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

[Cosimo]

lol. Just read [West Coast] Americans are panic buying anti-radiation drugs and geiger counters in preparation for the fallout.

Some of them have probably already got fallout shelters. They're a nutty bunch on the west coast.

 

[Cosimo]

They are restoring power to the plant in order to cool overheating rods apparently, looks like a meltdown is to be avoided

I do hope so but the situation is so confusing at the moment that one can only speculate that this will happen.

 

[dbmzk1]

lol. Just read [West Coast] Americans are panic buying anti-radiation drugs and geiger counters in preparation for the fallout.

Surely, it would take something much more severe than Chernobyl for any radiation to even get to the West coast unless I'm mistaken?

Radiation even from what has been released now will eventually get to most places as particles disperse into the atmosphere. But it would be such a tiny amount it's not even worth thinking about. Even a Chernobyl scale disaster wouldn't significantly affect the USA. China and Korea would probably be worrying slightly though...

 

[silversurfer]

Nuclear engineer live on the extension cable solution etc - http://www.stocktwits.tv

Also using riot control water cannon towards nuclear reactors

 

[badcompany]

just such a shame that it is the peaceful country of Japan that has suffered this mayhem.

Only in modern times.

 

[Doohickey]

Only in modern times.

Your point being?

 

[Django x2]

Great, so whilst they pour resources into fixing the roads, thousands of people in the worst hit areas haven't even had food or aid yet. 5 days down the line some emergency teams are only just reaching worst hit areas.

 

[coltpython3]

There are plenty of other countries that deserve a good shake up but anyway enough about that

like who exactly? lol no i dont want to start an arguement just honestly want to know

 

[badcompany]

Radiation even from what has been released now will eventually get to most places as particles disperse into the atmosphere. But it would be such a tiny amount it's not even worth thinking about. Even a Chernobyl scale disaster wouldn't significantly affect the USA. China and Korea would probably be worrying slightly though...

RT News are reporting this is going to be

"chernobyl on steroids"

 

[Doohickey]

RT News are reporting this is going to be

"chernobyl on steroids"

No they are not. They haven't reported that at all. That was a comment by a reader called 'GrizzlyBear'.

http://rt.com/usa/news/nuclear-radiation-japan-usa/

Thanks, but no thanks.

 

[TheOtherOption]

One thing that has struck me as totally stupid is that a group of British search & rescue people were recently turned around and told to go home at the airport in Japan because they hadn't been supplied with some correct piece of paperwork by the British Embassy I think it was?!

I'd have thought they need all the help they can get - this is as good a time as any to cut the red tape and just let them into the country!

 

[Evilsod]

# Britain advised its nationals currently in Tokyo and to the north of the capital to consider leaving the area
# France urged its nationals in Tokyo to leave the country or move south; two Air France planes were sent to begin evacuation
# Australia advised its citizens to consider leaving Tokyo and the most damaged prefectures

Good to see the French are retreating again...

I've not actually seen that anywhere but a while ago in this thread...

 

[qqg3]

Great, so whilst they pour resources into fixing the roads, thousands of people in the worst hit areas haven't even had food or aid yet. 5 days down the line some emergency teams are only just reaching worst hit areas.

Surely the roads are a key part to delivering the majority of that aid...

 

[Fuzz]

Great, so whilst they pour resources into fixing the roads, thousands of people in the worst hit areas haven't even had food or aid yet. 5 days down the line some emergency teams are only just reaching worst hit areas.

and how exactly do you expect aid, food and transport out.... to actually get IN without clearing the roads first?


edit... Beaten like a ginger step child

 

[explicit4u]

edit... Beaten like a ginger step child

Exactly, repairing and reopening their transport infrastructure will make the whole recovery process much faster and easier.

 

[Fuzz]

4,500 confirmed dead, still 8,000 missing

 

[Macky]

I was just checking the earthquakes bit and there were 370,000 fatalities from the Haiti earthquake and I'd pretty much forgotten about that to be honest. That was only a 7.0 mag.

 

[badcompany]

No they are not. They haven't reported that at all. That was a comment by a reader called 'GrizzlyBear'.

http://rt.com/usa/news/nuclear-radiation-japan-usa/

Thanks, but no thanks.

I was watching RT in the bath and watched it myself they were interviewing some guy on their program

Don't tell me I didn't see it, thank you.

 

[Strife212]

RT's coverage of most things seems so dubious.

 

[badcompany]

One thing that has struck me as totally stupid is that a group of British search & rescue people were recently turned around and told to go home at the airport in Japan because they hadn't been supplied with some correct piece of paperwork by the British Embassy I think it was?!

I'd have thought they need all the help they can get - this is as good a time as any to cut the red tape and just let them into the country!

Health and safety in it !