I'm watching this in shock. Goodness knows how many must have died.
The footage of the tsunami is just horrendous.

http://www.rferl.org/content/japan_e...i/2334658.html

My heart just goes out to Japan today.

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:46:17 -0800 (PST), Dawlish wrote:

I'm watching this in shock. Goodness knows how many must have died.

It'll be a good few more than the 26 that I last heard reported a few
hours ago...

The footage of the tsunami is just horrendous.

Terrible, the aerial stuff of the ten foot or more wave slowly and
relentlessly flowing across flat farm land destroying everything in
its path is, as you say, horrendous. There are a few vehicles driving
about one I notice trying to make a dash for it but getting cut off.
I didn't see people running but no doubt people were dieing down
there.

Being shallow and relatively close to the coast I wonder how much
warning people would have had? Japan does educate it's people very
well about earthquakes and has a good warning system. There doesn't
seem much activity for mid afternoon, so hopefully most of the
population have manged to "run for the hills".

They won't have much but firewood to come back to though.

My heart just goes out to Japan today.

Hopefully the tsunami warning will be heeded by other countries
around the Pacific basin.

--
Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

On 11/03/2011 11:46, Dawlish wrote:
I'm watching this in shock. Goodness knows how many must have died.
The footage of the tsunami is just horrendous.

http://www.rferl.org/content/japan_e...i/2334658.html

My heart just goes out to Japan today.


Yes, it is awful. I just happened to be snuggling back in bed watching
the news, after chatting with a dear friend in Los Angeles, when the
news began to trickle through.

Later on I was reading news articles about the subject when I followed a
link to the 'Daily Wail' about earthquakes and a 'super moon'.

http://www.tne.co.uk/short-url/7

(safe URL shortener, I promise)

A blog on Accuweather covers it as well...

http://www.tne.co.uk/short-url/8


So far I feel that it is highly unlikely.


--
Wendy Tinley
Sheffield

On Mar 11, 11:46*am, Dawlish wrote:
I'm watching this in shock. Goodness knows how many must have died.
The footage of the tsunami is just horrendous.

http://www.rferl.org/content/japan_e...i/2334658.html

My heart just goes out to Japan today.

Truly awful. Below is live video from Hawaii

http://www.kitv.com/video/27157579/detail.html

On Mar 11, 12:48*pm, Brian in Aberfeldy
wrote:
On Mar 11, 11:46*am, Dawlish wrote:

I'm watching this in shock. Goodness knows how many must have died.
The footage of the tsunami is just horrendous.

http://www.rferl.org/content/japan_e...i/2334658.html

My heart just goes out to Japan today.

Truly awful. Below is live video from Hawaii

http://www.kitv.com/video/27157579/detail.html

Here's a link to the information coming in from the buoys out in the
pacific:

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

On 11/03/2011 12:40, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:46:17 -0800 (PST), Dawlish wrote:

I'm watching this in shock. Goodness knows how many must have died.

It'll be a good few more than the 26 that I last heard reported a few
hours ago...

The footage of the tsunami is just horrendous.

Terrible, the aerial stuff of the ten foot or more wave slowly and
relentlessly flowing across flat farm land destroying everything in
its path is, as you say, horrendous. There are a few vehicles driving
about one I notice trying to make a dash for it but getting cut off.
I didn't see people running but no doubt people were dieing down
there.

Being shallow and relatively close to the coast I wonder how much
warning people would have had? Japan does educate it's people very
well about earthquakes and has a good warning system. There doesn't
seem much activity for mid afternoon, so hopefully most of the
population have manged to "run for the hills".

They won't have much but firewood to come back to though.

My heart just goes out to Japan today.

Hopefully the tsunami warning will be heeded by other countries
around the Pacific basin.

--
Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.




The Moon is at an apogee on the 19th March.

On Mar 11, 11:46*am, Dawlish wrote:
I'm watching this in shock. Goodness knows how many must have died.
The footage of the tsunami is just horrendous.

http://www.rferl.org/content/japan_e...i/2334658.html

My heart just goes out to Japan today.

I saw the first video footage this morning and I have to say I was
just in awe of such immense forces destroying all the efforts of
humans in such a devastating short period of time. I would guess that
many due to Japans technical preparedness and wealth would have had
some tsunami warning time but boy oh boy what a sight.

Of course this now has to be the most witnessed, the most powerful
Tsunami ever witnessed in human history. Japan is the third largest
economy in the world but that is going to put some massive hole in the
wealth of the country

Maybe those Mayans were right or they simply never paid the printer
for the 2013 calendar. Lets hope the latter because in the thin
varnish that humans live in on the surface of the plane,t todays
event is a sobering realisation just as to how insignifigant we are in
a straight head to head with nature,

"Lawrence13" wrote in message
...
Maybe those Mayans were right or they simply never paid the printer
for the 2013 calendar. Lets hope the latter because in the thin
varnish that humans live in on the surface of the plane,t todays
event is a sobering realisation just as to how insignifigant we are in
a straight head to head with nature,
=================

Indeed. The planet/nature is bigger than we will ever be!
Life is precious, enjoy every moment.

Spare one thought in your meditations for all those suffering at present. We
are so fortunate in this country.

Will
--

"Will Hand" wrote in message
...

"Lawrence13" wrote in message
...
Maybe those Mayans were right or they simply never paid the printer
for the 2013 calendar. Lets hope the latter because in the thin
varnish that humans live in on the surface of the plane,t todays
event is a sobering realisation just as to how insignifigant we are in
a straight head to head with nature,
=================

Indeed. The planet/nature is bigger than we will ever be!
Life is precious, enjoy every moment.

Spare one thought in your meditations for all those suffering at present.
We are so fortunate in this country.

The worst disaster nature could throw at us in this country is
probably a 1953 style storm surge. But that's nothing compared
to the devastation caused by this.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 09:16:06 -0000, "Col"
wrote:

The worst disaster nature could throw at us in this country is
probably a 1953 style storm surge. But that's nothing compared
to the devastation caused by this.

The 1607 tsunami wiped out 30 villages and many people drowned around
the Bristol Channel. It could happen again in the UK.

Steve