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Japan Quake Moment #1: Chaos & Terror as Tremors Rock Man’s Apt.
- Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:05pm by
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Editor’s note: This video is part of an ongoing series on The Blaze featuring some of the Japan earthquake’s most breathtaking videos. We have numbered them sequentially so that it is easier to keep track. We will post them throughout the day.
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Comments (52)
thegreatcarnac
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 12:45amChaos, Terror, and Tremors……..sounds like a law firm.
Report Post »MontanaRob
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 11:13pmI was stationed in Taiwan in 1966 when a biggie hit mainland China. It was the middle of the night and woke up to see my bed sliding across the room. I thought my roommate was playing a joke until I sat up and saw him clinging to his cot for dear life and pale as a ghost.
Report Post »In 1970 when a big one hit Turkey, I was in Germany. Even though we were that far away, it shook pretty good. I was washing the dishes and all the kitchen cabinets started flying open. I think I summoned about six hands to keep all the things from flying out. Of course it didn’t help that we lived on the 4th floor.
US Anthem
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:34pmWife left me just before the 3rd of 4 hurricanes in 2004. Now that made me wanta scream….the hurricanes that is.
Report Post »SoCalOilMan
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:19pmI’ve been in Southern California my whole life (since 1954) and I didn’t feel/notice an earthquake until 1972. I’ve been through quite a few since then, There is nothing you can do to stop it, so you get to a door frame or to a table and ride it out. Panic doesn’t help. Running outside just gives the stuff falling off the building a target.
Japan has noticeable quakes all the time, so you become inured to them…Is it just a rattle, or does it keep getting bigger? You basically pray that last jolt was the biggest one.
Report Post »dablooz
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:28pmThe coolest thing was during the S phase, the cabinet he was filming (and the clothes that were hung up) were swinging in a north-south orientation, then when he got around to the light fixture, the Lr (Rayleigh phase) was coming through with particle motion perpendicular to the S. Sweeeeeeet!
Report Post »enumerated powers
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:18pmTo get an idea of the power unleashed – Fox News reported earlier that AN ENTIRE PASSENGER TRAIN was “unaccounted for”! Some train lines in the costal area run close to the coastline – maybe the (30+ foot) tsunami washed it out to sea.
Report Post »ManThong
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:47pmAfter all this Tsunami watching I’ve got a taste for some fresh Bluefin tuna sushi with dolphin morsels or maybe a nice Shiguri-ni (whale) with brown rice. mm.. mm.. mm.
Report Post »nocomment
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:42pmWow, the guys apartment is now a disaster. But, apparently it was a bit of a disaster before the quake.
Matter of fact, just about every indoor scene video so far shows each place to be a cluttered mess.
Just a comment.
Report Post »gracew
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 1:46pmHis apartment appeared to be very, very small. Clutter increases in small places, inevitably.
More generally, those poor people! I was born in California and know the helpless feeling during an earthquake.
Report Post »appraiser70
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 4:57pmHow exactly did you become such a ‘softie’ and care so much for other people??????
Report Post »dave6977
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:20pmOn a lighter note, maybe an earthquake like this one could wipe the UNIONS off the map and sweep them all out to sea! No, that would pollute our oceans! lol.
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:15pmI have experienced an earthquake in California when the Oakland bridge collapsed and it is scary.
What was surprising was that I was touring a secured juvenile facility at the time as part of a graduate course I was taking and we were locked in. I was surprised that noone moved and I was petrified because it was the first time I had experienced an earthquake like that. The floor was moving as if we were in a boat and noone moved or ran toward the doors. It was then that I realized they were used to earthquakes in California. I was frozen. As soon as I could I moved toward the outdoors and stayed there for sometime.
The group returned indoors and that was when we saw on the TV there that the Oakland bridge had sandwiched on itself and people were crushed in their cars there. I couldn’t believe it.
Needless to say, it ruined the whole tour for me because all I could think of was where were my kids. It turned out that they were okay. They had just gone outdoors.
So, the Japanese might be so used to these earthquakes that they do not react as they should do. It’s a phenomenon that is unique to those who suffer these calamities on a regular basis.
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:42pmat time 0:41 I understood japanese language lol
Report Post »booklvr777
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:36pmIt blows my mind that these people live in “earthquake central” and don’t secure their objects! They don’t even duck-and-cover! I’ve watched many of these videos today–one in a grocery store, several in people’s homes, office buildings, etc and I only saw ONE person duck under a desk. Do they not realize that things will fall and hit them on the head? At the grocery store, where stuff was flying off the shelves and smashing to the floor, the workers were trying to steady the shelves! Rather than trying to protect themselves, they were trying to hold back huge metal shelves filled with heavy, breakable items! Are they all INSANE?? They live in tiny little apartments with unsecured shelving units, piled high with stuff, including tv sets, computer monitors, glass items, etc. I lived in so.cal. for 25 years, and when you felt an earthquake, you ducked under your desk and held on for dear life!
Report Post »HockeyShark
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:29pmI’ve lived in CA my whole life and you never get used to these things. Anyone that says they do and just takes them in stride is lying.
Report Post »MightyBee27
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:12pmThe Ring of Fire is pissed! It’s amazing that they are “used to” all of that. Pray for all the lives that have been taken.
Report Post »MOTHERSMITH
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:00pmThose poor people. I think the man remained quite calm during all of this. I guess it is best to keep your wits about you when something like this happens. I pray for the people of Japan. May God be with them in their time of need.
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:47pmerr… didn’t realize he was going to get video of the SH hitting the fan.
It must have been Bush’s fault that triggered the global warming which caused this Charlie Sheen level of crazy.
Report Post »charispistis
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:39pmGodzilla Warning For Hanzu and Tokyo, Japan!!!!
First reports of Godzilla having been awakened by the earthquake are now coming from northern Japan.
Godzilla is reportedly wading through outlying villages and making his way towards Tokyo at approximately 20 MPH, leaving a wake of destruction in his path.
The Japanese military has been put on high alert.
President Obama has said that his administration is “tightening the noose around Godzilla’s head” and that “it’s time for him (Godzilla) to go.”
Report Post »MOTHERSMITH
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:03pmWhat is funny is that my husband said the same thing about Godzilla this morning. I feel bad for all of those in Japan, this is truly a sad day.
Report Post »cromag11b
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:18pmYeah, Godzilla would give it that complete hat trick feel.
Report Post »uzi4u2
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 12:27pmdefinately NOT funny…real people were dyeing at that moment…
Report Post »ONEUNDER
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:36pmWent through the San Fernando quake in 71. Felt insignificant during the shaker.
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/1971+San+Fernando+earthquake
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:36pmI’ve been through Earthquakes (NOTHING like this one). They are frightening because everything is out of your control. All you can do is wait till it stops. I did not hear this man screaming.
Report Post »El Jefe
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:33pmI hope the Ninja Warrior obstacle course is okay…
Report Post »SND97
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:20pmI would have pooped in my pants
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:16pmThat is one very frightening clip! I agree with Showtime—I pray I never have to live anywhere these quakes are likely! I am a basic chicken!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:13pmI’m glad he is okay and it sounded worse than the mess seems to indicate. Can’t even imagine the horror one feels in that situation and pray for those injured and killed.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:38pmAgreed Grandmaof5; hope today the weather is good for you. Been through a couple of minor storms in Florida before, just could not imagine a quake happening.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:11pmThe video says all that is needed; God be with them now and in the time to come.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:07pmI would have done more than scream!
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:12pmGet away from the damn glass and get in a closet for the love of God.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:12pmI have survived a fishing boat sinking in the pacific, seven of fourty seven made it when the wave took us down in one shot; yet to be in an earthquake, that is true terror in a living nightmare.
Report Post »Hephzibah
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:15pmRight!
Report Post »Sugabee
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:16pmMust be me, but I never heard him actually scream. Maybe shout or yell, but not scream.
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:18pmComing soon to a Southern California near you. Glenn Beck will predict this soon.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:24pmI have been through a tornado, earthquake, typhoon, and a divorce. The divorce was the only one that made me scream.
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:32pmI didn’t hear him scream either. Considering what was going on, I thought he kept reasonably calm.
@Darmok, lol, Good one.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:40pm@Taxed
Yes it was, only way I got off was when the rogue wave hit I happened to be up on deck getting set to fish; still do not know what made me look over my shoulder and there was coming a solid wall of death right at me…one of those moments when you know nothing can be done and you expect to die right then and there, only by God’s own grace I made it.
Report Post »siralien
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:51pmGives me chills, its a vivid reminder of the Northridge earthquake.
Report Post »NFYRx
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:14pmsee how quickly they had a Tsunami warning and the epicenter on the tv?!!!
Report Post »BEFORE THE SHAKING EVEN STOPPED!cool
shotzie
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:25pmwhere is video #2?
Report Post »ReadyOrNot
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:29pmI believe some clean underroos would have been needed!
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:39pmI do not understand nor speak Japanese………but I did understand that one word the guy said….
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:44pmAny earthquake I have been in, I ran outside!
Report Post »Anelalii4
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:58pm@Nfyrx
Report Post »I noticed that too!!! Pretty awesome
uzi4u2
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 12:25pmyeah, crap ur pants. I’ve been in multiple 6.5 shakes and it makes u feel REAL helpless,REAL fast. It’s also kind of wierd, it will scare the crap out of u but it’s also kind of cool, go figure
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