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HUGE EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN!! CHAT WITH A SURVIVOR IN JAPAN!

Just IMed someone who is in Japan during this massive 8.9 earthquake and tsunami.  (Specified time is Eastern Daylight Time.)

(3:01:26 AM) c5a: r u alive?
(3:01:34 AM) shakingmyhead: glug glug glug
(3:01:46 AM) shakingmyhead: my tv died
(3:01:52 AM) shakingmyhead: got thrown across the room
(3:01:57 AM) c5a: really?
(3:01:58 AM) shakingmyhead: by the earth
(3:01:59 AM) shakingmyhead: yup
(3:02:01 AM) c5a: wow
(3:02:06 AM) c5a: r u in ne japan?
(3:02:09 AM) shakingmyhead: the phone poles
(3:02:15 AM) shakingmyhead: were swaying back and forth like rubber
(3:02:19 AM) shakingmyhead: still shaking hours later
(3:02:29 AM) shakingmyhead: theres a giant constructrion crane nearby
(3:02:34 AM) shakingmyhead: some skyscraper they are building
(3:02:37 AM) shakingmyhead: that thing was going crazy
(3:02:43 AM) shakingmyhead: i was sure it was going to fall but it didnt
(3:02:57 AM) shakingmyhead: im in tokyo.
(3:03:05 AM) c5a: idk where tokyo is
(3:03:11 AM) shakingmyhead: there are sirens and announcements but i cant hear what they're saying
(3:03:13 AM) shakingmyhead: i think its for the cars
(3:03:15 AM) shakingmyhead: they shut down the highway
(3:03:26 AM) shakingmyhead: east, middleish
(3:03:40 AM) shakingmyhead: i was walking outside when it hit
(3:03:41 AM) shakingmyhead: felt crazy
(3:03:41 AM) c5a: is there flooding where ur at?
(3:03:45 AM) shakingmyhead: ground was like boiling
(3:03:49 AM) shakingmyhead: no not as of now
(3:03:52 AM) c5a: what'd you do?
(3:03:58 AM) shakingmyhead: if water gets this far then japan is fucked
(3:04:10 AM) shakingmyhead: i just kind of looked up and ralized i was next to a glass skyscraper
(3:04:17 AM) shakingmyhead: and surrounded on all sides by glass skyscrapers
(3:04:31 AM) shakingmyhead: and decided i was going to be cool on the way out
(3:04:33 AM) shakingmyhead: and kept walking
(3:04:36 AM) shakingmyhead: like it wasnt a thang
(3:04:54 AM) c5a: how'd u get thrown across the room then?
(3:04:58 AM) c5a: if u were outside?
(3:05:08 AM) shakingmyhead: my TV did not me
(3:05:16 AM) shakingmyhead: i got home and it was on the other side of the room
(3:05:18 AM) shakingmyhead: all broken
(3:05:21 AM) shakingmyhead: its' a very large tv so
(3:05:24 AM) shakingmyhead: it must have been quite a scene
(3:05:33 AM) c5a: lucky u weren't watching it
(3:05:40 AM) shakingmyhead: if i was i probably could have caught it
(3:05:42 AM) shakingmyhead: but yeah
(3:05:46 AM) shakingmyhead: wouldnt have wanted to be on the 10th floor when it hit
(3:05:51 AM) shakingmyhead: it was shaking enough on the ground
(3:12:52 AM) shakingmyhead: a bridge fell in souther japan
(3:12:53 AM) shakingmyhead: some ppl died
(3:13:08 AM) shakingmyhead: anotehr earthquake
(3:13:14 AM) shakingmyhead: shaking now
(3:13:40 AM) shakingmyhead: the fuckers on the news
(3:13:48 AM) shakingmyhead: one guy said "get to the top of a tall building"
(3:13:52 AM) shakingmyhead: after which the other guy said
(3:13:54 AM) shakingmyhead: "stay out of tall buildings"
(3:13:59 AM) shakingmyhead: and they just went on to the next thing
(3:14:13 AM) c5a: flooding + earthquake = catch-22
(3:14:34 AM) shakingmyhead: my building is iron and concrete
(3:14:47 AM) shakingmyhead: ill get wroried when the surrounding glass buildings start shattering

(3:17:20 AM) shakingmyhead: hehe
(3:17:22 AM) shakingmyhead: i feel drunk
(3:17:26 AM) shakingmyhead: been shaking back and forth all day
(3:19:10 AM) shakingmyhead: chiba is on fire
(3:19:18 AM) shakingmyhead: damn
(3:19:24 AM) shakingmyhead: i have no water
(3:19:28 AM) shakingmyhead: i was suposed to have a date today
(3:19:29 AM) shakingmyhead: with a hot girl
(3:19:31 AM) shakingmyhead: damnit

(4:08:46 AM) shakingmyhead: whoaaa
(4:08:50 AM) shakingmyhead: the station next to my house is on TV
(4:08:54 AM) shakingmyhead: it is a riot zone
(4:09:01 AM) shakingmyhead: everyone trying ot get on the train

(5:44:19 AM) shakingmyhead: shit is not stopppiong

(6:39:19 AM) shakingmyhead: its still quaking big time
(6:39:28 AM) shakingmyhead: every 20 minutes or so a big quake hits
(6:43:12 AM) shakingmyhead: people in refugee areas are apparently screaming
(6:43:14 AM) shakingmyhead: with each new quake
(7:07:44 AM) shakingmyhead: a boat with 100+ people in it got caught in the tsunami
(7:08:10 AM) shakingmyhead: 6 year old kid died when a store roof collapsed

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