Japan: 9.0 Earthquake-Tsunami-Nuclear Reactor Developments #1

[Reality Orlando]

There are over 7,000 miles between Japan and Oregon. It's hard to grasp exactly how far that is until you fly almost half way and it takes over 6 hours in air.

I am not concerned here in Hawaii of radiation and I am located right about 4,000 miles away.

If I were on the continent of Asia then I would probably be watching any radiation leaks like a hawk. But that's just me.

Prayers for those that are near those reactors at this time.

In 1979 when Three Mile Island had a partial core meltdown, I lived close by in Harrisburg. It was the scariest time of my life.

 

[peeples]

before and after aerial footage of where the 10,000 people are missing (I think that number has been lowered now) Minamisanriku

[video=youtube;6JVpy0L5z7s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JVpy0L5z7s[/video]

 

[Nova]

There are over 7,000 miles between Japan and Oregon. It's hard to grasp exactly how far that is until you fly almost half way and it takes over 6 hours in air.

I am not concerned here in Hawaii of radiation and I am located right about 4,000 miles away.

If I were on the continent of Asia then I would probably be watching any radiation leaks like a hawk. But that's just me.

Prayers for those that are near those reactors at this time.

Over 6 hours! What are you flying, the space shuttle!?

7,000 miles is closer to a 12 or 14 hour flight, I feel sure. I know it took that long to fly from L.A. to London.

ETA: Oops! I was reading too quickly. You were saying 6 hours would get you halfway there. That sounds about right. My bad.

 

[panthera]

The 1995 Kobe earthquake killed over 6400 -- with no tsunami.

Thanks for the reminder. Just knowing how many people are in Japan, and how proportionally small it is geographically, there would be no way to escape a high number. :cry:

 

[coastal]

Hi everybody. Thanks for all the updates - I've been away from the pc and the news all afternoon. Scary stuff indeed!

Take a second away from the worry and sadness to see what I saw, looking west towards Japan and just before sunset, last night:


I'm taking it as a sign of good things to come; your mileage may vary.

Best,

coastal

 

[Kat]

Over 6 hours! What are you flying, the space shuttle!?

7,000 miles is closer to a 12 or 14 hour flight, I feel sure. I know it took that long to fly from L.A. to London.

ETA: Oops! I was reading too quickly. You were saying 6 hours would get you halfway there. That sounds about right. My bad.

Nova take a CHILL PILL lol.

 

[Quiche]

Second reactor likely in partial meltdown

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/?ocid=twitter

 

[peeples]

Hi everybody. Thanks for all the updates - I've been away from the pc and the news all afternoon. Scary stuff indeed!

Take a second away from the worry and sadness to see what I saw, looking west towards Japan and just before sunset, last night:


I'm taking it as a sign of good things to come; your mileage may vary.

Best,

coastal

It's beautiful! you should send that to CNN!!

 

[mysticrose]

Have you all seen this:

Japan Earthquake Shifted Coastline Maximum Of 8 Feet, Scientists Say

NEW YORK -- The massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake that shook Japan and triggered a powerful tsunami on Friday has had a profound effect on both the surrounding terrain and the planet as a whole.

Dr. Daniel McNamara, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, told The Huffington Post that the disaster left a gigantic rupture in the sea floor, 217-miles long and 50 miles wide. It also shifted Japan's coast by eight feet in some parts, though McNamara was quick to explain much of the coast likely didn't move as far.

McNamara found the way in which the quake actually sunk the elevation of the country's terrain to be more troublesome than coastal shifting. "You see cities still underwater; the reason is subsidence," he said. "The land actually dropped, so when the tsunami came in, it's just staying."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/12/japan-earthquake-axis-shift-climate-change_n_834985.html

 

[Kat]

Over 6 hours! What are you flying, the space shuttle!?

7,000 miles is closer to a 12 or 14 hour flight, I feel sure. I know it took that long to fly from L.A. to London.

ETA: Oops! I was reading too quickly. You were saying 6 hours would get you halfway there. That sounds about right. My bad.

You know your comparison made me think.

For those that are concerned about radiation making it's way to the west coast here is a consideration?

I can't remember if it was going over or returning but the flight (I lived in Europe for almost 4 years not England, Germany) either going over or coming back to USA was longer than the other and I can't remember which way it was but IIRC it had to do with the Jetstream or something to that effect. The way the air currents were over the Atlantic.

Wouldn't there be a current such as that over the Pacific? If there is I wonder which way it runs?

Just curious.

 

[Quiche]

This has a broad overview of many situations

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/japan.quake/index.html

 

[coastal]

It's beautiful! you should send that to CNN!!

Oh, my, that's not my photo! I found it on the internet! But it is exactly like what I saw, and I agree, very beautiful! It's a circumhorizontal arc:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumhorizontal_arc


Sorry for the confusion!

 

[not_my_kids]

Trailer on CNN: Third reactor has failed. (I think that means Reactor #2.)
Also: We assume that there has been a meltdown. Note - HAS BEEN.
Also: Partial meltdown suspected at second reactor, (which I think is actually reactor #3.)

 

[Quiche]

Another brief blurb on partial meltdown-- hope it stays partial.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/42054272


eta: I need a map of this... I'm getting lost!

 

[daisy7]

I've been out a lot of the day. Can someone please give me the Cliff notes version of what is going on? TIA!!

 

[hockeymom]

You know your comparison made me think.

For those that are concerned about radiation making it's way to the west coast here is a consideration?

I can't remember if it was going over or returning but the flight (I lived in Europe for almost 4 years not England, Germany) either going over or coming back to USA was longer than the other and I can't remember which way it was but IIRC it had to do with the Jetstream or something to that effect. The way the air currents were over the Atlantic.

Wouldn't there be a current such as that over the Pacific? If there is I wonder which way it runs?

Just curious.

Well I don't know how the wind blows,but I lived in San Diego when Mt. St Helens blew,and after a couple days we had ash falling in San Diego and the sky was a weird hazy red color. I have no idea how that all compares to a nuclear event,but bad air seems to travel fast and it is pretty scary to me.

 

[scandi]

You know your comparison made me think.

For those that are concerned about radiation making it's way to the west coast here is a consideration?

I can't remember if it was going over or returning but the flight (I lived in Europe for almost 4 years not England, Germany) either going over or coming back to USA was longer than the other and I can't remember which way it was but IIRC it had to do with the Jetstream or something to that effect. The way the air currents were over the Atlantic.

Wouldn't there be a current such as that over the Pacific? If there is I wonder which way it runs?

Just curious.

I don't know if this will help Kat, but yesterday our local news stated it takes 5 hours to fly from Hawaii to Portland and it will take the Tsunami waves only 2.5 hours to travel the same distance.

xox

 

[Quiche]

Okay, this has a little more info on the meltdown status

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/japan.quake.nuclear.failure/index.html

 

[scandi]

Hi Nancy, I can't get your link to work and really wanted to see it ;}

 

[not_my_kids]

I've been out a lot of the day. Can someone please give me the Cliff notes version of what is going on? TIA!!

Nearly 3000 rescues. Official death tolls over 700. Half of one town is missing, which at last count came to over 6500 people. There may or may not have been a meltdown of a nuclear reactor following an explosion there this morning (our morning). Oth reactors at the same plant are in danger of melting down as well. There are nearly no water of food supplies left in most of the country, and many areas are still unaccessible due to water levels remaining high. Disease is now a risk as bodies will start decaying soon (sorry), and there is no water or sanitation. Gas is being rationed in most of the country and there aer controlled blackouts as they try to bring the power grid back up.

Oh yeah, and some of that radiation could maybe, potentially, reach the US if there are full meltdowns, but don't worry, the running theme is don't panic, so I'm going with that.