8.9 Earthquake triggers Tsunami in Japan

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Watching footage of this on Fox News, it's devastating to watch it.
Mar 11, 2011 2:33am
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Was just going to post this. Didn't an OC member just move to Japan within the last week? Hopefully he wasn't affected.
Mar 11, 2011 2:34am
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Tsunami warning issued for Hawaii.
Mar 11, 2011 2:41am
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Holy shit that footage is ridiculous.
Mar 11, 2011 2:45am
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[video=youtube;2kUeJtYtmWU][/video]
Mar 11, 2011 2:45am
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Just read this on FB from a friend of mine that lives in Japan. It wasn't too bad where he was lucky.
Mar 11, 2011 2:46am
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4 million people in Tokyo w/o power.
Mar 11, 2011 2:50am
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The Tsunami is heading towards all of Hawaii's islands.
Mar 11, 2011 3:05am
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The_Crosby_Show;707171 wrote:4 million people in Tokyo w/o power.

If it weren't for Japan's strict building codes, there might be 4 million dead instead of just without power.
Mar 11, 2011 3:09am
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The_Crosby_Show;707169 wrote:[video=youtube;2kUeJtYtmWU][/video]

Aw man, they cut the end of that video off. I saw that same extended clip that showed cars being washed away from the roads that are in the background.
Mar 11, 2011 3:09am
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That Oil refinery is out of control.
Mar 11, 2011 3:17am
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The_Crosby_Show;707177 wrote:That Oil refinery is out of control.

Get your gas asap...you know that the prices will rise yet again.
Mar 11, 2011 3:30am
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O boy this might hit the West Coast I guess...we'll see how well it's cookin when it gets to Hawaii I guess
Mar 11, 2011 3:48am
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Friend of mine lives in Hawaii and just got an evacuation notice. Not looking good.
Mar 11, 2011 3:50am
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I have family in Hawaii. Wife is calling them right now.
Mar 11, 2011 4:54am
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At least in Hawaii you can get to high ground relatively quick. But there saying some of the islands could end-up completely underwater for extended periods of time.

US is leaving ships at Pearl Harbor. I guess all I can say about that is I hope they have good data.
Mar 11, 2011 5:00am
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They live on the marine base and they are not being evacuated as of yet. Guess thats decent news.
Mar 11, 2011 5:08am
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karen lotz;707166 wrote:Was just going to post this. Didn't an OC member just move to Japan within the last week? Hopefully he wasn't affected.

Dude was posting on the browns thread at like 10 pm last night... I think.
Mar 11, 2011 8:07am
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Midstate is moving to Japan, not sure he has yet though.
Mar 11, 2011 8:20am
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The video out of Japan is crazy!!
Mar 11, 2011 9:04am
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A friend of mine is in Hawaii. I wish I got Facebook at work, so I could see what's going on with him.
Mar 11, 2011 9:15am
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One of my good friends has a brother in the Marines that is stationed in Japan....just saw that he and his wife are safe.

Hoping this turns out okay for Hawaii and the west coast.
Mar 11, 2011 9:26am
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Any footage of jerkoff surfers out in Hawaii trying to catch the waves?
Mar 11, 2011 9:28am
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Have a friend who works in Hawaii for the Gov and has been evacuated.
Mar 11, 2011 10:13am
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My wife is a 2nd lieut in the USAF. We were supposed to already be at misawa air base. Which if you saw all the videos of the water with the cars in it, base is about 12 miles north of that. My wife decided to take leave for a week to see family before we left. So we are sitting here in Seattle waiting for word on if we will be getting to reach base or not. We were told all on base are accounted for and that they only avacuated the base commander. Also they let some us flights land on base instead of going to the other international airports. When we are told things I'll try to come back to update the thread.



When we do get there, I will certainly take pictures and post them.
Mar 11, 2011 10:23am