Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

By now you probably just learned that a 8.9 earthquake rocked the coast of Japan earlier today.  I first learned about this event via Twitter around 1:43am.  The powerful earthquake happened about maybe 30 minutes to an hour before that.  I turned on CNN and just shocked on what I was viewing.  Water was rushing across land with no signs of slowing down at all.  The scene was so surreal.  Heartbreaking to see cars trying to out run the fast approaching water.  The water was swallowing everything in it path.  At the same time, carrying all the debris with it.  Some of it was even on fire.

It was so mind boggling watching this unfold right on tv and on Twitter.  99% of my Twitter feed was all about the earthquake and the tsunami.  Now the same tsunami is heading towards the Hawaiian island, west coast of the United States and Canada.  Philipines, Russia, basically any land touching the pacific ocean is affect by this tsunami.  I hope the citizens of those states and countries take immediate action.  Better to be safe than sorry.

MSNBC said that there were many aftershocks.  Some as high in the 7.0 range.  The 8.9 earthquake is the 5th largest recorded earthquake in history.

Already videos are coming in of the earthquake and tsunami.  I'll post a few of them right now.










Let pray that the people of Japan can get back on their feet, find their loved ones, take stock of the damage around them, and then rebuild.  If you have any loved ones in Japan, we will pray for them too.  Let all hope that the tsunami that heading to Hawaii won't be nearly as damaging as the one that hit Japan.  Saw tweets that sirens have been sounded to alert residents.  So hopefully they are taking action right now.  Again this is very tragic.  Makes me reconsider living near the ocean now.