Earthquake in Japan....9.0...ouch!

Just seen this online: http://media.riemurasia.net/albumit/mmedia/4x/gg/w9bm/253758/794541220.jpg

Absolutely disgusting. :(


I honestly can't believe the damage this earthquake and tsunami has done. The pictures and videos are crazy. So many innocent people dead. :(

Sadly it's just the nature of some people. It would be no different if something happened to Germany. There would be a lot of that from most of Europe.

Agreed news reporting is terrible, even BBC which should be good as they don;t have to worry about advertising/sales is rubbish. They really need a good slap or tv license suspending.
 
Really, America is no different to the rest of the world, lots of people still deeply hate Germany and it's people.

Even though I have a couple of German friends, I still dislike them as a nation.

That doesn't mean I wouldn't support them in case of any crisis though.


BBC News website is showing recorded footage from the night when there were reports of incoming tsunami. **** that ****, switching to Sky News now.
 
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That doesn't mean I wouldn't support them in case of any crisis though.

You might not, some people would, those facebook pics are a absolutely tiny % of the population. I know someone who would liek Germany wiped of the map (polish) I also no some English people who went through the war and would be delighted by any punishment Germany received. people make out it's just America, it's not it is human nature for a small part of society world wide. It hasn't got to bad in this thread yet, But such anti American posts is just as deluded and has actually made great members leave this forum.
 
We've got a really good article on the nuclear issue from someone who actually knows what they are talking about: http://www.theoildrum.com/node/7638

Like all matters of scientific research it is important to consider bias. Much of what the author writes is very anti-nuclear power which leads me to suspect an alteria motive. Indeed, googling her is no difficult task.

http://aspo-usa.com/worldoil2010/speakers.cfm?bid=1056
Foss runs the Agri-Energy Producers' Association of Ontario

http://www.apao.ca/apaoExp/index.php/main_2010/pages/about
Agrienergy Producers’ Association of Ontario (APAO) is a farmers’ association promoting the development of farm-based renewable electricity generation

Also, the original article states

The subject of Nicole's master thesis at Warwick University was nuclear safety

But her bio writes

Her academic qualifications include a BSc in biology from Carleton University in Canada (where she focused primarily on neuroscience and psychology), a post-graduate diploma in air and water pollution control, an LLM in international law in development from the University of Warwick in the UK.

No physics background at all

ALL scientists are subject to bias. Of course this woman is going to put down nuclear power, and as the reader, you should be more careful about what you instantly assume as fact. Touting herself as a 'nuclear expert' is infact an outright lie.

(assuming this is the correct person of course)
 
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You might not, some people would, those facebook pics are a absolutely tiny % of the population. I know someone who would liek Germany wiped of the map (polish) I also no some English people who went through the war and would be delighted by any punishment Germany received. people make out it's just America, it's not it is human nature for a small part of society world wide. It hasn't got to bad in this thread yet, But such anti American posts is just as deluded and has actually made great members leave this forum.

Of course anti-American posts are equally as stupid, I never said otherwise.

It doesn't help that Americans are such a large nation, there's bound to be idiots who show up on the Internet and feed them stereotypes.
 
Just when it couldn't get any worse for the people of Japan Sky News have decided to roll up and get in the way I see!

Really is just a big TV drama to them, right down to the snapshots of the disaster put to music going to every ad break complete with the slogan 'Japan disaster on mobile, TV and online' like it's the new series of 24 or something...
 
Just when it couldn't get any worse for the people of Japan Sky News have decided to roll up and get in the way I see!

Really is just a big TV drama to them, right down to the snapshots of the disaster put to music going to every ad break complete with the slogan 'Japan disaster on mobile, TV and online' like it's the new series of 24 or something...

Yep, can't stand Sky News either.

It's down to Japanese broadcasts and articles now.
 
Curious to know what you think a mushroom cloud is?
What I mean is, why do you think it can't only be hydrogen?

I did not mean it was a mushroom cloud i was just saying it was a huge explosion

my point is they are underplaying it even if the reactor survived the mechanism that control it must be severly compromised and is a lot more serious situation than a simple hydrogen explosion
 
So it's just media overhyping the tragedy that is happening on the shore with scary news from the Fukushima plant.

The media seem to have an inherent distrust of science. Saw it on the BBC this morning.

Scientist : That wasn't a mushroom cloud, that was a gas explosion. The walls are designed to explode outwards in this scenario.

Presenters : OMG, but what if scary stuff happens?! Chernobyl people!!1
 
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The media seem to have an inherent distrust of science. Saw it on the BBC this morning.

Scientist : That wasn't a mushroom cloud, that was a gas explosion. The walls are designed to explode outwards in this scenario.

Presenters : OMG, but what if scary stuff happens?! Chernobyl people!!1

Sounds like someone was watching the same interview I was this morning.
It felt like I was watching kids news.
 
Since the spent fuel pools are towards the top of those buildings and after seeing the energy involved in the explosion of the 3rd reactor, I'm pretty concerned about the security of several decades of spent fuel rods.

Does anyone have a decent picture of reactor 3 after the explosion?
 
The experts they get on are so often completely wrong on the BBC, I have no faith in who they pick to be on their, frankly I have little faith in experts these days. Sometimes its because you have experts who are just horrible at communicating, not helped by basically amateur presenters the BBC use these days and the daft trying to be comftable format they've adopted.

Sometimes its just a random guy with a degree who just isn't much of an expert, and sometimes its a cab driver.

I was rather, irked I guess when the BBC had a reporter down at one of the cities thats missing and he was just talking about the people missing like it was another fact, he just casually mentions the rescue crews are finding more bodies and really no survivors but talks excitedly about the upturned tractor thats been crushed, its on it side yes, one wheel is off, crushed, no.

The fact he's standing in what amounts to a mass grave but he just wants to show you all the cool damage, I don't know, it felt incredibly unprofessional.

Its kind of like the idiot the BBC guy had on site for the Chile miners, he kept acting like every other reporter was evil and hounding the families but he was their "friend" so had a right to attempt to push past them all and get right in the families faces, he was as bad if not worse than the rest. Frankly ALL the reporters in the Chile incident sickened me, surrounding the family of the first guy who came out, a woman crying, sad, worried but 50 camera's and 100 reporters all had to film it, then they broke the tent by pushing in on them. Reporters have just no morals anymore, 24/7 news is about entertainment and viewing figures now, not professionalism, quality, facts anymore. At least not the the UK/USA, Japans coverage seems massively more professional, but then as a society they just come off that way.
 
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