EPTCrisis in Japan - Page 84
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Thread is about the various issues surrounding Japan in the aftermath of the recent earthquake. Don't bring the shit side of the internet to the thread, and post with the realization that this thread is very important, and very real, to your fellow members. Do not post speculative and unconfirmed news you saw on TV or anywhere else. Generally the more dramatic it sounds the less likely it's true. | ||
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chaoser
United States5541 Posts
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Galtakar
Sweden374 Posts
On March 13 2011 01:11 alffla wrote: holy SHIT. how does that work then. i mean the water levels will eventually go back to normal.. right? >_< Some of the water will receed. And then you have to pump out the rest. Dreading to see what's beneath the water... | ||
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heroyi
United States1064 Posts
On March 13 2011 01:21 Galtakar wrote: 'that is one dark post there...Some of the water will receed. And then you have to pump out the rest. Dreading to see what's beneath the water... but damn I hope for the best for the people over there some big earthquakes have been happening lately... | ||
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Alexson
Belarus293 Posts
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TBO
Germany1350 Posts
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maahes`ra
United States255 Posts
Still no sleep for me, it seems. .__.; | ||
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chaoser
United States5541 Posts
On March 13 2011 01:45 TBO wrote: Did that guy on BBC just say the evacuation zone has been increased to 60 km? I don't think so, friends in Tokyo watching the news and they said there wasn't any mention about increasing the evac zone to even larger http://www.fujitv.co.jp/index.html | ||
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Asha
United Kingdom38142 Posts
On March 13 2011 01:45 TBO wrote: Did that guy on BBC just say the evacuation zone has been increased to 60 km? Depending on when the clip was from, there was a reporter earlier today for the BBC (Nick Ravenscroft) who wanted to approach the area but found that people were being warned off from entering the surrounding area from about 60km out as an extra precaution, while the evacuation zone itself was 20km. I don't see any updates on the bbc site regarding that, so it seems likely you just saw that older clip? | ||
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TBO
Germany1350 Posts
On March 13 2011 01:51 chaoser wrote: I don't think so, friends in Tokyo watching the news and they said there wasn't any mention about increasing the evac zone to even larger Okay might have misunderstood him then - but it really sounded like 60 not like the 20 to which it was increased earlier. Didnt find anything about it elsewhere either so it probably was a mistake either from him or from me. @asha, it wasn't a reporter but a nuclear expert (or something similar - cought the interview in the middle), but it probably was this warning zone then and not the evac zone. | ||
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chaoser
United States5541 Posts
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Nizaris
Belgium2230 Posts
On March 13 2011 01:16 chaoser wrote: Talking to my friend(physicist at Tokyo U) on skype in the Tokyo Area and he says the people aren't really worried about the nuclear power plant since it's shut down and the reactions aren't happening for another Chernobyl to happen; since it's a light water, even if it overheats there isn't going to be an explosion. People are more scared of more major quakes/aftershocks happening. there already were explosions.... Television pictures showed a massive blast at one of the buildings of the Fukushima-Daiichi plant, about 250km (160 miles) north-east of Tokyo. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12720219 | ||
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chaoser
United States5541 Posts
the explosions weren't at the core itself, it was to the pumping system An explosion that sent white smoke rising above the Fukushima Daiichi plant Saturday afternoon buckled the walls of a concrete building that surrounded one of the plant's nuclear reactors, but did not damage the reactor itself, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters. .The explosion was caused, he said, by a failure in a pumping system as workers tried to prevent the reactor's temperature from racing out of control. While Edano said radiation levels appeared to be falling after the explosion, the government nevertheless ordered an expanded evacuation of the area around the Daiichi plant, as well as a second facility where the cooling system had failed -- the Fukushima Daini plant Time Stamp at 11:55 EST today http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/japan.nuclear/index.html?hpt=T1 | ||
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Vore210
Ireland256 Posts
On March 13 2011 00:43 GunSec wrote: This is really horrible and I feel depressed that such a big disaster happened to Japan, which is a really cool country. Is this really the beginning of the end of the world, which is "predicted" to happen in 2012? In a geographic time-frame, stuff like this happens ALL the time. We've just been lucky the last couple of hundred years and even then we've had stuff like haiti, indonesian tsunami, san francisco quake, montserrat, hurricane katrina, eyjafjallajökull etc etc. And we've got such brief lives (and strange memories) that things like this always seem distant unless its happening right now. It's probably not a hell of a long time till we get a meteor strike or the earths axis flips too. Just gotta hope we've moved on to deal with stuff like that properly by the time they occur. Edit: Also the media hype over potential nuclear meltdown, even when all available information shows the situation is under control, is disgusting. Constant references to chernobyl when the situation is FAR from similar. They're like giddy kids high on sugar seeing more candy coming. I really lose respect for a large portion of the media in situations like this. Their one saving grace is that they may motivate people to help. | ||
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jment
Austria68 Posts
![[image loading]](http://h-3.abload.de/img/usajapanqch8.jpg) | ||
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chaoser
United States5541 Posts
One of the trains on the Senseki line that disappeared last night was found derailed this morning by helicopter. Seems like the passengers were rescued http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20110312-OYT1T00215.htm | ||
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Vore210
Ireland256 Posts
Why be sad? I use the internet most of the time just to laugh at ignorance, not to get annoyed by trolling. There's no way those people coulda forgotten nuking hiroshima and nagasaki, its like the only wartime use of nukes and one of the most well known series of events taught in schools in any western nation. And that a little over 2000 US military personell were killed with no lasting damage, versus over 200,000 civilians with long term high radiation and increased cancer levels and birth deformities. Then there was the firebombing of japanese cities which killed even more civilians than the nukes at H + N. They're fooling nobody, dont let trolls get you down bro! | ||
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Reaper9
United States1724 Posts
Oh, my God. I can't believe people. Are we such terrible beings that there are those who revel at the thought of the suffering of people? Of countless people who are just ordinary people like us? The...I am at a loss of words, and feeling crushed. However, I do realize that there are competent people out there helping, and for them I hold in my heart all my hopes for humanity. Stay strong, everyone in Japan! | ||
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zeru
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leviathan400
United Kingdom393 Posts
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Vaeila
Netherlands336 Posts
On March 13 2011 02:38 leviathan400 wrote: A massive explosion has hit a Japanese nuclear power plant where a meltdown is feared as a huge relief operation continues after Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami. Why would you post stuff that happened 7 hours ago, it is very confusing for people to stay up to date with the situation like this.. | ||
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