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Post by michaelpaciocco on Mar 12, 2011 7:46:51 GMT -8
First, my thoughts are out to those who have and continue to suffer, and their friends and family.
Second, I cannot help but be stunned by the magnitude of this. The images are just...astounding.
Everyone here ok? Tell your stories, thoughts, and concerns.
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Post by jensaltmann on Mar 12, 2011 7:55:01 GMT -8
Akiko's family is, AFAIK, OK. They're near Tokyo. According to Yahoo Japan, the area was hit with a 3.0, which according to Akiko is nothing out of the ordinary.
The situation with the nuclear power plant is really fucked up. People invoke Chernobyl. Gods, I hope not. You'd think that Japan of all places would have contingency plans in place for something like this*, but it seems to have caught them as flat-footed as it would have anyone else.
*Not just because of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but because they effing know they're smack-dab in the middle of not just one but several fault lines.
And I couldn't help it -- when I watched the Fukushima video, and directly afterwards I read "Mel Gibson charged with battery..."
If Mel Gibson is battery-charged, maybe we should send him to Japan to provide electricity for Fukushima.
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Post by michaelpaciocco on Mar 12, 2011 7:59:23 GMT -8
Good to hear Akiko's family is alright. Yeah, one bit of analysis I read stated that had an earthquake like this hit California, at least two plants would have likely gone into complete meltdown.
This event is probably going to put a big stop to a lot of the political and public momentum for building new nuclear plants...
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Post by jensaltmann on Mar 12, 2011 8:30:59 GMT -8
Hopefully. According to the news here, the reactor is already in meltdown, the Japanese government's denials notwithstanding.
Damn.
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Post by jensaltmann on Mar 13, 2011 5:23:13 GMT -8
According to today's newspaper, the earthquake moved Japan's main island, Honshu, 2.4 meters, and changed the Earth's rotational axis by 10 centimeters.
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