Tsunami hits Japan after 8.8 magnitude Earthquake : (

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19 Mar 2011, 1:09 am

Jono wrote:
The situation is still serious but it has stabilized:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ef21e3ea-50ed-11e0-8931-00144feab49a.html#axzz1Gqv892Ls


can't get to that article, but i've heard nothing to that effect. the most promising thing i heard was that they managed to connect reactor 2 to the power grid, but had no idea whether the cooling systems would even still work.


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Seriously though, no one has died from radiation poisoning but thousands died from the earthquake and tsunami. Yet, people are going nuts over the Fukushima nuclear situation. The tsunami and earthquake are actually the worse disaster.


some people will undoubtedly die directly from acute radiation poisoning. the tsunami and earthquake claimed many more lives, and may be as you say bigger disasters, but the fukushima power plant issue is not yet resolved and attempts to restore water into the pools have failed, the Japanese have not been communicating effectively or honestly about what is going on at the plant, and it is still unknown how much radiation could be released if all of the spent fuel melts down. of course people are scared.


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20 Mar 2011, 3:53 am

...and now radiation is being detected in spinach grown 75 miles away, in beans exported elsewhere, in tap water in Tokyo, and in milk.

If the food supply gets contaminated, and the fish too, that will be another big problem on top of everything! They got through the earthquake with great building codes. The tsunami was catastrophic. But to have the nuclear problem on top of that... Could there be huge future ramifications?



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23 Mar 2011, 7:26 am

This whole thing is just getting more and more frustrating... I can understand a shortage of gas and food... but now this tainted water and vegetables, I think I am reaching my limit. I have a baby to think of, and this is not looking good.



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23 Mar 2011, 7:42 am

Aspie-B wrote:
This whole thing is just getting more and more frustrating... I can understand a shortage of gas and food... but now this tainted water and vegetables, I think I am reaching my limit. I have a baby to think of, and this is not looking good.


They claim the amount of radiation in the milk, spinach, water, is at minisicule levels...they are only reporting on it now because it happens to have been effected. What it means for health is about the same as the amount of radiation you get from one CT scan.



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23 Mar 2011, 8:32 pm

Oh Joy! I get a free CT scan all day, with nothing to show for it.



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23 Mar 2011, 11:22 pm

I made the hugest order of stuff from a Japanese company, some days ago, of things I've wanted to get, for long, anyway, to support Japan. They would even donate part of what I paid to the Japanese Red Cross.

I had to use credit to pay for it, but I will be able to pay it back, and it was fun stuff that would brighten my days for a long time; things I should've already gotten. I hope the money comes to good use.

I hope the radiation in most areas becomes totally irrelevant, soon enough, for anyone's health, regardless of age.