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.
When you look at the BS map (referred to earlier) that shows the western portion of the US being soaked with 750 rads of radiation, and look up the effects of such a dose of radiation, that’s the obvious implication.
Meanwhile, I’ve just been watching live TV from Tokyo. From what I understand, officials have given the Fukushima #1 nuclear reactor accident (the one with the explosion) a severity rating of 4 out of 7.
Some live quotes going on now...
“We believe there will be no danger of massive amounts of radiation...”
“Even without the building, if the container is safe, we’ll be able to contain radioactive substances... this container is firm... we believe radioactive leakage will not happen... we have to make sure it doesn’t boil... we need to cool the reactor...”
They aren’t even talking about the problem with reactor #2 at the moment.
Back to reporting about the quake and tsunami warnings.
Bottom line: nobody I’m listening to sounds like they think the end of the world is imminent in regard to the present situation with either of the reactors.