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Monday, March 14, 2011
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE DISASTER COULD NOT ACCURATELY BE DESCRIBED BY WORDS. FOLLOWING ARE PHOTOS TAKEN FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES THAT DEPICT THE TOTAL DEVASTATION TO NORTHEAST JAPAN.
SOME PHOTOS ARE ASSUMED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN DUE TO THE SHEER SIZE OF THE DISASTER OTHERS COME FROM ABCNEWS, CNBC, REUTERS, AP, TURNER AND VARIOUS OTHER SITES.
WATCH VIDEOS OF THE MASSIVE WATERWALL AS IT HAPPENS
Tokyo (CNN) -- The most powerful earthquake to hit Japan in at least 100 years unleashed walls of water Friday that swept across rice fields, engulfing towns, dragging houses onto highways and tossing cars and boats like toys, apparently killing hundreds.
The epicenter was offshore 373 kilometers (231 miles) away from Tokyo, the United States Geological Survey said.
LARGE COMMERCIAL SHIPS AND LARGE BOATS ARE TOSSED LIKE TOYS.
CARS FLOAT IN THE ONCOMING WATERS LIKE STYROFOAM NUGGETS SHIP CONTAINERS ARE TOSSED AND PILED UP AS IF THEY WERE LEGO PIECES
WALLS OF WATER AS HIGH AS A THREE STORY BUILDING TRAVELED INLAND FOR MILES
THE DEVASTATION TO BUILDINGS AND HOUSES IS HARD TO IMAGINE UNLESS YOU SEE PICTURES
THE RELATED NUCLEAR DISASTER HAS EVERYONE ON EDGE
BECAUSETHIS HAPPENED IN JAPAN; PERHAPS THE BEST PREPARED NATION TO WITHSTAND EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS…THE TOLL ON HUMAN LIFE WAS NOT HIGHER. IT IS REGRETABLE AND HIGH NEVERTHELESS…OUR HEARTS AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE JAPANESE PEOPLE.
HELP IS ON THE WAY
ONE SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1
