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[M42Power]

The tsunami break looked surfable!

Best wishes to japanese pepole, we might get a powerful quake here too in the future :(

[Danny]

If you turned it on early enough you saw live coverage of helicopters following it.

Anyone has a vid link? I'd like to see this.

[tjts1]

[TexasTerp]

I read about the earthquake on twitter around 3am EST, it's crazy to see how huge this thing was.

[Danny]

God damn.

[Van Westervelt]

ONE FOOT WAVES OH SHIT

A 1 foot surge is much different than a 1 foot wave.

I was watching the live footage last night as people were driving away from it and getting swept away in their cars while driving. Absolutely bananas! I feel for the entire region and anyone with relatives in its wrath.

[mitch500]

i hate the fucking media.... OMG OMG OMG tsunami!!!! im in Venice beach,CA and live about 50 meters from the beach.. didn't even see one wave out of the ordinary..

[tjts1]

(Reuters) - Pressure inside a reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co's quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant may have risen to 2.1 times its designed capacity, Japan's trade ministry said on Saturday, exceeding the 1.5-times level announced a few hours earlier. Temperatures and pressure at the No.1 reactor have been rising since its cooling system was knocked out by the earthquake, the largest on record in Japan, raising worries about a possible radiation leak. The company said it was preparing back-up generators to pump water and cool the reactor.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/11/us-japan-quake-tepco-pressure-idUSTRE72A7DB20110311

Good luck to them.

[myinfernalbmw]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...72A7DB20110311

Good luck to them.

Sounds like the shit is in the process of hitting the fan with the plant. Hopefully they can get that thing cooled down to manageable temps before it gets any worse. Best wishes to all in Japan or anyone with friends or family there.

[grantlacey11]

http://www.mercurynews.com/central-coast/ci_17591372?nclick_check=1

carnage in santa cruz

[Fusion]

The weirdest thing is that a couple months ago I read some guy's blog that said a huge quake will hit in mid March. I was reading about HAARP.
I'll try to find it.

[Nairb]

Now that is absolute devastation. Wow.

[matias88e30]

holly shit!! it sucks...

[imsotyerred]

next targets, Hawaii and probably even the west coast

[SLOWER]

I heard back from my family. They are ok. Safe at least.

Where were they?

My room mate hasn't been able to contact anyone in her family. Her aunt and grandmother live up north near sendai, her mom and dad in tokyo. I think the phone lines are dead in certain places and cell phones are probably jammed with calls from around the world...

From the pictures ive seen its absolutely awful whats happened.