For Hawaii, the tsunami Watch was upgraded to Warning about 30 mins ago. CD sirens have just gone off. Good thing I got gas on the way home, there must be 100 cars in line at the local 76. We're only about 250' from the shore, so we're going through the preps again...ugh. Mera and Vette safe in the garage, but dang, the 88GT needs to stay on the driveway. Later fellas!
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87antuzzi Member
Posts: 11151 From: Surrounded by corn. Registered: Feb 2009
For Hawaii, the tsunami Watch was upgraded to Warning about 30 mins ago. CD sirens have just gone off. Good thing I got gas on the way home, there must be 100 cars in line at the local 76. We're only about 250' from the shore, so we're going through the preps again...ugh. Mera and Vette safe in the garage, but dang, the 88GT needs to stay on the driveway. Later fellas!
SAVE THE GT .
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RACE Member
Posts: 4842 From: Des Moines IA Registered: Dec 2002
Been watching it unfold on Sky News. terrible to see the damage being done, and that is lamentable to say the least. Watching for oil price hike, Insurance premiums will undoubtedly reflect the disaster worldwide. It might be limited physically to the Pacific, but the tsunami in the Commercial World will probably be equally as destructive. I wish all in the area safety and good luck. Hopefully this will be just the one earthquake to hit. Fingers crossed. nick
Re: the nuke plant.. They are currently reporting no radiation leakage. They had problem with their electrical systems, then reported smoke coming from the building housing reactor #1.
A nuke power plant in Japan lost its cooling system, and is on fire. Woa
The Tsunami that is still travelling is only approx 6 ft tall, but traveling at approx 500 mph.
Haven't seen any news this morning, but tsunamis in deep water aren't very high, but as soon as the wave hits a shallow shelf off a continent or island, they grow in height quickly and immensly, as the volume of water is forced into an ever decreasing area. Some spreads out, but much of it will "rise up".
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ryan.hess Member
Posts: 20784 From: Orlando, FL Registered: Dec 2002
I wonder if this has anything to do with the "crazy moon"
8.9, and is the 7th largest. What makes this one a bit strange compared to the 6 that were larger, it is the only one that didn't happen in an election year. All quakes that are 9.0+ are reserved for election years when the most lies are being told. Wonder if I could get a grant to study that theory?
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Re: the nuke plant.. They are currently reporting no radiation leakage. They had problem with their electrical systems, then reported smoke coming from the building housing reactor #1.
Looks like 2 separate plants had issues of some kind. They are reporting "no leaks or danger of a leak". I hope they gave the option of leaving home to the folks this says were warned to stay home.
"...The evacuation advisory was issued for people living within a 3-kilometer radius of the plant. Those living in the area with a radius of from 3km to 10km were warned to stay home, according to government spokesperson Yukio Edano said. Edano noted that the evacuation was simply precautionary. ""The emergency shutdown has been conducted but the process of cooling down the reaction is currently not going as planned." One of the reactors at the power plant cannot be cooled, but no radiation has leaked from the reactor or currently is in danger of leaking. The incident poses no immediate danger. Despite this, Prime Minister Naoto Kan declared an emergency so that authorities can easily, if necessary, implement emergency relief measures. The Mainichi Daily News said 3,000 people were to be evacuated. Fire also broke out at a different nuclear facility in the wake of the Japan earthquake. That one was the Onagawa plant, but crews were able to extinguish the fire. No further details on damage from the fire were made available." http://www.huliq.com/3257/j...tor-cannot-be-cooled
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Posts: 43225 From: Southern MN Registered: May 2007
For Hawaii, the tsunami Watch was upgraded to Warning about 30 mins ago. CD sirens have just gone off. Good thing I got gas on the way home, there must be 100 cars in line at the local 76. We're only about 250' from the shore, so we're going through the preps again...ugh. Mera and Vette safe in the garage, but dang, the 88GT needs to stay on the driveway. Later fellas!
How are things with our Hawaii residing PFFers? Just a little water, or a prob?
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Doug85GT Member
Posts: 9473 From: Sacramento CA USA Registered: May 2003
The death count is going to be high. There are as many people in Tokyo as all of California.
Not really.12 million Tokyites vs 36 million Californians. I do hope that you are wrong about the death toll as well, but I fear you will be shown to be correct.
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Doug85GT Member
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Not really.12 million Tokyites vs 36 million Californians. I do hope that you are wrong about the death toll as well, but I fear you will be shown to be correct.
The metropolitan area has 35-38 million people. The quake doesn't stop at the city limit.
Right now they are saying the death toll is expected to be in the hundreds, not thousands. This surprised the heck out of me considering the massive damage. CBC is also doing an imminent interview with my friend Erica in Vancouver. They have a tsunami about to hit them in 15 minutes, and despite sirens and people being ordered to evacuate the coastal area, she says more and more people are gathering on the beaches to watch for the wave.
Not the smartest folk out there, it would seem.
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Doug85GT Member
Posts: 9473 From: Sacramento CA USA Registered: May 2003
We dodged another bullet here in Hawaii! A lot of folks will call this another waste of time to prep, but it was a good, if not the best drill for our family to pull together and get ready. It was madness at first, everyone jamming the gas stations, markets, etc., and then...ghost town. Really wierd...
We dodged another bullet here in Hawaii! A lot of folks will call this another waste of time to prep, but it was a good, if not the best drill for our family to pull together and get ready. It was madness at first, everyone jamming the gas stations, markets, etc., and then...ghost town. Really wierd...
LOL...the 88GT lives on to drive another day!
Later! Tom
Good to hear!
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CoolBlue87GT Member
Posts: 8404 From: Punta Gorda, Florida, USA Registered: Apr 2001
(Note : I didn't realize the photo's are being updated automatically by the web site, this looks like it's a repost of an earlier photo I posted on the 11th.)
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California Kid Member
Posts: 9541 From: Metro Detroit Area, Michigan Registered: Jul 2001
I'm really lost for words as this story continues unfold before our eyes on TV, and I fear the worst is yet to come.
I spent quite a bit of time in Japan between Yokohama and Sendai during 1970-71, met some of the nicest people on the planet in the northern towns. Needless to say it broke my heart to see towns wiped completely out, surely the dead toll numbers will take many weeks before the full impact is realized. I can't imagine the despair going through the Survivors minds as they seek to find family members, relatives, and friends.
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what was that? I missed it. 
