USGS is saying 8.9, which is consistent with the report you heard earlier, right?
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Liese S. - Mar 10, 2011 9:44:23 pm PST #27612 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Typo Boy - Mar 10, 2011 9:44:51 pm PST #27613 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
China got hit too. I presume same earthquake?
Cass - Mar 10, 2011 9:48:52 pm PST #27614 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
USGS is saying 8.9
Yes.
They only had a 7.1 earlier that I could clearly see. Though that could have been the aftershock showing more prominently. They had the 6.8 pre showing too.
Man, that is a big earthquake.
And I should learn to navigate beyond the shakemap.
Liese S. - Mar 10, 2011 9:50:40 pm PST #27615 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Must be. I am hoping more of my Hawaii peeps check in soon, although there won't be any news from there for a while. One of my friend's friends says the pharmacy where they work is asking workers to stay overnight to handle the rush if everybody freaks out wanting to buy supplies.
Cass - Mar 10, 2011 9:54:18 pm PST #27616 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I am thinking that parts of China seriously felt this one, yes. It was a huge quake and political lines might make them seem farther apart, they are geographically quite close.
Seventh largest earthquake recorded.
Liese S. - Mar 10, 2011 10:04:53 pm PST #27617 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
My cousin just checked in on facebook, so she'll keep us posted. I feel kinda sick.
Liese S. - Mar 10, 2011 10:20:47 pm PST #27618 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Travel times map. Doug Coupland, of all people, linked it on twitter. Twitter once again proving to be the quickest form of mass communication in an emergency.
Liese S. - Mar 10, 2011 10:29:49 pm PST #27619 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Tsunami watch now for the United States Pacific Coast, California, Oregon, etc.: [link]
Nilly - Mar 10, 2011 11:01:43 pm PST #27620 of 30001
Swouncing
Skipping way too much (who knew that getting ready to have people replace me at work takes so much, well, work?) because, according the the Buffista Calendar, today is tommyrot's birthday.
Happy birthday, tommy! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!
Also, since I have no idea how next week will look like (what with my due date being Monday, which means that my life can turn completely upside down and have all these brand new wonderful challenging things in them, or that it'll be a completely regular work-week, who knows), I'll already post that the 17th will be Laura and her DH's anniversarry, the 19th will be Fone Bone's birthday, and that the 20th - according to Raq "If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me" Mar 20, 2005 11:43:42 pm PST - will be Mal's birthday, and goodness, what a big boy! Then, the 23rd will be one of these lovely double-Buffista events, the birthday of both Raq as well as Kathy Astrom, and the 27th - according to Allyson "Sunnydale Press" Mar 28, 2007 6:37:24 am PDT - will be Noah and Grace's birthday (hmm, does it count as yet another double-event, even though them being twins makes it obvious? Hmm).
Lots of early wishes to all!
Cass - Mar 10, 2011 11:03:50 pm PST #27621 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Well, we just got the emergency alert system broadcasting for the tsunami warning in Oregon.