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> A massive 8.8 magnitude quake hit the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, shaking buildings in the capital Tokyo >
Why would you talk about the earthquake in Tokyo, when it happened in Miyagi? Tokyo only got hit with a 3 or 4. [EDIT: updated to 5 JMS. Tokyo got hit pretty hard too]
The actual earthquake was around 240 miles away. That's the same distance from New York to Boston.
Hope goes out to those more affected, looks insane from what I'm seeing.
Live stream: http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/6810.htm Or direct 256k: mms://nhk-world.gekimedia.net/nhkw-highm They have revised the earthquake to 8.4 as of 11:08PM PST.
The earthquake seems to be being revised upwards, not downwards. At least according to aljazeera.
Patrick McKenzie tweet https://twitter.com/#!/patio11/status/46086466836762624
My friends in Osaka (San Fran) felt it.
I live in Ogaki (Kansas). There was a mild panic in the mall, and our trains stopped for a few minutes.
Folks in Tokyo are largely shaken but not terribly affected (Boston/DC ish).
Miyagi/etc (Maine-ish) got a wee bit whacked by a tsunami. They had a few minutes of warning. Reports will come in for a few hours, but we're really good at dealing with this.
Patrick McKenzie tweet https://twitter.com/#!/patio11/status/46086466836762624
Seems like this happened during the day but watching the news made me think about disasters that happen at night. How are people notified to get the hell out of there??
Also I found this interesting: > A massive 8.8 magnitude quake hit the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, shaking buildings in the capital Tokyo > Why would you talk about the earthquake in Tokyo, when it happened in Miyagi? Tokyo only got hit with a 3 or 4. [EDIT: updated to 5 JMS. Tokyo got hit pretty hard too] The actual earthquake was around 240 miles away. That's the same distance from New York to Boston.
Also, Al Jazeera is reporting 4+ million homes are without power in Tokyo.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
other live stream: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ watching the 3-meter tsunami roll over land is surreal
For some reason I'm getting the audio but no video. Anyone else having that problem?
Patrick McKenzie tweet https://twitter.com/#!/patio11/status/46086466836762624
So since most of y'all understand American geography better than Japanese geography: My friends in Osaka (San Fran) felt it. I live in Ogaki (Kansas). There was a mild panic in the mall, and our trains stopped for a few minutes. Folks in Tokyo are largely shaken but not terribly affected (Boston/DC ish). Miyagi/etc (Maine-ish) got a wee bit whacked by a tsunami. They had a few minutes of warning. Reports will come in…
Video: No Tsunamis. Clear water
Announcer: 6 Meter Tsunami Warning
American News: 10 METER TSUNAMIS!!!! BWAAAA!!!!