Tsunami!

Ibby · 11-15-2006, 07:17 AM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15726732/

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TOKYO - A small tsunami estimated at 16 inches tall struck northern Japan on Thursday, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.

The wave hit Nemuro port in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido at 9:29 p.m. (1229 GMT) and was smaller than the 6½ feet tall or higher initially expected by the agency. The tsunami came after a powerful earthquake hit off sparsely populated islands to the north of Japan.

Live water footage from northern Japan showed calm seas and lighted windows. Residents said they barely felt the quake. The agency, however, warned larger waves could follow.

Before the tsunami struck, an official from the town of Shibetsu on Hokkaido, Kiyoshi Takimoto, told public broadcaster NHK that about 4,000 of the town’s 6,100 residents lived along the coast and had been told to flee to higher ground.

Takimoto said he didn’t notice the quake. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, according to NHK.

In the city of Kushiro, fire department and city officials were urging residents to move to safety, city official Masatoshi Sato said.

Keiichi Kimura, a Hokkaido Prefectural police officer, said there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the quake. Railway officials ordered local trains on Hokkaido to stop at nearby stations as a precautionary step, NHK said.

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A small tsunami estimated at 16 inches tall struck northern Japan on Thursday

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Shawnee123 · 11-15-2006, 07:27 AM

lmao @ stonehenge!

wolf · 11-15-2006, 12:00 PM

Perfect illustration, Ibram!!

I expect that next an HO scale Godzilla will attack Tokyo.

Flint · 11-15-2006, 12:05 PM

ha ha ha now that's comedy!

Sheldonrs · 11-15-2006, 12:12 PM

"Before the tsunami struck, an official from the town of Shibetsu on Hokkaido, Kiyoshi Takimoto, told public broadcaster NHK that about 4,000 of the town’s 6,100 residents lived along the coast and had been told to flee to higher ground."

Or in this case, just take a step back.

Shawnee123 · 11-15-2006, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

"Before the tsunami struck, an official from the town of Shibetsu on Hokkaido, Kiyoshi Takimoto, told public broadcaster NHK that about 4,000 of the town’s 6,100 residents lived along the coast and had been told to flee to higher ground."

Or in this case, just take a step back.

Sheldon, you're on a roll today! :p

Sheldonrs · 11-15-2006, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Sheldon, you're on a roll today! :p

It feels more like a bagel.

Flint · 11-15-2006, 01:07 PM

Arrogantly twisting the sterile canvas snoot of a fully charged icing anointment utensil...

Ibby · 11-15-2006, 04:41 PM

UMRK ftw.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-15-2006, 09:07 PM

This is bad...now next time they have a 'quake, everyone will say 16 inches. Until they drown.

wolf · 11-16-2006, 12:31 AM

I know what to do to prepare for a blizzard that doesn't come. Do you also buy bread, milk, and eggs for a tsunami, or is more like soy sauce, blowfish and 100 pound bag of rice?

11-15-2006, 07:27 AM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	lmao @ stonehenge! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-15-2006, 12:00 PM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Perfect illustration, Ibram!! I expect that next an HO scale Godzilla will attack Tokyo. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-15-2006, 12:05 PM	#4
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Stonehenge! ha ha ha now that's comedy! __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-15-2006, 12:12 PM	#5
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	"Before the tsunami struck, an official from the town of Shibetsu on Hokkaido, Kiyoshi Takimoto, told public broadcaster NHK that about 4,000 of the town’s 6,100 residents lived along the coast and had been told to flee to higher ground." Or in this case, just take a step back. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

11-15-2006, 01:07 PM	#8
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Arrogantly twisting the sterile canvas snoot of a fully charged icing anointment utensil... __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-15-2006, 04:41 PM	#9
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	UMRK ftw. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

11-15-2006, 09:07 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	This is bad...now next time they have a 'quake, everyone will say 16 inches. Until they drown. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-16-2006, 12:31 AM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I know what to do to prepare for a blizzard that doesn't come. Do you also buy bread, milk, and eggs for a tsunami, or is more like soy sauce, blowfish and 100 pound bag of rice? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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