Japan hit by 8.8 magnitude quake - major tsunami event underway

[Rotfish]

Chernobyl wasn't built nearly as well as these plants -- I would hope. If something were to happen, I doubt you'd be able to compare it to Chernobyl.

 

[The Ween]

is that supposed to be a good thing or a bad thing?

kidding.

Ohio......we got a rep!

 

[jrice73]

Chernobyl wasn't built nearly as well as these plants -- I would hope. If something were to happen, I doubt you'd be able to compare it to Chernobyl.

Uh, if Michio Kaku is calling it a Chernobyl in the making, believe it brother. Dr. Kaku is one of the most respected minds in the country, if not the world. Having read several of his books, followed his work for the last decade and attended two lectures by him, I'd call his expertise on nuclear engineering impeccable. If he's calling for a worst case scenario, then buy it. The ____ is hitting the fan. My best friend and I have several friends in Japan in Noda City and further up North. One of them is a firefighter. We cannot get a hold of them. We're sweating bullets.

 

[nash]

____, japan just can't catch a break.... why can't it happen to north korea instead?

 

[Rotfish]

Uh, if Michio Kaku is calling it a Chernobyl in the making, believe it brother. Dr. Kaku is one of the most respected minds in the country, if not the world. Having read several of his books, followed his work for the last decade and attended two lectures by him, I'd call his expertise on nuclear engineering impeccable. If he's calling for a worst case scenario, then buy it. The ____ is hitting the fan. My best friend and I have several friends in Japan in Noda City and further up North. One of them is a firefighter. We cannot get a hold of them. We're sweating bullets.

He's like one in a big handful of people, the rest of which don't believe it'll happen. The containment unit's still intact apparently. We haven't heard any real updates since this morning either.

I understand his concern and he could very well be right, but it's hard to imagine a huge meltdown with the conditions of these plants. Not saying it won't be bad, but Chernobyl? Sounds too much like an exaggeration. Let's just say this: if whatever happens is even remotely comparable to Chernobyl (which once again involved an above-ground reactor, little protection, and happened over 20 years ago), then we have some serious amounts of fail and incompetence in terms of dealing with nuclear plant construction.

No one in Japan seems to know exactly what's going on, to top it all off. All the current updates are discussing things that *may* have happened. And now they fear a second explosion at another reactor, though we don't even know what kind of explosion it is. I don't think an accurate prediction can be made until we have some solid facts to base it off of. Regardless of who's making it, these are all just possibilities based on some incredibly obscure information. Hopefully some real answers can be given in the next few days, instead of wishy-washy headlines. Go on CNN right now and check out the banner updates at the bottom. They all contradict eachother. One is from the Prime Minister saying there's no immediate danger. One discusses high radiation release levels. One is from WHO that states the risk is low. And when you factor in the interviews, it's even harder to really know what's going on.

Not saying anyone's right or wrong, but there is no way of knowing quite yet.

 

[hydrobud]

Satellite Photos - Japan Before and After Tsunami - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

you really get the jest after seeing these photos ... if any group of people can pull through this its the Japanese people . Long Live Japan !!!

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...te-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html

 

[fosing]

here's a good read.
https://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/15/why-is-there-no-looting-in-japan/

even in their darkest hour, they kept it together.

 

[OSCORP]

I guess the surgeon general is telling west coasters to get iodine pills as a precaution in case a radioactive cloud comes.

(might wanna google it if you live in the west)

 

[Sachiel]

Amid the silent corpses a baby cried out - and Japan met its tiniest miracle.

On March 14 soldiers from the Japanese Defense Force were going door-to-door, pulling bodies from homes flattened by the earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki City, a coastal town northeast of Senda. More accustomed to the crunching of rubble and the sloshing of mud than to the sound of life, they dismissed the baby's cry as a mistake. Until they heard it again.
They made their way to the pile of debris, and carefully removed fragments of wood and slate, shattered glass and rock. And then they saw her: a four-month old baby girl in a pink woolen bear suit.
The tidal wave literally swept the unnamed girl away from her parents' arms when it hit their home on March 11. Since then her parents - both of whom survived the disaster - have taken refuge in their wrecked house, and worried that their little girl was dead. Soldiers managed to reunite the baby with her overjoyed father shortly after the rescue.

Awwwwwww

 

[CelticPredator]

Nice story.

 

[keysta75]

here's a good read.
https://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/15/why-is-there-no-looting-in-japan/

even in their darkest hour, they kept it together.

Two words: National pride. The people of Japan love their country and do what is best for the nation, unlike the United States where we love our country and do what is best for ourselves.

so true.

 

[devilof76]

What's the difference between 'the nation' and the selves that make up that nation?

 

[jinxx]

I know someone from F u kushima. God, I hope her and her family are okay. This is so sad.

 

[The Ween]

Two words: National pride. The people of Japan love their country and do what is best for the nation, unlike the United States where we love our country and do what is best for ourselves.

so true.

I sooooooo disagree with this in so many ways.

 

[pixletwin]

Two words: National pride. The people of Japan love their country and do what is best for the nation, unlike the United States where we love our country and do what is best for ourselves.

so true.

Where were you on September 11? What a bunch of crap. Seeing your location you should know better.

Before you answer assuming based on MY location: My brother was an ADA in Manhattan on 9-11. He spent4/5 weeks post 9-11 going to the funerals of people he knew who perished in that attack. After 20 years living in NYC he left because it was too painful for him to stay there. People are the same by and large wherever you look. Your post makes you sound like a cynical douche.

 

[Darth Madden]

I guess the surgeon general is telling west coasters to get iodine pills as a precaution in case a radioactive cloud comes.

(might wanna google it if you live in the west)

Yeah, too bad people have all ready bought them all out and are selling them for 10x the price.

 

[Shatterer of Dreams]

I sooooooo disagree with this in so many ways.

Where were you on September 11? What a bunch of crap. Seeing your location you should know better.

Before you answer assuming based on MY location: My brother was an ADA in Manhattan on 9-11. He spent4/5 weeks post 9-11 going to the funerals of people he knew who perished in that attack. After 20 years living in NYC he left because it was too painful for him to stay there. People are the same by and large wherever you look. Your post makes you sound like a cynical douche.

yeah, you guys could disagree and talk about 9/11 but what about Katrina? How's the 9th Ward doing these days, all these years later? Not trying to start a war but there is actually nothing wrong with his post.

 

[Jen]

yeah, you guys could disagree and talk about 9/11 but what about Katrina? How's the 9th Ward doing these days, all these years later? Not trying to start a war but there is actually nothing wrong with his post.

Or all the people displaced from the Gulf Spill in Florida and surrounding areas. I have a friend helping out there and it's sickening how much help those people still need. A lot of people getting sick over there.

I will agree that during times of crisis - people are good at banding together and getting stuff done. Sadly, when the news is no longer the top headlines - many people move on to other things leaving a lot of the cleanup and work only partially done.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Yeah, too bad people have all ready bought them all out and are selling them for 10x the price.

that's lame....and nobody stopped them from buying all the pills?

 

[ProgMatinee]

No country sits back and lets catastrophe HAPPEN.

Rebuilding is a different story. It would quite literally bankrupt the country to rebuild New Orleans to what it was in the span of 5 years when it took that city over 100 to build in the first place.

IF (and from my heart I mean that as a huge M Fng IF) this planet survives the next 2 years, I think it will take Japan a long time to get Sendai back. Maybe 50 years. Same with New Orleans.

I think "bounce back" is a totally unreasonable expectation within 1 generation. And thats probably the best for the society that it proceeds at a reasonable pace.

Like I said, a nation of 400m could BANKRUPT on helping 3m if they aren't careful and slow.