Japan Tsunami 2011
The massive 8.9 earthquake happened at rush hour Friday, causing a massive tsunami that was watched live by millions around the world as it happened. Aftershocks rocked Japan, the largest being a 7.4.
Japan has suffered multiple earthquakes this week, including a 7.8 on Wednesday, but none resulted in a tsunami, until now.
So far, no tsunami warnings to the West Coast of the U.S., but Hawaii is expected to have a tsunami hit at 2:59 a.m. Friday morning. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii also said a tsunami warning was in effect for Japan, Russia, Marcus Island and the Northern Marianas. Update: Tsunami Watch has been added for WA, OR, CA, AK and British Columbia.
All Japanese transportation systems including airports have been shut down.
This March 11, 2011 earthquake in Japan is the seventh largest on record. As I write this (11:45 pm PST) it is unclear the damage the tsunamis have caused, but it does not look good. CNN is reporting that the Japanese are very schooled in knowing what to do when it comes to earthquakes and tsunamis, and that the mood there is generally calm, but just by watching live coverage you could see cars trying to outrun the tsunami, some with no luck.
Tsunami coverage is live now on CNN – we will post more Japan tsunami March 11, 2011 videos as they are available.
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The Mayan prophecy of doom 2012 is a prediction that unfortunately isn’t easily refuted. It gets credibility from the fact that so many cultures trough history have had similar predictions about the end days. The Mayan calendar is a masterpiece even to this day. The otherwise technologically inferior Mayans were obsessed with the sun and the universe. Their calendar was so precise that it predicted lunar eclipses perfectly, even hundreds of years later. The Mayan calendar ends in 2012 and that is why we should be worried.
I know this topic seems far fetched and it would certainly be pleasant, but unwise, to stick your head in the sand and pretend that none of this is true; how is the world going to end anyway? I was not convinced at all either until I began studying this subject and found out about Planet X/Planet Nibiru. In 1906 an astronomer named Percival Lowell set out to explain why the orbit of planets Neptune and Uranus deviated so much from their calculated orbit. This is were the Mayan prophecy of doom 2012 gained some credence.
Lowell took an interest in a story by the ancient Sumerian culture about how the earth was created in a collision with another object, a planet called Nibiru. He then discovered that the strange orbits of Neptune and Uranus could be explained by a 10′th and unknown planet in the solar system. This planet would supposedly have an elliptical orbit around the sun, meaning that it would only enter our solar system once every 3000-4000 years. Despite his discovery, his findings were forgotten until 1983, where NASA publicly declared that they had found a 10′th planet, which they baptized Planet X. This was quite big news, but quickly thereafter, NASA retracted their statement and any attempt at discussion was discouraged. Now, it was told to the public, that there was no such thing as Planet X.
The problem is that there most certainly is a Planet X and that it’s effect on earth as it closes in can already be seen and felt. There have been more major earthquakes in the last few years than in the last three decades! We are seeing tsunamis every year. Tsunamis are very, very rare and previously only happened once every 100 years or so.
