoll wrote:
Rick wrote:Man, they're saying this nuclear episode over there could easily be worse than Chernobyl. Especially worse for the U.S. because the jet stream will carry the radiation right to us.


Back in the 50's and early 60's wasn't the gov't doing nuclear bomb tests in the Pacific as well as Nevada? I still remember waayy back when, my mom telling us not to eat the snow and I lived in Utah.


I think so. I can't even imagine them testing nukes like that on their very own soil.
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Postby steveo777 » Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:43 am

Fact Finder wrote:Where oh where are the Celebrities and when do the Celebrity Begathons start for the Japanese? :?


Probably recharging their bank accounts from the last major disaster.
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Postby brandonx76 » Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:47 am

Rick wrote:
brandonx76 wrote:
Rick wrote:Man, they're saying this nuclear episode over there could easily be worse than Chernobyl. Especially worse for the U.S. because the jet stream will carry the radiation right to us.


I'm not worried - it's just a little ass tickling, according to Parfait...

Seriously, fucked up how fragile everything is...


Yeah, and we did this one to ourselves.


Are you saying we shouldn't be using nuclear power?
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