chochajin Wrote:Question to those who live in Japan like me: Anybody thinking about leaving the country ASAP??

Get to the choppa!

Now, Japan Met says it was a 9.0... >_>a

yea, NHK just confirmed it was really 9.0 not 8.8

Looks like reactors 2 and 3 are also having cooling problems:

http://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye4672396.html

Yepp, it looks really bad:
"Japanese government spokesman Yukio Edano says radioactive meltdowns may have occurred in two reactors at the plant"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/yokosonews

yokoso news is back up

CNN has a reporter in 南三陸 (Minamisanriku), where there are around 9,000 people unaccounted for. According to her, military search and rescue have managed to pull about 40 people out of the rubble. You can tell from the video it looks like the town got completely wiped out.

They still don't know what happened in Minami Sanriku? I want to think they managed to evacuate...

All that was left in the aerial shots I saw was a hospital.

From the standup shot I saw of the reporter, it's a sea of rubble. Very few homes remain, and they're all on the edges of town, where she was reporting.

I fear that they might have been taken by surprise or decided that it would be safe to stay where they were. The tsunami went as far as 3 kilometres inland.

The guy of the government is saying the radiation is like 3 X-rays scans

And he is already saying that "in case of explosion ..."

If anyone sees anything about Miyato(jima) (宮戸(島)) near Nobiru (野蒜) in Ishinomaki bay (石巻) near Higashi-Matsushima (東松島), let me know.

I know Ishinomaki got hit hard, I know Higashi-Matsushima got hit hard, but I haven't heard anything about Nobiru or Miyato.

Come to think of it, I haven't heard anything about Matsushima proper, either.

He's saying that there's an hydrogen buildup in #3 and that it could blow up like what happened yesterday.

@rich_f

Here's something about that area:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world...690608.cms

More than 200 bodies have been found at a new site in northeast Japan, where an earthquake and tsunami caused massive destruction, police said Sunday.

"We have received a preliminary report that more than 200 bodies were found in the city of Higashimatsushima," a National Police Agency spokesman said, adding that local police are starting to collect the bodies.

Hundreds of other residents in the city's Nobiru district are unaccounted for, the Sankei Shimbun and other newspapers said.

On Saturday police in the city of Sendai said at least 200 and up to 300 bodies had been found on the shoreline there.

EDIT: I did a quick Google news search for Nobiru, and I just realized that the missing train was somewhere between Nobiru and Ishinomaki, and I'm pretty sure I rode on that line before when I visited the area a few years back.

In fact, I got lost and went towards Ishinomaki instead of Sendai when I was done in Nobiru.

I think I wound up in Rikuzen-Ono accidentally.

It was a really beautiful area. Fields everywhere.

Ah, crap. I'm getting even more depressed when I think about what's happening to all the people there.

I hope that everyone you know is OK.

I'm also interested in Ishinomaki if anyone hears anything. Apparently one of my college friends was there at the time of the quake, which I only recently found out. His family hasn't gotten word yet.

All of these inaka coastal towns have populations consiting of mostly elderly people. I'm afraid most of the victims are going to be 60+ because they simply lacked the ability to get to higher ground within the short warning they had.

Miyagi police chief estimates over 10,000 deaths in Miyagi

kyodo news

i'll listen out, good luck to everyone!!!

perhaps not the most helpful thing to do if you're worried about friends, but google earth have updated a bunch of photos from the area if you want to see the extent of the damage...

you can see some of them here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-...eafter.htm

ishinomaki is one of them...

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&h...36&t=h&z=5

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03...rmath.html

Sorry if the question was already posted. This thread is getting quite long.
Is there information as to the level of damage produced by the earthquake itself in areas that were not hit by the tsunami? It seems that most of the pictures posted show the devastating effects of the flood.
By the way, how close to the city center of Sendai did the water reach? I cannot contact some people I know in the area, but I assume this is primarily because of the chaotic situation there, not because the whole city was seriously hit.

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/...an/100022/

jmignot Wrote:Sorry if the question was already posted. This thread is getting quite long.
Is there information as to the level of damage produced by the earthquake itself in areas that were not hit by the tsunami? It seems that most of the pictures posted show the devastating effects of the flood.
By the way, how close to the city center of Sendai did the water reach? I cannot contact some people I know in the area, but I assume this is primarily because of the chaotic situation there, not because the whole city was seriously hit.

You might want to try this site if you haven't already: http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/?lang=en

Hope you get in touch with them.

one of the scrolling messages on tbs said that 62 people have been rescued so far in ishinomaki, but didn't say the number of 避難者

nhk is talking about ishinomaki now. seems lots of people are in a middle school, but there aren't enough supplies, so they're trying to get more.

Found this video of the tsunami heading up the Natori River (名取川) on the outskirts of Sendai. It's the one they keep showing bits of everywhere-- here's the full 15 minute video. This is pretty much what I remember watching Thursday Night/Friday Morning. Can't remember if it's been posted already. If it has, sorry. Can't wade through 11 pages.