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http://timesfreepress.com/news/2011/apr/28/tva-losses-all-power-transmission-lines-alabama-an/
Two Virginia nuclear plants were shut down in the last big storm. Note on this one: "it may be weeks before power can be restored to all of the 300,000 customers whose power is supplied by the federal utility."
Talk about stirring the pot. This is from DuaneR...
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0002p47.php
quake statistics:
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 05:07:42 UTC
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 02:07:42 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 37.000°N, 140.700°E
Depth 10.6 km (6.6 miles)
Region EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances 27 km (16 miles) WNW of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
36 km (22 miles) SSE of Koriyama, Honshu, Japan
72 km (44 miles) S of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
175 km (108 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 12.8 km (8.0 miles); depth +/- 5.1 km (3.2 miles)
Parameters NST=490, Nph=497, Dmin=221.5 km, Rmss=0.95 sec, Gp= 29°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usc0002p47 More
quake statistics:
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 05:07:42 UTC
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 02:07:42 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 37.000°N, 140.700°E
Depth 10.6 km (6.6 miles)
Region EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances 27 km (16 miles) WNW of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
36 km (22 miles) SSE of Koriyama, Honshu, Japan
72 km (44 miles) S of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
175 km (108 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 12.8 km (8.0 miles); depth +/- 5.1 km (3.2 miles)
Parameters NST=490, Nph=497, Dmin=221.5 km, Rmss=0.95 sec, Gp= 29°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usc0002p47 More
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_earthquake
"It swept inland about six miles (10 kilometers) in some areas, swallowing boats, homes, cars, trees and everything else."
"The tsunami was unbelievably fast," said Koichi Takairin, a 34-year-old truck driver who was inside his sturdy four-ton rig when the wave hit the port town of Sendai."
Another article said that the tsunami was moving at about 500 mph, the speed of a jetliner.
Compared to what's coming, this was a relatively small tsunami. If you are on or near a coastline, you need to evacuate NOW!
THE GREAT QUAKE OF JAPAN... 8.9 MAG CAUSES CHAOS... BBC LIVE... REUTERS LIVE MAPS, DETAILS... KYODO WIRE... NHK... Hundreds of bodies found... Over 1,000 Feared Dead... Dam breaks, washes away homes... Agency: North American plate snapped upward... SKY LIVE... VIDEO... PHOTOS... HUGE WHIRLPOOL CREATED... Thousands roam Tokyo streets... Cruise ship, entire train missing... CITY HALF SUBMERGED, HALF IN FLAMES... VIDEO: Skyscrapers swaying...
