Earthquake & tsunami hits Japan

[Amatay]

Good docu

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/japans-tsunami-how-it-happened/4od#3175951

Amazing stuff.  Frightening.

Pretty much thiis.

Incredible

[TRIP5]

Despite the best positive non-sensationalism that this thread has been...in hindsite all of the "it's not bad, it's not gonna get worse, the media are feckers" descriptions have actually been sadly inapt taking into consideration the actual situation regarding transference of airborne radiation...

Please let my friends be okay...right now i don't give a flying about the rest of this thread....

page three - onwards of this thread was just as wrong as the BBC

The threat of nuclear exposure is wide and vast...Apologies to all who voiced valid concerns earlier, for me my friends HAVE moved away - despite being 50k outside force zero...

Candles for all water consumers in Tokyo!!!

xx

[rex008]

Despite the best positive non-sensationalism that this thread has been...in hindsite all of the "it's not bad, it's not gonna get worse, the media are feckers" descriptions have actually been sadly inapt taking into consideration the actual situation regarding transference of airborne radiation...

Please let my friends be okay...right now i don't give a flying about the rest of this thread....

page three - onwards of this thread was just as wrong as the BBC

The threat of nuclear exposure is wide and vast...Apologies to all who voiced valid concerns earlier, for me my friends HAVE moved away - despite being 50k outside force zero...

Candles for all water consumers in Tokyo!!!

xx

Eh?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/25/fukushima_scaremongering_debunk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12860842

The media are still scaremongering about it. Radiation levels are still nowhere near causing any health effects. It's still causing massive distraction from the devastation caused by the Tsunami. I don't see what's changed? Radiation levels in the sea (measured 300m downwind of the reactors, mind) are above "safe" levels. And this is a surprise, apparently. Anyone likely to be drinking sea water 300m from a nuclear reactor under normal circumstances?

You can ingest more radiation by smoking a cigarette than you would drinking Tokyo tap water.

[TRIP5]

Despite the best positive non-sensationalism that this thread has been...in hindsite all of the "it's not bad, it's not gonna get worse, the media are feckers" descriptions have actually been sadly inapt taking into consideration the actual situation regarding transference of airborne radiation...

Please let my friends be okay...right now i don't give a flying about the rest of this thread....

page three - onwards of this thread was just as wrong as the BBC

The threat of nuclear exposure is wide and vast...Apologies to all who voiced valid concerns earlier, for me my friends HAVE moved away - despite being 50k outside force zero...

Candles for all water consumers in Tokyo!!!

xx

Eh?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/25/fukushima_scaremongering_debunk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12860842

The media are still scaremongering about it. Radiation levels are still nowhere near causing any health effects. It's still causing massive distraction from the devastation caused by the Tsunami. I don't see what's changed? Radiation levels in the sea (measured 300m downwind of the reactors, mind) are above "safe" levels. And this is a surprise, apparently. Anyone likely to be drinking sea water 300m from a nuclear reactor under normal circumstances?

You can ingest more radiation by smoking a cigarette than you would drinking Tokyo tap water.

Interesting read, thankyou Rex

xx

[rex008]

Even the fact that I'm getting angry at the way this has been reported makes me angry. Because I should have learned to expect nothing less from the media at some point in the 38 years of my life .

[TRIP5]

Even the fact that I'm getting angry at the way this has been reported makes me angry. Because I should have learned to expect nothing less from the media at some point in the 38 years of my life .

Accurate or not my friends have left...even if it is all tosh, their kiddies won't be drinking any sort of mildly contaminated tap water and for that i'm thankfull!!

38...snap

xx

[The Baron]

Good docu

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/japans-tsunami-how-it-happened/4od#3175951

The scariest thing is they expect something bigger in future and this may have sped up the process.

[kinboshi]

Even the fact that I'm getting angry at the way this has been reported makes me angry. Because I should have learned to expect nothing less from the media at some point in the 38 years of my life .

Accurate or not my friends have left...even if it is all tosh, their kiddies won't be drinking any sort of mildly contaminated tap water and for that i'm thankfull!!

38...snap

xx

Your friends left where,  and how does this demonstrate that the situation has dramatically worsened? There are people in America taking iodine pills because of the situation in Fukushima - they're just idiots, it doesn't mean they're in danger.

I have friends who live in Ibaraki prefecture, and they haven't left (because that's where they're from and live and it isn't dangerous for them to stay there.

I really don't understand your argument. It's like saying if people go to church that makes god real.

[kinboshi]

Good docu

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/japans-tsunami-how-it-happened/4od#3175951

The scariest thing is they expect something bigger in future and this may have sped up the process.

I was disappointed with that sensationalist bit at the end.  Pure speculation,  and this quake could have just as easily reduced some pressure between the plates that meet near Tokyo,  therefore reducing the possibility of a massive tokai quake.

[kinboshi]

Epic logic/journalistic fail, or am I missing something??

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/03/28/officials-radiation-from-japan-reaches-pennsylvania-poses-no-health-risks/

EAST COVENTRY Twp., Pa. (CBS) – Radiation from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan has now reached Pennsylvania, but state officials do not believe it poses significant health risks.

Governor Tom Corbett confirmed Monday that rainwater samples taken Friday at the state’s nuclear power plants – including the Limerick plant in Montgomery County – showed elevated levels of radioactive Iodine, likely from Japan.  The level of radiation in the Limerick sample was 30 times the recommended safe drinking standard but still 25 times below a level of concern, officials said.

In response, Corbett ordered the testing of drinking water samples from six locations across the state and officials say they found no radioactive Iodine.

“We have been proactive and conducted immediate drinking water tests to provide hard facts, assuring the public that the water they drink is safe,” Corbett said during a noontime press conference.  The state Department of Environmental Protection “has an extensive network of radiation monitoring points at nuclear plants and elsewhere, and we will continue to monitor water supplies to ensure there is no risk of contamination to the public.”

[Longines]

Not looking good for reactor 2:

http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsunamiupdate01.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/29/japan-lost-race-save-nuclear-reactor

[kinboshi]

Not looking good for reactor 2:

http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsunamiupdate01.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/29/japan-lost-race-save-nuclear-reactor

Reading the IAEA report, it looks like the only immediate concern is for the local area, as before. 

In the shock news story of the day:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12903725

Really?  I thought they'd just get the decorators in, tidy the place up a bit and switch them back on...

[TheChipPrince]

Why do some places have the word 'prefecture' after them bosh?

[kinboshi]

Why do some places have the word 'prefecture' after them bosh?

Prefecture is the equivalent of 'County' in the UK.  So, Fukushima-ken = Fukushima Prefecture, whereas Fukushima-shi = Fukushima City.  Similar to Nottinghamshire and Nottingham.

[kinboshi]

They're expecting the official dead/missing from the earthquake and tsunami to be about 30,000.