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| yass | Mar 13 2011, 12:30 AM Post #51 |
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OK, I found a story through search. Friday, Mar 11, 2011 13:15 ET Quake brings modern Tokyo to a standstill The technology-reliant city has been virtually halted as the earthquake causes power outages and train shutdowns  Commuters wait in a long queue at a bus terminal outside Yokohama railway station in Yokohama Japan's huge earthquake brought super-modern Tokyo to a standstill Friday, paralyzing trains that normally run like clockwork and stranding hordes of commuters carrying mobile phones rendered largely useless by widespread outages. The magnitude-8.9 quake off Japan's northeastern coast shook buildings in the capital, left millions of homes across Japan without electricity, shut down the mobile phone network and severely disrupted landline telephone service. It brought Tokyo's train system to a halt, choking a daily commuter flow of more than 10 million people. "This is the kind of earthquake that hits once every 100 years," said restaurant worker Akira Tanaka, 54. He gave up waiting for trains to resume and decided -- for his first time ever -- to set off on foot for his home 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of the capital. "I've been walking an hour and 10 minutes, still have about three hours to go," he said. Tokyo prides itself on being an orderly, technologically savvy, even futuristic city. Residents usually can rely on a huge, criss-crossing network of train and subway lines, but authorities were forced to scan the entire web for quake damage and canceled nearly all train service for the day. Tens of thousands of people milled at train stations and hunkered down at 24-hour cafes and hotels. Mobile phone lines were crammed, preventing nearly all calls and text messages. Calls to northeastern Japan, where a 23-foot (7-meter) tsunami washed ashore after the quake, generally failed to go through, with a recording saying the area's lines were busy. Unable to rely on mobile phones, lines of people formed at Tokyo's normally vacant public phone booths dotting the city. Osamu Akiya, 46, was working in Tokyo at his office in a trading company when the quake hit. It sent bookshelves and computers crashing to the floor, and cracks appeared in the walls. "I've been through many earthquakes, but I've never felt anything like this," he said. http://www.salon.com/news/earthquakes/?story=/news/feature/2011/03/11/tokyo_earthquake_trains_cell_phones |
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| Deleted User | Mar 13 2011, 01:09 AM Post #52 |
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http://adventofdeception.com/prime-occult-date-haarp-earthquake-japan ??? |
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| neinfuhrer | Mar 13 2011, 03:31 PM Post #53 |
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The Japanese are a very respectful and orderly people. If America were to get a 9.0, I don't think you'd see people acting like the Japanese are. I really don't. I think you'd see people killing each other over a can of dog food. |
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| Wiolawa | Mar 13 2011, 05:48 PM Post #54 |
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site of the japanese nuclear reactors.. what happens if we have a cme? same thing probably.. ah ho wio http://blog.zeit.de/newsblog/files/2011/03/preview2.jpg |
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| yass | Mar 13 2011, 10:07 PM Post #55 |
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TOKYO (AFP)--A new three meter high tsunami rolled toward the disaster-shattered northeast coast of Japan early Monday, with authorities warning it would strike within minutes. The wave was spotted from a fire department helicopter off Fukushima prefecture, TV reports said, while public broadcaster NHK said around 11:20 a.m. (0220 GMT) that it was expected to reach the coast within 15 minutes. The sea was seen retreating off Iwate prefecture in the northeast of Honshu island, a phenomenon that occurs before the massive waves hit. http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110313-704356.html Still having terrible problems with nuclear plants. May God help the people of Japan and their neighbors too. Apparently canceled. Japanese tsunami warning lifted - media TOKYO, March 14 | Sun Mar 13, 2011 10:57pm EDT TOKYO, March 14 (Reuters) - Japanese fears of a second tsunami proved unfounded on Monday, local media said, as the national weather agency made clear that it had not detected a wave on the Pacific coast. Earlier, authorities issued a fresh tsunami warning, saying the wave could reach a height of up to three metres and wash up on the country's already-devastated northeast coast. (Reporting by Elaine Lies; Editing by Mark Bendeich) http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...00732420110314 Edited by yass, Mar 13 2011, 10:33 PM.
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