zoony Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 What do you suppose the death toll from something like this will be? Seriously, 100k plus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Not an oil or chemical fire.How does one PUT those out. Or do you just have to wait? That would SUCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 What do you suppose the death toll from something like this will be? Seriously, 100k plus? After seeing the news footage, I'll be surprised if it's not something in that range, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 After seeing the news footage, I'll be surprised if it's not something in that range, unfortunately. God bless all of them. What a tragedy. This is the kind of thing that will take decades to come back from. I heard it on the radio this morning but didn't really realize how bad it was until I watched CNN at lunch. Goodness. That flaming tidal wave and the whirlpool... just wow. Apocolypse stuff. A co-worker of mine lives in Seaside OR. Been trying to get him on the phone... can't reach him. Supposed to be on a conf call with him at 1. I'm sure he's fine I'm just curious if he's been evacuated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 That was/is simply incredible. Could you imagine seeing that coming at you.... That would be horrible. Though it does remind me of the video I was watching last night. The wave was surging,(that just doesn't describe it accurately enough),inland and it was on its way to t-bone a road that had vehicles on it. It hit the road and barely missed one car in the rear. The car behind it however,was met broadside by the wave. I can't imagine the horror that had to be felt by the people in that car as they saw this thing coming at them. Last I saw it had washed around the car(s),and they were beginning to be swept away. Death toll in that part of Japan is something that could be staggering to even think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 the video I keep seeing is those people on the overpass watching the destruction below them from their cars. The tide keeps rising and looks like it is going to crest over top of the overpass... but then the footage stops. Wonder if they're okay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 How does one PUT those out. Or do you just have to wait? That would SUCK Foam or some chemical extinguishers...not something that is readily available in many disasters,nor even effective at times outside controlled situations I will be surprised if the death toll isn't very high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Yeah. I remember seeing that one last night a few times. I got the impression from that footage and a few others,that the camera guy and the pilot simply turned away from the scene,knowing what was probably getting ready to appen. The other one I remember seeing,(and they don't show it as much right now),was where folks were on a small building's roof watching this monster wave sweep everything around them away and it was closing in around the building as well. That was just before they panned out to the ocean to film more waves coming in. Frightening to watch to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 The videos look unreal. I can't even begin to imagine what they are going thru. I certainly hope for the best for as many people as possible, but wow. It's hard to not expect the worst, and then double it. I rarely post in these sorts of threads,, as you can see, I never know what to say. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aREDSKIN Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 The power of mother nature. 4coi8rgULZ4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 AP is now reporting that pressure is rising in that one troubled reactor. Cooling failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 AP is now reporting that pressure is rising in that one troubled reactor. Cooling failure. Not good. The last thing they need on top of an enormous quake and a tsunami is a nuclear meltdown to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Not good. The last thing they need on top of an enormous quake and a tsunami is a nuclear meltdown to boot. According to Reuters,they've evacuated over 3000 people in the area due to,among other things,the release of radioactive vapor out of the facility. This is being done to relieve the building pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportjunkie07 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Foam or some chemical extinguishers...not something that is readily available in many disasters,nor even effective at times outside controlled situationsI will be surprised if the death toll isn't very high its difficult to do. at fire school they lit a pipeline fire and we had to put it out, this is how it worked: one fire group fought the fire, another group or two depending on the size of the fire, sprayed water on the first fire group to cool them. once the bulk of the flame is brought down and under control people can go forward and shut valves and isolate the source of the fire. i imagine this would be a lot more difficult in real time, especially since that fire was massive, but the refinery in japan should have a plan for fighting the fire as well as the extinguishing agents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins_Fan82 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Waves of tsunami hit residences in Natori, Miyagi prefecture. I keep looking at this picture, trying to imagine what that wave must've sounded like as it approached. Scary stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aREDSKIN Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Another one. An estimated 6.6-magnitude earthquake has struck Nagano and Niigata prefectures in Japan, Kyodo news service reports. http://www.cnn.com/ http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/11/live-blog-japan-earthquake/?hpt=T1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostyj Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Also reports of people in OR getting swept out to sea from the waves reaching the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Crescent City got hit. 4 people reported to be missing. Damage to houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Also reports of people in OR getting swept out to sea from the waves reaching the US. Seriously?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 The craziest video I've seen is the one on CNN.com of the whirpool in the Pacific. I've never seen a whirpool before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 coincidence the moon is at its closest point to the earth in years? No' date=' the “supermoon” didn’t cause the Japanese earthquake[/url'] The Moon was at apogee on March 6, and will be at perigee on March 19. When the earthquake in Japan hit last night, the Moon was about 400,000 (240,000 miles) away. So not only was it not at its closest point, it was actually farther away than it usually is on average.So again, this earthquake in Japan had nothing to do with the Moon. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 KWCH video of part of Santa Cruz. http://www.kwch.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=c0ead692-9968-4567-8688-b8fd5502cd68&cat=empty&src=front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 How does compare to the monster that hit Thailand several years ago ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 No, the “supermoon” didn’t cause the Japanese earthquakeClick on the link for the full article From your link: "On March 19, the Moon will be at perigee –about 354,000 km away. However, on that date it will also be full, and this has an effect on tides. You can read my detailed essay on tides on my old website. The bullet points are that the Sun has an effect on our tides here on Earth, as does the Moon. When the Sun, Earth, and Moon are near a straight line in space — that is, at new or full Moon — these effects are maximized. We get what are called spring tides, with extra-high high tides, and extra-low low tides" But the tides do affect earth quakes: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1022_041022_earthquakes_tides.html "Cochran and colleagues focused on the magnitude of high tides that they found to be associated with earthquakes. They determined that very high tides, rather than a normal tide cycle, seemed to coincide with seismic activity." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOF44 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 How does compare to the monster that hit Thailand several years ago ? That one was a 9.1 this one an 8.9, but I have no clue as to the epicenters distance from pop centers between the two. Also this one will probably change in magnitude a little as the geologist go over all the data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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