canadiantreeman
TreeHouser
Good to read you, Jay. Unbelievable.
8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan!
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MasterBlaster
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woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
We had our own area 6. something quake last night, a separate one, fortunately minimal damage it appears. What is going on?
Yeah, still not spring up north. I'm lucky, there is a little league game being played on the school ground across the street, seems a bit surreal. In the damaged areas the essentials are severely lacking, food, shelter, blankets and toilet paper, is what I hear being mentioned. It is like a bad dream, it doesn't at all seem that people are prepared to believe it yet. Not the slightest resemblance to before the quake hit in a lot of places, your frame of reference basically gone. I see some equipment starting to dig out a few of the more recognizable sites where groups are known to have been congregating before the thing hit, the civil defense forces beginning to move in, but the whole place is one giant disaster area, just some people trying to pick up some ends somewhere, in the least not let a sense of helplessness defeat.
Yeah, still not spring up north. I'm lucky, there is a little league game being played on the school ground across the street, seems a bit surreal. In the damaged areas the essentials are severely lacking, food, shelter, blankets and toilet paper, is what I hear being mentioned. It is like a bad dream, it doesn't at all seem that people are prepared to believe it yet. Not the slightest resemblance to before the quake hit in a lot of places, your frame of reference basically gone. I see some equipment starting to dig out a few of the more recognizable sites where groups are known to have been congregating before the thing hit, the civil defense forces beginning to move in, but the whole place is one giant disaster area, just some people trying to pick up some ends somewhere, in the least not let a sense of helplessness defeat.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
That's fricking amazing.
Bodean
Cali dreamer
Jay, Glad yer ok.
Sorry for Japan and the devastation.
Sorry for Japan and the devastation.
pantheraba
More biners!!!
What Deva said...glad you are OK. The enormity of this has not sunk in yet. Thanks for the updates.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Lordy, that's an understatement...
Bodean said:
Mrs.B
Treehouser
Fort Bragg report: Jer was home on his computer all day sort of oblivious to the action in the harbor. I too would have thought he'd be out with his camera but he's engrossed in his work. We got a reverse 9-1-1 call at 6:30 am telling us to evacuate if we were below 150 feet. We are at 100 feet, but reports coming from Hawaii at the time stated the waves were about 7 ft max there so we decided we were fine here. I went to work in Mendocino only to find out the town was supposed to evacuate. Sheriff's dept told us we were fine to stay so we did.
All day the ocean surged tremendously. The water would go flowing out really fast and then come rushing in really fast. Fascinating to watch. It wasn't a calm, steady flow like the tide--it was a fast jumbled mass of current going every direction at once. All the low lying parts of Hwy 1 were closed so travel on the coast was totally interrupted. Our harbor suffered major damage to a couple of docks and to alot of boats. To my knowledge, the only damage sustained around here was in the harbor.
The big concern among folks is the possibility of California having a quake. We are on the opposite edge of the tectonic plate!
All day the ocean surged tremendously. The water would go flowing out really fast and then come rushing in really fast. Fascinating to watch. It wasn't a calm, steady flow like the tide--it was a fast jumbled mass of current going every direction at once. All the low lying parts of Hwy 1 were closed so travel on the coast was totally interrupted. Our harbor suffered major damage to a couple of docks and to alot of boats. To my knowledge, the only damage sustained around here was in the harbor.
The big concern among folks is the possibility of California having a quake. We are on the opposite edge of the tectonic plate!
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CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
I would keep a closer eye on Alaska and off the coast of the PNWet.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Great report, young lady. Thanks!
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Apparently a 150 mile of plate broke off and dropped forty-five feet. That will do it. The nuclear plant situation is a full blown emergency now, pressures rising, they aren't hiding the fact that it is serious. One of the most powerful nuclear power stations in the world, if it were to blow, little comparison to the much smaller Chernobyl in terms of disastrous effect. Apparently the emergency back up generators supposed to provide cooling can't get operational due to being damaged by the waves. They are talking about releasing some pressure into the atmosphere, winds are favorable to it blowing out to sea, and no risk, so stated.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Not good.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Nyet
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Just overwhelms the mind thinking about all the devastation 
sawinredneck
Treehouser
Man I hope they get that under control!
N
NeTree
Guest
This shit won't buff out.
sawinredneck
Treehouser
Where the hell is that Brendon when you need his ass?
sotc
Dormant hero!!
Wow! You coming home for a visit Jay?
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
It has been announced that the fuel rods at one of the nuclear plants may have melted. Ohhhhhh Man.
Plant one I believe. Plant two pressure is rising and they are continuing to release pressure into the atmosphere. Fukushima Daini nuclear power station.
That was off Live CNN affiliate stream.
Plant one I believe. Plant two pressure is rising and they are continuing to release pressure into the atmosphere. Fukushima Daini nuclear power station.
That was off Live CNN affiliate stream.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Time for a visit home Jay!!!
Gawd this is just gonna get worse and worse
Gawd this is just gonna get worse and worse
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
The bit about the observatory moving approximately 4 meters East just blows my mind.
sotc
Dormant hero!!
Finally found a video during the surge here.
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CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
It was just reported that there are injuries from an explosion at plant number one.......
Get out the Geiger counters! Damn
Get out the Geiger counters! Damn
