Japan Earthquake and tsunami...... and nuclear crisis! Regardless what u think about japan or the people, Friday's is a sad sad day, a tragedy of epic proportion. Prayers to those who have perished. BBC News - Japan earthquake: Footage of moment tsunami hit In related news, Nikon Sendai plant is still standing official statement from Nikon Nikon | News | Notice on the damage hit by Major Earthquake in Northern Japan (Japan's Tohoku region)
The monetary cost is the least of the problem, I think... So many people lost their lives, and there will be more in days to come (unfortunately). So many more were injured... The thing is if it was just the quake, there wouldn't have been so many people dead or injured. The tsunami really wreaked a lot of havoc. Plus the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant is still in crisis. Hopefully they will successfully cool it down.
Some before and after pics. Satellite Photos - Japan Before and After Tsunami - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com ABC News - Japan Earthquake: before and after
Some idiot started sending out this fake SMS to everyone today : Posted my rebuttal @ http://forums.techarp.com/adrian-wong/26376-explosion-nuclear-power-plant-fukumi-japan.html Idiots. They have nothing better to do. Worse of all, so many people have been forwarding it on Twitter and FB.
same as those here who spread news tsunami maybe hit penang this is one really big disaster, seeing the video and photo how scary things are
I just watched 2012 again last night... All the pieces are coming together it seems... Japan begins air drop on stricken reactor Japan steps up efforts to avert nuclear plant meltdown U.S. urges citizens to leave Japan, airlines race to assist exodus For Japan tsunami survivors, woes keep mounting
Okay, now that is a load of crock. The writer is trying to make it sound as if those fuel rods will explode. No, they won't. Even if they are brand new Uranium-235 fuel rods, or the more volatile MOX fuel rods, they won't explode like a nuclear bomb. A meltdown is bad enough. As I understand it, the fuel will melt through the shields and into the concrete containment below. If that concrete containment holds, then the effect of the meltdown would be limited. The real danger is if that containment fails and the molten mix of radioactive materials will contaminate the surrounding soil and water. But even if that happens, it would be restricted to that part of Japan. They may have to isolate the surrounding 30-50 km or so, but it's not a worldwide catastrophe. Look at Chernobyl today. You can actually visit Chernobyl on supervised tours! Whoever wrote that is an IDIOT and you can quote me.
Yeah, I think most of us would be panicking and running for the hills by now. The Japanese are so calm and collected, considering the amount of damage caused by the earthquake and tsunami...