I just want to share an info about the earthquake and the tsunami in Japan. BBC has a live coverage from Japan here.
Short video of an "angry wave" you find on CNN:
Longer one on the Guardian website:
Another video from CNN:
I have no comment on this, it is hard even to breathe ...
*Feature Image Credit: It is a screenshot from Al Jazeera English of a massive (10 meter) wave hitting the coast of Japan. Made by goblinbox / Flickr / CC BY 2.0
I am hearing from my family and friends that the grounds are still shaking in Tokyo. We would need to be cautious for aftershocks and other quakes for next few days.
Hey, Jan it is indeed horrible… I just shared this video on facebook: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8__WmvoCtbs
I have some friends there, for luck, they are all ok.
Let’s hope there will be minimum consequencees…
this too…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfu881awOhc&feature=related
A terrible situation in Japan and in the Pacific :( Now, there are a very worrying problem about nuclear alert..! What know about it?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110311/wl_nm/us_quake_japan_iaea_statement
@ Rina: Thankfully, your family and friends are fine, but as you say is true, can develop new replicas of the earthquake in the next few days. A big hug :)
Rina I am praying with all my strength for the safety of your family. And all bloggers of this platform please join us here. I am anxious about Kevin, though Australia is not under tsunami alert.
Just watch Google Realtime for ‘tsunami’, the page is updating faster than my pulse!
Thank you all very much for the links. It is indeed a terrible situation… Hope for the best for all of your families and friends and actually for everyone there…
Amazing pictures here: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/03/earthquake-in-japan/100022/
It’s so terrible…
Thanks to you Jan too. Apart from News value, this post along with the comments bring out the humans in us and the fact that we are all connected.
I have been watching the nature’s fury in so many videos since last couple of hours and my heart goes out to the Japanese people that suffered.
and the Czech infographic about tsunami here: http://www.newslab.cz/en/zemetreseni-v-japonsku/
Iwona, thank you very much for the link, I didn’t know it. (But I very often look for weather forecasts on http://new.meteo.pl/ :-)
@Pabitra
Thank you Pabitra for your words. I have the same feeling in my heart. I was really happy when the post of Iris http://water.thinkaboutit.eu/think5/post/tsunami_reaches_the_philippines/ appeared. Just because it meant she is ok…
Now I hope that there is not going to be another disaster (BBC still reports aftershocks) and that people in Japan and other countries will somehow overcome catastrophic consequences of this unbelievable havoc.
(Apart from this, please have a look at http://water.thinkaboutit.eu/think5/post/a_prayer_for_water/ - I have tried to help you and your son:-)
Thanks for the concern, Maria and Pabitra. One of my friend is from Sendai city and he told that his parents house is almost collapsing but at least family are all fine. But since the big hit, there has been about 100 quakes incl. more than 20 times M6 level all over Japan. Last night Tsunami alerts covered the entire country. They are still coming so hopefully all countries in the Pacific ocean can be well-alerted about this too. They are also expecting quakes around American coasts.
I have been following social networks in Japanese language, and I am amazed how people are using Twitter to inform each other. There are doctors who are advising mothers with children with allergies (how to get around under resource scarce circumstances), opened private buildings that people can stay in city area, and of course many SOS messages with the addresses where they are stuck…
How’s danger videos of Tsunami. I just wonder to see how Tsunami washed away everything. Looking forward more! houston 24 hours emergency center