[Jeff Winston]

The emergency cooling system is no longer functioning at the No.3 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility, requiring the facility to urgently secure a means to supply water to the reactor, an official of the Japan Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency told a news conference.

By the way, I'm not saying the situation isn't serious. It is, and this news is definitely in that category. But a prediction that a third of the United States may well be dying off next week as a result is way off the charts.

[SE Mom]

But a prediction that a third of the United States may well be dying off next week as a result is way off the charts.

Whoa...is anyone even thinking that? This is about Japan- not the United States. I've only jumped around some of the threads so haven't seen people predicting Armageddon.