Earthquake/?Tsunami

pitchernut · #1 03-11-2011, 01:24 PM

My heart goes out to the people affected by this earthquake and tsunami. as a small twist, living at about 15 ft above sea level it was kind of interesting to be woken up by the fire department around 4:30 am kindly informing us to "get the hell out". As it turned out all is well here at Coos Bay.. I don't know why but all I grabbed was clothes, food, camping gear and you guessed it my beloved cards

Rickyy · #2 03-12-2011, 01:57 AM

I'm still waiting to hear from my relatives. Most live near Tokyo so they should be okay. I do have one relative living an hour south of Sendai though. My hometown of Yokosuka is south of Tokyo..they had some damage and lots of shaking and also had tsunami evacuation order as its a port city. The US Navy is stationed there and they reported that the USS Carrier George Washington which is over 1000 feet long and over 40000 tons moved off the pier due to the waves. The water had receded 6 feet at the pier. And closer to my current home...Santa Cruz just over the mountain had some boats damaged by the tsunami and up north near the Oregon border in Crescent City the entire pier got wiped out...just like it did back in the 64 Alaskan quake.

FUBAR · #3 03-14-2011, 02:57 AM

I have 4 friends in Japan and all are ok. I even have one on the forces base in yokosuka. Lots of rumbling, but no water where they were!

T205 · #4 03-14-2011, 04:57 AM

My family and I were visiting Tokyo DisneyLand when the Earthquake happened. We were about to get on a ride. I have never felt the ground move so violently as it did that day. We are from a city in the South of Japan. We got back late last night. I am very thankful that I am home safe.