{"id":1181,"date":"2011-03-11T14:08:56","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T18:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/?p=1181"},"modified":"2011-03-11T14:13:54","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T18:13:54","slug":"we-interrupt-this-broadcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/?p=1181","title":{"rendered":"… we interrupt this broadcast …"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s regularly scheduled ManFAQ Friday is being superseded by the disaster in Japan.\u00a0 The 8.9 magnitude earthquake that in the early hours this morning (and mid afternoon in Japan) triggered fires, collapses, tsunamis, and much calamity was off the coast of Sendai, which is just south of a small coastal town called Ofunato.\u00a0 Ofunato, as it happens, is where my internet friend, reader (and occasional commenter here on the\u00a0BUMD site)\u00a0HonorH<\/strong> lives.\u00a0\u00a0 She had updated\u00a0her blog about 2 hours before the quake, and has been understandably off-line since.<\/p>\n

Since the National Weather Service, which keeps track of such things as tsunamis as well, lists Ofunato as being one of the hardest hit areas of the disaster, I am dedicating this post to thinking good thoughts for her safe and swift return to the Internet.\u00a0 I’m sure it will be a while before they have power and connectivity back in the area, so we will simply hold tight to all being well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

From the NWS:
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MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY<\/p>\n

\u00a0LOCATION\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LAT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LON\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TIME\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AMPL
\n\u00a0————————\u00a0 —–\u00a0 ——\u00a0 ——-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ———–
\n\u00a0BOSO\u00a0 JAPAN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 34.8N\u00a0 140.8E\u00a0 0600UTC\u00a0\u00a0 02.5FT\/00.75M
\n\u00a0NAHA\u00a0 JAPAN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 26.2N\u00a0 127.7E\u00a0 1022UTC\u00a0\u00a0 01.6FT\/00.49M
\n\u00a0OFUNATO\u00a0 JAPAN<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 39.0N\u00a0 141.8E\u00a0 0603UTC\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>10.7FT\/03.25M
\n<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0OMAEZAKI\u00a0 JAPAN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 34.6N\u00a0 138.2E\u00a0 0809UTC\u00a0\u00a0 04.6FT\/01.39M
\n\u00a0TOKAI\u00a0 JAPAN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 33.8N\u00a0 137.6E\u00a0 0649UTC\u00a0\u00a0 00.8FT\/00.23M
\n\u00a0TOSASHIMIZU\u00a0 JAPAN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 32.8N\u00a0 132.9E\u00a0 0753UTC\u00a0\u00a0 03.0FT\/00.91M
\n\u00a0KWAJALEIN\u00a0 MARSHALL ISL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8.7N\u00a0 167.7E\u00a0 1049UTC\u00a0\u00a0 01.0FT\/00.30M
\n\u00a0MIDWAY IS.\u00a0 USA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 28.2N\u00a0 177.4W\u00a0 1044UTC\u00a0\u00a0 05.1FT\/01.55M
\n\u00a0WAKE IS.\u00a0 USA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 19.3N\u00a0 166.6E\u00a0 0918UTC\u00a0\u00a0 01.7FT\/00.52M
\n\u00a0LEGASPI\u00a0 PHILIPPINES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13.2N\u00a0 123.8E\u00a0 1020UTC\u00a0\u00a0 01.1FT\/00.32M
\n\u00a0DUTCH HARBOR\u00a0 AK\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 53.9N\u00a0 166.5W\u00a0 1134UTC\u00a0\u00a0 01.6FT\/00.48M
\n\u00a0NIKOLSKI\u00a0 AK\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 52.9N\u00a0 168.9W\u00a0 1156UTC\u00a0\u00a0 01.4FT\/00.41M
\n\u00a0FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 23.5N\u00a0 166.2W\u00a0 1334UTC\u00a0\u00a0 01.8FT\/00.56M
\n\u00a0ST PAUL IS.\u00a0 AK\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 57.1N\u00a0 170.3W\u00a0 1225UTC\u00a0\u00a0 02.0FT\/00.61M
\n\u00a0SAND POINT\u00a0 AK\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 55.3N\u00a0 160.5W\u00a0 1320UTC\u00a0\u00a0 00.7FT\/00.22M
\n\u00a0MANUS\u00a0 PAPUA NEW GUINEA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2.0S\u00a0 147.4E\u00a0 1138UTC\u00a0\u00a0 01.2FT\/00.36M
\n\u00a0NAWILIWILI KAUAI\u00a0 HI\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 22.0N\u00a0 159.4W\u00a0 1301UTC\u00a0\u00a0 01.6FT\/00.48M
\n\u00a0BARBERS POINT\u00a0 HI\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 21.5N\u00a0 158.0W\u00a0 1312UTC\u00a0\u00a0 02.3FT\/00.70M
\n\u00a0HONOLULU OAHU\u00a0 HI\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 21.3N\u00a0 157.9W\u00a0 1318UTC\u00a0\u00a0 02.1FT\/00.64M<\/p>\n

TIME – TIME OF MEASUREMENT
\nAMPL – TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES ARE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.\u00a0\u00a0IT IS …NOT… CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.\u00a0\u00a0VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).<\/p>\n

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Next Friday we will return to our regularly scheduled ManFAQ; for today, please think good thoughts for all those affected by the quake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ofunato, as it happens, is where my internet friend, reader (and occasional commenter here on the BUMD site) HonorH lives. She posted to her blog about 2 hours before the quake, and has been understandably off-line since. I am dedicating this post to thinking good thoughts for her safe and swift return to the Internet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1181"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1181"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1184,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1181\/revisions\/1184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}