Images of Tsunami Damage from 8.9 Earthquake in Japan

Images of Tsunami Damage from 8.9 Earthquake in Japan

Tidal waves approaching shore:

Flooding:

Damage:

Debris being washed in by the tidal wave:

(The long rectangular object at the bottom of the image, around two-thirds
of the way to the right, is a big rig truck)

(A boat at the upper left is washing far inland onto farmland)

The above images are screenshots from video shown on Japan's NHK television.

Update: Here are videos:

Comments

[Papasmurf]

This is small compared to the destruction, loss of life, property and liberty that politicians,  Wall $treet, the Fed, and the banksters have caused.  It is easier to appreciate though. 

[reader2010]

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/massive_earthquake_hits_japan.html

[krugergate]

HAARP yes according to Ben Fulford - also the number of quakes today at this location is off the charts - hmmm the cabal is desperate and their days are almost up....silver bithces!

[bubba1231]

GW,

You are a denier of 9/11 and believe the US Govt was involved - the fact you are able to continue posting here is an absolute disgrace.  You are a liar and a traitor.

[falak pema]

Must hand it to the people of japan...they know how to stay calm...

[Hicham]

Hey Washington do you think you could do one of those stories on what almost seems to be a civil war in Libya? I've got a nasty feeling that their cause may lost...

[CustomersMan]

               Close up and personal video's on Disaster in Japan.

               Forget the still pictures, the video's tell it all.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4coi8rgULZ4

[walcott]

any video from Hawaii?

[poggi]

Has this site become the "George Washington's Zero Hedge Blog"?  Good stuff, but let's lay off the moralizing.  The site if becoming less fresh with the good but repetitive work of some contributors.  Leo may be right about defined benefit pensions, too, but 100x is enough.

[cranky-old-geezer]

GW should change his (I assume) pen-name to Alex Jones ...then take his crap somewhere else.

GW and Leo are ZH's worst plagiarizers.  It amazes me Tyler hasn't kicked them off the site.

[steve2241]

http://nakedempire.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/stunning-photos-of-japans-ea...

[Pinefox]

On March 19th the moon will pass closer to the earth than it has in 18 years. It will be a full moon. There is much speculation that this super moon will cause all kinds of disasters because of its impact on the tides, the earth's surface etc. Maybe this is just the beginning. Just Google "Super Moon, March 19, 2011" and read all about it.

[gdpetti]

These 'events' have been warned about recently given the solar CME activity in the last few days, so not a big surprise, though the antipodal reprecussions have yet to be felt. Similiar warnings about our approaching 'twin star' and all the comets that precede it and follow have been warned about due to discharging as well. The next 3 1/2 years should be quite interesting indeed if one is prepared, same with the economy.

[grgy]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/

[HedgeFundLIVE]

i swear one of our guys called the earthquake last night before it happened!!!: http://www.hedgefundlive.com/blog/earthquakes-and-flash-crashes-the-coming-mini-flash-crash

[High Plains Drifter]

Those big waves coming to Cali and the surfers can't go out in it. Man I know some of these people are beside themselves right now......

[Adam Neira]

Prayers for the good people of Japan.

[High Plains Drifter]

Haarp has been turned on for a week now, just prior to this event. Interesting, no?
http://www.atlanteanconspiracy.com/2011/03/japan-tsunami-caused-by-haarp...

Is it possible to make such things happen? I believe it is.........

[George Washington]

I'm totally agnostic about whether anyone is playing with the weather.  However, former secretary of defense William Cohen told a conference on terrorism on April 28, 1997 that people can:

Alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves.

[GreenSideUp]

Good catch.

I'm with you: I think it is possible.  

[High Plains Drifter]

I think they did the one in China last year and I think they did the one in Sumatra , Dec. 2004. The giveaway on these is the weird cloud formations just prior to the events. I heard that the US Navy wanted to make a base at Banda Aceh, but the Indonesians wanted no part of it and told them the get the hell out of dodge with their "help"..The Indonesians seem to be very hip to the new world order routine and are not cool about it......

[fragrantdingleberry]

GW: Please compare and contrast to BP disaster.

[George Washington]

Here is a roundup of news from the Gulf of Mexico from the month of March ...

• 100,000?s having symptoms from oil disaster — Could be just the tip of the iceberg says physician (VIDEO)

• Secret Study: Radioactive material dumped into Gulf of Mexico — “Most toxic substances known to man” (During fracking)

• “It’s not stopping” — “The levels we are seeing are not dropping, and we’re seeing NEW chemicals now”

• Scientist predicts martial law to be imposed: “Beaches will eventually be closed to everyone besides clean-up vessels” — “Air quality will sharply decline”

• LSU professor: “There’s nothing there” — Fishermen “telling us that the reefs are just dead”

• NOAA Study: Massive plumes of aerosolized oil “likely posed a health threat” — Problems range from aggravated asthma to premature death

• Physician says “this may be a brand new illness” — Swimmer covered in oily substance diagnosed with “rare” bacteria similar to oil-eating microbes (VIDEO)

• “A Huge Number”: Shrimp tests show 4,000+ ppm petroleum hydrocarbons — Caught last week off Alabama coast (LAB REPORT)

• Taco Bell told to buy Gulf shrimp, troubled fast food chain touts “Pacific Coast” shrimp instead

• “Most Concerning”: Chrysene found in waters off Perdido Key, Florida — Effects include “increased risk of cancer, chromosomal aberrations, genetic damage”
• LSU Scientist: “You go out to the marshes and they are silent — We’re in danger of becoming a Silent Spring”
  

• NASA oil spill scientist: “I know there were clouds filled with hydrocarbons” — Discusses “Gulf Coast Health Syndrome”

• Pensacola Beach: “1,000?s of dead animals” & discolored sand as far as the eye can see (PHOTOS)

• Mississippi man’s blood tests show extremely high Xylene, Ethylbenzene — Now passing out for an hour at a time (LAB RESULTS)

• New York Times article shows why public might want to think twice before trusting the E.P.A.

• "Red Flag”: Oil spill study finds almost HALF of residents suffering “unusual spike” in health symptoms

• 27-inch thick layer of oil-contaminated sand found — Researcher hypothesizes they are digging holes and burying it (VIDEO)

• Dispersed oil “everywhere” on Pensacola Beach — Not where is the oil… BUT WHERE IS IT NOT (VIDEO)

• Woman reports troubling symptoms after swimming in Gulf — Burning lesions all over body & face, “I keep finding more and more of them”

• FOX: Woman suffering paralysis in face “induced by heavy metals” — Tests show high levels of benzene, xylene and other chemicals (VIDEO)

• Gulf oil spill researcher finds dead sea life and plenty of oil ...
• Gulf of Mexico Still Choked by BP Oil, Research Shows

• Al Jazeera 8-part investigative series of the Gulf Oil Disaster aftermath

• Evaporating oil from BP spill likely posed a health threat, study says

• Gulf of Mexico bottom still coated in oil, recovery long way off

• BP Gulf oil spill: Shocking images that prove the seabed is STILL ...

• The BP Oil Spill: Could the Damage Have Been Prevented ...

[AN0NYM0US]

you missed this one GW and how Feinberg is handling the claims

Pinellas Marine Salvage sues Feinberg over oil spill claim  

March 11, 2011 - TARPON SPRINGS — Hundreds of business owners have filed lawsuits against BP for oil spill damages. One Pinellas County company is following a different route. John Mavrogiannis, founder and president of Pinellas Marine Salvage, is instead suing Kenneth Feinberg, the New York lawyer often called the “claims czar;”

Filed in Pinellas circuit court, the lawsuit, which apparently is the first of its kind, accuses them of gross negligence, fraud, unjust enrichment and fraudulent inducement for the way Pinellas Marine Salvage’s claims have

 Pinellas Marine Salvage sues Feinberg over oil spill claim | Tampa Bay Business Journal

[kaiserhoff]

You forgot that it pissed off the space aliens in their underwater base in the Bahamas;)

[George Washington]

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[AN0NYM0US]

that was cruel

[anolmec]

quess they will be cashin' in some bonds to cover the cost of damage

[snowball777]

With Fukushima and Tokushima reactors both on the fritz, they'll need to sell a bunch.

[Yen Cross]

Thanks snowball. Keep safe. It's the after effects that get you.

[snowball777]

Looks like I have about 2.5 hours until I can say hello to the tsunami in person; I'll be watching this bad buoy as things develop.

[Confused]

I have family in Hawaii. Haven't been able to get in touch with them because of the time difference. While they do have warnings from time to time, this one seems to be a legitimate worry. 

Hope all is well by you. 

[fredquimby]

Hawaii is 3900 miles from Japan, a Tsunami moves at about 500mph in open water, gives just under 8 hours timelapse..... so I reckon any impact will be just about to happen in Hawaii, 2-3pm CET  - 3-4AM Hawaii. Back of postcard estimate of course...

Good luck to all who are in it's path.

The same (crap) calculation gives 22 hours Japan to West coast America?? Anyone got anything more scietific than that?

[snowball777]

Estimates are arrival in the SF Bay Area between 7:45 PST and 8:15 PST (depending on how far up the coast you are).

[Confused]

http://www.noozhawk.com/article/031111_tsunami_surge_expected_in_santa_b...

Stay safe, hopefully they are right, and you don't experience anything too crazy. 

[DaveyJones]

thanks for the link.

[snowball777]

Good friends in Japan are shaken (literally and figuratively), but okay. The phone lines are FUBAR, but Facebook is working. 

We *should* be fine as we have some elevation from sea-level and the current estimates are about 1m high, but I won't be going to our Safeway-by-the-sea any time soon.

Hawaii is definitely worrisome, but as you said, they are at least better prepared than most CA folk since they do the drills more often. They did the sirens about two hours ago and should be getting waves right about now.

I sincerely hope that everything turns out okay for your fam.

[Confused]

Hope your friends in Japan stay safe. 

[Confused]

Much appreciated. They should have seen the first waves already (from what I understand, not much info I can find). But this is a live update.

http://livewire.kitv.com/Event/Hawaii_Tsunami_March_2011

[falak pema]

I wonder what parallel the place is on Ori's map?? Looks like 38° N

[knukles]

Now that is scary.....
Just keeps showing up, over and over again, like a bad dream.....

[destiny]

COVERAGE ON SKYNEWS,  NHK

[destiny]

57 NUCLEAR PLANTS IN JAPAN,  ONE ON FIRE RIGHT NOW IN ONAGAWA.

MORE TSUNAMIS AWAITED

[cheesewizz]

Japan declares 'nuclear emergency' after problems with cooling system at power plant, NHK reports.

[High Plains Drifter]

good grief. this is why you don't build nuclear power reactors in earth quake zones.....they also have one on the california coast and its just a matter of time, the fools....

another chernobyl in the making.

[Misstrial]

California has *two* reactors on the coast: PG&E reactor, San Luis Obispo county and San Onofre reactor north of Camp Pendleton.

~Misstrial

[knukles]

LOL

Yeah and the one outside of SLO town is named Diablo Canyon.
Got named by the same joker who conjured up FP&L's Turkey Point and CLP's Millstone.

One of 'em in Japan is named Bad Fucking Irridation Day

[Mr Lennon Hendrix]

+1

[TBT or not TBT]

Chernobyl had NO CONTAINMENT and was moderated by GRAPHITE, i.e. pure CARBON, which burns really well.

[atomicwasted]

Soviet "containment" was limited to building a tin shed around the reactor.  Yay tin!

First world containment is significantly better.  For all the 3 Mile Island hysteria, the thing melted down and no one even knew it until substantially later.  A reinforced concrete dome will do wonders for keeping the bad stuff in.