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OT: Horror In Japan
Mar. 11th, 2011 02:40 pmI woke early this morning to see on the news the devastating 8.9 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan. The videos look like Irwin Allen's worst nightmare or a scene from the end of the world. Japan is suffering powerful aftershocks, troubles with its nuclear plants (just what it needs...Chernobyl 2.0 thrown into the mix), and widespread destruction. Entire towns are history. As of now, over 1000 people are confirmed dead and 88,000 are missing. That includes passengers on four missing bullet trains and missing boats.
The tsunami hit Japan so fast, I don't think those poor people had much of a chance. Dopes on the West Coast who just had to head to the beach despite the tsunami warnings are missing; 8 foot waves have inflicted damage at Crescent City, CA (where ROTJ's Endor scenes were shot).
Far be it from me to believe anything about the 2012 prophecies of the Mayans, Nostradamus, or the late Jeanne Dixon. As a Catholic, I've never been an Endtimer or a believer that anyone can figure out the date of the Apocalypse (some guys are saying it's going to be May 21). But something has to be happening with the gravitational pull on the Earth with all of these big quakes over the past year. Not only is it all over obvious places like the Pacific Rim, places that either aren't known for quakes or rarely have anything noticeable are suddenly getting them. Combined with all of this crazy stuff in Middle East, I'm starting to look for the Four Horsemen.
Just as long as they hold off until after all of the SW movies have been re-released in 3D.
Seriously though, prayers for those affected by this awful disaster.
Updates: Quake upgraded to 9.1, stronger than last year's 8.8 Chilean quake. That ties it with the 2004 Sumatra quake that spawned the monster tsunami as the third strongest in modern history.
There's a reported meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant but thus far it's contained within the facility.
The tsunami hit Japan so fast, I don't think those poor people had much of a chance. Dopes on the West Coast who just had to head to the beach despite the tsunami warnings are missing; 8 foot waves have inflicted damage at Crescent City, CA (where ROTJ's Endor scenes were shot).
Far be it from me to believe anything about the 2012 prophecies of the Mayans, Nostradamus, or the late Jeanne Dixon. As a Catholic, I've never been an Endtimer or a believer that anyone can figure out the date of the Apocalypse (some guys are saying it's going to be May 21). But something has to be happening with the gravitational pull on the Earth with all of these big quakes over the past year. Not only is it all over obvious places like the Pacific Rim, places that either aren't known for quakes or rarely have anything noticeable are suddenly getting them. Combined with all of this crazy stuff in Middle East, I'm starting to look for the Four Horsemen.
Just as long as they hold off until after all of the SW movies have been re-released in 3D.
Seriously though, prayers for those affected by this awful disaster.
Updates: Quake upgraded to 9.1, stronger than last year's 8.8 Chilean quake. That ties it with the 2004 Sumatra quake that spawned the monster tsunami as the third strongest in modern history.
There's a reported meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant but thus far it's contained within the facility.
