8.9 Quake hits off coast of Japan! Live Updates.

Originally posted by Dyzan
and where did everyone go? which threads?[

bed to sleeeeppppp ... I will be too in a few. I have work tomorrow and Thursday so I will be way behind if this escalates

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Still monitoring the thread, just not a lot of news coming out right now. This threads good too if you haven't been there www.abovetopsecret.com...

Magnitude 5.8
Date-Time

* Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 06:29:03 UTC
* Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 03:29:03 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 39.944°N, 142.076°E
Depth 31.1 km (19.3 miles) set by location program
Region NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances 81 km (50 miles) SE of Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan
83 km (51 miles) ENE of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
149 km (92 miles) SE of Aomori, Honshu, Japan
514 km (319 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan

Just in on reuters:

TEPCO says it is still unable to resume work on cooling the reactors due to radiation risk.

live.reuters.com...

Hopefully this guy is wrong.



And if he's right, I hope to god it's not the Cascadia subduction zone that will go off... because if it is, say bye bye to Seattle, Portland and Vancouver.

SDF choppers unable to drop water on nuke reactor due to radiation

Source Kyodonews

Not good is it?

Update 10:55: It was not a live speech by Emperor Akihito, but according to the spokesman of the Emperor, this is the first time in history that the emperor to the people caused in a televised speech.

I believe the quake may have been a result of the gravitational pull of the moon. March 20th is when the moon will be closest to earth.. so lets see if more destruction will ensue. What blew my mind is the fact that this earth quake shortned our days, even if only by a couple micro seconds... The Chili earthquake took off, what, about 7 micro second off the day... thats crazy stuff....

Originally posted by jaredfelix
I believe the quake may have been a result of the gravitational pull of the moon. March 20th is when the moon will be closest to earth.. so lets see if more destruction will ensue. What blew my mind is the fact that this earth quake shortned our days, even if only by a couple micro seconds... The Chili earthquake took off, what, about 7 micro second off the day... thats crazy stuff....

Or the massive solar flare we had shot directly at us the 9th of march :S
2nd

1145: Tepco, which runs the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, has apologised on its website for an earlier incident in which "an abnormal noise began emanating from [a] pressure suppression chamber". This led to a temporary evacuation of workers. "We are aware of and sincerely apologize for the great distress and inconvenience this incident has caused to not just those inhabitants residing in the immediate vicinity but also society at large," Tepco says

Didn't they say last night it was because of souring radiation levels? Can't trust Tepco.

most recent status of all reactors

I sure hope this whole quake situation does not
interfere with the taping of ninja warrior..

I love that show.

I wonder if that is even being considered right now
because of this recent crisis.

Things seem to be getting worse and people are trying to sugar coat it.

This would not of gotten a dedicated forum if this was *no big deal*

Lots of video games have been put on hold including MotorStorm: Apocalypse
www.psu.com...

Update 13.59 pm: The fear of reactors 5 and 6 of the Fukushima nuclear plant Dai'ichi, who always seemed perfectly safe because they are turned off for months, the last hours increasing. Read an extensive article on nrc.nl.

Originally posted by Konah
reply to post by windwaker

 

Kyodo News: NEWS ADVISORY: Seawater injection into No.4 reactor via helicopter too risky: Edano (11:39)

Even if they ask the U.S. for aid, what do they expect to happen? It is too dangerous to do anything on land, and do dangerous to do anything by air...

Effing idiots. This is where they should be using the stupid machines/robots that they have invented and designed to send them inside with a firehose to re-fill the reservoir for cooling if they cannot send humans. If they are taking chances and letting sea water in then surely they can do this as well. Can't they? Just my dire strait thoughts.

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If I remember correctly, they tried using robots in Chernobyl but the robots started to malfunction. I have no idea how much radiation it takes to cause problems but I'm sure the entire Japanese government didn't over look robots.

From National Post Today : Graphic: Japan radiation spread a reasonable fear

Originally posted by zero1020
reply to post by hp1229

 

If I remember correctly, they tried using robots in Chernobyl but the robots started to malfunction. I have no idea how much radiation it takes to cause problems but I'm sure the entire Japanese government didn't over look robots.

With a technologically advanced country like Japan that specializes in high tech gizoms such as robots I'm surprised they haven't sent something in.

Too early to make a "domo arigato Mr Roboto" joke?

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Yes that is correct all the robots they tried to used malfunctioned and stopped working - I remember seeing that on the documentary about Chernobyl here in the UK but have forgotten the reason why

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Both you and jaredfelix should look into Piers Corbyn @ www.weatheraction.com... because he says both solar and lunar forces have an effect.