Earthquake & Tsunami in Japan

[Solbadude]

I do not know about you guys but last night at 10pm PST I saw a huge Tsunami wash away miles of Japannese farm land. It was like the movie 2012! I watched for like 2hours and it was just horrible.

Everyone here should send some supplys and money to help support your fellow gamers and a country that needs it. Contact your local red cross and other volunter organazitions and see how you can help.

I am in CA and I the news here says we have to be careful cause the whole Pacific Ocean is in turmoil.

[Littledood]

Well I don't have money to throw at japan, but I will feel sorry for 'em.

[Supreme Warrior]

I as well feel sorry for the Land of Awesome Videogames and Anime but I also am in dire straights and have no cash to send.

[JC200X]

I wish I could help more than just money. I live in the same state as you do and I saw the breaking news around 11 P.M.. I was just shocked how the tsunami "consumed" Sendai. I couldn't believe it for myself 'til some time later.

It was like the movie 2012!

Please don't tell me you believe that stuff will actually happen.

[Littledood]

I really hope he doesn't...

[JKDarkside]

Hawaii just got slammed too.

I'm gonna send what little I have.

[Elin]

You see images of disasters like this on the news quite often, but here in Britain we don't really get natural disasters, so it can all feel very detached and otherworldly. This, though, is like...Japan. Japanese is my second language, and most all of my tutors have family there. My brother and a good two dozen of my friends live there. Heck I was actually in Sendai less than a year ago. It's incredibly unsettling to see images of this on the news and know it's hitting somewhere so close to home for me. I'm just grateful than nobody I know was hurt. It's a minor comfort, but in the face of tragedies like this you have to count even the smallest blessings.

[Krisan Thyme]

You see images of disasters like this on the news quite often, but here in Britain we don't really get natural disasters, so it can all feel very detached and otherworldly. This, though, is like...Japan. Japanese is my second language, and most all of my tutors have family there. My brother and a good two dozen of my friends live there. Heck I was actually in Sendai less than a year ago. It's incredibly unsettling to see images of this on the news and know it's hitting somewhere so close to home for me. I'm just grateful than nobody I know was hurt. It's a minor comfort, but in the face of tragedies like this you have to count even the smallest blessings.

Probably my first thought on this was that I was very thankful you weren't there.. I would have been terrified if you had been. Though terror sunk in in a different way as I began to review just how much devastation this caused.. This is truly unbelievable..

[Krisan Thyme]

I don't really think this thread title is appropriate. This was a horrific and tragic event, one of the most devastating natural disasters in a very long time. I am absolutely reeling from the news of this, and I.. I wish there were something I could do for these people.

[Fer!]

I was about to ask if your brother was safe, thank goodness he is.

By the way, since Youtube videos have low res and doesn't let you see that much, here's a link I found with pics.

Supposedly the tsunami was to make a bit of ruckus in the Mexican coast, but it turned out it wasn't anything really serious for now.

[Drageuth]

I was about to ask if your brother was safe, thank goodness he is.

By the way, since Youtube videos have low res and doesn't let you see that much, here's a link I found with pics.

Supposedly the tsunami was to make a bit of ruckus in the Mexican coast, but it turned out it wasn't anything really serious for now.

There is still a tsunami advisory for where I live. The alert is off, but apparently I'm supposed to keep my eyes out for really big waves.

[Fer!]

There is still a tsunami advisory for where I live. The alert is off, but apparently I'm supposed to keep my eyes out for really big waves.

Didn't know you lived in the Canadian coast, take care in there.

[Drageuth]

Didn't know you lived in the Canadian coast, take care in there.

Yeah, I live on an island on the West Coast. I'm not quite on the West Coast, so I doubt I will actually see any waves if they do come, but places on the opposite side of the island might be affected.

I'm on the opposite side of the island circled in red, right across from Vancouver. Still though, I know people out in Tofino and Ucluelet, which are right on the ocean. Kind of scary.

[Milady]

I don't really think this thread title is appropriate.

I thought this as well.

You see images of disasters like this on the news quite often, but here in Britain we don't really get natural disasters, so it can all feel very detached and otherworldly. This, though, is like...Japan. Japanese is my second language, and most all of my tutors have family there. My brother and a good two dozen of my friends live there. Heck I was actually in Sendai less than a year ago. It's incredibly unsettling to see images of this on the news and know it's hitting somewhere so close to home for me. I'm just grateful than nobody I know was hurt. It's a minor comfort, but in the face of tragedies like this you have to count even the smallest blessings.

I only know one person in Japan at the moment, but since he's in the military and we've apparently already received word that no one in the US armed forces was injured, I'm confident that he's okay. I was, however, worried for you and your family. I'm glad to hear they're all okay as well.

It's such a strange feeling when something happens to or in a place that you just recently visited. To think if your visit were scheduled for only a slightly different time, how you might have been affected, is an interesting reality check. I really have no personal connections to Japan, but to view it solely as "the land of video games and anime," especially in a thread dedicated to a tragedy such as thus, is quite disrespectful and frankly, sad.

[Colamisu]

How does something like this even happen? Most roads in the US would split into several blocks rather than strips like this.