2011 Sendai Earthquake & Tsunami

[cycloneye]

Well I need to head to the airport now. I am supposed to fly to Tokyo Tomorrow. See how this will work..see you guys in a bit

Have a good travel to that city,and when you can,update us.

[StormingB81]

Will do Sunday night eastern time I HOPEFULLY will be arriving in North Carolina

[Crostorm]

Will do Sunday night eastern time I HOPEFULLY will be arriving in North Carolina

Stay safe,and good trip

[RobWESTPACWX]

Quick Update all: Getting underway this morning from Singapore and heading back to Japan, on fox news actaully here they keep showing us putting supplys on the ship.

As for everything else I'm sure you have already heard so I will not re-post tsunami info. I can say it has been crazy busy here and I'm looking forward to getting some sleep. Rob out

[CajunMama]

I thought i heard on tv all airports in japan are closed but there is a us military base that is allowing planes to land. I don't know if StormingB81 will be going anywhere.

[CajunMama]

Here's a video of the tsunami reaching San Francisco Bay.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdMDCLwblkY&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]

[Bunkertor]

Fukushima nuclear plant reports radioactivity in one controll room 1000 times higher than normal. Evacuation zone has been shifted to the 10 kilometer mark.

[StormingB81]

Narita (Tokyo) is partially open so lets hope I get out

[cycloneye]

Here is a chilling youtube that focus on the nuclear plants and possible impacts from any leak that may occur.In the video,they say it may be worse than the leak at Chernobyl.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHHQXW7V ... r_embedded

[grentz7721]

Did the West Coast suffer any damage?

I heard on CNN that the damage in Crescent City, CA was "worse than in 1964", but I haven't seen anything about it so ???? The damage in 1964 was pretty substantial, at least along waterfront, iirc. That tsunami was caused by the Anchorage Palm Sunday earthquake. I believe it was a 6 foot wave.

Oh ok. Thanks for the Info, David. Sorry to go a little off-topic, Staff.

[brunota2003]

BREAKING NEWS: Per Fox News live newscast, the boat that was swept to sea has been located, and all 81 members of the crew have been air lifted to safety!

[HURAKAN]

impressive image of the tsunami running upstream in the Naka River, Japan

[StormingB81]

Fox news: a SECOND power plant is failing sending more evacuations!!!!

[StormingB81]

Tokyo Internation Airport reopends I am good for tomorrow!

[Chacor]

Both Tokyo airports are operational. 88,000 was a false report spread via Twitter, apparently, latest estimates are 350 dead and 500 missing. Exclusion zone in Fukushima around the failing reactors has been increased to 10 km from 3 km.

[Crostorm]

MAP 6.8 2011/03/12 01:47:16 37.588 142.682 24.8 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

[Ptarmigan]

Snap analysis: Japan may have hours to prevent nuclear meltdown
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/ ... 4C20110312

This is a really serious situation.

[Ptarmigan]

Tsunami warning center raises magnitude of Japan quake to 9.1
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/brea ... to_91.html

[Crostorm]

Sendai Gas stopped supplying for safety reasons. affecting 362,000 households Sendai & vicinity

Keiyo Gas in Chiba stopped supplying to 5100 houses due to liquidation, water entered pipes

Entire Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita pref. power blackout. Almost all in Yamagata, some Fukushima

NHK as of 10:30am: 573 deaths, over 1300 missing in 9 states

yahoo.japan

[MGC]

God help the people of Japan. Been to Japan twice, wonderful country. Stayed up to 3:30am watching the wave. Debris fields look like aftermath of Katrina. I am very concerned with the potential nuke plant coolant failures and core meltdown.......MGC