An 8.1 earthquake was recorded off the coast of Japan a couple hours back.  Tsunami warnings have been issued.  Two meter tall waves have been recorded an hour away from Japan, which could become rather sizable once they hit the coastline.

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r17/onthedgeofmyseat/japaneq.jpg

In other news, this creature has been sighted near the epicenter...

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d146/falconhurst/oceangodzilla.gif

-b0b
("...oh no, there goes Tokyo, GODZILLA!")

Quote:

TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 005 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER 0320 AM HST 15 NOV 2006 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0114 AM HST 15 NOV 2006 COORDINATES - 46.7 NORTH 153.5 EAST LOCATION - KURIL ISLANDS MAGNITUDE - 8.1 MOMENT MAGNITUDE - 7.7 RICHTER MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER ------------------- ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- HANASAKI HOKKAIDO 43.3N 145.6E 1243Z 0.30M 64MIN KUSHIRO HOKKAIDO 43.0N 144.3E - 0.25M - TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT AMPL - AMPLITUDE IN METERS FROM MIDDLE TO CREST OR MIDDLE TO TROUGH OR HALF OF THE CREST TO TROUGH PER - PERIOD OF TIME FROM ONE WAVE CREST TO THE NEXT EVALUATION BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0720 AM HST 15 NOV 2006 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT

It looks like Hawaii could see the effects of this one.

-b0b
(...watches with interest.)

Now let's just wait for all those "good Christians" to say that the next hit will be because of gays or some crap like that.

X
(Tries to hold his tongue)