Massive quake hits Japan, Tsunami warnings around Pacific Rim

[Lex_Luthor]

Daaaaaang! Sounds scary.

[2008f450]

Watching the coverage of Japan. My 3 year old says. "look daddy someone left his hotwheels in the tub." No son those are real cars floating away in Japan. Scary how powerful the water is.

[cebeu]

"...Misawa AB in northern Japan in the early 80s."

Misawa..memories, last there in 86', colder than a mo-fo but I enjoed it. I presume it "looks a little different" after today.

[FireMoth]

13 foot waves, two+ miles inland... yeah, id say that a lot of it looks ... well, fucked.

I hope our service men and women stationed there are ok. As wellas the people of japan.

Sadly, the fall out form such a significant economy being so afflicted will have repercussions here, even if we don't feel a drop of water.

[Mtn.man]

Early reports not really verifable say that one of their nuke reactors is having trouble with cooling. More problems maybe?

[ghettodub]

Pretty amazing video of the stuff here

[jerrymrc]

Our member Splogan is there (Misawa) We got a short cell call about 1am our time. Still waiting on an update.

[2008f450]

Japan saying they have to vent radioactive vapor to release pressure on the reactor thats getting hot. I dont know a lot about nuclear power but I hope they can get it under control before something really bad happens.

[rondog]

At least we don't have to worry about tsunamis here in CO, but the seismic forces that created our mountains sometimes make me wonder about what kind of pent-up forces are below us. I don't think I'd want to be around if the Front Range suddenly decided to expand eastward a few more miles.

[Mtn.man]

At least we don't have to worry about tsunamis here in CO, but the seismic forces that created our mountains sometimes make me wonder about what kind of pent-up forces are below us. I don't think I'd want to be around if the Front Range suddenly decided to expand eastward a few more miles.

You wouldn't be around long. To Infinty and Beyond...