# Anyone watch NOVA last night (Japan's Killer Quake)?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-nova-last-night-japans-killer-quake/576677 "2011-03-31T20:08:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-nova-last-night-japans-killer-quake/576677/1 "2011-03-31T20:08:52Z")
You can watch it online [here](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/japan-killer-quake.html) if you missed it. The tsunami footage was particularly impressive. It was quite fascinating that they discovered the reason the 30-foot sea walls failed to contain the 30-foot tsunami was because the earthquake had lowered everything 3 feet. There was also footage from an American in a park somewhere in Japan filming the ground pulsing open and close beneath his feet. ---
**Author:** ![Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methyl_Ethyl_Death)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-nova-last-night-japans-killer-quake/576677/2 "2011-03-31T21:07:11Z")
I can’t believe I missed this. Thanks for posting link. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-nova-last-night-japans-killer-quake/576677/3 "2011-03-31T22:17:31Z")
Caught it last night and again today on an alternate PBS station. It’s some of the best reporting I’ve seen on the quake and its aftermath. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-nova-last-night-japans-killer-quake/576677/4 "2011-04-01T00:23:08Z")
Got it on my DVR, but haven’t watched it yet. NOVA is by far the best science show on TV. I hope they don’t replace it with the dumbed-down version “NOVA ScienceNow”. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-nova-last-night-japans-killer-quake/576677/5 "2011-04-01T01:16:59Z")
this is the second quick show they have done. it was good. a good amount of footage that wasn’t in the news. good explanation of how the tsunami could do the damage that it did. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-nova-last-night-japans-killer-quake/576677/6 "2011-04-01T11:32:30Z")
Saw it - the scene in the park with the crack in the Earth moving was awesome (in every sense of the word) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Jelly\_Roll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Jelly\_Roll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelly_Roll)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-nova-last-night-japans-killer-quake/576677/7 "2011-04-01T15:43:38Z")
I just finished watching it (slow day at work) and I think I pretty much sat here with my jaw on the floor the entire time. The footage is incredible and I appreciate that everything was explained in a way that was easy to understand. I learned a lot this morning and forwarded the video to friends and family.