[quote]SteelyD wrote:
[quote]Fuzzyapple wrote:
There is only ONE race in the world and that is the human race.[/quote]
Well, that one and Race Bannon[/quote]
I think you may have just aged yourself on that one. I missed the “zing”.
An entire village wiped off the map. You can tell from the footage that good amount of people didn’t make it out. Note the fire engine going around alerting residents. The people who made it out and were filming the destruction are watching their homes disappear before their eyes.
[quote]Axel44 wrote:
[quote]Makavali wrote:
[quote]RSGZ wrote:
[quote]Makavali wrote:
Seriously, what the hell is with the Facebook profiles telling me to “remember Pearl Harbor” and how Japan is a victim of “karma”. What the fuck?[/quote]
Christ, there sure are a lot of idiots around.
I mean, really?
Should we bring Hiroshima and Nagasaki into this? Probably an even lower form of low.[/quote]
I swear to God some people should be rounded up and shot.[/quote]
That’s not even the worst I’ve heard. There was some moron
suggesting that Japan deserved what they got because they kill
whales. Ya know, some people really have an F’d up sense of
perspective and really need to turn the damn TV off once in a while.
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Some people point the finger at the US as being a populous filled with bigots and people of intolerance. However I’ve come to learn the U.S is one of the most tolerant and accepting countries in the world. These morons (the FB people shown) may be from the US but there’s people like this all over the world that we are only aware of because of social media where anyone and everyone can have a voice. Prime example of why social media, as with most things, has two sides.
[quote]Axel44 wrote:
[quote]Makavali wrote:
[quote]RSGZ wrote:
[quote]Makavali wrote:
Seriously, what the hell is with the Facebook profiles telling me to “remember Pearl Harbor” and how Japan is a victim of “karma”. What the fuck?[/quote]
Christ, there sure are a lot of idiots around.
I mean, really?
Should we bring Hiroshima and Nagasaki into this? Probably an even lower form of low.[/quote]
I swear to God some people should be rounded up and shot.[/quote]
That’s not even the worst I’ve heard. There was some moron
suggesting that Japan deserved what they got because they kill
whales. Ya know, some people really have an F’d up sense of
perspective and really need to turn the damn TV off once in a while.
[/quote]
There is no coincidences. 
Also, the Richter scale is a logarithmic scale used to express the total amount of energy released by an earthquake. Its values typically fall between 0 and 9, with each increase of 1 representing a 10-fold increase in energy.
So some people may think that an 8.9 is only 10% stronger than a 7.9 but it’s not.
[quote]Nards wrote:
some people may think that an 8.9 is only 10% stronger than a 7.9 but it’s not.[/quote]
I’m not sure which people may think that, but they have more problems than the logarithmic scale…
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
[quote]Sharp4850 wrote:
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
Hell, the AFTERSHOCKS are 5+ magnitude! The aftershocks are bigger than the Haiti earthquake!
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I’m not sure which earthquake you’re referring to, but the 2010 Haiti earthquake was 7.0 magnitude.
Still, the main event was insane. Sucks to live on a subduction zone.
One of my buddy’s brothers teaches in Japan, and was telling us that he was feeling foreshocks all week leading up to it. It’s a damn shame we can’t predict these things better. Especially these massive “blue moon” events.[/quote]
Most of the ‘big’ aftershocks are 5+. About a dozen or so in the 6+. There was a 7.1 aftershock recorded.
Aftershock map:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/aftershocks/?event=c0001xgp&source=us&title=M8.9%20NEAR%20THE%20EAST%20COAST%20OF%20HONSHU,%20JAPAN[/quote]
Well, that’s just nuts.
I think currently the death toll is around 1000. To me, that’s a testament to their preparedness for events like this over there. Tragic no less, but I can only imagine how much worse this would be been in other parts of the world.
[quote]Nards wrote:
Also, the Richter scale is a logarithmic scale used to express the total amount of energy released by an earthquake. Its values typically fall between 0 and 9, with each increase of 1 representing a 10-fold increase in energy.
So some people may think that an 8.9 is only 10% stronger than a 7.9 but it’s not.[/quote]
Actually an increase of 1 represents an increase of ENERGY released by 32. An increase of 2 would be 32^2. An increase in 1 represents a 10-fold increase in amplitude alone.
Also if I remember correctly, the Richter scale is barely used anymore and really only applies to parts of California. A moment magnitude scale is used instead.
Japan is bad ass in so many ways. Their culture, language, technology, food, history,woman, art etc are all awesome and so different from the west.
I wish I could go and volunteer to help but it’s not possible for the time being… I know they’ll bounce back quicker than if this had happened somewhere else. The majority of it’s citizens are organized, smart, efficient and hard working.
[quote]Axel44 wrote:
[quote]Makavali wrote:
[quote]RSGZ wrote:
[quote]Makavali wrote:
Seriously, what the hell is with the Facebook profiles telling me to “remember Pearl Harbor” and how Japan is a victim of “karma”. What the fuck?[/quote]
Christ, there sure are a lot of idiots around.
I mean, really?
Should we bring Hiroshima and Nagasaki into this? Probably an even lower form of low.[/quote]
I swear to God some people should be rounded up and shot.[/quote]
That’s not even the worst I’ve heard. There was some moron
suggesting that Japan deserved what they got because they kill
whales. Ya know, some people really have an F’d up sense of
perspective and really need to turn the damn TV off once in a while.
[/quote]
Im part Japanese and I guess this really hit close to home because these poor people look like they could have been apart of my family. The old men and women,the young kids,everybody. Its like seeing people you care about being hurt and theres nothing you can do about it. I was more than angry to see the type of crap being posted on facebook but I was more disappointed than anything.
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
There is no coincidences. ;)[/quote]
Yes, there is.
The footage blew my mind, even more so that waves hit the CA coast (close to me) and killed at least one person…from an earthquake that happened on the other side of the Pacific.
My friend is from Miami and he always says he’d rather live in FL and face hurricanes than earthquakes…I say bullshit. I would rather deal with an earthquake every 10-15 years than 3-5 hurricanes a year.
[quote]Wambat wrote:
Pearl Harbor?[/quote]
What about it?
You can slide over the images to see them before/after. Incredible.
[quote]postholedigger wrote:
An entire village wiped off the map. You can tell from the footage that good amount of people didn’t make it out. Note the fire engine going around alerting residents. The people who made it out and were filming the destruction are watching their homes disappear before their eyes.[/quote]
You should see the stuff that’s on TV here. There is literally nothing but news coverage on every channel right now.
The amount of destruction is unreal. There are at least two towns that don’t exist anymore. Death toll is over 2000, with 10’s of thousands missing and even more displaced; it boggles the mind.
The worst is the interviews with the survivors.
What about the reactor problems? Saw the explosion on TV.
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
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. [/quote]
… more
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/13/scitech/main20042590.shtml
Earth’s day length shortened by Japan earthquake
Scientists say impact of massive quake has forced Earth to rotate faster
The massive earthquake that struck northeast Japan Friday (March 11) has shortened the length Earth’s day by a fraction and shifted how the planet’s mass is distributed.
…
The Earth’s figure axis is not the same as its north-south axis in space, which it spins around once every day at a speed of about 1,000 mph (1,604 kph). The figure axis is the axis around which the Earth’s mass is balanced and the north-south axis by about 33 feet (10 meters).
“This shift in the position of the figure axis will cause the Earth to wobble a bit differently as it rotates, but will not cause a shift of the Earth’s axis in space - only external forces like the gravitational attraction of the sun, moon, and planets can do that,” Gross said.
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
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. [/quote]
… more
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/13/scitech/main20042590.shtml
Earth’s day length shortened by Japan earthquake
Scientists say impact of massive quake has forced Earth to rotate faster
The massive earthquake that struck northeast Japan Friday (March 11) has shortened the length Earth’s day by a fraction and shifted how the planet’s mass is distributed.
…
The Earth’s figure axis is not the same as its north-south axis in space, which it spins around once every day at a speed of about 1,000 mph (1,604 kph). The figure axis is the axis around which the Earth’s mass is balanced and the north-south axis by about 33 feet (10 meters).
“This shift in the position of the figure axis will cause the Earth to wobble a bit differently as it rotates, but will not cause a shift of the Earth’s axis in space - only external forces like the gravitational attraction of the sun, moon, and planets can do that,” Gross said.[/quote]
wtf?!?
That doesn’t sound good.
I’ve read elsewhere the magnetic north is moving something like 60 km a year, moving away from northern Canada towards Russia. I wonder if these sorts of things are or can be connected somehow.
Steely, that is incredible. Wow.
We all just got older 
Did we get lighter though?