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Hello internet
it is the Friday show
and what I want to talk about to today
is the 8.9
magnitude earthquake
that hit Japan
this morning. Now the earthquake
alone did a ton
of damage by itself.
And the resulting aftershocks
that were as strong as 7.0
did that
damage too. But the
reason there is such a
crisis in Japan right now
is the resulting
tsunami from
the earthquake
some sources saying 13
foot waves
some sources saying 30
foot waves. These waves
rush to the shore of
Japan, resulting
in this sort
of damage. And it's hard
to even describe
what's happening in this
video. Those things
that are on fire
that looks small
are boats!
You even see driving
and fleeing the city
that's about to be wiped out
by the tsunami
and there's tons of raw
TV footage
flying around
on the web right now
many people Japan waiting
to be rescued.
Reports are coming in that there are hundreds
bodies being washed
up on shore.
A specific story about a ship with a
hundred people
that was just swept away. And probably
the most terrifying things
is that a nuclear facility
in Japan, has been
unable to cool
down because of
the earthquake.
There was a rumor earlier that there was
a leak in the nuclear facility
but that turned out to not be
true. But what has actually
happened is 28,000
people have been evacuated
because the nuclear
facility has been
unable to cool down
The quake triggered a power
failure and then the back
up generators didn't work
which means that right
now the nuclear facility
can not get the water
in there to cool
it down. Japanese officals
saying that they are on a
heightened alert and they've
evacuated everyone in a
nearby area. But the story
doesn't just end with
Japan. The tsunami
is travelling at 500
miles an hour
across the ocean, which is kind of
terrifying if you think of
a 6 foot to
15 foot wave
moving at the speed of a jetliner.
And warnings
even some evacutions
have been made for Hawaii
and western United States.
I'm making this video as a
the first waves are hitting
Hawaii and they don't seen that big.
Hopefully they stay
that way, though
it could change in the next two hours
Oregon and a few other places
in the United States are
beginning to evacuate people
in small areas,
specifically lower evelation
areas. And when you
see something
of this magnitude
there's not really not much
to say. This morning
there was a hashtag pray for Japan
and that's what
everyone kept saying
pray for Japan, keep Japan
in your thoughts and that's true.
And also hoping that
the worst is over and of course
if you do want to help
disaster relief in any way
you can, the Red Cross
specifically taking donations
as of now
to go directly to
this. So if you can
give, I say do give.
If you can't give
please just raise
awareness for it,
though I'm sure many people are going to know
about this.
You know, I can't help but think
the only reason I knew
about this, this morning
and the only
reason I woke up this morning
was
my Mom called me
because she didn't know
I was out here in Austin
Texas for SXSW
SXSW
She thought I was still
at my place in Venice
and she called me
crying and
she just wanted
make sure I was was
safe
and she didn't believe
me at first because
she thought I was just lying
to make her feel better
that I was still actually there
but that I didn't want her to know
and
I thought "Wow!
it's
these terrible things
that
that make people
cherish
what they have
um it's these terrible
things
that make people
um
I don't know, human."
And...
it mad me sad
think this morning
in whatever language,
um...
where ever
in the world, some people
made that call
and no one
answered.
And
that's
what sticks in my mind
when I think
of this
and uh
I don't know
I hope it sticks like that
in your mind as well.
um
There's no giveaway or anything
today because I feel like
that would be in bad taste
and
uh
I don't know
people
in Japan and everyone affected,
you are
in my thoughts
and uh
uh
I
yeah
I I hope for the
uh the best
where ever you are.