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Titus Pullo · 03-11-2011, 01:35 AM

Ummmm... Dow drops 228 yesterday, Day of Rage set for today in Saudi ... now this.

Look out below!

Massive 8.9-magnitude quake hits Japan

Tokyo (CNN) -- An 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan on Friday, triggering tsunamis and sending a massive body of water filled with debris that included boats and houses inching toward highways.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110311/...pan_earthquake

***DarrylS*** · 03-11-2011, 05:13 AM

From early reports the Tsunami Warnings helped, but not sure what anyone can do against these tremendous forces of nature..

PatriotsReign · 03-11-2011, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Titus Pullo

Ummmm... Dow drops 228 yesterday, Day of Rage set for today in Saudi ... now this.

Look out below!

Massive 8.9-magnitude quake hits Japan

Tokyo (CNN) -- An 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan on Friday, triggering tsunamis and sending a massive body of water filled with debris that included boats and houses inching toward highways.

40 killed in major tsunami after 8.9 Japan quake - Yahoo! News

I don't think I've ever heard or read about an earthquake that powerful in my lifetime. 8.9 is almost unfathomable.

I feel really sad for all the children of the world that have to live through all the frightening happenings in the world the past few years. They are all growing up in fear, perhaps more than any other generation due to our advanced media.

Recessions
Foreclosures
Wars
Uprisings
Unemployment
September 11, 2001
Haiti
Indonesia tsunami

They must see the fear & stress their parents carry with them daily and that's sad. But maybe each generation is the same and it's just my perception that things seem worse than ever.

***Harry Boy*** · 03-11-2011, 06:31 AM

It's Bush's fault, he's been practicing since Katrina and he's getting better at it.

Patsfanin Philly · 03-11-2011, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by PatriotsReign

I don't think I've ever heard or read about an earthquake that powerful in my lifetime. 8.9 is almost unfathomable.

I feel really sad for all the children of the world that have to live through all the frightening happenings in the world the past few years. They are all growing up in fear, perhaps more than any other generation due to our advanced media.

Recessions
Foreclosures
Wars
Uprisings
Unemployment
September 11, 2001
Haiti
Indonesia tsunami

They must see the fear & stress their parents carry with them daily and that's sad. But maybe each generation is the same and it's just my perception that things seem worse than ever.

From 1962-72
Cuban Missile crisis
Vietnam and anti-war movement
Riots in US cities
Assassinations, JFK,RFK, MLK
Watergate
Student unrest in 1968 worldwide
Czech uprising....

Picture the poor kids growing up in 1935-45..
Great Depression
World War 2.........

Every generation has things they have to deal with but you're right, the mass instant media makes it seem different now.

Patsfanin Philly · 03-11-2011, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by DarrylS

From early reports the Tsunami Warnings helped, but not sure what anyone can do against these tremendous forces of nature..

If you've ever seen a storm surge/tsunami, it is truly amazing to see the damage they can do. I was in Gulfport and Biloxi,MS after Katrina the wall of water took down cinder block buildings like they were Styrofoam and bent steel frames.

Hurricane Katrina damage in Gulfport Mississippi - Virtual Tour: Hurricane Katrina damage in Gulfport Mississippi - Quantum Tour

I can't even imagine how scary it must be with the aftershocks approaching 6.0 on the Richter scale.

***DarrylS*** · 03-11-2011, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Patsfanin Philly

If you've ever seen a storm surge/tsunami, it is truly amazing to see the damage they can do. I was in Gulfport and Biloxi,MS after Katrina the wall of water took down cinder block buildings like they were Styrofoam and bent steel frames.

Hurricane Katrina damage in Gulfport Mississippi - Virtual Tour: Hurricane Katrina damage in Gulfport Mississippi - Quantum Tour

I can't even imagine how scary it must be with the aftershocks approaching 6.0 on the Richter scale.

I spend a lot of time in Southern La. (NOLA and LFT), and found what happened from Katrina beyond anything could ever have imagined..

About 5 months after Katrina, drove from Mobile to NOLA and was amazed at the swath of destruction.. it is indescribable.

PatriotsReign · 03-11-2011, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Patsfanin Philly

From 1962-72
Cuban Missile crisis
Nuclear War Drills
Vietnam and anti-war movement
Riots in US cities
Assassinations, JFK,RFK, MLK
Watergate
Student unrest in 1968 worldwide
Czech uprising....

Picture the poor kids growing up in 1935-45..
Great Depression
World War 2.........

Every generation has things they have to deal with but you're right, the mass instant media makes it seem different now.

I added one important one you left out...you're probably right.

Titus Pullo · 03-11-2011, 05:20 PM

Well, I was wrong .... for a day, anyway... The Dow is up slightly today, while oil fell a bit. Presumably because Japan's demand won't be very healthy for a while.

But, for a country teetering on insolvency, this seems devastating for their longer term recovery.

Holy Diver · 03-11-2011, 06:35 PM

Why would a bunch of dummies live on a fault line?

anyway, I'm off to head home to San Fran via the bay bridge in about 45 minutes....

In all seriousness.....an 8.9 is downright evil. Something like that out in Cali, LA to San Fran would pretty much destroy millions of lives. Mrs Diver is 1/2 Japanese, and I have some coworkers in Tokyo right now, everyone is okay, but that doesnt stop this from sucking. Thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Japan.

The video of the tsunami was pure hell....