NHK denies new tsunami on way

[bigworld]

Source: BBcnews.com

NHK now denying report from Japnese meteorological agency.


.. never mind......

BREAKING NEWS:

An estimated 3m (10ft) tsunami has been seen off the north-east coast of Japan by helicopter and could strike within minutes


update:
#
0220: Sea level has dropped five metres off Fukushima, confirming imminent arrival of tsunami - Japanese TV.


Read more: BBC

[hatrack]

1. Oh, for FUCK'S SAKE!!!

Sorry, I don't even live there and it's just too Goddamned much!

[liberalmuse]

2. Was there another earthquake?

I hope this is wrong. :(

[Skip_In_Boulder]

6. May be spawned from the aftershocks they have been having

Which the last count I saw was well over 100 aftershocks.

[boppers]

3. Earthquake, Tsunami, Nuclear Emergency, Volcano, Tsunami...

No words.

[mysterysoup]

21. Can there be any doubt that these are the Last Days?

Actually, I think that God should go pick on someone else. Lemme see....New Orleans? No, He's been there, done that and got the T-shirt. :)

[boppers]

24. On a scale of one to WHATTHEFUCK, Japan's been a pretty big target.

How come Luxembourg never has to deal with this kind of shit?

[godai]

4. CNN is live in Japan and Sanjay Gupta was on when the warning was issued.

They indicated there are a lot of new warnings but no new tsunamis. Seems like an overabundance of caution.

[WolverineDG]

5. Again?

OMG, please let this be an error. :(

dg

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Ground Hog Day, Japan version.

[angstlessk]

7. It can only wipe away that which has already been wiped away...sadly

[Snoutport]

9. CNN is reporting it now too on their banner

[Teaser]

10. Dear God: please leave Japan alone for a few days

thanks,

The Human Race.

[bigworld]

11. NHK now saying no tsunami detected

live coverage: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-gtv

[rdking647]

12. goddess halp them

[uppityperson]

13. Denied,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698
0231: No data to suggest a tsunami several metres in height, the monitor adds.
0229: An ashen-faced Japanese quake monitor is live on Japanese TV right now saying no tsunami has been detected.

[northernlights]

14. now they say there was an explosion -- this time Reactor 3

0224: "Hydrogen blast occurs at Fukushima nuke plant's No 3 reactor" - Kyodo.0221: Urgent: Explosion at Reactor 3 - AFP.

:wtf: it appears in between the statement about the 5m drop in sea and the denial of a tsunami.

0232: Update on the explosion(s) at Reactor 3: "We believe it was a hydrogen explosion. It is not immediately known if it affected the reactor" - nuclear safety agency spokesman Ryo Miyake.

0239: The 600 people still living within 20km of the plant where the explosion(s) occurred are ordered to get inside buildings - Kyodo.

[oberliner]

15. Tsunami warning was a false alarm

Source: Twitter

Multiple posts:

LegolasLover03‎ According to observation, the incoming tsunami seems to have been a false alarm as no signs are now detected to sea water level so far.

@cowboybibimbop: Tsunami warning was a false alarm, however another explosion is reported at No.3 at Fukushima Daiichi. Same hydrogen explosion as No.1

No link yet.

[alp227]

16. direct link to twitter update

http://twitter.com/LegolasLover03/status/47121819987214336

[rdking647]

18. false alarm

[qanda]

17. Dr. Sanjay Gupta is on CNN

They are saying the tsunami is imminent. In as soon as five minutes it is expected to arrive. I hope they are wrong and this report is right.

On Edit: They just announced that it was a false alarm. Very glad to hear that.

[brooklynite]

19. Could someone provide some context?

I can ASSU<E this has to do with Japan, and a possible aftershock, but the lack of detail is frustrating.

[Tx4obama]

20. How can a helicopter see a 10 foot wave heading to shore, then it just disappear? n/t

[boppers]

23. It's a big ocean.

It could have dissipated, or never been that big.... folks are reasonably jumpy right now.

[jwirr]

22. It would be easy to understand - the aftershocks have been as big

as most dangerous earthquakes. And I understand there have been hundreds of them?