Massive Earthquake hits Japan

**prince0gotham** March 11, 2011, 5:04 pm

This is developing very badly. It's all going towards a sequence of events that's gonna be talked about in the next 50 years and I hope that's the worst part.

ffs

**Inceptic** March 11, 2011, 5:11 pm

chee wrote:Wow, all of them are a minimum of $10.

Fuck it. I tried to give to a good cause, but nooooo. No one wants to accept my $4 that could buy 20 water bottles or help buy medical supplies.

Erik wrote:That $10 minimum donation is bullshit. Chee wants to donate the last money she has. It's not much but it's the last she's got. I think that is very noble, they should freakin' take it. It makes me mad to hear that there is a minimum amount that you have to donate. Anyway, I haven't heard of a donation fund for Japan in Holland (yet). I'll donate as soon as I hear something.

I think that the reason they have a minimum is b/c of how much the banks and credit card companies swallow per transaction. :evil:

**George** March 11, 2011, 5:55 pm

chee wrote:
About 18% of Japan's 33 nuclear reactors have been shut down in the wake of the magnitude 8.9 earthquake that struck offshore Thursday and triggered a massive tsunami, but officials are particularly troubled by events at one of them — the 480-megawatt Fukushima No. 1 plant in Fukushima Prefecture, where the emergency cooling system has not been functioning properly and authorities fear a meltdown.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld ... 7198.story

Jeezus.

Yeah it's getting pretty grim

Radiation levels are surging: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_quake_power_plant

**Eternal-Fighter** March 11, 2011, 6:05 pm

George wrote:
chee wrote:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld ... 7198.story

Jeezus.

Yeah it's getting pretty grim
Radiation levels are surging: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_quake_power_plant

Oh my God! This is devastating.

**Pratham** March 12, 2011, 1:13 am

Meltdown possible at a nuclear plant.Surrounding area evacuated.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/quake ... nt/761523/

**George** March 12, 2011, 5:45 am

Very interesting video of cracks caused by the earthquake: http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video ... .cnn.html#

**Erik** March 12, 2011, 5:48 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEMXfbYIVHs&

The reactor has exploded.

Official statements do not confirm that it's the reactor that explodes in this video, but what else can cause such an explosion? It's not like they have a TNT-factory in there. Officials have reported that the plant is in fact leaking, so the area of evecuation has grown from 10 to 20 kilometers.

**RIFA** March 12, 2011, 6:03 am

Damn... this is getting worse...

**Erik** March 12, 2011, 6:26 am

Alright, I want to say something about my previous statement.

I might be wrong. To me, the video shows an explosion, but a lot of sources say it is only a gas cloud that was released on purpose. I don't know.

**hoppity-kick** March 12, 2011, 6:53 am

Really getting worse. Fortunate enough that it didn't reach Philippines. I feel for Japanese people.