8.9 magnitude earthquake. Hope the polycounters out there and everybody else are alright! http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1 Live: http://www.youtube.com/user/AlJazeeraEnglish TSUNAMIS, SHIT.
They have a pretty elaborate warning system in place, I was hearing about it the day-of, and was very impressed. from http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/03/11/pm-the-effectiveness-of-japans-earlywarning-earthquake-system/ Glad to hear yall are ok over there! Hopefully it will calm down and life can begin…
Before and after satalite pictures. use the slider in the middle of the picture to scrub between the two. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html?hp 6.5 minute video. goes from no water to houses gone.…
Possible worst case scenario from Dr. Michael Allen, vice provost for research and dean of graduate studies at Middle Tennessee State University, spent much of his early career at Sandia National Labs studying nuclear reactor accidents of the worst kind and performing simulations to better understand how bad things happen…