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giant earthquake off coast of Japan

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Commodore, Mar 11, 2011.

  1. bullardfan

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    to be clear, the problem w/ a tsunami is not he height of the wave, but the weight of the water behind it.

    i think...
     
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    Or the volume. In any event, the seawalls apparently didn't help a great deal (if any) in the worst hit areas. I suspect that we will learn a tremendous amount from this event after all the information comes in and is analysed. I'm still blown away by the films and images of the tsunami. The dead must number in the thousands. I hope my guess is wrong, but over 10,000 wouldn't surprise me at all. The unrelenting weight/volume of water involved is simply astonishing and the repercussions, obviously, are still playing out. This has been called the worst disaster to affect Japan since WWII, and I believe it.
     
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    JR (japan railways) has officially been stopped, there will be blackouts periodically according to where you reside. There isn`t enough power to supply everybody. This is starting to get under my skin.
     
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    Yeah thousands dead will do that.
     
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    The footages of that Tsunami hitting shown on CNN is unreal!!!! Like seeing a Roland Emmerich movie...
     
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    BBC saying another tsunami warning issued for Japan's northeast?
     
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    There was another aftershock there of around 5.8 about an hour ago.
     
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    There are reports of another possible explosion near one of the nuclear reactors.
     
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    Yeah, sounds like another hydrogen explosion (or multiple ones?), but at Reactor #3 (instead of #1). Hopefully didn't damage the containment structure.

    Sounds like no 2nd tsunami?
    http://twitter.com/REUTERSFLASH/status/47124931217068032
     
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    Yes I know. Especially because I can go outside and see what`s happening first hand. Thanks for your input though.
     
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    Totally confused now. Did I somehow offend you?


    these forums are getting wackier everyday.
     
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    USS Reagan is 60 miles out and the crew has received approximately, one months worth of radiation in an hour, the Americans for safety reasons turned towards home. Tokyo and it's population of 12 million people are only 70 miles away from the Fukushima plant.:eek:. No links because I'm on my iPhone but this is nuts. If 12 million people are taking a months radiation every hour, then it's not a stretch to say cancer spikes are a possibility.
     
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    Only 70 miles? I had no idea the city was that close. Good lord. Do you have a link for the Reagan info? That's unreal.
     
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    Thanks! That's a hell of a story. The ironic aspect of this is that our warships are equipped to operate in a radioactive environment. Also, the Reagan travels with a battle group, so the people on board weren't the only ones exposed. Sounds like someone dropped the ball.

    The scariest thing is that the radiation from the plant(s) is significant enough to affect the battle group, which is still a ways off the coast of Japan. As Japan is one of the world's most densely populated countries, this could become an incredible, long term disaster, one affecting tens of millions in Japan alone. Everything humanly possible should be done to prevent things from getting worse than they already are. I trust that we've sent, and are sending, our top people to help with this. Anything we have to assist with this problem should be in motion, soonest. Like yesterday.
     

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