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| Posted by: Dr. Jeff Masters, 23:00 GMT le 11 Mars 2011 | +7 |


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Jeff co-founded the Weather Underground in 1995 while working on his Ph.D. He flew with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters from 1986-1990.
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Why, thank you.
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In fact the earthquake was so powerful that it caused some pretty major geological changes. Scientists from the United States Geological Service (USGS) shared some startling information while answering questions from the public today.
Earth’s axis has reportedly shifted 10 inches as a result of the quake
Japan’s coast is said to have permanently shifted 2.4 meters
100+ aftershocks measuring 5.0 magnitude or more have hit Japan following the initial quake
The quake was 900 times stronger than the one that hit San Francisco in 1989
Shaking was felt as far away as China
St. Louis, Missouri media outlets are reporting the city has moved an inch as a result of the quake
Waves from the tsunami caused by the quake reached 32 feet
It's a EENY,MEENY,MINNY,Mo...with these news channel choices......HYPE city...and who can sound more forlorn......wish there was a good one....maybe u could start one for us Grothar !!
Um, ok, thanks.
More from the BBC's Mariko Oi in Tokyo, who says more than four million households remain without electricity in northern Japan. She says phone companies are offering free public calls because mobile phone lines have been disrupted.
I've also read that, 5 Nuclear power plants are now in, a State of Emergency.
I disagree...the Sendai earthquake (or whatever tag will eventually be put on it) was more costly from a monetary point of view from the moment the temblor started. From a human lives standpoint, no, but it has the potential to be close. I said it earlier today: the Japanese event will dwarf the Haitian earthquake from a financial standpoint, hands down
I'm also pleased to see a lot less flamethrowing than during hurricane season. I hope this civility continues.
Be strong and hope for the best for all, always!
Gnight>> and remember Portlight and others that do help!
Though lots of news sites are headlining with "upgraded to 9.1", the agency claiming that higher number is the PacificTsunamiCenter.
Unless the've changed the magnitude number within the last few minutes, USGS has been sticking with 8.9
St Louis Missouri moved an inch?
I understand your position, and I agree with you about the news, but the warnings about tsunami waves was warranted.
The problem here is people hear something like a 5 foot tsunami wave and think,"Eh, no big deal." Well it is a big deal because there is a BIG difference between tsunami and normal wind waves.
Normal waves are a surface feature. The underlying water is hardly affected. Tsunami waves are pressure waves. ALL the water is moving; more like rivers. Fast moving rivers. I'm sure you've seen flood videos where 3 or 4 feet of water can merrily drag a car downstream. Tsunami waves are something like that. Even small waves can cause damage.
some Images are too hard to bear tonight as Gro mentions.
Prayers to Japan as I head up.
I agree, just because the buildings are standing does not mean they are not red tagged/condemmed.
That was probably the local Fox station...they have always been a little, umm, out there in St Louis (I can say this as I grew up there)
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Oh I agree..I was saying the earthquake itself will be less costly in lives than haiti but the tsunami and potential nuclear threat may put the loss of lives greater than haiti..
Relative to KTVI FOX2...
And I agree with you - but the surf here is always rough in the north - and they don't know whether they guy who died, died of regular surf or the "tsumami." We have lived in the east when there was flooding on the rivers...yes it's different and it's very unpleasant. But our coast was nothing like what was experienced in Japan...that is my point and the overhyping is incredibly tacky and disrespectful of what really happened.
Yes, put out the advisory but really - someone posted that CNN said that we were going to be expecting this major thing and we should all evacuate. It's ridiculous. Our local news posted one thing and other news stations were totally blowing it out of proportion. I felt like I was dealing with some earlier blogger history - it's stupid.
The advisory was out. If you are dumb enough to go into the water, you're an idiot. I'm a sailor and have been dealing with the sailing community here for a couple of years (the sailing community on the east coast has different things to deal with). The folks who were worried went out, grabbed their boats and took them several miles offshore and waited it out. Those who weren't worried had bitchin insurance.
I'm with you Flood. Prayers to the folks in Japan...it's going to be a long road back. P
The nuclear "threat" is primarily an issue of power. When the pwoer went, the plants could no longer pump water into the containments to keep them cool. The power plants all scrammed as they should have due to the earthquake activity. The problem is that the cores are still hot and without coolant running into the containments, the fuel wiill remain hot. There is danger of the fuel itself melting, but TEPCO and the goverment were trying to move a large number of generator trucks into position to re-power the pumps...
Once the pumps are back online they can keep the containments cool.
Nite flood.
Yeah exactly, because most people are ignorant about the physics of waves, they think wave height is all that matters.
lol!!! Thank you for the humor tonight Flood!!! Hugs to you!
See link.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/article_374bfc ae-4be5-11e0-a473-0017a4a78c22.html
if the earth axis has shifted 10 inches a 1 inch shift in St. Louis and nearly every place has shifted as well when using GPS!
BEWARE OF DONATION SCAMS
Almost as soon as the earthquake became news, scam sites started popping up posing as aid organizations. Make sure that you and yours only make donations on well known sites to well known organizations (like Portlight).
It's disgusting, and a travesty that I have to post this. People who take advantage of this kind of situation represent the worst of humanity. I could say more, but I know we try to keep the blog clean.
No offense to the great friends I've made here, but since I seem to be lost in the mass of posts, I will retreat, gracefully.
Our best wishes to those affected. May the new day bring better news and renewed hope.
Good night.
Im heading out too..Goodnight!
Nope, making refererence to multiple reactors within the same powerplants. ie The nearby presence of a failed shutdown necessitated the declaration of an Emergency on those reactors which have otherwise been successfully placed into safe-mode.
Nah, something this big will bounce and reflect all across the Pacific ocean. It will calm down eventually.
I suppose "Daphne" will be "recalculating" alot more in the next several months then.
Thank you for that explanation.
Thanks, my bad. 5 plants shut down.
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