Japan earthquake

[DRM]

Nice Engrish there, Hen!

Holy shit. Glad I wasn't drinking anything.

[jackson1]

Nice Engrish there, Hen!

Damn. Is it "are"? Teach me

[QuantumRider]

The government just announced "scheduled blackouts" so my power will be off and on starting later today and supposedly until April. But stuff in my town is generally back to business as usual, so don't worry if you don't hear from me for a few days.

In other news, the JSDF Navy rescued a guy who had been drifting on the roof of his house 15km (a little less than 10 miles) off the coast this AM! This kind of shit makes me feel that my tax yen are going to good use!

[Soap]

In other news, the JSDF Navy rescued a guy who had been drifting on the roof of his house 15km (a little less than 10 miles) off the coast this AM! This kind of shit makes me feel that my tax yen are going to good use!

Indeed, it warms the heart and helps one's confidence in the government to see the value of a human life put first and rescued.
Yes, that's yen/tax money well spent.

[Maiden89]

Glad the Japanese government spends their tax money on their citizens, unlike other countries.

Best wishes to the Japanese in their recovery...

[stevieb91]

Thoughts and prayers to the entire nation.. I could not imagine going through such a devastating and life altering change...

[holycross1]

I read an article that there were a 6.0 and a 6.2 quake tuesday night in Japan. You keep us up on your well being.

[atomic charvel guy]

here's two real gems for ya. 50 cent and gilbert gottfried bagging on the earthquake
on twitter. a guy who's made billions off of baby rhyming into a microphone and a fuckin' hack comedian who was never funny in his entire career, bad form i say.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment...ictims-tweets/#

[micha]

AFAIK Gilbert has already been fired.
There's no way joking about a situation like this can be considered funny.

My thoughts are with Japan as well.
The whole story is just plain horrible. Let's hope things are not getting worse from this point.
That was a lot of shit at once happening to these people...

[stevieb91]

I read an article that there were a 6.0 and a 6.2 quake tuesday night in Japan. You keep us up on your well being.

There has been 494 of them in Japan in the last week..

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/140_40.php

Yes, Gilbert Gottfried has been fired, they have already announced a nation wide talent search (at least that is what the pathetic morning radio show here said)... Bet he didn't know that 75% of AFLAC's business is in Japan..

[QuantumRider]

There has been 494 of them in Japan in the last week..

This is normal for Japan. People generally shrug off minor quakes (M3 or less), but not now, in view of last Friday.

The quake last night was a pretty good shaker.

My family and I are staying inside this AM, because the winds are blowing south from Fukushima (where the power plant is) until this afternoon, at which point it will blow out to sea again. I called my grandma just a few minutes ago and warned her to stay inside, she laughed it off, saying,

"I'm 96 years old, and lived through WWII. You think a little radiation is going to kill me any quicker?"

Thanks again for your thoughts.

[stevieb91]

I would imagine many are more than a little shell shocked.. Every little tremor must scare the living hell out of little kids..

As for Grandma.. God Bless her.. Many of us should hope to see that age, and be that feisty..

[atomic charvel guy]

haaa!!! what a great grandma, that fuckin' kicks so much tail it's ridiculous, i love hearing that stuff.

[Scooter]

haaa!!! what a great grandma, that fuckin' kicks so much tail it's ridiculous, i love hearing that stuff.

+1, Grandmas are awesome!

I just hope they get things more under control. Looks bad of late.

[TDS:TIAYW]

Stay safe.