The hell?
Be right back, check Pacific Tsunami Center...
HOLY HELL I GOT SIX HOURS UNTIL IT GETS TO OAHU
http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=hawaii.2011.03.11.055747
edited 10th Mar '11 10:31:08 PM by pvtnum11
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.I'm okay for now - but we'll see what happens in six hours, won't we...?
Tsunamis take time to traverse the ocean. I have time to make sure I got batteries, candles, cans of SPAM and whatever else, all that jazz. Although, I bet there's 'already a run on the stores.
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.Wikipedia: "A 8.8 (upgraded from 7.9 earlier) magnitude earthquake hits offshore of Japan's Miyagi prefecture with a tsunami warning issued for waves as high as 6 metres. (Canadian Press via Google News), (AP via ABC News America)" [1]
edited 10th Mar '11 10:49:29 PM by LoveHappiness
"Had Mother Nature been a real parent, she would have been in jail for child abuse and murder." -Nick BostromIsn't Japan one of those places that earthquakes fucking love?
Japan is one of those awesome/weird places that I knew would get wiped out by a big fucking natural disaster that the world would always remember, and Japan would live on as a Myth of Awesome.
Seriously though, this sucks. I'm not the praying kind of person, but I can hope they are safe all the same.
Don't jinx us bitch! Damn it! Where my horseshoes at? I need a black cat...wait, that's bad luck. Need a white cat. Or some other cat and bleach. Everyone throw salt over your shoulder! Unless your pet snail is behind you. Then throw pepper. Whatever.
edited 10th Mar '11 11:04:22 PM by ViralLamb
Power corrupts. Knowledge is Power. Study hard. Be evil.No, the USGS reported it as 8.8. Apparently, they're sticking with it. There's been a shitload of aftershocks.
Pacific area was on tsunami advisory for a bit, it's gone for the Philippines...
Was Jack Mackerel. | i rite gudWe're on a Watch. They're figuring out if they need to upgrade or cancel.
I hate the waiting game.
My wife will be heading home for the in-laws in a bit, hope the traffic doesn't get stupid with panic shopping.
Looks like you west coast guys are okay for now, though.
edited 10th Mar '11 11:07:39 PM by pvtnum11
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.

I heard there was an extremely deadly earthquake in Japan just now, and, considering troper interests, I thought that a topic about it would be needed at some point.
They think it'll cause tsunamis, too.
At first I didn't realize I needed all this stuff...