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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Mar 11, 2011 - 02:27pm PT
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Mar 11, 2011 - 02:54pm PT
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Tsunamis are more similar to flooded rivers surging through populated areas, picking up cars, pieces of buildings, trees, mud, humans, etc. People get slammed into these objects, tangled up in them, and drown. Most of the videos surviving from Indonesia came from 3+ miles inland.
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o-man
Trad climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Mar 11, 2011 - 02:55pm PT
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I'm thinking about all my friends that live on the beaches here on Maui and the California and Oregon Coasts.
Many of my friends were evacuated but they are all home now.
We wave sailed 20' faces with strong winds until almost dark yesterday. I Ran out of wind and fell in about 30 meters from the launch
The current was so strong through the rocks at Kuau that it took two of my friends to help me swim my windsurf gear that last 30 meters. It was the strongest rip I have felt this season. When I got to the beach I found out that we had quite a few wild incidents and one near drowning. Mother Ocean is omnipotent!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 11, 2011 - 03:15pm PT
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hey there, say, aya... ohmy, i did not know this...
i will be praying for your family, too...
i will be back later, got to leave and get a boy, now... from his shcool...
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Mar 11, 2011 - 03:25pm PT
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WE had a Japanese foreign exchange student with us in 2008, and My daughter went to Japan staying with a host family in 2009. Of course we can't find the e-mail addresses. We hope they are safe. I also wish my Japanese geography knowledge was better....
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Mar 11, 2011 - 03:25pm PT
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Mike Bolte
excellent chart
consider what happens in a tsunami at low tide:
The water comes in: OK, no big deal
Then it sucks back out. subtracting from the low tide. So in harbors, boats end up on the bottom, docklines break, docks break. Now the surge comes back in. Throwing everything around.
Rinse and repeat.
Crescent City harbor reported destroyed.
Tsunami warnings for the Russian River valley.
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Anastasia
climber
hanging from an ice pic and missing my mama.
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Mar 11, 2011 - 04:10pm PT
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Watching that makes me sick in the stomach... People are dying in that water. Just knowing that fact alone... (Sigh..) I hope there are tons of miracles, tons of people that survived against the odds.
AFS
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rectorsquid
climber
Lake Tahoe
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Mar 11, 2011 - 04:17pm PT
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I had to stop watching when I saw the wave of debris moving onto a road that had moving cars on it. I wish those people the best of luck in a dire situation.
I'm broke but I gave a few bucks to the Red Cross. I have no idea how else to help anyone there but they sure need it.
Dave
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rrrADAM
Trad climber
LBMF
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Mar 11, 2011 - 05:35pm PT
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Again... What has happened there is terrible, but that nuke needs to get offsite power, which is unlikely for some time... So they HAVE TO get the EDG's back up and running... No power, no way to keep the fuel cool, and that is BAD.
I've seen in news reports that Hillary Clinton said the US "delievered coolant", and have no idea what she is talking about, as coolant is water. They have water, they just need to get it circulating with pumps, that require electricity.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 11, 2011 - 05:53pm PT
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hey there say, jim... glad to hear this....
god bless...
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Brandon-
climber
Done With Tobacco
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Mar 11, 2011 - 05:56pm PT
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I've seen in news reports that Hillary Clinton said the US "delievered coolant", and have no idea what she is talking about, as coolant is water.
I was wondering that too, as the material is cooled by a water jacket.
That's why plants are built on the coast or riversides.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 11, 2011 - 06:16pm PT
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hey there say, if someone can do a check on news reports, someone posted on another site, that he read that the huffington post? said some generators were now back on????
maybe someone can check out a few more news sourses, if they are good at news searches... ?
sure hope that this is true, and that good news will happen for them, as to this danger...
edit: ooops, maybe not... i just saw this, and this is 47 min. agao:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110311/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_quake_power_plant
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Nohea
Trad climber
Sunny Aiea,Hi
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Mar 11, 2011 - 06:32pm PT
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"Sledge Hockey"? What a riot!
Life is amazing; how people’s (our) priorities jump like the rainbowed flat bellied lizards of S. Africa. All mynah stuff here but dang Japan got hit. As I read and see the destruction, mixed with my prayers for those has been thoughts of my time in the Great Land of Rising Sun. The town and beach names in the news recall fond and carefree days. Incredible experiences with a nation filled with so many amazing people.
Once while waiting for the AM train out of Tokyo, I slept against a wall. When I woke someone had left me a chilled drink which was just what I needed. Set it down right next to me, still cold!
A small but incredibly wonderful thing to do for someone who has been up most the night: story #23,524 of 524,819 of my future essay titled “129 weeks on Honshu”
iipatsu!
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labrat
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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Mar 11, 2011 - 06:36pm PT
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News about the nuclear plant is grim and seems to be getting worse quickly.
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