Andrew, thank you for the link.

Please give what you can.

I've sent a donation to the Red Cross, I might send some more later -- I wish I could directly help though. That video of the tsunami sweeping across farmland really has stuck in my head. There was one truck that just was swept away, I'm not even sure he saw it coming. :(

YouTube - ?23???????????????????????

Jesus. Huge explosion about 1:45 in.

Also, I'd like to take a moment and thank you guys. I'm bouncing around between a lot of forums/communities and I've seen a lot of trolling and stuff around some of them -- yet this place seems to be immune. I think that speaks volumes about the kind of community we have here, and it makes me proud to be a Z owner.

I think they're saying that to get public acceptance before completely killing the power plant... otherwise possibly a decade of not being able to rebuild the reactors which can bring serious reprecussins for restoring the area....

I suppose the wind condition is ideal as it appears to be blowing into the ocean.

Be careful when donating, there is a lot of people out there that will take advantage of situation like this!

The Red Cross is my choice!

Thank you.

of course everybody should be careful when donating. that's why i posted the red cross link, it's the only one i absolutely trust.

Very sad what happened. I am hoping someone from the Red Cross will approach me for a donation in person/at the store or whatever, as I am not into giving up CC#'s and whatnot to "charity agencies". Call me gullible, but I trust someone decked out representing the local Red Cross agency much more than a website. Although, if noone approaches me, probably will go to official link.

That being said, Japan more than deserves our help. They were quite charitable when Katrina hit us. Turn about is fair play. I belive in helping those who help others.

one of the reactors had a explosion and is leaking hard.

japan is so ******.

Really it isn't just Japan. If there is a lot of radioactive material released into the atmosphere everyone in the path of the air currents could be facing some trouble.

I know, somebody made a map what would happen in case of total meltdown with the current air currents.

http://i.imgur.com/avcNJ.jpg

I just got confirmation from a close friend who spoke to Mr. K on the phone last night. Mr. K and his family and the rest of the Z crew in Japan are doing well. Apparently Mr. K is in good spirits and still cracking jokes (for those of you who have met him you will understand).

I wanted to pass that bit of info along for those who were wondering.

uck I wonder where is powerhouse amuse in japan?

my vestito kit was supposed to ship one of these. I hope that it wasn't at their dispatching place near the coast.

a town called Minamisanriku is completely gone

9500 people are missing.

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...xl_4097957.jpg

Hey everyone. Check out my thread for donating to Red Cross.

http://www.the370z.com/lounge-off-to...red-cross.html

I THINK they're in Chiba, i.e. Tokyo area. Most of my Tokyo-based friends checked in and are okay, they should be as well.

That is incredible in the worst way. :(

Wow, it looks like they are going to lose the Iwaki nuclear plant some time today. These disasters show just how vulnerable we really are, especially in the midst of tragedies like this. :(

Good, tom hadn't gotten a shipping notice yet so according to him I should be fine because the kit wasn't at the harbor yet.

I do find it funny how otaku all over japan are posting pictures of their ruined figurines.


one reactor is completely ruined now since they are cooling it with seawater which destroys it. temperatures are dropping in the one that exploded and radioactive levels are dropping.

3 elderly people got exposed while waiting for their evacuation ride.

Jesus. Looks like Hawaii is spared but fallout could drift to the whole west cost and beyond :icon14:

a third reactor is on its way to meltdown. they are going to release radioactive steam to relieve the pressure on the reactor.

A third one failing? I was surprised at the number of plants they have!

However, you know that the Scam Artists will come out the woodwork!

well its one nuclear plant with 4 reactors.

reactor 1 almost was going into meltdown. was stopped just in time. roof and outer shell exploded due to the pressure build up but the reactor shield is still standing.

reactor 2 is cooling down

reactor 3 is going into melt down. now they are releasing the radioactive steam to prevent it from blowing up like reactor 1 and pumping seawater into it to cool it down.

reactor 4 is stable.

thank god they secured reactor 1, that scared me for a while!

I was worried about this also. That's probably there biggest issue next to the people and towns that got damaged.

Wow this just keeps on getting worse, sad thing is it could happen to us on the westcoast anyday.. God forbid.

So I guess all our Z's are special!
:D

:icon18:Lol, that is so f-ed up that is funny. Stupid f-kers with their dolls. Kick their silly arses into the sewage muddy waters to go help find real girls. :mad:

Yah, but im really glad the international community and our #1 ally is lending japan a hand. Sending that many warships and carriers in the area will maintain high level of confidense in self defense too while the country is in its very vulnerable state. :) :usa:

Now there is a volcano erupting. It's just one thing after another!

I saw that. They said it had been building since January and now lava started spewing. That's thing, alot of this is common there also being they call it the ring of fire. Just hope for the best it doesn't turn bad.

reactor 3 exploded just like reactor one.




japan really is ******.

tom did some research and discovered powerhouse amuse is located in chiba. which is pretty much center of the damaged zone.

there goes my vestito kit for several months. :shakes head:

damn you nature.

(prepares for flames of rage and disgust) :stirthepot:

They have lost controll over reactor 3. cooling the fuel rods went wrong and they have been exposed to air and this is causing them to heat up extremely fast.

total meltdown is very possible now.

17 american marines exposed to radiation. and the american fleet is leaving the area around the plant because of the large levels of radioactivity.

Chiba is the florida looking peninsula east of tokyo. If they were near the refinery your kit may be up im smoke. Narita airport is in Chiba and I think incoming flights are accepted...so they are not near the epicenter....unless something happened to amuse from the aftershocks. Its still rocking significantly.

chiba is nowhere near the epicenter of all this. it's slightly further south, and east of tokyo. it is probably got walloped pretty bad because it's basically on the coastline too, but it's nowhere near as bad as it is in sendai.

very good map from the BBC:
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image...464x412_v3.gif

the thought of nuclear meltdown in japan just depresses me to no end...

So many factors of devastation that the rebuilding process--on all fronts--is likely to be much longer than expected. Sad.

this is looking bad guys

Japanese officials say the nuclear fuel rods appear to be melting inside all three of the most troubled nuclear reactors, according to Associated Press.

vegitto- chiba has some significant damage in some areas. a lady that just got back from her trip to japan this am mentioned to my in-laws that she had to WALK 5 frikken hours to get to the hotel near the airport the previous day because roads were closed, trains shut-down, etc.