The Glade 4.0

8.9, huge, but quite a ways off shore. They felt it, power is out in lots of places, check your favorite news site, its bound to have something.

No Godzilla sitings reported yet.

8 meter tsunami on its way in.

Other reports saying 4 meters when it hit Japan. Buildings still swaying half an hour after the quake.

This will be the big news story in the morning. Pray or whatever your passage of good energy is for the people of Japan, damage and casualties may be high.

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"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

They are already in my thoughts, especially the young musician/husband/father I played EQ with a couple of years ago!

Reaf whereever you are I hope you and your family are safe from harm!!

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

Trying to watch what I can here at work, it is unreal watching the waters rush in. I have a hard time imaginig something so frightening.

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"Life isn't divided into genres. It's a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky."
— Alan Moore

Incredible, the damage, and the footage of the tsunami, etc. Gonna go double-check my earthquake supplies.

My thoughts go out to them.

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
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Now footage of the fires...
Tsunami warnings/watches:
http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=usa&wwa=Tsunami%20Warning
Crazy stuff.

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

Friend of mine in Tokyo is thankfully doing ok. He even has power and water... the former especially good since he was in an elevator when it hit. Granted, Tokyo isn't too close to where the earthquake was centered, but the trains were stopped and a pretty big fire broke out in one place.

There was a page on Wikipedia within an hour or so that I saw, probably much sooner knowing how zealous people are at creating Wikipedia pages. It speaks of pretty major damage up near Sendai, including a whole town (or really, a loose conglomeration of a bunch of small towns in the same area) being totally destroyed. Scary stuff.

I saw a report of a 33 foot/ 10 meter tsunami hitting the coast.

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Memento Vivere

I have local knowledge.
That sandbar was not there yesterday!

I just saw a headline about a Nuclear Power Plant turbine engulfed in fire.

@breaking news:
Utility reports fire at turbine building at nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan - AP

@breaking news:
Miyagi prefecture nuclear plant fire update: Smoke seen at building separate from reactor; no reports of radioactive leaks, injuries - AP

This is the most useful twitter has been since the Iranian uprising.

4.6 quake hit Hawaii, reports say.

@breakingnews:
Officials fear tsunami may have washed over entire islands in Pacific - CNN

Japan declares nuclear emergency: Fukushima No. 1 nuke plant reports abnormality - "Cooling Malfunction"
BusinessInsider

@breakingnews:
Tsunami carries away ship with 100 people on board, Miyagi police tell Kyodo News

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

pics!
http://punditpress.blogspot.com/2011/03 ... march.html














More at above link

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The Dude abides.

@BBCBreaking:
#Tokyo Electric Power Co: pressure inside reactor at its Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant rising; risk of radiation leak, from Reuters

U.S. delivers coolant to Japan nuclear plant: Clinton

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

Is Godzilla attacking?

My best friend's wife and son are in Tokyo as we speak ... no word from them, yet.

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Ugh, hope they are ok.

http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/11/some- ... l-warming/

At the risk of Hell firing this...global **** warming does not effect plate tectonics in one of the most geographically unstable regions of the world!

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"Life isn't divided into genres. It's a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky."
— Alan Moore

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shephe ... d-people-h

And Chris Mathews considers a good opening in a conversation about where Obama is from...

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"Life isn't divided into genres. It's a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky."
— Alan Moore

Actually, I half-expect some folks, when this is all settled, to blame the cancellation of the March 2011 Sumo tournament due to scandal. It was supposed to start on Sunday. Can't anger the gods, ya know?!

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

Rage... building....

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

Emissions from your car cause massive underground earthquakes and tsunamis... hm the logic is off here somewhere.

Still waiting to hear back from a friend of mine from there.

Well that was good timing just after I posted it she replied to my e-mail She is still living in Kobe so a good distance away and safe.

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I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face and, the blackest eyes... the devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... evil

Hope your friend is okay Killuas. I heard from a friend of mine in Japan that he and his family are okay. After he was finally out of his office building in Tokyo he walked back home to Saitama

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

She is good. Although another friend of mine his old boss from Honda was killed, very sad. The whole thing was very surreal to watch.

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I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face and, the blackest eyes... the devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... evil

I'm hearing from various sources that there was an explosion at one of the nuclear power plants.

So far no announcements of major melt downs, but I suspect it is inevitable. I just hope that they are able to contain it and it doesn't turn into a global catastrophe....

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Holy shitsnacks!

Both are ok and headed to her parent's summer home in Nagoya, which seems to be the safest place in Japan at the moment. They should be able to come home in about a week; maybe sooner.

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