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Gotta love the "spin". They just broke in on our local news here and said that "flames were shooting into the air and that another PLANT was on fire." Why don't these people check their stories or at least get the RIGHT POWER PLANT!!!!! C'mon...........
 
Anderson Cooper is on CNN.........for those wondering about him. 250-300kl away from plant.
 
Nova said:
Hey, Kat! My beloved niece is a freshman at HPU and, of course, she's 18 so everything is "no big deal" to her. (She's also pretty sensible so I'm reasonably confident she isn't hanging out at the beach waiting to see how big the waves can get.)

I want you to know how much I appreciate your updates from Oahu.
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Hi Nova :)

North Shore (and west shore) has advisories with N. Shore calling for waves of over 35 feet. The beach will be clearly marked as dangerous surf and even if there isn't a lifeguard posted in the immediate area they use little three wheelers to travel up and down the beach to make sure no one gets in ocean there.

Especially tourists who surprisingly will see a sign saying beach closed and assume it means that it's closed to everyone but them (haha).

The locals (military and college students...etc...anyone that lives here) pretty much observe the signs.

I haven't been here long enough to know if this is normal wave activity (N. shore gets high waves during winter and this is close to the end of the winter season here) or if this is caused by multiple earthquakes.

I haven't seen anything to indicate that it's from the activity in Japan so it might just be normal here (the pro surfers are still on island and that tells me the waves are still good this season KWIM?)

She should be fine, if anything comes up and it's a dire emergency she is welcome to come to my home. We can PM details if that happens Nova. I live in near the top of the volcanic ridge at a very high elevation. :)
 
hockeymom said:
My goodness,I have been in my car for 5 hours and am now in Canada. The news just seems to be getting worse. BTW,there is not much coverage here that I can disern. Anyway,someone said this was mentioned on CNN from US geologists,but this was sent to me today from Russian geologists.

http://www.realnewsreporter.com/?p=843
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Not much coverage in Canada? What?
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/wo...-down-stricken-nuclear-reactor-118038119.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/03/15/japan-residents-nuclear-worries.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/03/15/japan-residents-nuclear-worries.html

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...-of-spiralling-nuclear-crisis/article1942915/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...ire-at-japanese-nuclear-plant/article1942220/

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/a...aces-for-potential-radiation-catastrophe?bn=1

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/a...w-iodine-pills-protect-against-radiation?bn=1

Here are a few links. Trust me, its front page news everywhere. It will be the lead story on all the news boadcasts. I'm not sure where you were looking, but coverage is pretty easy to find, even up here in the great white north. ;)
 
The BBC's Matt Frei in Tokyo says spent fuel rods in reactors five and six are also now believed to be heating up, explosion feared.
 
Did anyone bookmark the link to the radiation sensors here in the states?

I found it--

oops, it looks like it's a no go...
 
brighidin said:
Not much coverage in Canada? What?
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/wo...-down-stricken-nuclear-reactor-118038119.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/03/15/japan-residents-nuclear-worries.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/03/15/japan-residents-nuclear-worries.html

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...-of-spiralling-nuclear-crisis/article1942915/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...ire-at-japanese-nuclear-plant/article1942220/

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/a...aces-for-potential-radiation-catastrophe?bn=1

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/a...w-iodine-pills-protect-against-radiation?bn=1

Here are a few links. Trust me, its front page news everywhere. It will be the lead story on all the news boadcasts. I'm not sure where you were looking, but coverage is pretty easy to find, even up here in the great white north. ;)
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Yeeeup. My girls were watching CBUT this morning and at noon it changed over to CBC news where that was the top story. I love my CBC! And I'm in WA!! :woohoo:
 
CNN will have more on breaking news of the fire live with Wolf Blitzer after commerical
 
Kat said:
Hi Nova :)

North Shore (and west shore) has advisories with N. Shore calling for waves of over 35 feet. The beach will be clearly marked as dangerous surf and even if there isn't a lifeguard posted in the immediate area they use little three wheelers to travel up and down the beach to make sure no one gets in ocean there.

Especially tourists who surprisingly will see a sign saying beach closed and assume it means that it's closed to everyone but them (haha).

The locals (military and college students...etc...anyone that lives here) pretty much observe the signs.

I haven't been here long enough to know if this is normal wave activity (N. shore gets high waves during winter and this is close to the end of the winter season here) or if this is caused by multiple earthquakes.

I haven't seen anything to indicate that it's from the activity in Japan so it might just be normal here (the pro surfers are still on island and that tells me the waves are still good this season KWIM?)

She should be fine, if anything comes up and it's a dire emergency she is welcome to come to my home. We can PM details if that happens Nova. I live in near the top of the volcanic ridge at a very high elevation. :)
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You are so kind, Kat. She is at the "mountain campus", which is at a fairly high elevation on the East Coast of the island. In fact, as the tsunmami approached, the students from the Honolulu campus were evacuated to where she is.

She tells me the university was really good about conveying information on the night of the quake as the tsunami approached. I'm glad. I was teaching at UCLA during the Northridge quake in the mid-90s. They "closed" the university for a week (many of the buildings were eventually (and very quietly) condemned and rebuilt), but that left damaged dorms full of freshmen--many of them experiencing their first quake and aftershocks--without any info for days.

Thus far, HPU seems to be doing much better.
 
I am right now watching CBS national news with Couric. Not a word about this fire in reactor 4. They showed these people who are in line waiting to be allowed to buy 10 items from the grocery store. I couldn't help think-----are these people going to become exposed to radiation??? I feel like this is just the tip of the iceberg----all 6 are now in trouble. I cannot comprehend. And the stock exchanges----ay, ay, ay.
 
gibby207 said:
Yeeeup. My girls were watching CBUT this morning and at noon it changed over to CBC news where that was the top story. I love my CBC! And I'm in WA!! :woohoo:
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I assume CBUT is a *advertiser censored* channel, but I don't know why you let your children watch!
 
Where is a giant refrigerated water pump when you need one ?
 
Kat said:
Hi Nova :)

North Shore (and west shore) has advisories with N. Shore calling for waves of over 35 feet. The beach will be clearly marked as dangerous surf and even if there isn't a lifeguard posted in the immediate area they use little three wheelers to travel up and down the beach to make sure no one gets in ocean there.

Especially tourists who surprisingly will see a sign saying beach closed and assume it means that it's closed to everyone but them (haha).

The locals (military and college students...etc...anyone that lives here) pretty much observe the signs.

I haven't been here long enough to know if this is normal wave activity (N. shore gets high waves during winter and this is close to the end of the winter season here) or if this is caused by multiple earthquakes.

I haven't seen anything to indicate that it's from the activity in Japan so it might just be normal here (the pro surfers are still on island and that tells me the waves are still good this season KWIM?)

She should be fine, if anything comes up and it's a dire emergency she is welcome to come to my home. We can PM details if that happens Nova. I live in near the top of the volcanic ridge at a very high elevation. :)
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I was at the North Shore in January one time...I won't ever forget the height of those waves.:seeya:
 
Nana46 said:
I was at the North Shore in January one time...I won't ever forget the height of those waves.:seeya:
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I was there in January also. I grew up in Florida and live in California, but only hurricane storm surges can compare to North Shore waves.
 
gibby207 said:
:floorlaugh:

I never noticed that before... lol
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Frankly, I'm rather surprised that such a channel exists.

This is definitely one of those "Who took that meeting and what were they smoking?" moments.
 
Navy says radiation releases pose challenging environment

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/03/1...m_campaign=Feed:+rss/cnn_health+(RSS:+Health)

Washington (CNN) -- The ongoing radioactivity releases from damaged nuclear reactors in Japan after last week's historic earthquake are creating "one of the most challenging humanitarian operations ever conducted," according to Cmdr. Jeff Davis, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet in Japan.
 
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