Re: The Official "Complain About Life" Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:34 pm
Here's the 411 to the best of my knowledge. Hawaii got hit but it barely made it over the wall so luckily they suffered minimum damage. Phillipenes they didn't say much about yet but I can only hope they got as lucky as Hawaii. At 2am this morning Portland, Oregon was given the warning to evacuate then apparently it was retracted because my brother is still safely snug. The sunami warning is still in alert in Washington although they don't expect that much damage. Port Orchard, Wa which is over by Tacoma about 40 minutes northwest of Seattle got 4 foot waves, but again minimum damage. There's one city in Oregon, Crescent City or something like that, that is going to be impacted majorly and is currently evacuated, or on evacuation alert. I've yet to get a hold of my friends in San Fran but that is suppose to be the worst of it.
Japan however was not so lucky. They got 30 foot waves, after they past the body count was 200-300 but they still don't have an accurate toll, at current the death count is estimated at 200-300 people from the earthquake but unfortunately it inaccurate as they have yet to get to all the places they need to check out. A cruise ship and passenger train are currently missing, so keep your fingers crossed that they're found safely.
All and all, it a very sad day for the world, thank god it's not worse.
In high school the Seattle area was hit with a 6.4 I believe although it might have been worse. Luckily the earthquake happened so far under ground that we suffered minimal damage and one casualty of a man who's cause of death was believed to be a heart attack rather than the earthquake itself. It lasted less than a minute, but it was enough to scare me for the rest of my life. I can not begin to imagine an 8.9 lasting for a grand total of 3 minutes. And my heart goes out to those who had to experience that and have lost love ones do to it.
Japan however was not so lucky. They got 30 foot waves, after they past the body count was 200-300 but they still don't have an accurate toll, at current the death count is estimated at 200-300 people from the earthquake but unfortunately it inaccurate as they have yet to get to all the places they need to check out. A cruise ship and passenger train are currently missing, so keep your fingers crossed that they're found safely.
All and all, it a very sad day for the world, thank god it's not worse.
In high school the Seattle area was hit with a 6.4 I believe although it might have been worse. Luckily the earthquake happened so far under ground that we suffered minimal damage and one casualty of a man who's cause of death was believed to be a heart attack rather than the earthquake itself. It lasted less than a minute, but it was enough to scare me for the rest of my life. I can not begin to imagine an 8.9 lasting for a grand total of 3 minutes. And my heart goes out to those who had to experience that and have lost love ones do to it.