According to Google Maps, I am less than 250 km away from this place, so naturally I am watching the news very carefully. And, please don’t tell me I have to evacuate. My mother-in-law won’t leave her home, I won’t leave my wife, so it’s not an option. I am gently pushing my daughter out of the country, but she’s pretty stubborn too — she’s also an adult.
I think that the truth of the matter is that things are a bit more serious than the government is willing to admit, but nowhere near as dangerous as the alarmists are saying it is.
The biggest reason I feel that way is because if it were more serious, other world governments would be putting much more intense pressure on the Japanese government to let them help deal with it.
It’s a thin reed, but I have to cling to it or just freak out and go totally crazy.
I never tell anyone what to do. If anything, I just say what I would do in your situation.
You’re an adult and it is your perogative to make judgements that affect your life, and no one else. It sure sounds like you’ve thought about Fukushima and are paying attention. That’s good. If it looks like the situation is going to Hell, no one would fault you for picking up and leaving. Good luck to you and your family.
Yesterday this was posted:
U.S. Army General: The Whole Northern Hemisphere is at Risk of Becoming Largely Uninhabitable
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2888207/posts
It is kind of fantastic with statements that were flat-out wrong. That is why I posted this article with the Japanese government as a source, just to add some balance in discussions.
The doom and gloom stories always seem to come from people with a long history of anti-nuke activism.