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

[Kimster]

Another CNN email alert:

-- Approximately 2,000 bodies found in Miyagi Prefecture on Japan's east coast,
Kyodo News Agency reported.

 

[peeples]

600 people holding out in the radiation evacuation area... said they are staying for various reasons and have been told to stay indoors

 

[scandi]

Satellite photos of Japan, before and after the earthquake and tsunami

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...MplkT_gallery.html?fb_ref=NetworkNews#photo=1

Thanks Nancy, Here is a map showing the areas in Japan affected:

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2011/japan.quake/map/?hpt=T1

 

[Peliman]

BREAKING NEWS: Japan's weather agency dismisses tsunami fears

BREAKING NEWS: So far no reports of injuries from No. 3 reactor's explosion: Edano

BREAKING NEWS: No reports of No. 3 reactor's container damaged: Edano

BREAKING NEWS: Major radiation leaks unlikely from No. 3 rector: Edano

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/

 

[Quiche]

The #3 reactor at Fukushima is believed to be intact...

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20042709-503543.html



eta: Blast felt 30 miles away

http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/*/A...ar-Crisis/id-64678dde29344cb4bd2a094b25e36056

 

[Reannan]

The #3 reactor at Fukushima is believed to be intact...

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20042709-503543.html



eta: Blast felt 30 miles away

http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/*/A...ar-Crisis/id-64678dde29344cb4bd2a094b25e36056

Wow.... what a testimony to the architectural skills of Japanese buildings!!! I am glad it is felt to be intact, but a blast at a nuclear reactor that was felt 30 miles away, and we are supposed to think that is OK??? Hmmm.... holding out hope but being skeptical as usual (training, you know.... ). :waitasec:

 

[not_my_kids]

Well, I was just checking in before bed...think I'll hang around for awhile now.

 

[SuziQ]

The below is on the front page of CNN, I don't see it in the article though.

Tokyo Electric Power Company said six people were injured after an explosion at the building housing the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northeastern Japan

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/13/japan.nuclear.reactors/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

 

[KaylynnCouture]

Continued prayers for Japan.

 

[SuziQ]

Another title that doesn't match the article.

3 injured, 7 missing in blast at Japan nuke plant
By ERIC TALMADGE
and MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/51425561-68/workers-blast-explosion-injured.html.csp

 

[mysteriew]

For the titles not matching the articles, sometimes that happens with breaking news. Check the articles in a bit.

 

[CarmelEyesD]

I don't know if this has been posted yet:


"The Pentagon was expected to announce that the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, which is sailing in the Pacific, passed through a radioactive cloud from stricken nuclear reactors in Japan, causing crew members on deck to receive a month’s worth of radiation in about an hour, government officials said Sunday. "
The officials added that American helicopters flying missions about 60 miles north of the damaged reactors became coated with particulate radiation that had to be washed off.
.........


"But the episodes showed that the prevailing winds were picking up radioactive material from crippled reactors in northeastern Japan"
read more:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world/asia/14plume.html?_r=1

 

[not_my_kids]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/w...son8.nytimes.com/pages/world/asia/index.jsonp

American Navy officials in Japan said early Monday that 17 military personnel who had been aboard three helicopters assisting in the earthquake relief effort had been exposed to low levels of contamination.

 

[not_my_kids]

You know it's bad when you can't even keep a running tally of who to pray for and it all just deteriorates into one big prayer of "Please, God..."

That's sort of where I'm at.

 

[CarmelEyesD]

In 59 years, i have never seen and cannot imagine such devastation.

 

[shana]

Not sure if this has been posted, but Charity Navigator has a list of orgs and donor help re giving to the cause of Japan EQ & Tsunami:

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=1221

(I selected DRI as I've supported the 4-star org before, fwiw)

hth

 

[Dark Knight]

The massive earthquake that struck northeast Japan Friday (March 11) has shortened the length Earth's day by a fraction and shifted how the planet's mass is distributed.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20110313/sc_space/howthejapanearthquakeshorteneddaysonearth

 

[scandi]

Another title that doesn't match the article.

3 injured, 7 missing in blast at Japan nuke plant
By ERIC TALMADGE
and MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/51425561-68/workers-blast-explosion-injured.html.csp

Hi Suzi, On CNN I heard them say 2 were injured and 6 were missing at the #3 plant. I think there might be some misinformation crossing the wires because it is continual coverage and they have several journos on location now in Japan.

About a half an hour ago the reporter on CNN said they have 16 people working in that plant who are sick. I took that to mean from radiation. Did anyone hear anymore about that? The question was what about the workers at the nuclear plants ~ who is manning the plant to get the problems solved. So I guess the normal workers are still there. God Bless them all.

 

[scandi]

The massive earthquake that struck northeast Japan Friday (March 11) has shortened the length Earth's day by a fraction and shifted how the planet's mass is distributed.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20110313/sc_space/howthejapanearthquakeshorteneddaysonearth

Simply amazing Dark Knight and thanks for that article. xox

 

[Nova]

It's amazing how people talk about these quakes rated from 5-7 are so strong, can you imagine what that 8.9 must have been like, by comparison??

I've lived in California for more than 25 years, so I've experienced a few quakes in that range.

No, I cannot imagine an 8.9.

Moreover, for some reason, we talk a lot about Richter scale but very little about duration. One report I heard said buildings in Tokyo shook for 30 minutes after the 8.9 quake. (That doesn't mean the quake lasted that long; as I know from skyscrapers in downtown L.A., tall buildings are built on springs and rollers so that they shake instead of crumbling. Once they get started, they shake for a long time after the quake stops.)

But even though the quake didn't last for 30 minutes, it and the aftershocks have been lasting for a lot longer than any earthquake I've experienced.