Muse
Lifer
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I have watched that last one 3 times. It's better than the others. No voice, just subtitles and music (pretty appropriate music!), extensive and some of it just fantastic.There's a ton of tsunami-footage on Youtube.... I had to stop watching it.
There's a cool video about a town in IIRC northern CA where a boat from the Mar. 11, 2011 Japanese tsunami washed up onshore maybe a couple years after the disaster. Some research revealed its origin (it had belonged to a high school) and they fixed it up and brought it back to Japan and the two cities became sister cities and the inhabitants make pilgrimages, have celebrations of comradery.
This is the story, quite wonderful:
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BoomerD
No Lifer
- Feb 26, 2006
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I saved this pic from the tsunami that hit the Indian ocean in 2004:
WARNING. NSFL!
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Captante
Lifer
- Oct 20, 2003
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Might want to put a BIT more emphasis on that warning ... that picture is WELL beyond NSFW -OR- life and solidly into "Faces of Death" territory!
I thought they were plastic mannequins until it dawned on me that they were swollen dead bodies
Grim Grim Grim
Grim Grim Grim
Muse
Lifer
- Jul 11, 2001
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Um, if you ever experience a half way powerful EQ and you aren't at least 100 feet above sea level on solid ground, get thee to higher ground ASAP and stay at least that high until you get the all clear.
BoomerD
No Lifer
- Feb 26, 2006
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I'm at about 15' elevation on the WA coast... And the Cascadia Subduction Zone. We have one narrow 2 lane road on/off the little peninsula... And once you've driven the 5 miles to the " mainland," it's still at least another 5 miles on yet another 2 lane highway to any kind of "tsunami-safe" gathering point... So, in case of any serious tsunami, just put your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye.Um, if you ever experience a half way powerful EQ and you aren't at least 100 feet above sea level on solid ground, get thee to higher ground ASAP and stay at least that high until you get the all clear.
Muse
Lifer
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You might have some time. For instance the Crescent City tsunami described in that video I posted here earlier today occurred in the gulf of alaska. Took quite a while for the wave to get to CA. BUT you need your warning system!
Another thing to consider with tsunamis is that if you are on a boat on the open sea in reasonably deep water the wave will just lift you a few feet and you may never even notice. The tsunami wave only breaks when it reaches shallow waters.
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nakedfrog
No Lifer
- Apr 3, 2001
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I do remember the chandelier swinging when we lived off-base in Japan in a house, and the plates rattling in the cupboards.
Muadib
Lifer
- May 30, 2000
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Only did once. It was a week before I had sex again...
Curious to know if the landlord tells foreigners any tips on what to do in case of an earthquake, since I hear small earthquakes happen all the time there and in New Zealand too.
nakedfrog
No Lifer
- Apr 3, 2001
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I was a kid, so I wouldn't know if they said anything
It was only a year before we moved into a modern high rise.
nakedfrog
No Lifer
- Apr 3, 2001
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They had much cooler toys
I'd probably miss more if I had better memories of my childhood.
Captante
Lifer
- Oct 20, 2003
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Wow!
Now we KNOW it will all be okay because even the spam-bots love you!
Now we KNOW it will all be okay because even the spam-bots love you!
KMFJD
Lifer
- Aug 11, 2005
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Aw shit, just experienced my first 'big' one here in Davao, shook the building we are in quite good for about a minute, my dad and i laughed, our friends from Davao had a more worried look. It was a 5.7 , 3rd of the month here
Nervous laugh, I suppose? Would you have run out in case it was stronger? Or would you sit there tight or get under a table?
Captante
Lifer
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First time you feel an earthquake is a real reality-check in terms of how small and insignificant we actually are.... the earth could swat the human race off completely and continue like we never happened.
Global-warming and every other bit of garbage, toxic pollution and resource-wasting effects the human race has had on the earth's OVERALL environment has taken place in the geological equivalent of a few seconds. (And will take far less time then that to be 98% gone... along with all humans if we're not careful!)
Global-warming and every other bit of garbage, toxic pollution and resource-wasting effects the human race has had on the earth's OVERALL environment has taken place in the geological equivalent of a few seconds. (And will take far less time then that to be 98% gone... along with all humans if we're not careful!)
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KMFJD
Lifer
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Yeah, definitely a nervous laugh, My dad's disabed and in an electric wheel chair for mobility, we'd be sol trying to get out i think, he can climb up/down stairs but it takes a long time
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