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03-10-2011, 09:51 PM
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I'm in Tokyo right now and let me just say that holy hell, that was scary. There's a general mood of panic and most people are trying to wait out the aftershocks. Strange though, a lot of the businessmen are on the streets just smoking and waiting it out; surprisingly they don't look stressed at all.
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03-10-2011, 09:52 PM
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#27 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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Originally Posted by white_guilt you're right- I spoke too soon. Hold off for awhile. hope my aunt's OK. | I'm praying for your aunt and all those affected.
If any country is prepared for events such as this, it's Japan. Don't worry too much. Things will work out.
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03-10-2011, 09:53 PM
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#28 | | hoppity HOP HOP
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Originally Posted by chun I'm in Tokyo right now and let me just say that holy hell, that was scary. There's a general mood of panic and most people are trying to wait out the aftershocks. Strange though, a lot of the businessmen are on the streets just smoking and waiting it out; surprisingly they don't look stressed at all. | locals may be used to earthquakes of this magnitude?  | |
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#29 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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Originally Posted by EVOX I heard it was 5.8 or 6 a few days ago. But wow 8.8 is devastating... | it was a 7.1 couple days ago...
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03-10-2011, 09:54 PM
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#30 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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ya just saw this on cnn around half an hour ago i feel bad for them...and i just got back from japan recently too  | |
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03-10-2011, 09:55 PM
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#31 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Originally Posted by chun I'm in Tokyo right now and let me just say that holy hell, that was scary. There's a general mood of panic and most people are trying to wait out the aftershocks. Strange though, a lot of the businessmen are on the streets just smoking and waiting it out; surprisingly they don't look stressed at all. | Dude, you are on RS lol....
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#32 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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The way the Richter Scale works, 8.8 is very big.
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#33 | | フルコンボ
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It was upgraded to a 8.9 quake!
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03-10-2011, 09:56 PM
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#34 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Doesn't Japan have a crazy tunnel system to protect the city from this type of earthquake?
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03-10-2011, 09:56 PM
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#35 | | In RS I Trust
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now its been upgraded to a 8.9
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This thread, titled holy Sh*t! Massive earthquake just hit Japan!, created Mar. 10, 10:28pm.
RS thread titled " Funny ass japanese!", created Mar. 10, 10:33pm. http://www.revscene.net/forums/funny...e-t639758.html  | |
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#37 | | I don't get it
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#38 | | Unofficial Tin Foil Hat Specialist.
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Originally Posted by Jgresch Dude, you are on RS lol.... | Didn't you know, he's the RS correspondent from Japan. RS has correspondents throughout the word to give us the most up to date information. It sometimes rivals the likes of CNN, BBC, and Aljazeera.
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#39 | | フルコンボ
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Holy shit watching the tsunami flow into the mainland on CNN is scary.
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03-10-2011, 09:57 PM
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#40 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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Originally Posted by Jgresch Dude, you are on RS lol.... | Keep us posted, chun.
Thanks for keeping us updated.
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03-10-2011, 09:57 PM
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are you guys watching CNN holy crap shit is stupid.
I so thought those people in those cars were going to die from that mud slide WOW
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03-10-2011, 09:58 PM
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#42 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Originally Posted by skyxx ^ Didn't you know, he's the RS correspondent from Japan. RS has correspondents throughout the word to give us the most up to date information. It sometimes rivals the likes of CNN, BBC, and Aljazeera. | bahaha 3 people posted before you  you're gonna have to quote meeee.
Watchign on news now. Holy shit.
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03-10-2011, 09:59 PM
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#43 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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oh god
taiwan might get hit by tsunami
this shit is too crazy
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03-10-2011, 10:00 PM
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#44 | | フルコンボ
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Holy crap. Houses and cars and everything are in the mudslide
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03-10-2011, 10:01 PM
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watch CNN!!! look at that tsunami jesus christ
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03-10-2011, 10:01 PM
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#46 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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holy fuck the cnn videos are scary
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03-10-2011, 10:01 PM
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#47 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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hope people are okay..
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fuck...
that sucks..
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03-10-2011, 10:02 PM
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#48 | | Unofficial Tin Foil Hat Specialist.
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Originally Posted by Aljazeera A massive earthquake has struck off the northeastern coast of Japan, triggering a six-metre tsunami warning.
The US Geological Survey upgraded to 8.8 the magnitude of the earthquake that shook buildings in the capital,Tokyo, for several minutes on Friday, and sent people out onto the streets. Authorities had initially verified a magnitude of 7.9.
The news agency AFP said multiple injuries, but no immediate deaths, were reported from the Pacific coastal area of Miyagi on the main Honshu island.
Japan's NHK television showed black smoke billowing from a building in Odaiba, a suburb of Tokyo.
tremors were felt as far away as in the Chinese capital, beijing.
The country's meteorological agency warned that a tsunami as high as six metres could strike the coast near Miyagi prefecture, closest to the epicentre, and just a short time later broadcaster NHK said a tsunami of 50 cm had hit Japan's northern coast.
NHK showed pictures of major tsunami damage in the north, with cars, trucks, houses and buildings being swept away in Onahama city in Fukushima prefecture.
Russia, Marcus Island and the Northern Marianas are all being warned to expect a tidal wave as high as six metres.
Yukiko Shimahara, a Japanese journalist, told Al Jazeera that the airports and trains in Tokyo have been shut down following the quake.
Friday's quake struck at a depth of 24 kilometres, about 125 kilometres off the eastern coast, the meteorological agency said.
Japan lies on the "Ring of Fire"- an arc of earthquake and volcanic zones that stretches around the Pacific Rim and where about 90 per cent of the world's quakes occur.
Several earthquakes have hit the region in recent days, including a 7.2-magnitude quake on Wednesday. | Source: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/as...607470826.html | |
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03-10-2011, 10:02 PM
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#49 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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bbc is showing live of the tsunami right now, its moving so fast, scary shit!
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03-10-2011, 10:03 PM
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The helicopter coverage of the moving tsunami along with it's debris on fire is just shocking
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