Posted on 03/13/2011 7:31:39 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Prayers.
0232: Update on the explosion(s) at Reactor 3: “We believe it was a hydrogen explosion. It is not immediately known if it affected the reactor” - nuclear safety agency spokesman Ryo Miyake.
0231: No data to suggest a tsunami several metres in height, the monitor adds.
0229: An ashen-faced Japanese quake monitor is live on Japanese TV right now saying no tsunami has been detected.
0227: There were two explosions at Reactor 3, the operator Tepco says - From BBC:
0224: “Hydrogen blast occurs at Fukushima nuke plant’s No 3 reactor” - Kyodo.
0221: Urgent: Explosion at Reactor 3 - AFP.
0220: Sea level has dropped five metres off Fukushima, confirming imminent arrival of tsunami - Japanese TV.
0218: Column of smoke escaping from Reactor 3 at the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant - Japanese TV.
At both Units 1 and 3, seawater and boric acid is being injected into the reactor using fire pumps. On Unit 3, a pressure relief valve in the containment structure failed to open, but was restored by connecting an air pressure to the line driving valve operation.
Per: NEI
Talking about it now. Sounds like a hydrogen explosion like the other one. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/
Anderson Cooper wants to know if he should get out of dodge ... duh!
No, twinkle toes, get closer. We want lots of really good
close up coverage.
Gupta says a radio announcement gave a fifteen minutes warning ten minutes ago for tsunami. He says he’s about a kilometer from the coast.
An expert on the John Batchelor show said NHK is reporting that it was a hydrogen explosion in reactor #3 and the 6.2 aftershock caused the tsunami they spotted off the coast.
Prayers again.
:)
Thank you for that update!!!
Apparently some helicopters saw what looked like a tsunami coming in and reported it- not sure if there was other confirmation.
Maybe a rogue wave?
NHK reporting: #3 reactor hydrogen explosion at 11:00am Japan time. The explosion was similar to that of the Saturday explosion http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/6810.htm
Adam Housely on Fox, reporting from about 75 miles mortheast of Tokyo, with live video of coast on tsunami watch.
BBC
0236: The wall of a building collapsed as a result of the blast(s) at Reactor 3 - Japanese TV.
looks like it did more damage then #1 explsosion..alnost all the skeleton is gone and the danage looks like it goes down more
There are some of us who realize we are on the other side of the earth, information even onsite is incomplete, and would rather wait for concrete information rather than run around screaming with our heads up our asses and our hands over our heads.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of people (and not just some Freepers) who think unalloyed panic and disinformation is just peachy.
Those poor people! A 2nd reactor touches off and ANOTHER tsunami coming in?
Anderson Cooper shouldn’t be asking, he should be pickin’ em up and layin ‘em down as fast as his little trotters will fly.
appropriate, low-key lol.
Eternal father, strong to save
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave
Who bids the mighty ocean deep,
Its own appointed limits keep:
Oh hear us when we cry to thee, for those in peril from the sea.
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