Posted on 03/12/2011 12:02:10 AM PST by rawhide
Just in:
Explosion at Tepco's Fukushima Daiichi plant heard around 0630 GMT
NHK footage shows steam-like smoke coming from Tepco's Fukushima plant
(Excerpt) Read more at live.reuters.com ...
Smoke, injuries reported in explosion — authorities deny...
Building Housing Reactor Blown Off... Developing...
REPORT: Radioactivity rising 20-fold outside plant...
Fire Department Responding to Plant...
Four transported to hospital, condtion unknown...
Plant Ceiling Collapsed...
VIDEO...
From drudge
Praying for your family. If you are here, please let me know if you have been in touch!
I am sad for Ann, she just isn’t comfortable enough to be on this show.
Major fail for the American news media in this crisis.
Did you see the video?....
They are monitoring the radiation level. Now they are saying the radiation is under the level?
Prime Minister, expert, will discuss the further plan.
Stay calm. And we will ‘try’ to update you as much as possible.
If the wind keeps NW, most of the radiation would disperse into the sea.
If the wind keeps NW, most of the radiation would disperse into the sea.
I'm reading that this reactor is of an older "boiling water" design. Facts (and myths) are still shaking out about this, all over the place.
Japan Chief Cabinet Secretary Edano: expands evacuation area at no.2 plant to 10 km
by Reuters_TonyTharakan at 3:50 AM
Jiji news agency said there had been an explosion at the stricken 40-year-old Daichi 1 reactor and TV footage showed vapour rising from the plant, which lies 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo
That's gonna be the death of Fox. Going taped after midnight is so old fashion.
They are trying to stop a panic, dont think it’ll do much good.
aw, we will be OK. Thank you.
Whole country? Not likely. These things following predictable patterns of disbursal and deposition. If there is a major effluent release, the plume will track a reatiely narrow line over land following wind direction. Particulates that end up in the ocean will become so diffuse as to be non-existent. Gamma would all be local and temporary. Too soon to write off Japan. This is not the movies, and no one in the industry can watch “China Syndrome” with a straight face. Don’t work that way.
Here is a youtube of that explosion in case anyone has trouble with the twitter link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WufPGwp7rEY&feature=player_embedded
That link above your post says the gulf stream could have the radiation here to the West Coast beginning in 36 hours - yikes!
American “news” barely exists beyond on line news readers. The effect of constant money aving mergers and layoffs.
To their credit, ABC News broke in with a short report from Amanpour. That’s why I heard this is not good, those near plant told to evacuate, I think Japan Prime Minister planning a news conference.
Someone was talking about that earlier, there’s so much chaos, road damage etc, that they can’t get enough busses etc to evacuate enough people...
Talking about a second calamity - because of impending aftershock/tsunami. Shortage of power - some areas no power - power line cut - all should consume electricity.
“Major fail for the American news media in this crisis.”
No kidding. The 5th largest recorded EQ in history sets off a tsunami which wipes out the NE coast of Japan (which I will be shocked if we don’t see a 5-7 figure death toll from that event alone) and what looks to be a nuclear plant meltdown in process and the MSM here in the US is asleep at the wheel.
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