[ot] 9.0 Quake Hits Japan followed by Tsunami

[JonathanBlake]

Watching that tsunami wave approaching makes you realise how ineffectual we really are - thoughts and prayers Japan.

[JonathanBlake]

Tsunami Alert for us in NZ as well. Bracing for it.

First the 'quake, now this - thoughts and prayers Jes.

[kiss-o-matic]

I cowered in the doorway to the shower like a little girl (with my bicycle helmet on). Thankfully the epicenter was some 350km away from Tokyo (where literally 1/3 of the population is on any given work day). It was still scary. What got me all bothered was that it didn't hit hard and fade. To put it into DJ terms, there was quite a build up. In fact, I was IM'ing my friend something like, "oh, Earthquake...3rd in like 5 days!" when I realized that it was getting more and more intense. The feeling of not knowing how far it would go is what sucked. Getting whacked w/ a sizeable aftershock while the siren was going off didn't help either.

[photojojo]

Glad you're okay kiss-o-matic.

[fullenglishpint]

Best of luck to you and your countrymen! Terrible to see these kind of events.

Edit: And good luck to Jester and the Kiwis too, I hope the damage is minimal.

[MuzicFreq]

Straight from japan Live coverage from NHK http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/

[photojojo]

They just reported a 3.5 quake a couple hundred miles away from me, somewhere between b3nz0n8 and I. WTF?

[fullenglishpint]

I'm pretty sure this is not the time to reply in memes, so I'll just say I hope everything's ok with you guys in TX.

[theory28]

Best of luck to you and your countrymen! Terrible to see these kind of events.

Edit: And good luck to Jester and the Kiwis too, I hope the damage is minimal.

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They just reported a 3.5 quake a couple hundred miles away from me, somewhere between b3nz0n8 and I. WTF?

oh boy. knowing my mom, shes going to say she felt it.

[photojojo]

They get quakes that way occasionally, but I never feel them. Not sure about b3n though.