[BIGLOOK]

I’m right on Hilo Bay; the sirens have sounded and I’ve got a bag packed and ready to go.......

[Fledermaus]

Be safe.

[EternalVigilance]

God bless and God speed.

[STARWISE]

You’re a Boy Scout....
Stay safe and sound. God bless and protect you and all who’re so worried right now.

[ponygirl]

Remember the British mantra from WWII: “Keep Calm and Carry On!”

[STARWISE]

From WSJ live blogging

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2:20 amby Brittany HiteAdd a Comment Philippine officials are ordering an evacuation of coastal communities along the country’s eastern seaboard in expectation of a tsunami following a 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan, the Associated Press reported.

Philippine Volcanology and Seismology Institute director Renato Solidum told the AP that the first 3-foot (1-meter) high waves are expected to hit the northernmost Batanes islands by 5 p.m. local time Friday.

2:16 amby Brittany HiteAdd a Comment NHK reported that a ceiling collapsed at a Honda Motor plant in Tochigi, and a female worker has been confirmed dead.

2:16 amby Miho InadaAdd a Comment Reported damage in the Tokyo area includes the following:

Two injured at a Tokyo outlet of U.S. wholesale store Costoco due to the collapse of slope of car parking.

Four houses have caught fire in the Tokyo Adachi ward, burning down the floor area of 200 square meters.
Land liquefaction is detected in the water front area in Chiba.

25 injured—5 of them seriously injured—due to a collapse of the ceiling of the Tokyo Kudan Kaikan, where 600 people were gathering for a college graduation party

http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2011/03/11/live-blog-japan-earthquake/