A bit more news like the above, and you'll hear crickets again.
Any rational person will be concerned about this kind of news, but there are A LOT of Freepers who owe the rest of us an apology.
You guys are making FR look like a bunch of Chicken Littles.
I'm telling you the sky is not falling, and there never was any danger of that happening.
You shouldn't let your emotions drvie you, that kind of stuff is for Liberals, not people who want to call themselves Freepers.
Apologize for WHAT? For posting information on what to do just in case your, "I'm telling you the sky is not falling, and there never was any danger of that happening." rhetoric was not based on fact?
You shouldn't let your emotions drive you
Unless you happen to be a nuclear scientist with some test data backing up your claims, you're the one letting your emotions and NOT hard data, drive you.
Frankly, your "head in the sand" attitude COULD actually cause people to go unprepared and suffer the consequences should the worst occur.
That said, I certainly hope you are correct but I'll make a few prudent preparations if you don't mind.
Besides the heroes in Japan fighting this, other heroes might be the folks who designed the pelleted fuel rods. This remains to be seen and if there is test data that exists for a similar circumstance, it needs to be made public to calm concerns FRiend.
It is my belief that the incidents at Fukushima Daiichi have brought to light a very grave danger to all of mankind. It’s not something that shows up immediately, but it will eventually lead to the fall of man. I’m not talking about radiation, mind you, but about the incredibly sad state of science education around the world. There appears to be essentially zero understanding of the difference between radiation and radioactive particles. There’s no understand whatsoever of the effects of radiation on the human body. There’s no understanding of radiation hormesis. There’s certainly no perspective of the relative scale of not only these events but other nuclear events in the past.
It’s sad, really. The public at large, possibly spurred by the irresponsible and uneducated media, has chosed to ignore common sense and scientific reality when presented and instead chooses fearmongering and hysteria. God help us all.