Talk politics.

I really hate you right now.

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I work at Sony in California. Work wont be fun today.

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I'm at a Japanese company too, but I think most of the employees' families are in Osaka, so it shouldn't be too bad.

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My best hopes for your co-workers.

We've suspended non-essential communications and travel for at least 1 1/2 weeks while everyone gets out or home.

If you know someone needing to contact someone, let me know I may be able to help.

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Also, I'm pretty sure it was Godzilla.

A lot of the video clips CNN was showing look like models too.

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Supposedly, approximately 20 minutes till impact with Hawaii.

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Please, even if I have disagreed with you politically, if you are in an affected area on the West Coast, get to safety NOW.

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underlankers.livejournal.com

Seconded.

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From CNN: The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center early Friday issued a tsunami warning for coastal areas along the United States and Canadian west coasts. The tsunami warning includes coastal areas of California and Oregon from Point Conception to the Oregon-Washington border. It also includes coastal areas of Alaska from Amchitka Pass to Attu.

I would rather have people be safe than sorry. Better a false alarm and all that. Hawaii has already been on evacuation alert since early on.

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You never know.

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mijopo.livejournal.com

My "get to safety" advisory extends only to Democrats and liberals and a few cool libertarians, I'm afraid, but I do encourage Republicans to seek out a less partisan safety advisory.

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Heh.

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geezer-also.livejournal.com

That's OK. most of us conservatives know better than to go and take picture or even to try and surf a tsunami :D

Fun facts: The epicenter for the 94 quake was about a mile from where I lived for the 71 quake. (for both quakes I was living between 15-20 mile away from the epicenters)
Most of the boats damaged in various west coast harbors belonged to liberals. (because most of the boats belong to liberals).

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Prisoner numbers soon to drop again like after Katrina per chance?

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Everything under the third floor.

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airiefairie.livejournal.com

To the people of Japan, our love and thoughts are with you. I cannot imagine anything more terrible. I will think of all who are in your country and of those in the world who are threatened by the tsunami.

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kinvore.livejournal.com

Man this is awful.

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luvdovz.livejournal.com

I don't know how to express the feelings with words right now, so... here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiTFNoZJCr8).

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Out of curiosity: Anyone watching this live from the news stations in Hawaii? Technology is just...hrmph. Dunno what to think.

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mijopo.livejournal.com

I was watching CNN coverage this morning and noticed they kept referring, as news orgs often do in the context of a disaster, to the effects on stock market indices. Same thing on my Twitter feed. I guess what's really important in these situations is its effect on our blue chips.

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Can't allow those stocks to plummet, right?

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Ah good. Hawaii live coverage is showing surges, but no damaging waves. They're beginning to downgrade the emergency.

Now to focus on Japan. :(

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malasadas.livejournal.com

Do you have 'ohana in Hawai'i? I've been checking on people all morning....

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I do not know of anyone in HI, but I have been watching this live feed. (http://hitsunami.info/) Everyone you know there OK?

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malasadas.livejournal.com

Looks like they all are. Some were evacuated but the news is as you said...maybe six feet. It isn't rushing deep into the inundation zone.

The same cannot be said for Japan. Every update just keeps getting worse. :(

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Grim. Just grim. According to the reports, they're still receiving aftershocks, somewhere in the total of 30-50 so far. Some as high as 6, one as high as 7.

They've already asked for US military assistance; thankfully our bases were spared any real damage. I'm sure they'll be able to pitch in to the relief effort pretty quickly. The explosions and fires - that's what worries me most. That can get out of hand fast.

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How will this all affect the much needed whale research?

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I really don't feel like talking bullshit. Sorry if I sound too jaded.

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No need for appologies, but with the increasing frequency of "natural" events like this I guess we all need to learn to cope with whatever gets thrown our way!

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Rest assured that the Japanese are excellent in dealing with earthquakes. Still, this doesn't mean they don't need help right now. I wouldn't like to talk about whales, maybe another time.

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comment u replied to mentioned nothing of whales!

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Fuck it (http://community.livejournal.com/talk_politics/925991.html?thread=71352615#t71352615). Brb I need a boxing bag.

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One US ship is there. Two more are on the way. There are Japanese fire fighters here in bay area that want to get home but can't.

The runaway nuclear power plant is something they need help with.

Time is of the essence.

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I know last night they said that they had shut down 5 nuke plants, and there ought to be earthquake safeguards on all of them. I haven't checked the news yet today. There's one having a problem?

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Yes. There is a fire in a cooling building and they are seeing high pressure and talking about a controlled leak.

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http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110311/nuclear-tsunami-japan-110311/

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fgw-japan-quake-nuclear-20110312,0,1068126.story

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3,000 evacuated.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/03/11/international/i050530S54.DTL&tsp=1

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Makes This (http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/11/michigan-republicans.html#comments) almost bearable hu?

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Nah. But what we do to each other on purpose pales in comparison to what nature unleashes without concern.

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Nature gives and nature will take back as it pleases, I believe some used to believe it was Gods will! Nature is a nasty beast and as Humans we have benefited so much through "Civilisation" we seem to have forgotten how to spot when Nature is about to deal us a rough hand.

Way too many people will at present be concerned for Humankind whilst there will be animals who've had no choice but to be trapped in cages and or tetherred to something throughout all of this, they've had very little chance of escape and will be last on the list to be saved, now That's a whole load of ugly deaths.

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If it's God's will, then he must really hate the Japanese, what with all those seismic zones surrounding them.

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Its teh gays. Or, wait, its the supermoon (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1365225/Japan-earthquake-tsunami-Did-supermoon-cause-todays-natural-disaster.html).

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