8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan!

[CurSedVoyce]

Crap

 

[sawinredneck]

Yeah, round's four and five now! CNN was reporting live then the ground started shaking, then the explosion at the reactor, then one of the live feeds had to get cut so they could clear out for the wave!

 

[Paul B]

I have CNN on in the background, Al Jazeera is still doing Libya stuff, haven't checked BBC

 

[CurSedVoyce]

CNN Live Japan affiliate is only talking about the explosion. Saying the container is still intact :roll:
Nothing on the aftershock or a tsunami.

 

[Paul B]

Seemsthe tsunami warning has been lifted. Again.

 

[NeTree]

This gentlemen... is the very definition of a clusterfock.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

What was the tern Al used not so long ago?... I forget.. My dad used to say it all the time.

But YUP!

 

[sawinredneck]

Yes, yes it is! Number three lost an entire building, but not the reactor, maybe? They found 2k bodies so far today, not looking good at all. Man I feel for you Jay!

 

[stehansen]

I saw on the news that they revised the magnitude to 9.0.

 

[Paul B]

I heard that yesterday Ste, seems that it still says 8.9 everywhere though.

 

[sawinredneck]

I've heard it several times as well, but no one is updating it for some reason.

 

[sotc]

Just the Japanese have upgraded it to 9.0, USGS still says 8.9

 

[sawinredneck]

I heard it the other way Willie, the USGS re-evaluated it and upped it to a 9.0. But I think I got that from CNN, so...............

 

[NeTree]

Does it really matter? 10,000+ people are still missing. Jay, the offer still stands. If you need to GTFO and row your ass back Stateside, we're all here for you, mang.

Butch, sorry for the edit; my bad, boss.

 

[Paul B]

Sorry, dont think I can embed this one but its worth watching, cracks underfoot and groundwater rising during the quake:
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2011/03/11/ireport.kooi.cracked.japan.quake.cnn.html

 

[Old Monkey]

Real men go out of their way to go where the danger is and then ask if they should be there?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/anderson-cooper-in-japan-should-i-get-out_n_835251.html

 

[sawinredneck]

I was watching that live last night, it was pretty interesting! They couldn't get into contact with one crew because they were told to move as the Tsunami warnings were coming in. Then the explosion and everyone freaked out!

 

[MasterBlaster]

CNN's reporting that there was some sort of "explosive impact" at one of the reactors.

 

[sawinredneck]

And full exposure of the core on one, calls out to the US for more NRC help, immediately!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Half exposure, not full...

 

[sawinredneck]

CNN keeps saying full, but????????

 

[NeTree]

Does it really matter?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Hey, it may have degraded further...

 

[stehansen]

Wow. Does anyone know what happens now? Or are we in uncharted territory.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Three explosions at three reactors, I think they are losing them.

This sh@t is making me nervous, thanks for the continued words of support. Hell of a deal, just too much in scope.