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So apparently, there IS an SMS system. Another quake just hit Fukushima and a warning was sent out to surrounding areas. Many of our phones went off with a warning alarm.

4.6mag just hit Hawaii...

how long r u there for chun?
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Originally Posted by chun (Post 7338408)

So apparently, there IS an SMS system. Another quake just hit Fukushima and a warning was sent out to surrounding areas. Many of our phones went off with a warning alarm.

Is there a similar warning system for us in BC?

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Originally Posted by impactX (Post 7338413)

how long r u there for chun?
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Looks to be for three more months.

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Originally Posted by impactX (Post 7338413)

how long r u there for chun?
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I was just wondering how the hell he's going to get out of there.....

Edit - ninja posted.

So you're going to ride it out or...?

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Originally Posted by fliptuner (Post 7338417)

I was just wondering how the hell he's going to get out of there.....

Edit - ninja posted.

So you're going to ride it out or...?

I'm not here on vacation; started working here last May. Will be returning to Van in time for the playoff run!

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Originally Posted by fliptuner (Post 7338417)

I was just wondering how the hell he's going to get out of there.....

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So you're going to ride it out or...?

hes gonna swim his way back to vancouver,
best of luck to you Chun

chun should be able to ride it out as long as the internet fiber optics stay intact and he gets his dose of HoN. :p
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Originally Posted by 89blkcivic (Post 7337858)

not a good time for that............ sorry.

Just trying to lighten the mood, good sir!

Any news on Richmond? I hear it could be affected
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News1130radio
Breaking News: Japan declares 'nuclear emergency' as attempts to cool reactor at northern plant are 'not going as planned'

Metro Vancouver is fine. We got Vancouver Island as our meatshield.

Shelves at the convenience store (and same idea at the grocery store) near my place

http://distillery.s3.amazonaws.com/m...a131e136_7.jpg

Traffic in Tokyo by the Imperial Palace right now; not moving whatsoever

http://distillery.s3.amazonaws.com/m...23e10852_7.jpg

better grab that tofu that's left (whats surprising is that it seems there's a lot of tofu left on that bottom shelf)

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Originally Posted by Boobiemaster (Post 7338425)

Just trying to lighten the mood, good sir!

Google the word, "tact." Learn it.

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Breaking News: Japan declares 'nuclear emergency' as attempts to cool reactor at northern plant are 'not going as planned'

you gotta source that kind of break news.

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Fire breaks out at Japanese nuclear plant: Kyodo

(AFP) – 1 hour ago

TOKYO — A fire broke out in the turbine building of Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture on Friday, Kyodo News reported, after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan and triggered a huge tsunami.

It was not immediately clear if there was a risk of a radioactive leak as a result of the fire at the plant operated by Tohoku Electric Power. Miyagi prefecture was one of the areas worst hit by the tsunami.

Kyodo also reported that an emergency core-cooling unit had been activated at Fukushima nuclear plant, without giving further details.

Earlier Friday Prime Minister Naoto Kan had said no radiation leaks have been detected from Japan's nuclear power stations after the massive quake struck the country.

Four Japanese nuclear power plants closest to the epicentre of the quake have been safely shut down, the UN atomic watchdog said Friday.

The quake struck just under 400 kilometres (250 miles) northeast of Tokyo, the US Geological Survey said. It was followed by more than a dozen aftershocks, one as strong as 7.1.

doesn't sound like there's a concern (google says the article is 14mins old)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...9ba735e0eb.351

oh

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Separately, Fukushima Prefecture, the site of a Tokyo Electric Power (9501.T) nuclear power plant, said on Friday the plant's reactor cooling system was functioning, denying an earlier report that it was malfunctioning.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7E801E20110311

my bad thought it came up with it news 1130

Oklahoma just had a 3.2 earthquake.

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Originally Posted by domco (Post 7338440)

Oklahoma just had a 3.2 earthquake.

there was an earthquake in Yunnan, China too on thursday a 5.8

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As of 6 p.m. Friday, 25 people are confirmed dead and more than 250 others are injured.

All minor injuries have received proper medical treatment locally and those who sustained serious injuries were transferred to other regions for better treatment, according to local authorities.

The earthquake destroyed over 18,000 houses and apartments and left more than 49,000 others seriously damaged.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english201...c_13773570.htm

WOW.... that's some major damage the confirmed dead number seems oddly low for that damage

could you imagine if Japan didn't have all the earthquake planning in their building designs

it probably isn't necessary to post about earthquakes that are 3.2. Those happen all the time.

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Originally Posted by scottsman (Post 7338442)

it probably isn't necessary to post about earthquakes that are 3.2. Those happen all the time.

BUT WHEN YOU CONSIDER ALL THE BIRDS FALLING FROM THE SKY OBVIOUSLY ITS RELATED

Well the earthquake in Hawaii struck when they were actually prepared for a tsunami instead

Ocean energy distribution forecast map for the 2011 Sendai earthquake from the U.S. NOAA:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20...ylhvpd9-05.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ylhvpd9-05.jpg