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[gyzym]

Jesus, guys.

For those of you on my flist in Japan, or any of the projected tsunami warning areas: stay safe, stay safe, please stay safe ♥

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[ilovetakahana]

From the Philippines: I think we're all clear for now. But we're on tenterhooks for possible earthquakes.

[gyzym]

Thank you so much for letting me know ♥. Thank god you're alright, and keep me posted, okay?

[almond_days]

Canada is fine now; they've already lifted our tsunami warning without any major incidents.

[regicidaldwarf]

From SoCal - we've been told to stay away from the beaches, but mainly because it could create strong currents and tides, not because we're in serious danger of flooding.

[nianeyna]

Washington and Oregon seem to have escaped mostly unscathed: as far as I can tell there's been some property damage but no deaths. Japan got the worst of it, by far. I feel - somewhat terrible for being so relieved. D:

Oh - I can't find anything about Hawaii, though admittedly I haven't looked all that hard. I think they're okay, but I don't know for sure.

[zolac_no_miko]

Hawaii's fine. Some flooding in a few towns, damage to roads and buildings and docks and boats. Nothing catastrophic. Everyone was evacuated who needed to be. Waves were 6 feet on average; worst was Kahului, Maui, with an 11 foot surge that flooded a third of a mile inland.

[kourtain]

Oregon is fine - we had tsunami warnings for this morning and everyone was told to get to higher ground. For once everyone paid attention so even if we had waves it would have been mostly safe. The most our coast saw was about a 3-foot increase, so no biggie up here.

Japan's situation is horrible right now, even more so if the two reactors start leaking. With that said, I think a round of applause should be given to their building engineers. I've seen video of the skyscrapers swaying back and forth during the earthquake without any damage whatsoever. They did what they were designed to do and survived a frigging huge earthquake!