| 00:00:02 | If you're watching this from
place that's are under a watch
and you I didn't name you,
that's because you have several
hours to prepare yourselves.
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| 00:00:10 | We'll continue to update that
list as that initial wave
continues to get closer.
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| 00:00:14 | >> We're looking at these
pictures.
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| 00:00:17 | We can see something is ablaze
there on the ground.
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| 00:00:20 | This very strange wave of mud
and debris with boats included
and cars and all sorts of thing.
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| 00:00:28 | It is when you see something
like this unfold before your
very eyes, there is nowhere to
run when you have something like
that coming so fast towered.
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| 00:00:39 | And of course, it appears to be
fairly slow when you're looking
aerially.
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| 00:00:44 | If you're on the ground and that
is moving at such a fast speed.
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| 00:00:47 | You can see the boat there.
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| 00:00:49 | Unbelievable.
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| 00:00:49 | >> Unbelievable pictures.
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| 00:00:51 | There is a building or a couple
buildings on fire and are moving
with this tsunami.
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| 00:00:57 | It is just something you have
never seen before.
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| 00:00:59 | And there is a pretty big vessel
there getting pushed ashore.
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| 00:01:03 | The one good thing that I'm
seeing here, there are home now
in the way but generally if
you've noticed, this has been
through farmland.
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| 00:01:12 | There's that fire that I've been
talking about.
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| 00:01:14 | A moving blaze along the
tsunami.
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| 00:01:16 | Just unbelievable stuff here.
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| 00:01:19 | >> I'm getting word there is
some sound here.
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| 00:01:21 | Will he just pause for a moment
and have a listen.
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| 00:01:28 | >> Live coverage in the area.
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| 00:01:30 | North of japan.
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| 00:01:40 | For those of you who just tuned
into nhk world, a major hit
about an hour ago.
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| 00:01:48 | 1:10 Ago.
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| 00:01:49 | Japan's meteorological agency
says the quake measured
magnitude 8.4.
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| 00:01:54 | They have revised it upwards to
8.4.
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| 00:01:58 | The agency has issued a tsunami
warning for japan's coast.
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| 00:02:03 | The tsunami waves of up to four
meeters were observed soon after
the quake.
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| 00:02:07 | They are warning the tsunami
could reach between six and ten
meters.
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| 00:02:15 | We're getting reports of several
buildings on fire.
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| 00:02:18 | We don't know the exact amount
of damage but we are soon to get
a report from the meteorological
agency.
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| 00:02:23 | They are setting up to find out
the extent of the damage.
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| 00:02:27 | All transportation systems in
tokyo as well as northern japan
has been stopped.
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| 00:02:31 | Airports closed in tokyo, a
great earthquake has hit japan.
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| 00:02:41 | Magnitude 8.4 in northern japan.
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| 00:02:44 | The agency has been warning the
tsunami everness is the quake.
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| 00:02:49 | And a tsunami has hit the miyagi
area as our camera crew are up
covering and showing you exactly
what is going on.
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| 00:03:04 | The deputy chief cabinet
secretary told reporters on
friday that the governor of
miyagi prefecture where it has
hit hardest has asked the
government to send self-defense
force units to deal with the
situation.
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| 00:03:19 | The defense ministry official
say south defense force
personnel are currently
contacting local governments and
related agency to assess the
extent of the damage.
|
| 00:03:33 | Earlier prime minister kan and
his cabinet have gathered at the
prime minister's office where an
emergency task force has been
set up to respond to the
earthquake.
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| 00:03:42 | The task force will gather
information on damage and
prepare for more possible
tsunamis.
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| 00:03:52 | Japan's prime minister has
ordered officials to start
preparing for foreign
assistance.
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| 00:03:58 | He has also told them to check
on the safety of foreigners
living here in japan.
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| 00:04:08 | The pacific tsunami warning
center has issued a tsunami
wang, not just for japan but
also for russia, mar ques
island, game, wake island and
taiwan.
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| 00:04:20 | The pacific tsunami warning
center has issued a tsunami
warning not just for japan where
a tsunami has already struck.
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| 00:04:28 | You can see some of the damage
so far in northern japan but
also for russia, mar-q unez,
game, wake island and taiwan.
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| 00:04:39 | For those of you just tuning in
and living anywhere close to the
coastal areas of russia,
marquez, wake, game, taiwan,
please, do not go near the
waters.
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| 00:04:55 | Move to higher ground as soon as
possible.
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| 00:05:05 | You're watching nhk world.
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| 00:05:09 | A major quake hit friday
afternoon.
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| 00:05:11 | This happened an hour and 20
minutes ago.
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| 00:05:17 | Jch's meteorological agency says
it was 8.4 magnitude.
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| 00:05:21 | They've issued a tsunami warning
for japan's pacific coast.
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| 00:05:26 | In northern japan, waves up to
four meters were observed soon
after the quake.
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| 00:05:30 | The agency is warning that the
tsunami could be between six and
ten meters.
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| 00:05:35 | You're seeing some of the
tsunami damage so far in miyagi
prefecture in the area where the
home and farms have been
flooded.
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| 00:05:45 | With the tsunami went upstream
the river.
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| 00:05:55 | According to the transport
ministry, the airport has opened
two of its four runways.
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| 00:06:02 | They have opened two of the four
runways.
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| 00:06:05 | The airport had earlier closed
all runways.
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| 00:06:11 | The airport has opened two of
the four runways.
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| 00:06:16 | The japan road traffic
information center, the japan
road traffic information center
and police say express ways
around tokyo and northeastern
japan have been closed.
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| 00:06:30 | Is the traffic center and police
say express ways around tokyo
and northeastern japan have been
closed.
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| 00:06:40 | It assumes that most elevators
came to a halt in the region
affected by the disaster.
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| 00:06:47 | According to toshiba elevator,
they assume most elevators came
to a halt in the region affected
by the disaster.
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| 00:06:54 | At the moment, the company has
been collecting information
about mechanical troubles.
|
| 00:06:59 | The industry minister's nuclear
and industrial safety agency has
put into place an emergency
center for the earthquake.
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| 00:07:06 | It will collect information
concerning dangs caused by the
earthquake to nuclear power
plants around the country.
|
| 00:07:12 | For those of you just tuned in
to nhk world, you're seeing live
coverage.
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| 00:07:19 | The tsunami has struck.
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| 00:07:21 | A major earthquake hit japan on
friday afternoon.
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| 00:07:26 | Japan's meteorological agency
says the quake measured
magnitude 8.4.
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| 00:07:30 | >> Listening there to nhk
coverage there in japan, they
keep talking about an 8.4.
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| 00:07:40 | 9
quake.
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| 00:07:43 | A great quake.
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| 00:07:43 | I received a tweet here from a
person who is in japan.
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| 00:07:47 | I've asked them and sent them a
tweet to ask for their number so
we can talk to them.
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| 00:07:53 | They're saying frequent
aftershocks, a first time in my
life.
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| 00:07:56 | In japan.
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| 00:07:57 | So this is a traveller, a
tourist in japan who is tweeting
to me.
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| 00:08:02 | And anyone else who is in japan
who wants to send a tweet,
please take the time.
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| 00:08:08 | Feel free if it is safe at
rosemary cnn.
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| 00:08:18 | Do get online and send a
twitter.
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| 00:08:21 | Led get back to the pictures.
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| 00:08:22 | Get that sound turned down in
meer if you don't mind.
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| 00:08:27 | It is distracting.
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| 00:08:28 | We're looking at all of this
debris on the ground there.
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| 00:08:32 | Just moving right across japan
coming from the coastal areas.
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| 00:08:36 | We see the boats.
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| 00:08:38 | We see cars, mud, all the debris
moving through there.
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| 00:08:46 | Thankfully this is farm area.
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| 00:08:48 | It is moving into somer building
there's and we saw the blaze on
the ground.
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| 00:08:53 | I want to go back to see what
additional information ivan has.
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| 00:08:56 | >> We just had another major
earthquake offshore.
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| 00:09:00 | 1 which would be devastating
enough.
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| 00:09:04 | Shl over enough and closer to
the shore.
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| 00:09:06 | Some of these folks in these
farmlands in these buildings
have no idea what is happening
right now.
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| 00:09:13 | They are perhaps 100 plus
kilometers away from the shore
and they are seeing on a sunny
day in japan, this coming in.
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| 00:09:23 | Unless you're watching tv and
unless you're listening to the
radio, you won't have an idea
what's coming up.
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| 00:09:28 | This is where we get the
casualties.
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| 00:09:31 | Folks not aware of what's coming
and not able to reach higher
ground.
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| 00:09:36 | Unfortunately, the tragic thing
is we're seeing that wave of mud
and debris and buildings and
fire just encompass some of
those home there.
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| 00:09:45 | And we hope they're empty.
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| 00:09:48 | Certainly some of them probably
are not, rosemary.
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| 00:09:51 | There you see the initial wave
coming in.
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| 00:09:54 | Also we want to keep monitoring
folks in the back, the
shoreline.
|
| 00:09:59 | Again, this is not happened
once.
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| 00:10:01 | We're talking about a tsunami
that come in.
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| 00:10:03 | The first initial wave and then
another wave and perhaps even a
third wave after that.
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| 00:10:08 | With an 8.9 great earthquake.
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| 00:10:11 | That shallow, that close to the
shore.
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| 00:10:13 | There are going to be more
tsunamis coming in.
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| 00:10:15 | So we'll have to watch that very
closely there.
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| 00:10:19 | That doesn't look good there.
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| 00:10:20 | You see the breakers there.
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| 00:10:23 | An ongoing threat.
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| 00:10:25 | So this is going to be historic
undeed.
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| 00:10:28 | >> And where people can.
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| 00:10:30 | And of course it very difficult.
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| 00:10:31 | You need to get to higher
ground.
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| 00:10:33 | In any of those countries we've
mentioned, any of the coastal
areas, you need to move and you
need to move quickly and get to
higher ground.
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| 00:10:45 | I've got matt talk us to us from
he can to yoefl he was there
when the earthquake hit.
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| 00:10:50 | Now an 8.9 magnitude quake.
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| 00:10:53 | Tell us about the situation.
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| 00:10:55 | 9
hit.
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| 00:11:00 | >> It was absolutely unlike
anything I've ever experienced
before.
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| 00:11:04 | I've been living here eight
years now.
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| 00:11:06 | This was quite simfully biggest,
longest lasting earthquake I've
ever experienced here.
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| 00:11:12 | >> That's it.
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| 00:11:13 | Our reporter there was saying
she thought it was four to five
minutes.
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| 00:11:17 | Was that your sense as well?
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| 00:11:24 | >> The ground was rolling for an
extended period of time.
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| 00:11:28 | My wife and I stood outside and
basically held on to the outside
of our house.
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| 00:11:32 | You couldn't even stand up.
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| 00:11:34 | At the peak of these waves that
were washing over the ground,
you literally could not stay on
your feet.
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| 00:11:40 | You have to crouch down in a
ball or put your back against
something so you didn't fall.
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| 00:11:44 | That's exactly what we did for
the length, the duration of it.
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| 00:11:51 | It was probably two minutes and
felt like it was a lot longer.
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| 00:11:54 | >> Are you saying that you live
there?
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| 00:11:56 | You're actually traveling there?
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| 00:11:59 | >> I actually live here.
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| 00:12:00 | I've lived here the last eight
years and I live on the west
side of the city in a little
section of tokyo.
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| 00:12:08 | And yes, there are earthquakes
from time to time but we've
never, ever felt anything on the
literal magnitude of what we
experienced today.
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| 00:12:17 | >> That's exactly the story
we're hearing.
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| 00:12:19 | As we are talking, we're looking
at this extraordinary wave.
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| 00:12:23 | Another tsunami wave moving
toward the japanese coast.
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| 00:12:27 | Where are you located?
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| 00:12:30 | Are you away from any threat of
tsunami coming ashore?
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| 00:12:34 | >> Yes.
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| 00:12:36 | We're very fortunately located
inland.
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| 00:12:39 | There are rivers and streams but
those aren't being affected by
the tsunami.
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| 00:12:43 | I would say we're a good 10 to
15 miles from coastline so we
don't have to worry about that
where we are.
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| 00:12:49 | The footage that we're seeing,
the video that we're seeing on
the television screens is
absolutely, it is
heart-wrenching, actually.
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| 00:12:56 | You know that probably a lot of
those people did not have a
chance to evacuate before the
wave hit.
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| 00:13:03 | Even though they were telling
people, you need to get away
from the shorelines.
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| 00:13:06 | You need to get away from the
water.
|
| 00:13:09 | Watching this wave hit and cars
and buildings and houses being
swept away.
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| 00:13:13 | I think we're going to see a
significant number of
casualties.
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| 00:13:16 | Especially in the northern part
of the country.
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| 00:13:21 | >> You've been there a number of
years.
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| 00:13:24 | I have to apologize.
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| 00:13:25 | Someone was nauk my ear when you
mentioned the number of years
you've been there.
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| 00:13:29 | How long did you say you've been
there?
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| 00:13:31 | >> I've been here for eight
years.
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| 00:13:33 | My wife is japanese.
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| 00:13:36 | She's lived here most of her
life.
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| 00:13:39 | This was something neither of
us, we were completely
unprepared for this.
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| 00:13:42 | It was a beautiful spring day.
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| 00:13:43 | It was sunny outside.
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| 00:13:45 | I had just come home from a
little errand to the grocery
store and all of a sudden, bam.
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| 00:13:50 | It just hit.
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| 00:13:51 | You could tell this was
different instantly from other
little tremors that we've had
before.
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| 00:14:02 | Things started falling off the
shelves and the desks.
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| 00:14:06 | You could hear this strange
eerie creeking sound of all the
buildings all around us as they
were shaken by the tremor of the
ground.
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| 00:14:13 | It was something I hope I never
have to hear again.
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| 00:14:17 | Unfortunately, we keep getting
aftershocks.
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| 00:14:20 | We've had three or four so far.
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| 00:14:22 | Probably going to be other ones
as well.
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| 00:14:24 | >> The reality, living in japan,
this is something that you're
very used to.
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| 00:14:29 | As you sxa of course as people
who have lived there all their
lives, they know when this is
different.
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| 00:14:34 | And this felt very different.
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| 00:14:41 | >> I think this will be a tremor
to remember so to speak.
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| 00:14:44 | I think people will be talking
about this for a long time to
come.
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| 00:14:47 | Tokyo hasn't seen anything like
this in decades.
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| 00:14:50 | More than half a century.
|
| 00:14:51 | >> And matt, you mentioned your
wife is japanese.
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| 00:14:54 | For her presumably, when this
quake hit, she was no doubt a
little calmer, perhaps, than you
were.
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| 00:15:01 | Because she would be used to
this situation.
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| 00:15:03 | What did she say to you?
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| 00:15:06 | >> Absolutely.
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| 00:15:07 | You know, the first thing she
said was to open up all the
doors and the windows just in
case.
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| 00:15:13 | Japanese people have been
trained for this contingency
since they were children.
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| 00:15:18 | It is such an earthquake prone
country.
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| 00:15:20 | The first thing is leave the
windows and doors open.
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| 00:15:23 | In case the building shifts, you
don't want to get trapped if the
doors get caught in the door
jams.
|
| 00:15:29 | We brought our shoes in the
house with us which is something
in japan you never do.
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| 00:15:32 | You never bring your shoes in
with you.
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| 00:15:34 | We brought them inside in case
there was broken ground.
|
| 00:15:41 | She said get in the corner, put
your back against something and
wait for the tremors to subside
before trying to stand up and
walk around so you don't hit
your head.
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| 00:15:50 | She was the cool headed voice of
reason during this.
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| 00:15:53 | I was pretty much running around
like a chicken with my head cut
off.
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| 00:15:57 | >> The calming influence of a
wife that's very much needed in
a situation like this.
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| 00:16:02 | As we speak, we are continuing
to look at these aerial shots.
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| 00:16:06 | We saw that justify began tuck
wave hitting again toward the
coast.
|
| 00:16:10 | We've probably witnessed in live
tv in all of our global audience
have
witnessed this.
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| 00:16:17 | We've watched it unfold.
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| 00:16:18 | Which I can't remember a
situation where this ever
occurred.
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| 00:16:25 | Whir see this occur.
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| 00:16:26 | Japan and the journalists are
used to covering these things.
|
| 00:16:30 | They have their cameras trained
on all these critical shot like
the tsunami waves coming to
shore.
|
| 00:16:35 | I don't know if you can talk to
some of the pictures we saw a
little earlier.
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| 00:16:38 | We saw all of this mud and
debris boats and cars moving
across a farm area.
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| 00:16:46 | Now I don't know if you were
able to talk to that at all.
|
| 00:16:51 | What can you say and tell us
about that?
|
| 00:16:55 | >> The earthquake, the he was of
the earthquake as far as i
understand it was in a
prefecture sell hundred
kilometers north of tokyo.
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| 00:17:02 | And I think the footage we're
seeing largely of these waves of
debris, it is like a monster
movie.
|
| 00:17:08 | Seeing this stuff wiping out
entire sections of the coastline
is all generally from that area.
|
| 00:17:14 | Also, the northern most island
of japan is taking a major hit.
|
| 00:17:18 | We've been seeing a lot of
footage of what is washing over
farmland and other places near
to the coastline.
|
| 00:17:26 | There has been some really
heart-wrenching footage of cars
racing away from the water.
|
| 00:17:31 | Unfortunately, we don't know if
those people made it away or
not.
|
| 00:17:35 | Just watching it, it really is
almost, it is terrifying.
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| 00:17:39 | It is really terrifying.
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| 00:17:41 | And there are scattered
reports --
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