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Was an 8.9, now revised to 8.4 earthquake…. Here's what that feels like… http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0311/japan.htmlAnd just moments later, a tsunami went up the coast invading inland... http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2011/mar/11/japan-earthquake-tsunami-videoThere was warning for us too (I live on the east coast of Taiwan) but it seems it didn't reach us. Hawaii and the US west coast are on alert…. To put it in perspective, Haiti was 7.0 …. Japan's building are however built and able to withstand much of a quake… but 8.4 is HUGE! Our thoughts to the people of Japan.
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Been following this on Sky News... Terrible and terrifying for them...
our thoughts and prayers go to the people of Japan and the communities that will have to be rebuilt.
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...8.4 is HUGE!
...Our thoughts to the people of Japan.
+1 and any one/where else effected!!
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Terrible. I was thinking about you Perceval in Taiwan. Good to hear that you didn't get hit by the Tsunami. I pray that we don't see devastation around the Pacific from the Tsunami. It has that potential.
Cheers, Richard
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Not good at all for people. hope all is well for members. Read early in the week about the SUPERMOON Due on the 19th of this month . Makes you wonder if it does have any bearing on all this . Tho does seem that alot has been going on over the last year. link to supermoon http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20110310/sc_space/willmarch19supermoontriggernaturaldisastersatb geoff
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Terrible. I was thinking about you Perceval in Taiwan. Good to hear that you didn't get hit by the Tsunami. I pray that we don't see devastation around the Pacific from the Tsunami. It has that potential.
Richard, thanks for the thoughts and wishing that thing doesn't go near your backyard!
Tsunamis are so unpredictable...
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H O L Y shat.
+1!!!
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Damn boys sounds bad for lots of people.
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That tsunami vid is just nuts, the destructive power is just amazing. Looks like quite a bit of food was washed away, looked like farm land to me. Looked like there was a truck being driven that got caught up in the wave too. Not to take away from all the others who lost property and or life. Terrible.
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Absolutely terrible! Warning to the Pacific Coast regards to a Tsunami. Will be watching the news all day today. I have family in the Seattle area and in the San Francisco area, but they're not in danger. Wonder how it'd affect the mouth of the Columbia River and how far inland. We live about 300 miles from the coast on the Columbia. Interesting...
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Tragic! The devistation is comparable to when the bomb got dropped. Our thoughts and prayers go out out to the people of Japan and anyone else affected by the tsunamis.
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That tsunami vid is just nuts, the destructive power is just amazing. Looks like quite a bit of food was washed away, looked like farm land to me. Looked like there was a truck being driven that got caught up in the wave too. Not to take away from all the others who lost property and or life. Terrible.
It went through some countryside towns before hitting the farm lands....
It's too early to tell, but the loss of life from the quake and then the tsunami will be sadly high, I am afraid...
Right now, millions of japanese are in a state of emergency, no lights, no way to take the metro and get back home (it is night now) ...
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prayers for all those in japan.
the news this morning they said the tsunami hit mostly the farm country and destroyed alot of the rice fields.
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Terrible, absolutely terrible! Such a feeling of helplessness.
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Not to take away from the tragedy at all, but it will be interesting how the automotive and motorcycle industry will be affected over the next year.
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Yeah, there sure is some horrific video feed comin' out of Japan right now! Besides the human carnage, there looks to be billions upon billions of dollars in damages.
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The USAR teams are getting too much work with these events this year. They are still working in Christchurch and now this one. Thoughts to all involved.
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It was indeed an awful thing to watch on the tv throughout the day. Watching the news today was like watching something that could only be devised in a Hollywood scriptwriters office. I dunno but there seems to be a lot going on at the moment what with unrest in the Middle East and North Africa and these natural disasters occuring. If I was a religious person I'd say............ 
Before the war on terror, if I saw an unattended package I used to think "I'll be having that!"
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Live to love, love to live.
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Now the power plants are heading for meltdown.
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