8.9 magnitude earthquake in japan

[mcshane in the 79th]

I reckon it'll just be me, but does anyone struggle to accept the reality of it all? I mean all these disaster movies that we see showing tsunami's, earthquakes and all other manor of natural phenomenon and when I see the exact same thing happening on the telly this morning, I sometimes find it hard to appreciate that this is actually happening to real people. It's as if it's all dummed down because it's a common feature of films these days. I'm not saying films like that shouldn't be made but they do seem to water things down a bit and so the shock is not as great as it really should me. As I said, it's probably just me and I won't have explained myself very well so apologies!

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

i wonder if anyone is waxing up their surfboard in hawaii now?

Tsunamis are shit for surfing.

Mainly because the wave never has a face. It's just a mass wall of white wash.

Boogie Board though would work.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Looking like it's starting to hit in Hawaii - water looks like it's rising and not receeding

 

[sam86]

Had to pop away from PC for a bit. What's the latest with Hawaii? Was supposed to hit by now, wasn't it?

 

[Johnny Crumplin Football]

I am watching public broadcaster NHK at the mo and there are hundreds dead. It says at least 90 dead but apparently 300 (unconfirmed) were swept away to sea in Sendai in northern Japan in one foul swoop. Grim stuff

 

[sam86]

1332: Between 200 and 300 bodies have been found on a beach near Sendai, the semi-official Jiji Press news agency is reporting.

1333: There has also been a major explosion at a petrochemical complex in Sendai, according to the Kyodo news agency.

 

[Johnny Crumplin Football]

1332: Between 200 and 300 bodies have been found on a beach near Sendai, the semi-official Jiji Press news agency is reporting.

1333: There has also been a major explosion at a petrochemical complex in Sendai, according to the Kyodo news agency.

There has also been an explosion in Ichihara, Chiba, which I can SEE BURNING FROM MY GARDEN!!!!

 

[whitelion]

JCF where exactly in Japan are you? Hope you are ok btw?

 

[Guy Fawkes]

They are now repoerting that a passenger train with an unknown number of passengers is missing from around a coastal area near Sendai

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Diamondhead reef in hawaii - the water has just disappeared. That is not a good sign.

 

[Marty McFly]

There has also been an explosion in Ichihara, Chiba, which I can SEE BURNING FROM MY GARDEN!!!!

That's Jef Utd's promotion push going up in flames

 

[Gully]

Diamondhead reef in hawaii - the water has just disappeared. That is not a good sign.

Isn't that one of the characteristics that means a tsunami is about to hit, along with frothing in the water, apparently!

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Isn't that one of the characteristics that means a tsunami is about to hit, along with frothing in the water, apparently!

Yup - that's what was said during the Boxing Day tsunami.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Yup - that's what was said during the Boxing Day tsunami.

go to bed young lady! aren't you on nights this weekend?

 

[Dave the OAP]

the really horrible thing on this is that when the cameras are in these areas, you dont see a soul anywhere!!

 

[Gully]

Yup - that's what was said during the Boxing Day tsunami.

Think that must be where I remembered it from, possibly a British couple on the beach in Thailand, their small kid pointed out what was happening and they legged it pretty sharpish.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

go to bed young lady! aren't you on nights this weekend?

Yeah, it's currently nap time!!

 

[Easy 10]

Yup - that's what was said during the Boxing Day tsunami.

Bit like in Deep Impact when they're standing on the beach waiting for the tsunami to hit, the water all drew back first. I thought it was a bit of 'artistic licence' in that scene, but perhaps not...

 

[Gully]

the really horrible thing on this is that when the cameras are in these areas, you dont see a soul anywhere!!

That is what I thought when they showed the pictures from the seaside village, totally trashed and barely a soul to be seen...where the hell did all the people go, I am pretty sure they can't all have been evacuated in time!

 

[Johnny Crumplin Football]

JCF where exactly in Japan are you? Hope you are ok btw?

Thanks, mate. In Chiba, on the bay east of Tokyo. I'm on high ground so have got off lucky but other places a couple of train stops down the line have been badly hit. Good job I decided to take the day off work today. Watching some grim stuff unfold on the telly