Posted on 03/12/2011 12:02:10 AM PST by rawhide
Just in:
Explosion at Tepco's Fukushima Daiichi plant heard around 0630 GMT
NHK footage shows steam-like smoke coming from Tepco's Fukushima plant
(Excerpt) Read more at live.reuters.com ...
I’ll wait and see - check with the doc to make sure.
Hope so. I’ve only seen videos of people (in quake) from Tokyo area. Other than the few in various videos on a bridge while the boats go under and whomever was filming. It looks like ghost towns. How awful.
It was in one of SE Mom’s update posts.
If this is Chernobyl again as some media are trumpeting, the problems will be in and around Japan.
People will die but our sanity doesn’t need to.
I'm not so sure. When the extension of the zone was announced, it was said both No 1 & No 2 power plant areas, Fukushima Daini and Fukushima Daiichi, are under a 20 km evacuation zone now.
1-10 if Chernobyl was 10 what is situation at Japan reactor?
He said one.
The explosion happened at Fukushima 1 (Fukushima Daiichi). This article claims to be about Fukushima 2 (Fukushima Daini).
9 posted on Saturday, March 12, 2011 4:18:26 AM by old republic
That sounds hopeful.
Going to take a cat nap..
Enough salt to not only kill you but turn you to jerky. Don’t.
I’ve been thinking of that myself.
Sleep tight. Gonna be a long day.
It would be better for a person to just drink a lot of good old fashion cheap red wine. Proven to help against radiation sickness in minute amounts.
not sure if this has been posted but it looks scary
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_51.html
that is what is left
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvC4WQrQwTs
check the latter video at 47 seconds...
“If this is Chernobyl again as some media are trumpeting”
That is where everyone needs to stop and take a breath.
Exactly how informed/educated is the media regarding Nuke power? How long did they go to school for this subject? How many tests and certifications did they have to pass to work in the Industry?
Been apparent over the years many in the liberal media received their degrees out of a Box of Cracker Jacks.
Pause..Take a break and do not play into an environment of created hysteria.
Wait for accurate and rock solid facts from knowledgeable people and NOT those with political and other agendas.
Thanks for the timeline. 10-15 minutes. Not enough time to evacuate. So sad.
Wasn’t the problem with Chernobyl that the graphite caught on fire and was almost impossible to put out, with the smoke contributing to the spread of contaminants?
High 43 f, Low 34 f
Winds from the SW at 14 mph
Precipitation 0 to 20%
I live in Columbus, Ohio. Would it matter here?
Who'da thunk that Reuters had all-night censors manning the board?
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