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Gob-smacked this hasn't been flagged up already!?!?!?

Had a mad panic this morning checking an old mate of mine was fine. Incredibly, he got a message onto Facebook from his mobile, while dodging huge gaping cracks in the motorway. He was on the top floor of a hospital when the quake hit. Having lived there around 10 years, he's used to it, but he told me this was the most frightened he's ever been in his life. He's currently without power, eating by candlelit and relying on his friends to tell him what's going on by Facebook.

Totally devastating news and I just pray that some of our Twoism brothers and sisters are alive and well. I seem to recall we have more than one poster in that part of the World.
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Mexicola wrote:Gob-smacked this hasn't been flagged up already!?!?!?

Had a mad panic this morning checking an old mate of mine was fine. Incredibly, he got a message onto Facebook from his mobile, while dodging huge gaping cracks in the motorway. He was on the top floor of a hospital when the quake hit. Having lived there around 10 years, he's used to it, but he told me this was the most frightened he's ever been in his life. He's currently without power, eating by candlelit and relying on his friends to tell him what's going on by Facebook.

Totally devastating news and I just pray that some of our Twoism brothers and sisters are alive and well. I seem to recall we have more than one poster in that part of the World.


Damn, I heard about this when I got to work this morning. Really sucks a lot. I hope everyone is okay and that things get better and on track quickly. Defiantly thinking of them.
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I was worried the tsunami would hit my parents in California but they're OK.
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Yes DP and hexagon son, how are you? (no idea if they live in the danger zone..)
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ninetyoneplus wrote:I was worried the tsunami would hit my parents in California but they're OK.


For those unsure when and where the Tsunami is due to hit - here is a map. Scary stuff.
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Guido wrote:Yes DP and hexagon son, how are you? (no idea if they live in the danger zone..)
Those crossed my mind as well. I hope they are good!
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Guido wrote:Yes DP and hexagon son, how are you? (no idea if they live in the danger zone..)


I've been thinking about Twoism's Japan correspondents today too.

Hope you and yours are ok.
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http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011 ... an/100022/
Lots of pictures inside. Holy crap.
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all is well for me here in Osaka. just some nervous moments waiting for the shaking to stop.
anyone heard from Hexagon Son?
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I was scared this morning thinking Seattle would at least get hit by water, but everything was fine.
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I've been trying to follow this news all day. As of now, there is a very high probability of a meltdown on the first reactor... terrible news. Things are really getting serious so I'll get some sleep before I get more obsessed.
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God is angry and Mother Nature is on the rag.
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Oh my..that's devastating. Nature is showing its powers. Hope that fellow twoists are fine!
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it was only 6.0 where i was. no major damage in my area, but we keep having aftershocks. i hardly slept last night. the earthquake was the strangest experience of my life, i'd have to say. transport for food and other things seem to be stalling or shut down... aftershock just now! cell phone networks are over run.

i freaking out about this reactor blowing up, i'm less than 200km away.
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I was close to tears reading up on the happenings at the nuclear power plant.

The day before the catastrophe, I was sending my brother that BoC live recording with video clips of nuclear explosions and the like, and I was deeply scared when I read the news on the next morning.
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It's so hard for me to imagine devastation on this scale, just about too huge to comprehend.

Glad our Boccers in the area seem to be OK...
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Devastating... it's so hard to put into perspective having so many things build and owned to be blown over like paper in a matter of hours :/ my condolences to everyone affected by it.
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Borné dans sa nature, infini dans ses vœux, l'homme est un dieu tombé qui se souvient des cieux.
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Guido wrote:http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/foto/b27e02fc_eFYYe.jpg

disgusting


Stunning. Never underestimate man's ability for ignorance and lack of compassion. Makes me sick to the pit of my stomach.
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Guido wrote:http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/foto/b27e02fc_eFYYe.jpg

disgusting


What is it? The link doesn't work.
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