Yeah, and the San Andreas runs right up into the even scarier and totally ignored Cascadia fault line, which probably hit Japan with a killer tsumani hundreds of years ago and also may have given birth to the Native legend of the "Thunderbird". I would bet that when "the big one" hits it's going to trigger both the San Andreas and Cascadia faults, which will basically destroy everything from Vancouver to Ensenada Mexico. People joke about the west coast falling into the ocean, but that's pretty much what would happen.

Of course, on the other hand, the east coast is due for a quake too. And because of the solid rock, they say if an L.A.-style quake hit Atlanta it would be felt up in New York City... and since the buildings in the east aren't built for it, we're ****ed.

There is so much misinformation and fearmongering going on in the media right now. Nothing modern will "go Chernobyl" because Chernobyl was an unshielded piece of shit, whereas the modern reactors found in places like the U.S. and Japan are heavily shielded. Nuclear energy is pretty cheap, so they spend a good deal of money on the containment buildings. Short of an earthquake ripping the containment building apart, even a "meltdown" is probably going to be contained within the building. Sure, it'll be unusable, but it's not going to result in humans within 1000 miles turning into Swamp Things. But, yes, we can "learn a lot from their mistakes", in terms of, "Don't build your ****ing nuclear reactor on the coastline when you know there's a very good possibility of a tsunami."

I don't understand WHY another big tsunami would be coming... there hasn't been any huge aftershocks recently.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...quakes_all.php

There was a report of a 6.2 aftershock on the Reuters 'live' site, but that was somewhere around 9 o'clock.

Tsunami warning cancelled.

Regarding the tsunami:

Vibrations from the explosion of the nuclear plant triggered the tsunami warning- Fox News

Holy crap that must have been quite an explosion.

This video is unbelievable. It's hard to imagine witnessing destruction like this. The news reports don't do it justice.

http://video.l3.fbcdn.net/cfs-l3-snc...eeaecd6dc12abf

Also, this:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/ja...eforeafter.htm

And this:
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-650 points on the Nikkei so far today.

Tide of bodies overwhelms quake-hit Japan

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_bi_...pan_earthquake

TAKAJO, Japan – A tide of bodies washed up along Japan's coastline Monday, overwhelming crematoriums, exhausting supplies of body bags and adding to the spiraling humanitarian, economic and nuclear crisis after the massive earthquake and tsunami.
Millions of people faced a fourth night without water, food or heating in near-freezing temperatures along the northeast coast devastated by Friday's disasters. Meanwhile, a third reactor at a nuclear power plant lost its cooling capacity and its fuel rods were fully exposed, raising fears of a meltdown. The stock market plunged over the likelihood of huge losses by Japanese industries including big names such as Toyota and Honda.
On the coastline of Miyagi prefecture, which took the full force of the tsunami, a Japanese police official said 1,000 bodies were found scattered across the coastline. Kyodo, the Japanese news agency, reported that 2,000 bodies washed up on two shorelines in Miyagi.
In one town in a neighboring prefecture, the crematorium was unable to handle the large number of bodies being brought in for funerals.
"We have already begun cremations, but we can only handle 18 bodies a day. We are overwhelmed and are asking other cites to help us deal with bodies. We only have one crematorium in town," Katsuhiko Abe, an official in Soma, told The Associated Press.
While the official death toll rose to nearly 1,900, the discovery of the washed-up bodies and other reports of deaths suggest the true number is much higher. In Miyagi, the police chief has said 10,000 people are estimated to have died in his province alone.
The outspoken governor of Tokyo, Shintaro Ishihara, told reporters Monday that the disaster was "punishment from heaven" because Japanese have become greedy.
Across Japan, most people opt to cremate their dead. With so many bodies, the government on Monday waived a rule requiring permission first from local authorities before cremation or burial to speed up funerals, said Health Ministry official Yukio Okuda.
"The current situation is so extraordinary, and it is very likely that crematoriums are running beyond capacity," said Okuda. "This is an emergency measure. We want to help quake-hit people as much as we can."
Friday's double tragedy has caused unimaginable deprivation for people of this industrialized country — Asia's richest — which hasn't seen such hardship since World War II. In many areas there is no running water, no power and four- to five-hour waits for gasoline. People are suppressing hunger with instant noodles or rice balls while dealing with the loss of loved ones and homes.

I'll take "Shit You Don't See Every Day" for a thousand, Alex.

I thought cats only climbed trees.

Good God...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12725646

Incredible, and terrifying.

The crazy thing is that it looked like a relatively nice day when it all happened.

The volume on the BBC link goes to 11.

That's because it's metric.

Jesus.

In every video i've watched you can see cars driving around right before the wave trashes everything.


I wonder how many people were in the cars that were bobbing around in that SOB...

Reuters currently has the rebuild costing around $180 billion, and that's sure to rise.

I was wondering the same thing. There is the video of the wave coming in, where all you can see are cargo containers and white minivans rolling in, like that is what the wave is made of. Out in front of the wave you see the same white minivans hauling ass trying to out run it. Some how i just don't see a minivan outrunning a tsunami.

Or just go somewhere else.

And on top of all this, my General Electric stock is down 4% because they designed the Japanese reactors 40 years ago. Stop stealing my retirement funds!

Wow. That's more than an NFL owner makes in a whole year.

FAX

like maybe the mud flats of spain?

They can relocate to Montana. Plenty of unused land there.

My god, I saw a crew of like 8 guys working on one ravaged house and they looked absolutely defeated. This is going to take YEARS to clean up.

They can come over here if they want, but they have to send their women and electronics first.

we plan to keep it unused. :harumph:

So, you are saying you just want this.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3067/...558ce25cf7.jpg

:shake:

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And she's different from the Taliban again......how???

I have a confession to make.

I'd hate **** her. Nutty bitches are freaks in bed, but this one is likely a virgin. I'd have no problem perma messing those sheets though.

Someone needs to tell her that the Earth does not have corners and Japan does not have shoulders.

My dad who was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked told me over the weekend that the damn Japs had it coming to them...karma's a bitch.

He still hates it that I drive a Honda too.

Some people just never get over stuff I guess.

Wow, how old is he?

Didn't we nuke the **** out of Japan? Wouldn't that have been payback?

I'm praying to God right now that someone burns down your house and you lose everything that you've ever known.

Wow. She'd fit right in at Westboro.

People keep spamming her personal information on YT. So if any CP planeteers in Tampa want to get with a nutty broad, she's as nutty as they come.

I'd **** her with a flaming AIDS tree branch.

I'm calling fake on that.....

Originally thought the same, but it'd be one hell of a trolling attempt as she has been uploading nutty videos for a year. I think this broad is just batshit crazy.

You've got to be shitting me.

:facepalm:

Not up here.

During drought years, Montana is all but draining Ft. Peck Reservoir (5th largest in the US) just to keep the Missouri full of water to the midwest states.

Add a few million people to Montana and it will stress the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers to the point of the midwest states going dry.

This gem was posted Jan 2010.

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Only in Florida.

There was an explosion at reactor #2. There's reportedly a drop in pressure following the blast, which suggests damage to the suppression pool.

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/

Is anyone going to post this on the website that we shouldn't link?

88

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapc...pt=T1&iref=BN1

Not looking good at Fukushima Daiichi. Nearly all of the plant's staff (800 people) have left, just 50 remain doing cooling work. Authorities now advising anyone within a 30 km radius of the plant should remain indoors. Radiation levels have increased to levels that can "impact human health."

Holy shit.

Nikkei down -1170 points today with 2 hours left on the market. Plus it lost -500 points yesterday, not to mention what it lost after the quake on Friday.

Nikkei was at 10,600 when earthquake hit... now 2 market days later it's at 8400.

http://www.nikkei.com/

I heard 2 workers have died due to exposure.

Down 1250 so far, now. It's a free fall. Wow.

Wonder how this impacts the other markets tomorrow am.

This was a little under 10 cpm when I checked it yesterday,

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/geiger-counter-tokyo

The radiation levels in Tokyo are certainly rising.

****.

The last I read, it was putting out a little over a rem an hour, which is significant, but not immediately harmful.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapc...ors/index.html

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Bump. Just in case.

Thanks. Everything is ripe for it.

They've geo-engineered plenty of storms, and flooded the Mississippi... that is step one.

They are also having their New Madrid Earthquake training exercise this week.

FEMA's ordered 14 million MRE's and 7 million blankets...

I hope I am wrong... in fact, the seismic activity around New Madrid has been less recently, so their plan may not go off as planned. We shall see.

Interesting how it also coordinated with the religitards started talking about the rapture on the same day.

LMAO

Did Japan slide into the ocean yet, BTW?

So are you saying FEMA can predict earthquakes or are you saying they can cause them?

I'm not sure that the "they" teedubya refers to is FEMA.

Oh.

I just noticed this. You are making fun of religious people claiming that the end of times is near? You don't find that somewhat hypocritical?

The 21 is only a few days away.

Wow, you're even more of a loon than I thought. And that's saying quite alot actually...

I'm pretty sure that he's just having fun with us, actually.

Fooled me.

He puts on a good act if that's the case.

The question is, will he take his family & supplies out of the city on the 21st?

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.s...age_defie.html

Pretty ****ing cool.

Nice work old man.

Pro: No more St. Louis.

Con: Might need to fly to the east coast for this year's family vacation.

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/def...5c085e99b9.JPG

Hell...throw in the Pro of No more Columbia as well.

Just take your submarine car.

If it's out of the shop by then... :(

Sweet.....it looks like I'm going to be living on the beach.

same here...only it'll be the beach on the mississippi river.
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I've got some oceanfront property in Aaaaaarriiizoooonaaaaa...

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Learn to swim
Learn to swim

I'll be pretty close to the East Central Coast.

Yes, back in 2006. Didn't you know?

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:hmmm:

Or was it 2007, when everything except Japan slid into the ocean?

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I'm still surprised Japan survived the Italian Flu back in 1980, starring Chuck Connors as Chuck Connors. :shrug:

Still too much Jersey left and it's north Jersey no less.

So....

Didn't occur, did it? I'm glad. Huge relief as some family was travelling through that area, this weekend. Lot's of buzz about it, plus the whole "Rapture" thing... if it would have occurred today, there would have been a huge conspiratorial backlash.

But, it's not the end of May, yet. The floodwater is completely covering the faults. I'd like that see that water recede first... plus, it keeps raining over the area.

I don't think we are quite out of the woods. The May 21st was just the end of the New Madrid National Level Exercise for New Madrid. 9-11 happened during a national level exercise... that included a highjacked plane into a building... and the 7-7 subway bombing was during a national level exercise in London... so, I knew it was going to be interesting to watch.

The whole rapture thing was a curveball, though. I had no idea that was predicted for that day, as well. May 21st must of had a doomy vibe to it, I guess.

At least church will be interesting for those people tomorrow. lol