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Aya K
Trad climber
New York
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Mar 11, 2011 - 07:03am PT
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Wow. My mom just got home from Tokyo the day before yesterday; she was looking at nursing homes from her father. I have loads of relatives in and around Tokyo and Kyoto, and Im feeling pretty awful not necessarily for myself - these are people whom I only meet once a decade or so - but for the way my mother and grandfather must be feeling (or will, when they wake up)
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djews
Social climber
sylacauga, alabama
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Mar 11, 2011 - 07:43am PT
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Wanted to let everyone know...I got word from my family and they were hit but have escaped and are safe for now.
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D.Eubanks
climber
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Mar 11, 2011 - 09:05am PT
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Many thoughts and prayers for you Japan.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Mar 11, 2011 - 09:26am PT
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Good news about your family, djews! We just got a report that the U.S. airfields at Yokota and Yokusuka bases outside of Tokyo are up and running and essential supplies are being flown in through there since Narita is closed.
One good thing is that the Japanese prime minister announced earlier in the day that Japan would accept help from anywhere in the world. The previous government refused to do that after the Kobe earthquake and many died unnecessarily while foreign rescue teams were caught up in paperwork at the airport. This government is determined not to make the same mistake.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Mar 11, 2011 - 09:35am PT
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2nd wave is hitting Hawaii now; waves are about 2' high but the VOLUME OF WATER means people need to take care in coastal areas. Kahului harbor (Maui) saw a 5' wave; 2nd wave there was a 7' wave. No word from Hilo (which took heavy hits in 1946) yet.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Mar 11, 2011 - 09:54am PT
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Having Jan in Okinawa and Guido in New Zealand (OK, he may actually be in his moms basement in Calif. dreaming of the South Island, but I'm going at face value here) which just got rocked, makes the work a smaller and more personal space for sure.
Thoughts and well wishes for everyone in those spots.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Mar 11, 2011 - 10:20am PT
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Thanks everyone for your good wishes.
It's been a nerve wracking day to say the least and a very sad one too.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Mar 11, 2011 - 11:43am PT
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the magnitude of this disaster is not yet obvious. Really terrible.
At 8:15am, we see evidence for it in Santa Cruz. The water receded out of Cowells below the lowest of low tides then it filled back up over the next 10 minutes.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Mar 11, 2011 - 11:43am PT
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The Officials here in SoCal have, once again, over-reacted. This time by closing the beaches in anticipation of a tsunami surge of maybe a foot or two. At low tide.
Why is CNN giving the estimated West Coast tsunami times in Eastern Time?
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
Full Silos of Iowa
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Mar 11, 2011 - 11:56am PT
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dmt wrote,
Being able to form a mental picture of what is going on in the Big Show, is to me the key to understanding the grand sweep... If I can't model this in my head, if I can't form a picture, all backed by solid science mind you, I can't wrap my brain around any of it... But once I form this picture, be it at the global view or locally along stretches... then it all clicks into place for me.
Well said, dmt.
Now if the world applied this across the board, in other words, not just to earthquakes, it would have the makings (the wisdom) for a renewed basis in the practice of living.
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What's more, it's all mechanistic, cause n effect, too.
Knowledge is power.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Mar 11, 2011 - 11:58am PT
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Jan-
I hope that everyone here joins me in wishing you safety! This event lends new impetus to the old phrase "Head for the hills!"
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 11, 2011 - 11:59am PT
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Nice graphics DMT. So I am wondering how strong the quake that hit Japan
in the late 1700's would have been in order to have caused the 150'
tsunami that hit the WA-OR coast? A 10.0? An 11.0?
Secondly, not to diminish this quake's import but it seems to have lasted
a minute or so. A good friend experienced the four minutes of the
9.4 Great Alaskan Quake. He says you can not imagine how long that really seemed.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Mar 11, 2011 - 12:07pm PT
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Seeing that aerial footage of the tsunami overrunning that highway where you can see that white van halt, its occupants realizing that they are about to be engulfed by a wall of debris, was terrible.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Mar 11, 2011 - 12:08pm PT
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"hmmm beach front property here in CC....Lets just hope it takes a million or more years!!!"
One of the CNN talking fools DID say "Carson City" was bracing for an eight-foot wave.
I think the talking fool meant to say "Crescent City", but didn't really know the difference.
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Brandon-
climber
Done With Tobacco
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Mar 11, 2011 - 12:14pm PT
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Woah.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 11, 2011 - 12:21pm PT
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So, DMT, any thoughts on my question from post #79?
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Brandon-
climber
Done With Tobacco
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Mar 11, 2011 - 12:25pm PT
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Seems as if one of the nuclear plants can't pull enough juice to run the pumps that keep the core cooled.
That is a very scary thought.
My best thoughts go out to all those affected.
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