Posted on 12/03/2011 1:20:37 PM PST by NYer
This extraordinary image shows how the quake split this road in Satte on the island of Honshu right down the middle
Raging seas: The tsunami pours through trees and engulfs homes on the coast of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, after the earthquake struck
The same scene just moments later shows how the entire area with dozens of homes is completely obliterated by the unforgiving waters which swept away anything in their path. Bobbing about on the surface is all the debris the waters have picked up along the way
More evidence of Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Global Warming.
That picture of the road is remarkable. I can’t figure why or how the land managed to split literally and perfectly right down the centerline. That’s amazing.
You do have a boat don't you?
They pave the road the same way we do, on half at a time. This allows traffic to proceed with minimum disruption. However it leaves a seam down the middle. The roadway acted as if it had a strip of adhesive tape on the surface. That allowed the land to shift underneath but it held together along the seam.
Over the years, in fault prone zones, escarpments are weathered, becoming natural paths. Many within inhabited areas may become natural boundaries in land ownership and natural unpaved roadways. As they are further improved, and land development spreads, the same routes remain in the same paths and later tend to get paved as major roadways.
I keep going back for another look at that....crazy...
Notice the road on the left is undulated while the one on the right has remained flat. That makes the image even more intriguing.
I was wondering something like that. I suppose it’s the only explanation that makes any sense.
It sure does. Makes me wonder if it wasn't even a straight road before. :-)
The building holding up the boat is pretty well built.
They could have had a 20 story building on that center line, with a solid foundation with no seams, and the earth would have shifted right under it, likely causing it's collapse.
Ya think?
I did not imply that the asphalt dictated where the ground moved, but the seam in the asphalt did dictate where the asphalt split.
Chris Goldfinger? Thats a hell of a name.
The japanese people still need our prayers.
May God be with all those who lost loved ones.
Japanese. (sorry for typo)
You have to think of it as being punched apart but apparently there is a shear factor to it. The west side might have been all fill. I see some fill on the east side. Ye old least resistance factor. Still amazing!! Especially the rolling.
Misleading headline. Most of the shift appears to have been lateral. Only about 10 meters was vertical.
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