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Giant earthquake/tsunami in Japan Friday

Giant earthquake/tsunami in Japan Friday

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709598

8.9 (horrific) plus 40 foot tsunami

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http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1

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This is terrible. My heart and prayers go out to the people of Japan.. Hawaii is also under the gun in about 3 hours, crazy.

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check that 6 hours for Hawaii I think they said, with 6 foot Tsunami.

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Current time in Hawaii is a little after midnight, and I have read that it has been estimated to hit around 2:55am. Not a lot of time to prepare. 😕

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Originally posted by SmookieP
This is terrible. My heart and prayers go out to the people of Japan.
Seconded. Some of the footage is horrific. Bless all involved.

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Originally posted by mikelom
Seconded. Some of the footage is horrific. Bless all involved.
Massive evacuation along the Pacific coast of the US

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Originally posted by SmookieP
Massive evacuation along the Pacific coast of the US
I'm in Portland Oregon and the entire west coast is now under a tsunami warning... Pay attention now for all on the west coast!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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We're going to China tomorrow morning where we are attending the wedding of our cousin. The Groom is Japanese and intends to travel over next week. After some frantic phone calls it seems that he is in the southwest of the country and is safe for now...we are still waiting to hear from another friend...she lives in Osaka so she should be ok we think.

Scary stuff for a minute ther though.

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I don't think i've ever seen so much carnage! Those poor people, dark day. 🙁

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Originally posted by huckleberryhound
We're going to China tomorrow morning where we are attending the wedding of our cousin. The Groom is Japanese and intends to travel over next week. After some frantic phone calls it seems that he is in the southwest of the country and is safe for now...we are still waiting to hear from another friend...she lives in Osaka so she should be ok we think.

Scary stuff for a minute ther though.
I hope she's ok friend....

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Originally posted by galveston75
I hope she's ok friend....
Thanks. I just hope our family and friends are ok, so far so good. My wife was on QQ to our cousin and they seem to be in a safe area from this initial damage (Yuanyuan is in China, her husband is not). There were some frantic phone calls earlier.

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We have a son in Tokyo, although he lives outside it, and spoke to him this a.m. He's been there for 10 years and says that it's like a war zone. He's not sure how he'll get home and his wife (who's Japanese) teaches outside Tokyo and she too is unsure if she'll be able to get home. The pictures on the news of the Tsunami around Densai (sp) are frightening.