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Did you see the flaming buildings being washed inland by the wave? Terrifying. I just heard from the BBC that it’s feared that the tsunami may very well reach a lot of Pacific islands at a height far exceeding the islands’ height, washing everyone and everything away.
NPR says it already hit Guam and it didn’t sound that significant.
SF Chronicle says that Al Jazeera has a live feed. I haven’t checked this out on my dial-up.
http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/?…
My hopes and good wishes to everyone over there and out there. I hope the warning systems are working the way they need to be.
And if there is a God, maybe to make up for this act of His, He will “take care” of assholes like Limbaugh, Palin, and Robertson before they start spewing their hate.
Americablog says there’s Hawai’i coverage here.
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/cate…
Also this, quoted from a Hawai’i paper:
A 6.5-foot tsunami is expected to reach Kauai at 3:07 a.m. today after it passed Midway Island at a height of 8.2 feet, according to the National Weather Service.
Al Jazeera has a bunch of videos and streaming live coverage of this and libya
http://www.youtube.com/aljazeeraenglish?…
This one in particular is unbelievable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4w27IczO…
That’s some mighty horrific news to wake up to. Yowza.
200 to 300 dead bodies found, many in water.