Japan earthquake size upgrade to 9.0
Ugh. Japan’s earthquake was ever worse than thought. When the earthquake first occured last Thursday (my time), it was reported on Twitter to be a size 7.9 earthquake near the east coast of Honshu, Japan. The local time in Japan was Mar 11 at 2:46pm and the epicenter was 179km E of Sendai. Then the size was upgraded to 8.8 about a half an hour later. About another half an hour later it was upgraded again to 8.9 on the Richter magnitude scale. Today, the magnitude of the quake was upgraded again, to a staggering 9.0. There are reports that anywhere from 10,000 to 20,000 might be dead by the time the final tally counted. Horrible!
After Japan’s most destructive earthquake ever, Obama claims “alliance between America and Japan unshakeable”
Either those Obama regime is just plain stupid, or so arrogant, that they don’t care. Their choose of termology has always been questionable, especially over the last two days given what’s happening in the world. First Obama who is of course half part African-America uses the phrase “tightning the noose” around Gaddafi’s neck. You would think someone such as Obama would be a little more sensitive when using a phrase such as that, not to Gaddafi (I can give a flying f*ck about him), but to African Americans in general. Especially in light of Eric Holder’s “my people” remark when defending himself over not pursing the New Black Panther case.
Now today at a White House blog post, they brag that ”friendship and alliance between America and Japan as being unshakeable.”
Japan declares nuclear emergency – possible meltdowns in Fukushima plant taking place now
Dear god this is even more horrible than anyone could have imagined! There are various reports coming out on twitter, blogs like hotair, and even SOME Japanese news sites that a nuclear plant in Fukushima, Japan is experiencing nuclear meltdown! The first report was from Japanese news site Kyodo News (with no link to a specific article) entitled:
BREAKING NEWS: Fukushima nuke plant might be experiencing nuclear meltdown
then there was this brief story from the same site stating:
URGENT: Concerns of core partially melting at Fukushima nuke plant
Other sources to monitor:
8.9 earthquake hits Japan!
Oh my god! This is horrible! I thought the one in Chile last year at 8.5 was big (and it was), but 8.8 in a heavily populated area of Japan during the middle of the afternoon is an even bigger disaster! The earthquake occurred about 80 miles east of Sendai, Honshu, Japan and about 231 miles North East of Tokyo. Us here in California send our prayers to you people in Japan, as we know a lot about earthquakes.
Update 3/10/11 10pm PST: smoke seen in Tokyo, Tsunami warning up for 30+ ft waves, and even Hawaii under a tsunami watch.
Update 3/10/11 11pm PST: Earthquake upgraded AGAIN -> 8.9!
David Cameron Becomes New British Prime Minister
Queen Elizabeth has accepted the invitation of Conservative Party leader David Cameron to become Britain’s new prime minister Tuesday night after Gordon Brown resigned following his failure to form a coalition government with another liberal party after national elections last week. According to Fox News, Cameron’s Conservative Party finished with the greatest share of seats in last Thursday’s general election but not enough to secure the majority he needed to seize power outright. The resulting hung parliament — Britain’s first since 1974 — triggered days of political uncertainty and frantic horse-trading between the three main parties.
Labour Party leader Gordon Brown resigns as British Prime Minister
Gordon Brown announced Tuesday he is resigning effective immediately as Britain’s prime minister. In Britian, an official departure requires the prime minister to submit his resignation in person to Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace, turning over the proverbial keys to the castle. The queen arrived at the palace on Tuesday afternoon according to Fox News.
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