Jesus H, head over to Sky News, 8.8 earthquake in Japan (11 March)

[Grasshopperus]

head over to Sky news,8.8 in Japan.

And for those of us who aren't part of the millionaire South Island aristocracy there's free-to-air coverage too

[mashman]

My brother lives and works in Tokyo. I finally got a call to him... "It was a big bastard!!"

If Tokyo got that much of a shake, the Sendai Prefecture must have been hell.

they just reported that Sendai airport is flooded.

[mashman]

how's that straight bead coming Brian?

[Brian d marge]

reporting in , twas a biggie , but our building are rubber mounted so all good

Hope no one is hurt , I was welding at the time , ,, hard to run a straight bead ,,, might grind it off and start again

I have a case off beer and move the camping stuff near the door

Other than that all is well

Oh Enfield was off the bench and fell over ... scratched tank ... oh well

I reckon it was the aussies and all that water made the earth move ( and its moving as I type , )

poor fish in me aquarium are getting sea sick

update , city hall loud speaker is calling for help so somethings fallen over

[SPP]

they just reported that Sendai airport is flooded.

Did you see then coverage of the wave coming in?! holy shit. Those poor bastards. I hope they managed to get the people out of the way.

[98tls]

And for those of us who aren't part of the millionaire South Island aristocracy there's free-to-air coverage too

You poor thing you.By the way theres no such thing as "free",no doubt its simply subsidised by us down here.

[Mom]

Unbelievable footage,very very sad.

I have tears streaming down my face. Far canal, we thought we got slammed...

My daughter is devastated, she has friends in that area, I am worried sick, I have kids that I loved and looked after living there, the family that loved and looked after my daughter are there too! How is Brain Damaged? Best he get his bum in here soon or else!!!!


Sendai is Sister Town to Warkworth, their people are our people. FFS, look at the footage! omg!!!

OMG!!!

[98tls]

Did you see then coverage of the wave coming in?! holy shit. Those poor bastards. I hope they managed to get the people out of the way.

Unless the cars on the road were remotes then i doubt it,they simply disappeared.7th largest recorded quake in history so there saying.

[mashman]

Did you see then coverage of the wave coming in?! holy shit. Those poor bastards. I hope they managed to get the people out of the way.

We did. We sat open mouthed as the cars got picked up off the highway and redirected, people standing on bridges watching the water and not fully realising that being on the bridge was a really bad place to be, what with the houses, boats, trucks etc... ploughing towards it... fack

[superman]

Unless the cars on the road were remotes then i doubt it,they simply disappeared.7th largest recorded quake in history so there saying.

Yeah I never knew there was a bloody 9.5 in the 60s! I thought this has gota be one of the biggest ones yet recorded. Still fucking massive! Mother Nature... dem bitches be crazy.

[SPP]

Unless the cars on the road were remotes then i doubt it,they simply disappeared.7th largest recorded quake in history so there saying.

We did. We sat open mouthed as the cars got picked up off the highway and redirected, people standing on bridges watching the water and not fully realising that being on the bridge was a really bad place to be, what with the houses, boats, trucks etc... ploughing towards it... fack

Faaaaaaark

[Wiki Drifter]

Did you see then coverage of the wave coming in?! holy shit. Those poor bastards. I hope they managed to get the people out of the way.

Holy shit balls...

[Oblivion]

I went to Japan a couple of years back. Met alot of new people. My thoughts are with them and there families at this time. Personally I was praying that Christchurch would be the end of this nightmare. I now regret to think that this is just the beginning.

Also 8 are reported to have passed

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/47...ter-earthquake

[Mental Trousers]

USGS Earthquakes monitoring... look at the size of those after shocks... fack me what a mess

Wish I hadn't looked at that. That shit is scary.

[SPP]

Unless the cars on the road were remotes then i doubt it,they simply disappeared.7th largest recorded quake in history so there saying.

They just said it's the largest measured since they started recording 140 years ago!

up 10m wave?! oh man. I really hope they don't get any more tsunamis from the aftershocks.