HUGE ****ING EARTHQUAKE HITS JAPAN 8.9 MAGNITUDE FOLLOWED BY 7.5 AFTERSHOCK

[Buck]

IVE HEARD 8.8 OR 7.9

Thats a huge difference, but 7.9 is still ****ing huge.

Good luck Japan

Edit: 11/21/16 - Amother Big Earthquake has hit the area and tsunami coming

[CaliforniaChief]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Regarding the tsunami:

Vibrations from the explosion of the nuclear plant triggered the tsunami warning- Fox News

Holy crap that must have been quite an explosion.

[ReynardMuldrake]

This video is unbelievable. It's hard to imagine witnessing destruction like this. The news reports don't do it justice.

http://video.l3.fbcdn.net/cfs-l3-snc...eeaecd6dc12abf

Also, this:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/ja...eforeafter.htm

And this:

[teedubya]

-650 points on the Nikkei so far today.

[BigMeatballDave]

Tide of bodies overwhelms quake-hit Japan

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_bi_...pan_earthquake

TAKAJO, Japan – A tide of bodies washed up along Japan's coastline Monday, overwhelming crematoriums, exhausting supplies of body bags and adding to the spiraling humanitarian, economic and nuclear crisis after the massive earthquake and tsunami.
Millions of people faced a fourth night without water, food or heating in near-freezing temperatures along the northeast coast devastated by Friday's disasters. Meanwhile, a third reactor at a nuclear power plant lost its cooling capacity and its fuel rods were fully exposed, raising fears of a meltdown. The stock market plunged over the likelihood of huge losses by Japanese industries including big names such as Toyota and Honda.
On the coastline of Miyagi prefecture, which took the full force of the tsunami, a Japanese police official said 1,000 bodies were found scattered across the coastline. Kyodo, the Japanese news agency, reported that 2,000 bodies washed up on two shorelines in Miyagi.
In one town in a neighboring prefecture, the crematorium was unable to handle the large number of bodies being brought in for funerals.
"We have already begun cremations, but we can only handle 18 bodies a day. We are overwhelmed and are asking other cites to help us deal with bodies. We only have one crematorium in town," Katsuhiko Abe, an official in Soma, told The Associated Press.
While the official death toll rose to nearly 1,900, the discovery of the washed-up bodies and other reports of deaths suggest the true number is much higher. In Miyagi, the police chief has said 10,000 people are estimated to have died in his province alone.
The outspoken governor of Tokyo, Shintaro Ishihara, told reporters Monday that the disaster was "punishment from heaven" because Japanese have become greedy.
Across Japan, most people opt to cremate their dead. With so many bodies, the government on Monday waived a rule requiring permission first from local authorities before cremation or burial to speed up funerals, said Health Ministry official Yukio Okuda.
"The current situation is so extraordinary, and it is very likely that crematoriums are running beyond capacity," said Okuda. "This is an emergency measure. We want to help quake-hit people as much as we can."
Friday's double tragedy has caused unimaginable deprivation for people of this industrialized country — Asia's richest — which hasn't seen such hardship since World War II. In many areas there is no running water, no power and four- to five-hour waits for gasoline. People are suppressing hunger with instant noodles or rice balls while dealing with the loss of loved ones and homes.

[Dartgod]

I'll take "Shit You Don't See Every Day" for a thousand, Alex.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Dartgod

I'll take "Shit You Don't See Every Day" for a thousand, Alex.

I thought cats only climbed trees.

[Donger]

Good God...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12725646

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by Donger

Good God...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12725646

Incredible, and terrifying.

The crazy thing is that it looked like a relatively nice day when it all happened.

[kcfanXIII]

Originally Posted by Donger

Good God...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12725646

The volume on the BBC link goes to 11.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by kcfanXIII

The volume on the BBC link goes to 11.

That's because it's metric.

[Sofa King]

Jesus.

In every video i've watched you can see cars driving around right before the wave trashes everything.


I wonder how many people were in the cars that were bobbing around in that SOB...

[Just Passin' By]

Reuters currently has the rebuild costing around $180 billion, and that's sure to rise.

[kcfanXIII]

Originally Posted by Sofa King

Jesus.

In every video i've watched you can see cars driving around right before the wave trashes everything.


I wonder how many people were in the cars that were bobbing around in that SOB...

I was wondering the same thing. There is the video of the wave coming in, where all you can see are cargo containers and white minivans rolling in, like that is what the wave is made of. Out in front of the wave you see the same white minivans hauling ass trying to out run it. Some how i just don't see a minivan outrunning a tsunami.

[DMAC]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Reuters currently has the rebuild costing around $180 billion, and that's sure to rise.

Or just go somewhere else.

[Rain Man]

And on top of all this, my General Electric stock is down 4% because they designed the Japanese reactors 40 years ago. Stop stealing my retirement funds!