NOW-8.8 magnitude quake strikes Japan - Tsunami Warning!

[sgreger1]

well latest reports say their are multiple reactors ready to meltdown......... This is 9 hrs later than my last catastrophic post. This is going down folks......

It's going to happen bro. They lost power to the cooling system and radioactive water was already leaking. 5 reactors cooling systems went down in the middle of several earthquakes and a giant tsunami. This is happening, I don't see how they are going to fix it, it's been almost a full day and they haven't made much progress it seems and time is running out.

[sgreger1]

Yes the whole deal is sad, but understand how they have released information..... If this was happening in your town wouldn't you want to know shit straight forward, I would. Once you realize these people are just trying to save face and that is worth your death then you can do what you need to, to be safe......

They evacuated everyone around the area except for emergency workers last I heard, I don't think too many people are in immediate danger are they? I mean I know the fallout will be huge because a nuclear meltdown IN THE MIDDLE OF A TSUNAMI is going to spray nuclear shit allover the land and into the water and into the soil and just ****ing devastate everything, but they have evacuated everyone they can I think.

[Joe234]

They have expanded the evacuation zone to 20 kilometers.

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WRAPUP 11-Explosion at Japan's quake-hit nuclear plant


http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7EC07M20110312
Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:57am EST

* Report that building's outer structure blown off

By Chris Meyers and Kim Kyung-hoon FUKUSHIMA, Japan, March 12

(Reuters) - An explosion blew the
roof off an unstable reactor north of Tokyo on Saturday,
Japanese media said, raising fears of a disastrous meltdown at a
nuclear plant damaged in the massive earthquake that hit Japan. The 8.9-magnitude earthquake -- the strongest ever recorded
in Japan -- sent a 10-metre tsunami ripping through towns and
cities across the northeast coast. Japanese media estimate that
at least 1,300 people were killed. 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. The blast came as plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co
(Tepco) worked desperately to reduce pressures in the
core of the reactor that -- if not contained -- could lead to a
release of radiation into the atmosphere. "An unchecked rise in temperature could cause the core to
essentially turn into a molten mass that could burn through the
reactor vessel," risk information service Stratfor said in a
report. "This may lead to a release of an unchecked amount of
radiation into the containment building that surrounds the
reactor." NHK television and Jiji said the outer structure of the
building that houses the reactor appeared to have blown off,
which could suggest the containment building had already been
breached. Earlier the operator released what it said was a tiny amount
of radioactive steam to reduce the pressure and the danger was
minimal because tens of thousands of people had already been
evacuated from the vicinity.

[Hanske]

Over 1000 reported deaths now. 300-400 of them happened in one town.

I feel sorry for the Japanese soldiers that have to go into these areas to search for people...

[justintempler]

I'm a fan of Nuclear energy, then again maybe not after this. maybe it is a little too tenuous.....

I'm a fan of it too out of necessity. Unless we want to go back to the horse and buggy days I don't think we have a choice.

I just finished reading. The Long Emergency - Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century 2005 by James Howard Kunstler. Excellent book.

Torrent Link

Of course most people won't see the mistake Japan made by building nuclear power plants in an earthquake prone area. They'll use it as an excuse to do nothing except follow Sarah Palin around yelling Drill Baby Drill!, until they are out of oil.

[Hanske]

The earthquake has moved Japan 2,4 metres closer to the Asian mainland! And the earth axis has tilted 10 centimetres!

[african redbush]

Of course most people won't see the mistake Japan made by building nuclear power plants in an earthquake prone area. .

i dont think they really had a choice... japan is smaller than california and surrounded by fault lines.