Posted on 10/15/2011 12:11:00 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
March disaster debris may reach Hawaii next year
US researchers say some of the huge amount of debris that has been drifting in the Pacific Ocean as a result of Japan's disaster in March may reach Hawaii next year.
Nikolai Maximenko, senior researcher at the University of Hawaii's International Pacific Research Center, says a huge amount of debris was spotted by a Russian training ship heading for Vladivostok from Hawaii in late September.
The debris was found in a wide area in the northern Pacific Ocean about 3,200 kilometers east of Japan and about 900 kilometers west of the Midway Islands.
Japanese fishing boats, fishing nets, housing materials, plastic products, and appliances such as television sets and refrigerators form part of the debris.
A piece of a demolished fishing boat clearly shows the word "Fukushima" written in Japanese.
Maximenko says measures should be taken as a large amount of debris can be a threat to vessels and can have an adverse impact on marine ecosystems.
Saturday, October 15, 2011 13:05 +0900 (JST)
(Excerpt) Read more at 3.nhk.or.jp ...
P!
Now there will finally be some looting.
I don’t know.. could be some interesting stuff to find on the beaches after it passes.
Paint it all green.
This graphic depicts the predicted location of the Japan debris field as it swirls towards the U.S. West Coast. Scientists predict the first bits of rubbish will wash up in a year's time
In three years' time the debris field will have reached the U.S. West Coast and will then turn toward Hawaii and back again toward Asia, circulating in what is known as the North Pacific gyre
No it will end up in Oregon or Wash coast like it has been for hundreds of years.
Good place for it. It is a liberal owned dump anyway.
Looks like it’s coming straight for Pelosi
Our bad luck if true ...Wifey and I are going to the Big Island at the end of March for a 2nd honeymoon & to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary !
It could make for great beach combing for a while.
Interesting that they don't name the disaster in the headline or the story.
Any of it radioactive?
I suspect some of them are. Of course, during its long journey from Japan, much of it could have been washed off and diluted, and radiation reading from it could be negligible.
It appears that the promised effects of the apotheosis of Obama to the presidency, e.g., the planet shall heal and the seas subside, are coming up just a bit short.
Last time we visted , in March 2008 , we arrived the day after Kilauea erupted for the first time in 84 years ! A day or two after we arrived Aloha Air went out of business . This time we might have to deal with junk from Fukushima washing up on shore when we are at the beach . By the way , we live in Japan .
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.