Let’s all chill out for a moment and think things through...
Remember, it is IMPOSSIBLE for a nuclear reactor to explode like an atomic bomb.
All that can happen is what amounts to a conventional explosion throwing radiaton from a melting core into the atmosphere. That would be a big roblem for Japan (although not the end of life as we know it—you may remember Nagasaki and Hiroshima).
It would not be a problem for the United States. We’re far away.
Remember, in the 1950s we tested HYDROGEN BOMBS in the Pacific. Yes, that was not a good thing. But it hardly caused any major problems in the United States.
This is a case of the media ( yes, Fox News included) simply trhowing out fear mongering to try to build an audience.
There is no excuse for it, and Fox engaged in the same kind of fear mongering in more important reports. INFORMATION is what the “news” should be about, and not fear mongering SPECULATION.
Sure, the nuclear plant situation in Japan is a problem, especially for Japan, but it is absurd to suggest that the “job” of the media is to HYPE the problem. The news should be about facts and information, and not about FEAR (and ratings).
You and I know that, but I don’t see TOTUS out explaining that to the press and the people. I see TOTUS letting the hysteria grow and he runs out of the country.
Alinsky rule:
9. “The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.”
Or, if it gets bad enough, they will make me emperor!