Tsunami news 2011
Tsunami news 2011
Tsunami news 2011
TOKYO – A ferocious tsunami unleashed by Japan's biggest recorded earthquake slammed into its eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it carried away ships, cars and homes, and triggered widespread fires that burned out of control.Hours later, the waves washed ashore on Hawaii and the U.S. West coast, where evacuations were ordered from California to Washington but little damage was reported. The entire Pacific had been put on alert — including coastal areas of South America, Canada and Alaska — but waves were not as bad as expected.
In northeastern Japan, the area around a nuclear power plant was evacuated after the reactor's cooling system failed and pressure began building inside.Police said 200 to 300 bodies were found in the northeastern coastal city of Sendai, the city in Miyagi prefecture, or state, closest to the epicenter. Another 151 were confirmed killed, with 547 missing. Police also said 798 people were injured.
The magnitude-8.9 offshore quake triggered a 23-foot (seven-meter) tsunami and was followed for hours by more than 50 aftershocks, many of them more than magnitude 6.0.
It shook dozens of cities and villages along a 1,300-mile (2,100-kilometer) stretch of coast, including Tokyo, hundreds of miles (kilometers) from the epicenter. A large section of Kesennuma, a town of 70,000 people in Miyagi, burned furiously into the night with no apparent hope of being extinguished, public broadcaster NHK said.
Koto Fujikawa, 28, was riding a monorail when the quake hit and had to later pick her way along narrow, elevated tracks to the nearest station.
"I thought I was going to die," Fujikawa, who works for a marketing company, said. "It felt like the whole structure was collapsing."
Scientists said the quake ranked as the fifth-largest earthquake in the world since 1900 and was nearly 8,000 times stronger than one that devastated Christchurch, New Zealand, last month.
"The energy radiated by this quake is nearly equal to one month's worth of energy consumption" in the United States, U.S. Geological Survey Scientist Brian Atwater told The Associated Press.
President Barack Obama pledged U.S. assistance following what he called a potentially "catastrophic" disaster. He said one U.S. aircraft carrier is already in Japan, and a second is on its way. A U.S. ship was also heading to the Marianas Islands to assist as needed, he added.
As night fell and temperatures hovered just above freezing, tens of thousands of people remained stranded in Tokyo, where the rail network was still down. The streets were jammed with cars, buses and trucks trying to get out of the city.
The city set up 33 shelters in city hall, on university campuses and in government offices, but many planned to spend the night at 24-hour cafes, hotels and offices.
The government ordered about 3,000 residents near a nuclear power plant in the city of Onahama to move back at least two miles (three kilometers) from the plant. The reactor was not leaking radiation but its core remained hot even after a shutdown. The plant is 170 miles (270 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo.
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@Thevideoclown ty xD
March 13, 2011 at 12:08 PM
I loved this anime, only disappoints me a little that this anime does not really express what a person with the hikikomori syndrome really is
March 13, 2011 at 12:29 PM
@bassgasmask You´re Right i´m still praying for all the Dead
March 13, 2011 at 12:52 PM
@vvarb3ast congrads!
March 13, 2011 at 1:01 PM
please contribute your prayers and support to japan in this time of need.... its time we gave to back to a country that has given so much.
March 13, 2011 at 1:41 PM
@Thevideoclown yea, i'm like halfway through and it shows in about every episode.
March 13, 2011 at 2:35 PM
Gonzo <3
March 13, 2011 at 3:12 PM
@MrSeven13 lots of sexuality
March 13, 2011 at 4:03 PM
This is anime is a microcosm of almost every anime viewers life, It gets to everyone because how real it is. Satou had so many redeemable qualities that you wonder y things went bad for him, and u want so bad for him to succeed because deep down u want so bad to succeed.
This anime is so damn real, it makes u think. I love animes like this because you can identify with the characters so much that it hurts
March 13, 2011 at 4:21 PM
@MrSeven13
There are parts where Satou has really perverted thoughts, lolol. I don't think it shows any girl nipples or private parts though.
March 13, 2011 at 4:41 PM
Loved the show but hate that the main guy is rescued by a cute girl. Just further set up for hikikomori folk to stay inside waiting for their messiah figure.
March 13, 2011 at 5:19 PM
@Nathanplaincool
thats sounds like 2 steps
March 13, 2011 at 6:09 PM
@Nuxhead Thanx for the info. Guess i'll go ahead with the order then.
March 13, 2011 at 6:55 PM
@MrSeven13 Violence? haha no. There's quite a lot of nudity though but you don't see everything.
March 13, 2011 at 7:04 PM
Does this have nudity or alot of violence? looking to avoid anime with it. Wanna watch because of subject matter.
March 13, 2011 at 7:22 PM
La pieza que me hace falta
March 13, 2011 at 7:38 PM
@Zero1216 1. make friend in internet
2. meet them at night
3. meet them more often, make more firends
4. try to keep on getting new contacts and talk to humans
5. meet them at daylight, in the city
6. if u are in the city with friends, u know that not everything is laughing at u. that's how i did.
after a time u'll get used to humanity again, and be able to go out if u want. (this way may not work on everyone.)
March 13, 2011 at 8:33 PM
@Zero1216 I can help you with one step :)
OPEN YOUR DOOR AND WALK THE FUCK OUT
March 13, 2011 at 9:00 PM
@lezvarthok ohh yaa...
March 13, 2011 at 9:56 PM
@dragonrojodemetal where did u get it =3=
;p
March 13, 2011 at 10:51 PM
@dragonrojodemetal where di u get it =3=
;p
March 13, 2011 at 11:30 PM
@Zero1216
:( Me too :(
March 14, 2011 at 12:23 AM
awsome show!! awsome intro!!!
March 14, 2011 at 1:11 AM
remember watch this >u< bout 4-5 year ago
March 14, 2011 at 1:51 AM
I finished to read the NHK novel minutes ago, is amazing!
I need to see this anime!
March 14, 2011 at 2:24 AM
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