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8.9 earthquake strikes near Tokyo - Tsunami alert issued

Prayers go out to the people of Japan.

Poor Peter King, no one will be watching his bigoted hearings.
 
hazlnut said:
Prayers go out to the people of Japan.

Poor Peter King, no one will be watching his bigoted hearings.
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What could have been a good post marred by... being you.

For Shame Hazlnut.
 
dontworrybehappy said:
As an uncle of 3 kids, I can definitely see my sister telling me exactly that, you can't stop being a mom.

I think this brings up a good point. Allow kids to see what is going on in the world, but don't make it a "chicken little" moment. My sister pretty much kept the details of 9-11 from her kids which I didn't care for too much. I'll tell them straight up "some muslims that hate America killed innocent Americans and thus we went to war. That is the war that is finishing up right now."

I didn't want to derail the thread, just an interesting point. We can't stop being moms and dads because of these types of things. As my mom always told me in hard times, "You just gotta keep on keepin' on."
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I turned the news on for the kids at breakfast and we talked about it - they asked a lot of questions - and now they're fully knowledgable. My daughter is especially concerned about kids that were in school when it happened.

I think hiding life from kids leads them to believe the world is a pleasant, peaceful place - when it's not - and with my town experiencing small earthquakes lately they need to know the serious problems that some people face due to mother nature.

I've heard so many things that happened when I was a kid - and I knew none of it. I don't have a single recollection of any major world or national events: everything from political unrest to natural disasters. So I feel like I was robbed of reality and it bothers me that others have memories of a time and place - and none of my memories matter. There's nothing I can add into a discussion of my thoughts and feelings becaues I have none.

It's a void - and it bothers me a lot that my parents raised us that way.
 
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MrVicchio said:
They take their earthquake protection seriously.
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I agree. I don't believe there is another country that is as well-prepared as Japan. On that point, The New York Times reports:

From seawalls that line stretches of Japan’s coastline, to skyscrapers that sway to absorb earthquakes, to building codes that are among the world’s most rigorous, no country may be better prepared to withstand earthquakes than Japan.

Had any other populous country suffered the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that shook Japan on Friday, tens of thousands of people might already be counted among the dead. So far, Japan’s death toll is in the hundreds, although it is certain to rise somewhat.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/world/asia/12codes.html
 
dontworrybehappy said:
As an uncle of 3 kids, I can definitely see my sister telling me exactly that, you can't stop being a mom.

I think this brings up a good point. Allow kids to see what is going on in the world, but don't make it a "chicken little" moment. My sister pretty much kept the details of 9-11 from her kids which I didn't care for too much. I'll tell them straight up "some muslims that hate America killed innocent Americans and thus we went to war. That is the war that is finishing up right now."

I didn't want to derail the thread, just an interesting point. We can't stop being moms and dads because of these types of things. As my mom always told me in hard times, "You just gotta keep on keepin' on."
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haha... Joe Dirt said that too.. :)

Life's a garden. Dig it! You gotta keep on, keepin' on.
 
Hundreds killed in tsunami after 8.9 Japan quake

Hundreds killed in tsunami after 8.9 Japan quake

This is bad....

A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes on record slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it swept away ships, cars and homes while widespread fires burned out of control.

Hours later, the tsunami hit Hawaii but did not cause major damage. Warnings blanketed the Pacific, putting areas on alert as far away as South America, Canada, Alaska and the entire U.S. West coast. In northeastern Japan, the area around a nuclear power plant was evacuated after the reactor's cooling system failed.
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The tsunami has already reached Hawaii, and California already. Japan just got hammered.
 
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I guess we'll have to give Obama some credit for the US getting that coolant delivered to Japan.
 
What a terrible thing. I have a few friends who have family over there and we are still waiting to hear from some of them. I am at a bar right now watching about it. Does anyone know of a site to help donate money?
 
soccerboy22 said:
What a terrible thing. I have a few friends who have family over there and we are still waiting to hear from some of them. I am at a bar right now watching about it. Does anyone know of a site to help donate money?
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No, but stayed tuned. I'm sure there will be a dial-in donation line soon.
 
Erod said:
No, but stayed tuned. I'm sure there will be a dial-in donation line soon.
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I found this website Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund - GlobalGiving or you can text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10. Honestly the website sounds like a safer route, but those are the two options I found so far.

edit: This website has 5 different ways you can help. Two of them are ones that I have already mentioned, but there are three others that you can use. Five Ways You Can Help Earthquake and Tsunami Victims in Japan - TIME NewsFeed
 
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It is horrible and I hope we can help.

For those worried about March 19th, the perigee, read up on the Harmonic Convergence that had all the New Agers with their knickers in a twist. Me, I'm old enough to remember and giggle.
 
Unbelievably tragic for the people of Japan. Some of the film I've seen is horrific.

California has had two harbors badly damaged by tsunami surges, which are still continuing. Santa Cruz, where several mooring piers were ripped away, dozens of boats swamped, smashed or damaged... and Crescent City, where several people are dead and photos show massive fishing boats thrown onto dry land; apparently the entire Crescent City harbor has been destroyed.

Tsunamis are still expected to hit Central and South America this afternoon.

According to the news, this 8.9 quake is the fifth largest in recorded history. :(
 
soccerboy22 said:
What a terrible thing. I have a few friends who have family over there and we are still waiting to hear from some of them. I am at a bar right now watching about it. Does anyone know of a site to help donate money?
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Don't worry, there'll be websites scamming money up-n-running in no time.
 
Some bad news concerning the stricken nuclear power plant. From BBC:

2139: Radiation levels at the damaged Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant are continuing to rise. The Jiji Press news agency says the levels are eight times above normal. Its report also cites a ministry official as saying there is a "possibility of a radioactive leak".

2149: The Kyodo news agency is now citing a safety panel as saying that the radiation level inside one of the reactors at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant is 1,000 times higher than normal.
 
CNN is reporting that Japan has declared a "nuclear emergency". :(
 
Can we continue to ferry coolant to the plant?
 
MrVicchio said:
They take their earthquake protection seriously.
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In this part of the world, we don't have a choice... we know that this can happen... this could just as easily happen to us as to Japan... our building codes are much higher than in most of the world because of these problems... no one does it better than Japan, however...
 
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