LATEST:Tokyo hit by 8.9 mag earthquake and 10-m high tsunami

[daddy2007]

schweppes:

:!: I'll be attending a wedding at Sentosa tomorrow!! :shock:

Get ready a boat

[daddy2007]

Angelight:

First New Zealand, now Japan...

Yesterday is China

All the unrest in Middle East and the natural disasters in Asia are rather worry...

[tankee]

news reported at least 90 death


a lot of people are stranded in Tokyo tonight, unable to go home as trains have stopped.

[starlight1968sg]

The locals are always mentally and physically prepared for earthquakes and tsunami as these are part and parcel of their lives. The kids were taught from young when to do what an earthquake happened.


In addition, each family always stores some food just in case.

The death toll will rise.

[rosemummy]

starlight1968sg:

The locals are always mentally and physically prepared for earthquakes and tsunami as these are part and parcel of their lives. The kids were taught from young when to do what an earthquake happened.


In addition, each family always stores some food just in case.

The death toll will rise.

The Japanese will come through this. I remember an ex-colleague telling me how his parents walked for 2 days to get to the disaster site during the Kobe earthquake to help the victims. All the roads were closed to traffic and the only way to get there was to walk. And many others are doing the same. That's the beauty of a society like Japan.

Had anyone been through an earthquake before? I've lived in earthquake prone areas but never encountered that.

Just to share about the triangle of life in case anyone find yourself in such a situation. I'm not sure it works but worth knowing. It's probably safer than hiding under a desk. There may not be anything we can do to save ourselves in some situation.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/triangle.asp

[vlim]

radiantmum:

Not to worry - we are surrounded by lands and shallow water or so say the experts I remembered. In theory, our highest tsunami height if have would only be 0.5 mtrs!

oki..thanks for your enlightenment :imanangel:

[Happy Mama]

This is so unfortunate.


I cannot imagine how many more Singaporeans will be affected if it had happened a few days later, especially since this is the March school holidays and many people may choose to bring their kids to Tokyo Disneyland.

[Happy Mama]

Images of the quake and tsunami :


http://sg.news.yahoo.com//fotos/japan-earthquake-slideshow/#crsl=%252Fphotos%252Fjapan-earthquake-slideshow%252Fremains-supermarket-yabuki-southern-fukushima-prefecture-following-8-photo-20110311-065305-530.html

[Angelight]

Some may already there for the holiday...just watched news that death toll up around 300, but no S'porean casualties so far...

Happy Mama:

This is so unfortunate.

I cannot imagine how many more Singaporeans will be affected if it had happened a few days later, especially since this is the March school holidays and many people may choose to bring their kids to Tokyo Disneyland.

[Happy Mama]

Angelight:

Happy Mama:

This is so unfortunate.


I cannot imagine how many more Singaporeans will be affected if it had happened a few days later, especially since this is the March school holidays and many people may choose to bring their kids to Tokyo Disneyland.

Some may already there for the holiday...just watched news that death toll up around 300, but no S'porean casualties so far...

Ya probably those who left yesterday. Can you imagine 69,000 people were playing and having fun at Disneyland when the earthquake hit them?
It is so scary and sad to see how the waves swept all the cars and houses.

I expect the death toll to increase much more, since this quake and tsunami is so major.