Earthquake thread

[Corrine]

Microsoft activated its disaster response protocol to monitor the situation in Japan and other areas on tsunami warning alert, and offer support as appropriate. See the full article at Community Involvement: Disaster Response – Corporate Citizenship.

If you have a Twitter account, you can help support Japan. Just Retweet: Twitter and Bing will donate $1 up to $100K.

 

[Dinesh]

Microsoft activated its disaster response protocol to monitor the situation in Japan and other areas on tsunami warning alert, and offer support as appropriate. See the full article at Community Involvement: Disaster Response – Corporate Citizenship.

If you have a Twitter account, you can help support Japan. Just Retweet: Twitter and Bing will donate $1 up to $100K.

Done.

 

[Everlong]

Microsoft activated its disaster response protocol to monitor the situation in Japan and other areas on tsunami warning alert, and offer support as appropriate. See the full article at Community Involvement: Disaster Response – Corporate Citizenship.

If you have a Twitter account, you can help support Japan. Just Retweet: Twitter and Bing will donate $1 up to $100K.

Google setup their Person Finder yesterday for people looking for friends and family if they can't get in contact. Seems to be working for quite a few people, with people leaving messages on saying they're okay/alive for people who might be searching for them to see.

And that whirlpool that formed was insane. I didn't even think they existed :shock:

 

[Ciara]

Anyone in the UK can donate via The Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal (details at site)

Japan Tsunami Appeal | British Red Cross

 

[brianzion]

donation of £100 from me on behalf of my family to red cross. such a sad loss of life

 

[2010MegaScooter]

I know! Its crazy, I heard it happend around 9 PM (Central Time) and 4 AM Their time.
:shock:

 

[Kari]

Donated a small amount through Red Cross Finland Disaster Relief Fund. Praying, wishing all the best for Japan and people there.

Kari

 

[smarteyeball]

It's certainly been a crazy year so far for natural disasters.

 

[Ciara]

Its devastating when nature lets loose :shock:

 

[MWRed]

I hear about it on Friday morning (U.S.). There are only two of us that work on Fridays, and I think we spend at least half the day listening to the radio and watching news on our phones. Terrible....I just can't imagine....

 

[MWRed]

I'm more or less concentrating on news about the power plant.

One Chernobyl was enough.

 

[2010MegaScooter]

I heard that it was soo bad, that it sped the Earth up by one nano second. Making the World's day a bit shorted. o.o

 

[Hopalong X]

Japan's recent massive earthquake, one of the largest ever recorded, appears to have moved the island by about eight feet (2.4 meters), the US Geological Survey said.

AFP: Quake moved Japan by 8 feet: USGS

 

[Airbot]

I heard that it was soo bad, that it sped the Earth up by one nano second. Making the World's day a bit shorted. o.o

Japan's recent massive earthquake, one of the largest ever recorded, appears to have moved the island by about eight feet (2.4 meters), the US Geological Survey said.

AFP: Quake moved Japan by 8 feet: USGS

They say that it also shifted the Earth's Axis by 4 inches.

 

[Corrine]

It appears some people got the wrong impression of Bing's offer, Bing Tweet:

We apologize the tweet was negatively perceived. Intent was to provide an easy way for people to help Japan. We have donated $100K.

If you haven't seen these images yet, definitely check them out. They are horrifically amazing. Horrific because of the obvious devastation. Amazing because of what technology can show us.

Japan Earthquake: before and after
www.abc.net.au
Aerial photos taken over Japan have revealed the scale of devastation across dozens of suburbs and tens of thousands of homes and businesses. Hover over each satellite photo to view the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami.

 

[Golden]

Truly shocking. As a geologist I understand and appreciate the dynamic nature of our planet, but the scale of devastation is something that is hard to comprehend.

 

[Zen00]

I heard that it was soo bad, that it sped the Earth up by one nano second. Making the World's day a bit shorted. o.o

Japan's recent massive earthquake, one of the largest ever recorded, appears to have moved the island by about eight feet (2.4 meters), the US Geological Survey said.

AFP: Quake moved Japan by 8 feet: USGS

They say that it also shifted the Earth's Axis by 4 inches.

In all, the earthquake shifted the axis of the Earth by 24 centimeters, the mainland of Japan by 2.4 meters, and slowed down the rotation of the Earth by about six microseconds.

All in all, I'm not too worried if these nuclear plants go belly up. That it took them this long to do so is in my book a great booster in the confidence of the quality of design that goes into these things now-in-days.

 

[seekermeister]

Zen00,

All in all, I'm not too worried if these nuclear plants go belly up. That it took them this long to do so is in my book a great booster in the confidence of the quality of design that goes into these things now-in-days.

While worrying wouldn't help or solve anything, the quality of design would make no difference, if it did melt down. That it didn't had much more to do with Providence than design. That is not to say that design isn't important, because poor design obviously increases the odds of melt down, but no amount of design is fail-safe.

 

[Corrine]

The Microsoft update today: Microsoft Supports Relief Efforts in Japan

Here is Bill Pytlovany's effort to help, via WinPatrol Tweet:

This week all revenue from upgrades to WinPatrol PLUS will be donated to shelter survivors in Japan.Our chosen nonprofit is the organization supported by Rotary International called ShelterBox ShelterBox USA: - Home

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TV news reports today are saying the earthquake moved the island by 13-14 feet. The amount seems to change depending on the network.

 

[brianzion]

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