[quote]DBCooper wrote:
Anyone heard from OsakaNate? I hope he’s alright; he sent me some really good stuff about drumming.[/quote]
All OK here, DB, thanks for asking. (And I’m almost finished with the next bit on your drumset questions, just a little more time…)
Osaka and the south/west area was relatively unaffected. Honestly, I didn’t feel a thing, and only heard about it when I got to work yesterday afternoon. I didn’t see any footage until late last night, when I finally realized the extent of the damage. Earthquakes here are a common occurrence, but this is in another dimension, as bad or worse than the big one that hit Kobe/Osaka in 1995.
Everyone I know in Tokyo and Chiba is alright, and I don’t know anyone in the hardest hit areas (Miyagi, Fukushima, and Iwate Prefectures).
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
I’m watching some of the vids, and looking at the pics. It is insane, I wish I could be there physically to help. It almost looks like a movie/end of the world or something. this kind of motivates me to get on to some federal agency search and rescue team. but I dream…[/quote]
For real. I’m here, and I don’t know what I can do. Shit, it’s not like I’m even working that much right now, I should go and do something worthwhile with my time…
this is terrifying
Where did you get that? ^
[quote]Totenkopf wrote:
Wow.[/quote]
That shit is just wrong.
Or a massive troll job.
Wow, indeed.
My high school friend was in Nagoya the last we heard from him. Need to find out if he’s alright.
[quote]OsakaNate wrote:
[quote]Totenkopf wrote:
Wow.[/quote]
That shit is just wrong.
Or a massive troll job.
Wow, indeed.[/quote]
The largest waves making it past the shoreline were 23+ feet so that video could definitely be legit.
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
Is this a sign that Japan’s rulers have lost their Mandate of Heaven?[/quote]
Yes, Japan has angered the G-d of Abraham.
[quote]PonceDeLeon wrote:
My high school friend was in Nagoya the last we heard from him. Need to find out if he’s alright.[/quote]
If he’s still in Nagoya, he should be fine. It’s a long way away from where shit went down.
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
[quote]OsakaNate wrote:
[quote]Totenkopf wrote:
Wow.[/quote]
That shit is just wrong.
Or a massive troll job.
Wow, indeed.[/quote]
The largest waves making it past the shoreline were 23+ feet so that video could definitely be legit.[/quote]
Not only 23+ feet but made it inland 6 MILES. You’d think you’d be safe that far inland.
[quote]jasmincar wrote:
Where did you get that? [1]
From the looks of it, Youtube.
The original footage is from Fukushima TV. A local TV station in the Fukushima prefecture (part of the hardest hit areas).
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[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
[quote]OsakaNate wrote:
[quote]Totenkopf wrote:
Wow.[/quote]
That shit is just wrong.
Or a massive troll job.
Wow, indeed.[/quote]
The largest waves making it past the shoreline were 23+ feet so that video could definitely be legit.[/quote]
At least one person has died in SANTA CRUZ of all places. Fucking nuts.
[quote]PonceDeLeon wrote:
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
[quote]OsakaNate wrote:
[quote]Totenkopf wrote:
Wow.[/quote]
That shit is just wrong.
Or a massive troll job.
Wow, indeed.[/quote]
The largest waves making it past the shoreline were 23+ feet so that video could definitely be legit.[/quote]
At least one person has died in SANTA CRUZ of all places. Fucking nuts.[/quote]
Cuz he thought it would be cool to get some pics.
[quote]postholedigger wrote:
[quote]PonceDeLeon wrote:
My high school friend was in Nagoya the last we heard from him. Need to find out if he’s alright.[/quote]
If he’s still in Nagoya, he should be fine. It’s a long way away from where shit went down.[/quote]
Yep. I’m about 45 minutes by train from Nagoya and a few of my friends live there. The word is that all is fine there. Your mate should be OK.
[quote]postholedigger wrote:
[quote]PonceDeLeon wrote:
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
[quote]OsakaNate wrote:
[quote]Totenkopf wrote:
Wow.[/quote]
That shit is just wrong.
Or a massive troll job.
Wow, indeed.[/quote]
The largest waves making it past the shoreline were 23+ feet so that video could definitely be legit.[/quote]
At least one person has died in SANTA CRUZ of all places. Fucking nuts.[/quote]
Cuz he thought it would be cool to get some pics.
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Who thinks it’s a great idea to run down and stand on ocean rocks to take pictures, when you receive a tsunami warning. Seriously?
I hate to say it, but that’s Darwin at work right there…
I did my graduate work in structural geology and geophysics. Looked at a lot of ‘modern tectonics’ ie. areas that have been active recently.
From that perspective, this is just amazing to me. The amount of energy produced by that quake is incredible.
The coast of Japan literally moved 8 feet. Think about that— just 8 linear feet (the area/volume moved is much greater), but an 8 foot vector, on the whole earth is so miniscule, but releases enough energy to shift the axis (ever so slightly).
The Earth is still ringing like a bell that’s been struck.
Quake moved Japan coast 8 feet; shifted Earth’s axis
(CNN) – The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis.
“At this point, we know that one GPS station moved (8 feet), and we have seen a map from GSI (Geospatial Information Authority) in Japan showing the pattern of shift over a large area is consistent with about that much shift of the land mass,” said Kenneth Hudnut, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Reports from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy estimated the 8.9-magnitude quake shifted the planet on its axis by nearly 4 inches (10 centimeters).
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
[quote]OsakaNate wrote:
[quote]Totenkopf wrote:
Wow.[/quote]
That shit is just wrong.
Or a massive troll job.
Wow, indeed.[/quote]
The largest waves making it past the shoreline were 23+ feet so that video could definitely be legit.[/quote]
Um, not sure why you’re quoting my post here, I wasn’t commenting on the video. I know that is legit; it’s what’s been on TV here continuously since yesterday afternoon. The whole country is watching nothing but the news right now.
I was commenting on the string of nonsense that Totenkopf posted.
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
The coast of Japan literally moved 8 feet. Think about that— just 8 linear feet (the area/volume moved is much greater), but an 8 foot vector, on the whole earth is so miniscule, but releases enough energy to shift the axis (ever so slightly).[/quote]
And this is just wild. I can barely comprehend this. I’d like to see it on a map; what an 8-foot shift in coastline looks like. Crazy.
[quote]OsakaNate wrote:
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
The coast of Japan literally moved 8 feet. Think about that— just 8 linear feet (the area/volume moved is much greater), but an 8 foot vector, on the whole earth is so miniscule, but releases enough energy to shift the axis (ever so slightly).[/quote]
And this is just wild. I can barely comprehend this. I’d like to see it on a map; what an 8-foot shift in coastline looks like. Crazy.[/quote]
Hell, the AFTERSHOCKS are 5+ magnitude! The aftershocks are bigger than the Haiti earthquake!
Fill your bathtub up with water and let it settle perfectly flat. Put a flat hand just barely above the surface then plunge your hand straight down and wathch the waves propagate and cause havoc in the tub. Watch them crisscross the tub.
That’s the Pacific ocean right now-- and essentially what an earth movement does to create those waves.
It really is almost beyond comprehension. Over hundreds of millions of years, you can see how continents start trucking across the surface of the Earth.
Here’s another analogy. Think of spinning a top or a basketball on your finger. You know how it starts to get a little wobble going? After a few seconds that propagates and the thing really starts going crazy?
On a scale of geologic time, that 4 inch shift is going to translate into something. The Earth’s ‘wobble’ is contantly changing and that can be traced back over millions of years. It’s inperceptible to us, but those little things over geologic time are what contribute to climate change and other cycles and such.