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8.9 earthquake hits Japan
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#192I just talked to my parents in Hawaii, there's a tsunami warning for 3 am HST. I reminded my dad to sandbag the doors of his restaurant in Waikiki (Vit's Hawaiian Steakhouse) before he closes for the night. It's just outside of the "tsunami zone" in Waikiki, so I know my dad will probably be working until the police make him evacuate. He did that on the last tsunami warning, and Vit's was pretty much the only restaur…
Do they shut off the warnings at some point, or do they have to listen to this ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfZkdIVcfEA ) for the next 5 hours?
Having lived through the war as a kid, that awful sound brings back fear and memories.
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#193A small plug for my startup. We created a page partnering with the red cross where folks can donate to the relief effort. http://www.fundly.com/redcrossjapan From there you can donate or get involved via facebook.
the second column for payment details is completely blank on latest chrome in W7..works fine in firefox 4 RC
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#194Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, but how many people signed up for that? The parent proposed contacting everyone , remember...
Have we all forgotten what the word broadcast means? If sending everyone the same signal at the same time is hard , you're doing it wrong.
The doesn't work very well when each device requires a separate communication channel like a cell phone.
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#195The Atlantic has good photos:
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/03/earthquake-in-jap...
Al Jazeera has good video:
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/03/20113...
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#196Earlier quoted context omitted.
Problems Japan does not have #1: insufficient spending on public works projects In Case Shit Happens, because shit happens so often that when people in several dozen countries say shit they're speaking Japanese. Can I tell you my favorite outsourcing story? Apologies for those who've heard it (and yes, this actually happened): India: We can't log into the test server. Patrick: Then you didn't set it up right. India:…
Holy cow, I've been on Hacker News far too long: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=422043
A bit off topic but how did you dig that up? Given how active you, you would have clicked next on your comments several hundred times.
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#197http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/?small=yes&lang=e... Google's response. Seriously cool.
Come on folks, this should be on top of the page.
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#198I just talked to my parents in Hawaii, there's a tsunami warning for 3 am HST. I reminded my dad to sandbag the doors of his restaurant in Waikiki (Vit's Hawaiian Steakhouse) before he closes for the night. It's just outside of the "tsunami zone" in Waikiki, so I know my dad will probably be working until the police make him evacuate. He did that on the last tsunami warning, and Vit's was pretty much the only restaur…
Howzit! I lived down there for a few years and miss it dearly. Remember seeing that place a lot but never went inside. Hope your family and the restaurant are safe. I have a lot of friends down there as well. I actually wish that I could be there for this, the last time there was a tsunami warning (almost a year ago exactly) I was out of town on the mainland =/
> I actually wish that I could be there for this
Wait, you want to be in the path of a tsunami? I'll admit being in Wisconsin can be a little boring weather-wise but the lack of natural diasasters is kind of nice. The one tornado warning I've lived through was quite enough for me.
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#199I am watching live and they just said all cooling hardware and backups for one of their atomic plants has FAILED and they are advising residents to evacuate. Ugh.
update: The US Air Force delivered emergency coolant
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#200A small plug for my startup. We created a page partnering with the red cross where folks can donate to the relief effort. http://www.fundly.com/redcrossjapan From there you can donate or get involved via facebook.
Dude, save the startup plugs for later