Japan Info

[kyratshooter]

KY, what is this based on? My entire family is living in the Tijeras Mountains except me and my little girl?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_(nuclear_test)

Never heard of a place called Los Alamos? The Manhattan Project?

It looks like your family was about 25 miles from the first atomic bomb lab.

Also one of the first radiation overdose accidents. They used to test critical mass by hand. They took two chunks of plutonium and slid them together slowly with a geiger counter in the middle. One tech was bumped while "Tickling the Tiger" and wiped out a whole room full of radiation techs. Their deaths were very closely studied and we base much of our radiation medicene on their deaths.

New Mexico was just the first of the U.S. test sites. Much of the testing was done in Nevada.

[Alaskan Survivalist]

"A Japanese government spokesman, Noriyuki Shikata, warded off fears of an imminent meltdown, telling CNN on Thursday, "We have not seen a major breach of containment" at any of the plant's troubled nuclear reactors."

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/as...saster/?hpt=T1

They are not easing fears just proving they are downplaying the situation. High levels are being found 18 miles away. Low levels are expected to be hitting the California coast tomorrow. Containment? The thing is spewing radiation! Spin and word games is all you get from the news. I think they offer conflicting reports to keep us argueing and turning outrage towards each other. Don't you ever feel like a rat in a maze reacting to stimuli?

[roar-k]

I have not read every post or half the posts for that matter, but have you all read where there has been no looting reported?

[Rick]

The radiation is coming from the spent fuel rods not the containment buildings. But you assess it any way you want. Do you understand the difference between the containment buildings and the reactor buildings?
If you go back and look at the diagram I posted you'll see the difference. I actually saw that same diagram on the news last night. Maybe they got it from here. Is EVERYTHING a conspiracy?

[Alaskan Survivalist]

The radiation is coming from the spent fuel rods not the containment buildings. But you assess it any way you want. Do you understand the difference between the containment buildings and the reactor buildings?
If you go back and look at the diagram I posted you'll see the difference. I actually saw that same diagram on the news last night. Maybe they got it from here. Is EVERYTHING a conspiracy?

Yes I do. I also have a simple understanding that something that is contained is not spilling out. Spinning words don't change anything. The question should be is everything a lie? Yes it is. The Japenese government are making statements that are being contested by our nuclear regulation experts using drones to do fly overs. I've heard reports one of the containments is fractured. I don't know who is lieing all I know is who has reason too. I can see the explosions and smoke high in the sky over the reactor. How can that be good? I would expect that once the area was secured by the Japenese so no one else could verify the information the reports would improve.

[Rick]

Amazing....

[Alaskan Survivalist]

Amazing....

Thank you! Yes, your remark could be taken either way but here I can choose to be optimistic.

[Justin Case]

Snort,,,, chuckle,,,,

[Alaskan Survivalist]

This is old but unchanged news. I guess once the news agencies have talked it to death the perception is the crissis is over even though it continues to spew radiation and a partial melt down has occured. The situation remains out of control.

[Justin Case]

I heard this morning that the radiation levels are 100 thousand time safe levels at the plant... WOW That means Dangerous x 100,000 !

[roar-k]

Hmmm, I wonder how Oak Ridge would be if some sort of disaster struck.....

[Ssgt_DimeBag]

The economy getting better? How much of our dept do think Japan is going to be buying now? Forget what I said months ago that should the economy ever improve 4 dollar a gallon gas would be waiting for us again.

Yep and we have our own problems here.Plus the Japanese plan on shutting down American auto plants.
If people are worried about fallout here is a good map updates every 3 min. http://www.radiationnetwork.com/

[Justin Case]

People think that all of Japan was destroyed,, in reality , it was just a couple of coast towns,,, yes its sad, but 99.9 % of Japan in intact,, none of their military was lost ? they should have lots of helicopters and other resources,,, Just sayin ....

[Alaskan Survivalist]

Just saw on the news highly radioactive water is draining into the ocean from fractured containment core. Air radiation is spiking in the area as well and situation continues to worsen.

[Sourdough]

Just saw on the news highly radioactive water is draining into the ocean from fractured containment core. Air radiation is spiking in the area as well and situation continues to worsen.

What I find interesting is that the WOW factor left the Main Stream Media two weeks ago. It just keeps getting more horrific, but everyone is bored with that old story.

[Winnie]

It's not that everyone is bored with that old story at all, the Media is bored with that old story. They have done it to death every which way to sunday and have run out of ideas to sensationalise it.
The story is still unfolding and I truly feel for Japanese, but until something else newsworthy comes out of Japan it will sit on the back burner.
Personally, I would love to see a regular update, but that won't happen for the above reasons.

[Rick]

I'm not certain where you folks are looking but I see updates everyday on the situation. I use Google News and there are always updates. This morning there are 16, 598 news articles on the Japan disaster from agencies like Rueters, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, etc.

[roar-k]

I'm not certain where you folks are looking but I see updates everyday on the situation. I use Google News and there are always updates. This morning there are 16, 598 news articles on the Japan disaster from agencies like Rueters, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, etc.

I see the same thing as you.

[Winnie]

I stand corrected.

[Rick]

Try www.news.google.com

You can customize it to see only the subjects you want like Sports, Health, Business, etc. and you can get local news all in one sitting.