Thunderbird2 0 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 There's a decent chance that there will be an earthquake in Japan around 9pm actually. (Every day). Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 So 9pm tonight then Link to post Share on other sites
igloo 3 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 tsunami warning flashing up on the tv during the program about tsunami/quakes. 7.9 in the phillipean region? Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 The sirens in Numazu scared the crap out of us last night. We haven't heard those being blasted over the PA systems like that before. Yikes! Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Did they make an annoucement over the sirens as well? Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 That program was fairly interesting, if a bit slow. No celebs! The bit about the flights coming into Japan was interesting, often wondered what happened there. Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Did they make an annoucement over the sirens as well? Yeah, it was like 30 seconds of air-raid-like sirens, followed by tsunami warnings (repeated three times) over the community PA system. Unfortunately, one of the PA speakers is only about 15m from our house so it's very loud. Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Seems to be a few more "how to survive" progs. on NHK this weekend as well. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 We're up here in Nagano this weekend and am just hearing about this now. Apparently the sirens were going off in Ito as well BM. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Today is bosai no hi, so perhaps that explains the rush on this theme. Link to post Share on other sites
IIIII 2 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Yes it was, so lots of alarms going off and exercises going off. I presume it's imbed in to that, and perhaps all these re-evaluations that tell us how Japan is doomed! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 with that Phillipine earthquake the other day, there was a warning for Shonan as well......dunno if the alarms actually went off though as I was in town safely ensconced on the 8th floor in an izakaya. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Sounds like a good place to be. Well, maybe not the 8th floor. Seriously of late I'm not keen on going up high. Always choose lower. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 It's a tough one but when the tsunami alarms ring, height is ur friend Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Good point! As I don't live in a place that would get flooded (probably!), I suppose was meaning about quake. Diffcult one hey. Lets hope we never have another nightmare day in the near future. Link to post Share on other sites
snowbender 3 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 I thought it was not real when it flashed up over the tsunami documentary. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Recently here as well they are doing all sorts of earthquake drills and preparedness which I also took part in about a week ago. We also had the warning sirens come over the tanoy system which rang out all over Kofu, and even up here in the mountain where I am. Lots of talk on TV too about the Nankai trough, etc or and Fujisan possibly blowing its top sometime soon! At least we wont be washed away by a tsunami, just covered in ash and squashed by landslides! Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 How high up are you snowdude? Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 How high up are you snowdude? About 380 metres. But even the much higher villages also have the tanoy system so would be able to hear it anywhere that there are houses I think! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 They're for all sorts of 'emergencies' arent they. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 They're for all sorts of 'emergencies' arent they. Yes they are! Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 This was in the Japanese news yesterday and this morning everywhere else too! Pressure in Mount Fuji now higher than last eruption, experts warn Volcanologists speculate that a disaster is imminent. New readings taken by the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention reveal that the pressure in Mount Fuji’s magma chamber, at 1.6 megapascals, is nearly 16 times the 0.1 megapascals it takes to trigger an eruption, says this article on wired.co. The pressure is now higher than it was in 1707, the last time the Japanese volcano erupted. Researchers have speculated for some time that the volcano, located on Honshu Island 100km southwest of Tokyo, is overdue an eruption. Since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Japan has been on tenterhooks, and in May 2012 a professor from Ryukyu University warned that a massive eruption within three years would be likely. The Institute qualified its warning by noting that pressure is just one contributory factor to an eruption. The 1707 quake, however, was itself caused by a recent earthquake that amped up the pressure in its magma chamber. “It’s possible for Mount Fuji to erupt even several years after the March 2011 earthquake, therefore we need to be careful about the development,” a representative said. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-09/06/mount-fuji http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/14777344/mount-fuji-under-more-pressure-than-last-eruption/ Link to post Share on other sites
HotMagma 0 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 What sort of problem would a 'massive eruption' cause? Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 HotMagma, I reckon there might be more than a bit of.... hot magma involved! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites
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