Earthquake thread

[Ciara]

Thank you for posting that brianzion, Japan needs all the help it can get.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

I would love to help and donate money.
Which is the best site to do so where the majority of the money goes to those in need and not to the administrator's bank account?

 

[Ciara]

Hi THW I donated with The Red Cross (don't know if there is a Red Cross in the US ?)

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Hi THW I donated with The Red Cross (don't know if there is a Red Cross in the US ?)

Yes they do have Red Cross in US.
I just want to make sure that the biggest % goes to the people of Japan.
Your donation will be appreciated.

 

[Ciara]

I think the Red Cross is a trusted organisation and I believe a high % of donated £/$ goes to the cause ... thats my opinion

 

[brianzion]

Thank you for posting that brianzion, Japan needs all the help it can get.

no worrys Ciara its so sad the loss of life they have lost but with the right people and organizations to help them and donations life must go on. ps i donated to the red cross

 

[richnrockville]

Here is a pretty good illustration of the devistation in Japan.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm

Rich
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[brianzion]

just had these images emailed me and would like to share

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9rXfJrcR034iO6GZM_2yqg?feat=directlink

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blog...n.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

 

[Athene]

Please be very careful when looking for online information on the catastrophe in Japan or for donation websites; many malware/scamming criminals are, as so often, exploiting the situation. More can be read on one of Symantec Norton's blogs:

Japan Earthquake Charity Scams Abound - Norton Community

 

[Everlong]

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

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.

NASA have said it sped up the Earth's rotation by 1.8ms.

 

[johnwillyums]

I don't know whether this has already been mentioned but I am impressed and humbled by the dignity and national pride of the Japanese people.
When disasters have occurred elsewhere there has often been panic, violence and looting. So far I have seen none of this in news reports on this tragedy.
The self control, self respect and stoicism of those affected is astonishing and inspiring.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

+1 John
No looting, violence or panic as with other disasters. Not even in Christ Church did I see any of this.

Yet here in the US we see it all the time caused by court rulings, drive-by-shootings, some racial factor and then throw in disasters. It is really embarrassing to say the least about our behavior.
So I am doing my share and self control by donating to the Red Cross/Japan where need help!

 

[Golden]

The self control, self respect and stoicism of those affected is astonishing and inspiring.

Absolutely. It says a huge amount for their resilience. Look at what they accomplished in a mere 65 years from the total devastation of WW2 to be the worlds 2nd/3rd largest economy - quite outstanding. If anyone can recover from this, you bet the Japanese will.

 

[prudhivisekhar]

I hope Japan will recover from this devastation. They have all the expertise in nuclear technology.

 

[johnwillyums]

"Apparently acting on this piece of sarcastic wisdom, the US has deployed four nuclear plants near the Ring of Fire faultline, including two active ones in my home state of California"

Read more: Alexander Cockburn: Another Fukushima meltdown? In America? Not if, but when | News & Politics | News & Comment | The First Post

 

[A Guy]

Listen to the sound of the quake

Ever wonder what the fourth-largest recorded earthquake since 1900 sounds like? The Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB) has posted the eerie sound online. The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), a network of underground observatories more than a thousand meters below sea level, made the chilling recording as the quake struck.

According to Science Daily, the sounds of Japan's 9.0-magnitude quake "have been accelerated 16 times so that they can be audible to human ears." The red and yellow colors on the spectogram represent the most intense parts of the quake.

Also, the quake and all it's aftershocks in an image that shows the seismic activity off the coast of Japan since March 9, the day a 7.2 quake occurred off the coast of Japan. The morning of March 11 shows the massive quake and its aftershocks, and then the seismic activity slowly subsides. But all in all, the region has suffered 428 earthquakes since March 9, even though many were too far or too small to be felt on land.

Here

A Guy

 

[soho1]

The aftershock map was rendered nicely on MSNBC.

 

[Airbot]

Some rather large earthquakes in some unusual places.

Colorado, and now Virgina. :shock:

Latest Earthquakes in the USA - Last 7 days

Magnitude 5.9 - VIRGINIA
Magnitude 5.3 - COLORADO

 

[derekimo]

I don't know whether this has already been mentioned but I am impressed and humbled by the dignity and national pride of the Japanese people.
When disasters have occurred elsewhere there has often been panic, violence and looting. So far I have seen none of this in news reports on this tragedy.
The self control, self respect and stoicism of those affected is astonishing and inspiring.

As well as honesty....

Honest Japanese Return $78 Million in Cash Found in Quake Rubble - ABC News

Some rather large earthquakes in some unusual places.

Colorado, and now Virgina. :shock:

Latest Earthquakes in the USA - Last 7 days

Magnitude 5.9 - VIRGINIA
Magnitude 5.3 - COLORADO

Not your usual hotspots for quakes. :huh:

 

[noobvious]

Some rather large earthquakes in some unusual places.

Colorado, and now Virgina. :shock:

Latest Earthquakes in the USA - Last 7 days

Magnitude 5.9 - VIRGINIA
Magnitude 5.3 - COLORADO

Not your usual hotspots for quakes. :huh:

I felt that one in Virginia here in east central NYS.
Apparently there is a nuclear plant in Virginia built right near or on a fault line......what genius is responsible for that?