8.8 Magnitude Earthquake hit Japan

[momo]

denny would rather slam into Uranus.

gdo bless.

chuckle.

[stevo]

Everyone is posting the immediate dangers of radiation poisoning.
Everyone isn't saying a word about the long term effects, like increased cancer rates and genetic birth defects for generations to come.

Stevo

[Sgt Beavis]

Everyone is posting the immediate dangers of radiation poisoning.
Everyone isn't saying a word about the long term effects, like increased cancer rates and genetic birth defects for generations to come.

Stevo

Good point

[Strychnine]

here's a good tidbit:

Shizuoka quake not linked with Tohoku or Tokai

The Meteorological Agency has denied any link between the strong earthquake that struck central Japan on Tuesday night and Friday's massive quake in the country's northeast. It added that the latest earthquake was not related to a much-feared major quake expected to hit central Japan.

A senior agency official held a news conference at midnight on Wednesday, saying the focus of the latest earthquake was far from that of Friday's massive quake.

He said the latest earthquake did not occur within the anticipated area of the expected major quake in central Japan.

The official said the mechanism of the plate tectonics in Tuesday's earthquake was different from that of the expected major quake.

He said measurement devices around the anticipated zone of the possible major quake show no prominent change in the ground stress levels.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 02:29 +0900 (JST)

Not an aftershock, not the expected big one. Completley unrelated.

[mstng86]

here's a good tidbit:




Not an aftershock, not the expected big one. Completley unrelated.

That sounds so much more comforting.

[exlude]

In other news...

The US sent relief efforts aboard the USS Arizona and USS Oklahoma...oh, wait...

[Osiris]

In other news...

The US sent relief efforts aboard the USS Arizona and USS Oklahoma...oh, wait...

oof.

[bcoop]

I had a message on my cable box that Verizon is offering customers the Japanese programming for free while all this is happening. Just thought I'd mention it, thought it was cool of them to do so. Never really hear about the little things like this that corporations do to help.

[Fern]

denny would rather slam into Uranus.

gdo bless.

Lmao

[mstng86]

CNN is reporting they have suspended operations at the nuclear plant.
The last 50 employees left.

[stevo]

CNN is reporting they have suspended operations at the nuclear plant.
The last 50 employees left.

Rats leaving the sinking ship?

Stevo

[mstng86]

Rats leaving the sinking ship?

Stevo

Not sure what it means right now.

[stevo]

I am pretty sure it means that they are giving up on trying to cool them down because the radiation is too high for people to be close to it, or someone realized it is useless to continue trying.


Stevo

[SMKR]

I had a message on my cable box that Verizon is offering customers the Japanese programming for free while all this is happening. Just thought I'd mention it, thought it was cool of them to do so. Never really hear about the little things like this that corporations do to help.

Channel 1770

[SMKR]

Update

BREAKING NEWS: Containment vessels of No.3 reactors may be damaged: Edano (11:41)

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/78383.html