EARTHQUAKE!!! TOKYO HIT HARD

ME!!! | March 11, 2011 | Ronin

[Ronin]

Tokyo just got smacked hard. Still feeling tremors. Refrigerator broken, glass everywhere. I'm safe.

Other Japan FReepers check in!!

[BIGLOOK]

I know the area, as long as you're a half mile or so inland, you should be ok.

The Helco strike probably hit you harder than this will.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Try “Skype”? Just a suggestion. Particularly if that person has Skype, too, and internet connective. Phone contact is very very difficult at this time.

[SE Mom]

Thank God you’re ok- was just wondering. My prayers are with you all...this is a nightmare beyond anything.

[FightforFreedomCA]

Thanks much...

[Steve Van Doorn]

Oh Ronin. I see you are NOT ok. Yes we pray for you.
wishing you luck as well.

Steve

[Kakaze]

VeryGlad you are alright........stay safe!

[EternalVigilance]

They had all the roads shut down on Guam, and evac going on.

I’m betting loss of life is minimized there. Property damage, who knows...

[21twelve]

“Just watched tonight what a 30 foot wave does to a town 2 miles upriver from the coast”

And when the wave DOES hit the hills at the end of its course, it will “run up” the sides another 30 feet. (Like the water in your bathtub).

[Politicalmom]

I HAVE to go to bed. It’s going to be difficult to get to sleep...

[Freddd]

Japan giving more tsunami warnings and watches...wow.

[Islander7]

The Helco strike probably hit you harder than this will.

That really, really ticked me off!

[Retired Greyhound]

The only reason I found out is because I was in my car and decided to put on XM radio (which I rarely do) to hear about the Charlie Sheen raid.

Since I’ve been home I have been glued to TV, FR, local radio, NOAA radio, Twitter (lame), NOAA website (crashed).

It’s full blown mission control here.

[Mom MD]

The height of the wave on Guam is supposed to be an early indication of how bad things will be in Hawaii

[AmericanInTokyo]

Thank you. That is much appreciated by all of us here, I know you are thinking about other FreeRepublic types here in Japan. Officially and unofficially, there are probably at least several hundred of us.

There are about 43,000 Americans in Japan, not even counting US military, which is also a significant number.

[Allegra]

Prayers up for you and yours, FRiend.

[Eye of Unk]

CNN has the NHK warnings right now, Fox is still looping same footage over and over.

[silverleaf]

There has got to be a massive loss of life along the Northeast Japan coast, when the water recedes

[Freddd]

Red cross saing the tsunami is higher than some pacific Islands....

[STARWISE]

Tsunami warning issued for Guam
3:05 AM, Mar. 11, 2011 | Comments

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HAGATNA, GUAM — A tsunami warning has been issued for the U.S. territory of Guam, following a 8.9 quake off the coast of Japan.

The Guam Department of Homeland Security and Civil Defense has urged residents to evacuate low-lying areas.

Homeland Security has asked all hotels and apartment buildings in the city of Tumon to empty their bottom five floors of guests or tenants.

“All residents and visitors are advised to evacuate low-lying areas and proceed to areas higher than 50 feet above sea level and 100 feet inland of the coast and mouths of rivers,” a warning states.

All public beaches have been closed, according to the office of Gov. Eddie Calvo.

Some hotels in Tumon have posted notice boards on their property and are keeping visitors up to date. In east Agana, business has closed their doors and some gas stations are shuttered up.

Tsunamis can form a series of waves that could continue to strike the beach many hours after the first wave, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center website.

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20110311/NEWS/110311003/Tsunami-warning-issued-Guam

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FNC update: this is the biggest earthquake to hit Japan in 100 yrs.

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Update: Tsunami Warnings/Advisories (11March 2011)
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WEPA40 PHEB 110830
TSUPAC

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Excerpt:

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 004
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0830Z 11 MAR 2011

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA... WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

JAPAN / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS. / N. MARIANAS / GUAM / WAKE IS. / TAIWAN / YAP / PHILIPPINES / MARSHALL IS. / BELAU / MIDWAY IS. / POHNPEI / CHUUK / KOSRAE / INDONESIA / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / NAURU / JOHNSTON IS. / SOLOMON IS. / KIRIBATI / HOWLAND-BAKER / HAWAII / TUVALU / PALMYRA IS. / VANUATU / TOKELAU / JARVIS IS. / WALLIS-FUTUNA / SAMOA / AMERICAN SAMOA / COOK ISLANDS / NIUE / AUSTRALIA / FIJI / NEW CALEDONIA / TONGA / MEXICO / KERMADEC IS / FR. POLYNESIA / NEW ZEALAND / PITCAIRN / GUATEMALA / EL SALVADOR / COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / ANTARCTICA / PANAMA / HONDURAS / CHILE / ECUADOR / COLOMBIA / PERU

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE

http://saweatherobserver.blogspot.com/2011/03/update-tsunami-warningsadvisories.html

[Bikkuri]

After my first month in Japan, I became quite accustomed to the quakes here... Besides the first time I felt one here 13 years ago... This one scared the poo out of me :/