Been watching it all morning since about 2AM. So far so good. All my family in Hawaii are okay. I feel for Japan, they had little to no warning.
There is an advisory here in San Diego county. Probably little or nothing will happen this far south. Still, there are looky-lou people heading for the beach....
Link for reference: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709598 I will edit the title so it makes more sense, esp years from now.
I don't normally pass on what people post on other forums for a number of reasons, but this is from a Tokyo office worker:
The images on the tube are unbelievable That mass of black water littered with houses, boats, cars and god knows what else, burling through the fields is just unreal
Yes to see parts of homes on fire that is floating away.... We had minimum damage here in Hawaii. I think a few homes got swept away on one island however no loss of life. God Bless the people of Japan.
Yes I hope things get better over there. Wow what a day they had. Does anyone have relatives in Japan?
Not to alarm anyone. But look at a map of the ring of fire. Couple years ago Chile got hit hard, Then a week or two ago New Zealand, now Japan. Is the NorthWest next in line????
My mother in law is Japanese, and her family there lives about 200 miles from the initial earthquake The only thing they lost was the internet and some vases.... very fortunate Though the road ahead will be very tough for that country
The BBC are posting lots of updates as footage comes in from people on the street. It's just mind blowing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12725646
Pictures are also coming in from The Big Picture. I don't even know how they are going to start cleaning up in some of those areas. It is just mind blowing how much destruction occurred. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/japan_earthquake_aftermath.html
Staggering how fast everything got reduced to such chaos too. It's almost surreal seeing it in pictures, imagine coming out of where you hid - if you were lucky to, and finding a huge trawler parked in your street. It takes some thinking about.
