Forum Home Forum Home > Topics not related to music > General discussions
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - Massive Earthquake Hits North East Tokyo
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Topic ClosedMassive Earthquake Hits North East Tokyo
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <12345 11>
Author
Message
  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
irrelevant View Drop Down
Collaborator
Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: March 07 2010
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 13382 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 06:00
This year has been terrible natural disaster wise. 
New album!
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385
Back to Top
AtomicCrimsonRush View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: July 02 2008
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 06:18
It has indeed
 
 
Now we have breaking news of 10metre high waves hit Indonesia.
Back to Top
DamoXt7942 View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar

Joined: October 15 2008
Location: Okayama, Japan
Status: Offline
Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 08:10
Over hundreds of people have been drowned away to death, some TV news say now ... Cry

Kazuhiro, in Tokyo, says he has been unharmed but troubled with a bunch of aftershocks. Dead
Back to Top
Sean Trane View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator

Prog Folk

Joined: April 29 2004
Location: Heart of Europe
Status: Online
Points: 20414 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 08:27
Originally posted by irrelevant irrelevant wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by irrelevant irrelevant wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Amazing pictures of the Tsunami on the news. Awesome.

Awesome as in powerful, not "very good", right? 

Awesome as in awesome.Stern Smile 

Why are you cross examining me? 

Awesome can have different meanings. 
 
Awe = respect from fear or impressed
 
theoretically awesome is never positive, even if it is used (mis-used) in a positive matter sometimes
 
Surely Snowie never meant this would be strike him with  joy
let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
Back to Top
Snow Dog View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: March 23 2005
Location: Caerdydd
Status: Offline
Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 08:30
Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by irrelevant irrelevant wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by irrelevant irrelevant wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Amazing pictures of the Tsunami on the news. Awesome.

Awesome as in powerful, not "very good", right? 

Awesome as in awesome.Stern Smile 

Why are you cross examining me? 

Awesome can have different meanings. 
 
Awe = respect from fear or impressed
 
theoretically awesome is never positive, even if it is used (mis-used) in a positive matter sometimes
 
Surely Snowie never meant this would be strike him with  joy

Of course it didn't. Thats why i don't understand the questioning.
Back to Top
Mr ProgFreak View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: November 08 2008
Location: Sweden
Status: Offline
Points: 5195 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 08:41
The word "awesome" has some positive connotations - I haven't seen it used in a negative sense. But still, let's keep in mind that Snowie used the word to describe the pictures of the Tsunami - not the phenomenon itself, and certainly not the effect it had on the people.
Back to Top
Padraic View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: February 16 2006
Location: Pennsylvania
Status: Offline
Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 09:12
I'm trying to find some reports about Hawaii - found something about 2 m waves hitting Kauai.  
Back to Top
Sean Trane View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator

Prog Folk

Joined: April 29 2004
Location: Heart of Europe
Status: Online
Points: 20414 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 09:13

Apparently they sent out a tsunami warning in Australia.... but with the thousands islands between Tokyo and Aussieland, I doubt that they'll get anything...

New Guinea and Philippines will most likely absorb its impact  well before it hits the wallabies... Kiwiland, I'm less sure


I can't imagine those Tuvalu-like atolls out in the middle of the Pacific with those 8m max altitudes...Shocked

 
-----------------
 
Mike.... use your google translater
 
there is almost never anything positive linked with the word "awe", beit awesome or awful
 
only popular culture mis-use the word awesome for instilling respect from an oeuvre in someone
 
Why do you thionk Bush named his Irak campaign "shock and awe"
 
 
 
 
 


Edited by Sean Trane - March 11 2011 at 09:16
let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
Back to Top
Finnforest View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: February 03 2007
Location: The Heartland
Status: Offline
Points: 17309 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 09:23
My heart goes out to our Japanese friends
...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
Back to Top
Mr ProgFreak View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: November 08 2008
Location: Sweden
Status: Offline
Points: 5195 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 09:23
^ I looked it up at dictionary.com and it said that awesome often gets confused with "awful".

"Awe" is typically a form of appreciation or admiration - hence the expression "to be in awe of someone or something".
Back to Top
TODDLER View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
VIP Member

Joined: August 28 2009
Location: Vineland, N.J.
Status: Offline
Points: 3126 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 09:31
Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

My heart goes out to our Japanese friends
Yes me too my friend. This is very tragic.
Back to Top
Sean Trane View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator

Prog Folk

Joined: April 29 2004
Location: Heart of Europe
Status: Online
Points: 20414 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 09:34
Originally posted by TODDLER TODDLER wrote:

Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

My heart goes out to our Japanese friends
Yes me too my friend. This is very tragic.
 
Apparently one nuclear reactor in northern Japan is having serious problems. I hope that they can contain it.

 

----------------------

 

Originally posted by Mr ProgFreak Mr ProgFreak wrote:

^ I looked it up at dictionary.com and it said that awesome often gets confused with "awful".


"Awe" is typically a form of appreciation or admiration - hence the expression "to be in awe of someone or something".


 
You really make it difficult to like you with your useless argumentative spats, you knowTongueWink
 
awe >> effroi mêlé de respect >> fear or fright mixed with respect
awe >> crainte révérentielle >> reverential fright
 
Awful is a contraction of awe full >> filled with fear >>> but it's been diverted or digressed into atrocious or bad
 
 
Awesome: impressive, imposing, terrifying



Edited by Sean Trane - March 11 2011 at 17:59
let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
Back to Top
refugee View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
VIP Member

Joined: November 20 2006
Location: Greece
Status: Offline
Points: 7026 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 09:37
^ Yeah, that’s scary.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.nuclear/index.html?hpt=T2
He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
(Peter Hammill)
Back to Top
Snow Dog View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: March 23 2005
Location: Caerdydd
Status: Offline
Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 09:53
Ok......my fault I suppose. But let's not discuss the meaning of awesome anymore.

Cheers!
Back to Top
toroddfuglesteg View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
Retired

Joined: March 04 2008
Location: Retirement Home
Status: Offline
Points: 3658 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 10:01

My heart goes out to the Japanese people and I have been in touch with PA friends through Facebook. Words is worthless though, but words is all I can offer. 

I will publish some interviews and reviews this weekend. This from the luxury of a safe mountaintop on the other side of the world. I have some moral quandaries with going on as normal in ProgArchives this weekend. But let me make it clear that all interviews and work done this weekend will be done in deep, humble respect & love for the Japanese people. I hope and believe these sentiments are shared by other reviewers too this weekend. 

Yes, this sounds stupid, but I have my moral standards and my clumsy ways to express them.  
Back to Top
Moogtron III View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: April 26 2005
Location: Belgium
Status: Offline
Points: 10616 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 10:10
Really shocking, the news!
A year full of disasters.
My thoughts are with the people there.
I hope the rest of the Pacific area will be as safe as possible.
Back to Top
WalterDigsTunes View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: September 11 2007
Location: SanDiegoTijuana
Status: Offline
Points: 4373 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 10:45
Just slightly (0.1) nastier than the Chilean quake, but seeing as how this is measuring magnitude, that's still absurdly strong. Terrible, considering the population density of the Japanese home islands.
Back to Top
Padraic View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: February 16 2006
Location: Pennsylvania
Status: Offline
Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 10:46
The video footage I've seen is not to be believed.  Best wishes for a minimization of casualties and loss of life to all our friends in Japan.
Back to Top
jammun View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: July 14 2007
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 3449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 10:53
The video I've seen is devastating, what with large ships, small buildings, and of course cars being tossed around like children's toys.  I've been in a few earthquakes here, one of which had me hanging on for my life, and it was smaller in magnitude than the largest aftershocks they have seen from this one.  By all means, let's hope for the best, though apparently it's too late for many. 
Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.
Back to Top
clarkpegasus4001 View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: January 13 2011
Location: Nottingham
Status: Offline
Points: 635 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2011 at 11:04
Crikey, i'll check this out on the news later. Best wishes to our Japanese friends and families at this dreadful time.
Tony C.
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <12345 11>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down



This page was generated in 0.445 seconds.
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.