Japan 8.9 earthquake

Ive seen video of natural disasters before, but some of the news footage from this is nothing less than awe inspiring.

That massive sludgy wave moving across the land with cars, trucks and friggin Ffactories floating about in it. And those poor folk driving on that road nearby, imagine thier thoughts seeing that thing approaching.

And that odd looking vortex whirlpool thing near some port, wtf?

There´s things like this which make me think "I aint got it so bad after all".

Just shows how fragile and ant like we are compared to what nature can do.

Yeah man those refineries too in Sendei, and rumours of massive hotels collapsing... its really bad out there.

All thoughts with those suffering right now.
And watch your ass, Hawaii... 🙁

SO IS THE UPCOMING 'SUPERMOON' TO BLAME FOR THE RECENT SPATE OF NATURAL DISASTERS?

The Japanese tsunami comes just days after the Internet was awash with warnings that the movement of the moon will trigger tidal waves, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

Some claim that on March 19 - a week tomorrow - the moon will be closer to Earth than at any time since 1992, just 221,567 miles away, and that its gravitational pull will bring chaos to Earth.

Astronomers have dismissed the claims, which centre on a phenomenon called the 'lunar perigee', as pure nonsense.

The moon's orbit around Earth is not a circle, but an eclipse. At its closest approach - the perigee - the moon appears brighter and larger in the sky. When it is furthest away - the apogee - it is smaller and dimmer.

A lunar perigee occurs once a month. However, next week's perigee coincides with a full moon - a combination of events that happen just once every two or three years.

Although it makes a good photo opportunity for astronomers, scientists say it has no impact on Earth.

Previous supermoons took place in 1955, 1974, 1992 and 2005 - all years that had extreme weather events, the supporters of the supermoon theory say.

The tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands of people in Indonesia happened two weeks before the January 2005 supermoon. And on Christmas Day 1974, Cyclone Tracy laid waste to Darwin, Australia.

But U.S. astrologer Richard Nolle, who coined the term 'supermoon' in 1979, is convinced that lunar perigees cause natural disasters on Earth.

He said the recent supermoon on February 18 helps explain the earthquake that struck New Zealand on February 22.

'Supermoons have a historical association with strong storms, very high tides, extreme tides and also earthquakes,' he told ABC radio this week.

'Supermoons are like eclipses. We have roughly five to six per year and so it can be very close to Earth but we don't have to have one at the maximum close approach to have a notable effect.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1365253/Japan-earthquake-tsunami-Hawaii-high-alert-UK-Tokyo-flights-cancelled.html#ixzz1FluMQA8B

Very interesting, Deano.

A quite plausible.

14:43 - The official Kyodo news agency is reporting that about 88,000 people are missing.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8375276/Tsunami-hits-Japan-after-8.8-magnitude-earthquake.html

Watch the video, holy crap. Is this what you were talking about OP?

God bless you Japan.

Waves of water and sludge now around 10km inland now. Scary stuff.

Reported around 300 bodies found with thousands more missing.

At least their nuclear reactors haven't, as of yet, leaked any material.

Edit: Also BBC just said that the number of missing has backed away from 88,000 to 500.

Originally posted by Deano
SO IS THE UPCOMING 'SUPERMOON' TO BLAME FOR THE RECENT SPATE OF NATURAL DISASTERS?

"Super Moon", sounds like was B movie the SciFi channel would show.

Originally posted by Nephthys
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8375276/Tsunami-hits-Japan-after-8.8-magnitude-earthquake.html

Watch the video, holy crap. Is this what you were talking about OP?

Holy shit. Parts of it are on fire.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Holy shit. Parts of it are on fire.

that was actually my first reaction too

"flaming tsunami" sounds like a mixed drink too

The tsunami hit Hawaii and is expected to do little damage there, and was expected to hit Vancouver/western coast of NA about an hour ago, though I havent seen any reports about it

This is unreal.

A plate shifted and lodged right under Japan.
You dont get much more point blank that that.

Originally posted by The Pict
Edit: Also BBC just said that the number of missing has backed away from 88,000 to 500.

Well thats something at least.

Originally posted by Sadako of Girth
Well thats something at least.

However the Japanese government has just said "A small nuclear leak COULD now happen"

If it does that could be a disaster upon the two they are suffering already.

Originally posted by Deano
SO IS THE UPCOMING 'SUPERMOON' TO BLAME FOR THE RECENT SPATE OF NATURAL DISASTERS?

The Japanese tsunami comes just days after the Internet was awash with warnings that the movement of the moon will trigger tidal waves, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

Some claim that on March 19 - a week tomorrow - the moon will be closer to Earth than at any time since 1992, just 221,567 miles away, and that its gravitational pull will bring chaos to Earth.

Astronomers have dismissed the claims, which centre on a phenomenon called the 'lunar perigee', as pure nonsense.

The moon's orbit around Earth is not a circle, but an eclipse. At its closest approach - the perigee - the moon appears brighter and larger in the sky. When it is furthest away - the apogee - it is smaller and dimmer.

A lunar perigee occurs once a month. However, next week's perigee coincides with a full moon - a combination of events that happen just once every two or three years.

Although it makes a good photo opportunity for astronomers, scientists say it has no impact on Earth.

Previous supermoons took place in 1955, 1974, 1992 and 2005 - all years that had extreme weather events, the supporters of the supermoon theory say.

The tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands of people in Indonesia happened two weeks before the January 2005 supermoon. And on Christmas Day 1974, Cyclone Tracy laid waste to Darwin, Australia.

But U.S. astrologer Richard Nolle, who coined the term 'supermoon' in 1979, is convinced that lunar perigees cause natural disasters on Earth.

He said the recent supermoon on February 18 helps explain the earthquake that struck New Zealand on February 22.

'Supermoons have a historical association with strong storms, very high tides, extreme tides and also earthquakes,' he told ABC radio this week.

'Supermoons are like eclipses. We have roughly five to six per year and so it can be very close to Earth but we don't have to have one at the maximum close approach to have a notable effect.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1365253/Japan-earthquake-tsunami-Hawaii-high-alert-UK-Tokyo-flights-cancelled.html#ixzz1FluMQA8B

Holy christ...

"Some of the biggest waves of between 6-7ft (about 2m) would hit near California's Crescent City, predicted the US National Weather Service.The waves earlier passed Hawaii, but there were no reports of major damage".

"The power of the earthquake off north-east Japan shifted the earth's axis by nearly 10in (25cm)".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

Wow, it did? That's not good. *Starts rethinking a few things. lol*

just got hit again.

1908: A magnitude 6.6 quake has now struck in central Japan, AP news agency reports, causing Tokyo buildings to sway. It is not clear if this is connected to the earlier quake and aftershocks. More on this as we get it.

confirmed: Godzilla