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« on: March 11, 2011, 08:11:46 AM »
Looking very nasty.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709598
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« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2011, 08:21:48 AM »
Tsunami pics on Sky News are amazing - If you understand my meaning.
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« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2011, 08:47:18 AM »
Can't see the pictures because the "Breaking News" banners are covering half the screen.
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« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2011, 08:54:37 AM »
Reports of aftershocks, including one of a magnitude of 7.1. That's bigger than the earthquake that struck Haiti.
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« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2011, 08:59:46 AM »
My current client is a Japanese company in the City. Lots of pretty worried faces this morning  Sad
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« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2011, 09:47:16 AM »
Just seen coverage from Oarai in Ibaraki prefecture (showing a boat caught in some vortex in a harbour).  That's only about 20 miles from where I used to live.  Scary stuff.

The death toll is rising, it's going to be a lot more than the 26 they've reported so far.  Other countries don't have the tsunami protection or infrastructure to deal with an earthquake, and some of the Pacific islands are going to be hit hard by the tsunami.
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« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2011, 09:52:59 AM »
Hawaii hit in about 3hrs
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« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2011, 10:13:38 AM »
Awful stuff, incredible pictures

The red cross is saying the height of the Tsunami is higher than some Pacific Islands
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« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2011, 10:16:43 AM »
West coast of states on warning now as well, looking very scary.
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« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2011, 10:17:18 AM »
Due to hit Philippines within the next hour:

Hopefully looking at the alerted areas we are on the opposite coast that is forecast to be affected, although the next province to us IS on alert.

Chatting to Roxanne and she said "it's ok we will just pray"

Listening to a report on the tv from Taiwan where the tsunami should have hit already and the have not had anything yet
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« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2011, 10:17:35 AM »
These pictures on http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12710020 are just incredible
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« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2011, 10:29:39 AM »
What sort of warning would they have had?

Is it litetrally just hours?
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« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2011, 10:33:10 AM »
Quote from: TheChipPrince on March 11, 2011, 10:29:39 AM
What sort of warning would they have had?

Is it litetrally just hours?

In Japan, they have warning systems - but as the epicentre was so close to Japan and the severity of the earthquake was so high, they won't have had much warning at all.  Minutes really.

Hopefully the other countries that are in the path of tsunami have enough time to move people to higher ground.
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« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2011, 10:33:53 AM »
Quote from: TheChipPrince on March 11, 2011, 10:29:39 AM
What sort of warning would they have had?

Is it litetrally just hours?

The further away the longer warning they get............
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« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2011, 10:36:39 AM »
Deadliest earthquakes from recent times (taken from BBC site):

26 Dec 2004, Sumatra, Indonesia: 9.1 quake and tsunami kills 227,898 across Pacific region

12 Jan 2010, Haiti: 222,570 killed, 7.0

12 May 2008, Sichuan, China: 87,587 killed, 7.9

8 Oct 2005, Pakistan: 80,361 killed, 7.6

20 June 1990, Manjil, Iran: 40,000 killed, 7.4

26 Dec 2003, Bam, Iran: 31,000 killed, 6.6

16 Jan 2001, Gujurat, India: 20,023 killed, 7.7

17 Aug 1999, Izmit, Turkey: 17,118 killed, 7.6

30 Sep 1993 Latur, India: 9,748 killed, 6.2

16 Jan 1995, Kobe, Japan: 5,530 dead, 6.9
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