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Mike was telling me that Japan has been hiding information within their nuclear power plants, is that true? I don't know what to think. And that also, Japan does not want our help, also. I keep thinking about the whole WWII thing - how Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and how we bombed Japan twice.. can someone clear it up? :confused:
The company in charge of the power plants has a history of hiding information from the public. They are continuing to do so. But yesterday the Japanese government said they would accept help from other countries for their nuclear situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by CountryWolf07
The war with Japan was a complex matter. Yes, it began with their bombing Pearl Harbor, but they continued to bomb ship and targets throughout the war, including the famous Kamikazee pilots, who would run a suicide mission, and fly their planes into "enemy" (American and Allied) ships. There was plenty of bombing on both sides. The war essentially ended when we (America) dropped two atomic bombs on Japan - Hiroshima and Nagasaki.Quote:
Originally Posted by CountryWolf07
Ah! Now I understand. Thanks for clearing that up, Karen! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Karen
A survivor has been found -
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TOKYO (AP) — Military search teams pulled a young man from a crushed house Saturday, eight days after an earthquake and tsunami wrecked northeast Japan.
The young man, found in the rubble in Kesennuma city, was too weak to talk and was immediately transferred to a nearby hospital, said a military official. The official, who declined to give his name because he was not authorized to speak to the media, had no other details.
Kyodo, the Japanese news agency, said the man was in his 20s.
The rescue is the latest and one of the few after the March 11 disaster, as the power of the tsunami, triggered by the magnitude-9 earthquake, likely pulled many people out to sea.
The National Police Agency raised the death toll Saturday, reporting that 7,197 people had died — exceeding the deaths from the 1995 Kobe earthquake. Another 10,905 were reported missing, the police agency said.
I am sorry to repeat this but....
I went thru a 6.8 EQ that lasted about 20-30 seconds
The Japanese people are getting AFTERSHOCKS in the 6.0 range everyday. The 9.0 quake was to have lasted 5 minutes.
Stand in the middle of a room and run back and forth for 5 minutes crashing into furniture.
I know the radioactivity is a major issue at the moment?
But there are thousands of people who are so shell shocked, the sound of a large truck rumbling by will make them instantly panic and have flashbacks about the original quake.
Please remember and pray for them also.
I can see how Radiation might get higher on the west coast that they might expect. During WW2 the Japanese were able to launch balloons from their beaches that set forest on fire on the west coast using the Jet stream as it's rapid transit for their balloons bombs. There were confirmed deaths in Oregon from these bombs.
Japan news agency withdraws miracle rescue storyQuote:
Originally Posted by Grace
It is still ongoing, yesterday's news seemed bad, but at least today they have restored power to one of the reactors.
The other news is much worse, they have dug down a couple inches 50 kilometers away in several spots, and found very high radiation. This is very bad, as the areas around there have many farms, and grow a lot of Japan's produce.
It is just terribly scary, and even if it isn't in the forefront of the news, Japan will be dealing with this for many, many years to come. And even the damage from the earthquake and tsunami will take time and care to repair, the nuclear situation is just making it more tragic.
(geek hat on)
The problem with radioactivity is, it depends on which isotope. Iodine 131 is the stuff that goes to the thyroid. This stuff has a half life of 8 days. So even if it did get into fish, it would decay rapidly to inert (stable) elements.
On the other hand, you have strontium 90, which has a half-life of 28.8 years; and cesium 137, about 30 years. Sr 90 is the isotope which is like calcium and goes into the bones; and Cs 137 is in the sodium group. These are what made the milk dangerous after Chernobyl. It is the longer half-life isotopes that are the worst, especially since they like to get into the system and hang around, causing great amounts of damage.
(geek hat off)
I don't think the U.S should be in a panic state over any radiation that might reach us. Sure, none would be ideal, but the small amounts that could get here are certainly not going to be a threat to the food and water supply and our lives - IMO. I've had enough x-rays in my lifetime for dozens of people, and I'm not glowing yet, and I'm certain I won't die from radiation poisoning. The U.S. needs to be a lot more worried about the pesticides that we use - the amounts that get into the soil and water and food that we eat. I'm a lot more concerned about that, than the possibility of somewhat elevated radiation levels from the Japan disaster.
I found this incredible graphic showing the amount of radiation you get from different sources. http://xkcd.com/radiation/
Now they say Plutonium is leaking, they detected neutron beams several times, which means that now the really bad stuff is set free. Things are getting pretty scary! :(
The article I read was a German one, otherwise I would post a link. And on German tv, they say that radiation in Fukushima has never been as high as today...
The news grows continually worse. NHK right now says they have detected cesium in the soil 50 km from the plant, 5 cm down, that is over 1000 times normal.
This is just bad, and the fact that the Japanese just had people evacuate within 30 km makes this even more horrifying. I am glad the American government told every American within 50 miles (about 80 km) and I hope many Japanese heard that and moved away also.
They are saying that dangerous levels are reaching Tokyo now and some of the water is contaminated as well as some foods. :(
They found cesium? Uh, oh that's not good.
I read the I 131 in the water has dropped to under 100 (it was 210 yesterday) and is safe for babies again.
I would think they could use ion exchange (chloride for iodide) to remove the iodine. I think a simple Brita filter would work; just store it for awhile in a thick walled plastic container once it's used. (Just like kitty litter after iodine treatment for hyperthyroid cats. It's the same isotope.)
Another thing has been bothering me. They say the water is not safe for children to drink but ok for adults. What about women who are pregnant? or breast feeding babies? Would the radiation in the water the moms drink filter down, so to speak, to the babies? :love:
If it is not safe for children, they usually tell pregnant or nursing mothers to avoid it as well. They do say, though, that it is better to drink it if that's the only choice you have, as dehydration can be dangerous for pregnant women. Frankly, given all the misinformation and obfuscation the Japanese government and TEPCO have done, I would have any pregnant or nursing women anywhere near the plant have gone to visit relatives in the South, or made any excuse to not stay.Quote:
Originally Posted by momoffuzzyfaces
The tsunami wave was 4 stories high. I just can't imagine the horror
of those trapped in their hospital beds.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapc...ex.html?hpt=C1
Can I just gently rant for a moment? I heard a woman say last night that she was not contributing to aid for Japan because of how cruel the "Japs" were to "our boys" during World War II. I was surprised by that. I just kept quiet because I couldn't think how to answer.
They're still having big problems with the nuclear power plant. I wonder what is going to happen with that over the long term.
I hope they get things under control there soon, but don't see it happening anytime soon, sadly. I hope most people left the area who could.
There are always women who will find ways to hang on to hate, thankfully, humans rarely live over 100 years, so it won't last forever!
I'm not surprised by this at all. I'm surprised that we haven't heard more of the same thing. I'm certain that many people feel that way, especially if they lost friends or family in the war. Does that make them right??? - of course not - but I can understand the feelings behind it. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by cassiesmom
Like our dropping two atomic bombs on them was all sweetness and light!!! :love:
I look at it like probably most of their service men were like ours; just following orders from their leaders. :love:
I heard on the news just moments ago, that a dog was found floating on a roof top, in the ocean. It looks fairly healthy. I wonder how it could have lasted so long without good water and food? Maybe it was relocated and wasn't on that roof top the entire time. No one will ever know. The dog was cute.
Wow! Brave little one, glad he's rescued!
Here's the video - and it looks like there was plenty of debris around him so he probably scavenged food from that. What a cutie, definitely at least part Shiba Inu!
I watched the video as it played on my TV just now, too. Such a sweet doggie. It didn't look starved at all. There was a ton of "stuff" floating around so I can assume there must have been a fridge or 50, floating in the same location...gosh...it was a huge lump of wood etc. just floating.......but just one dog.
I hope the dog finds it's family. Wouldn't that be nice?
If its family survived, I am sure they will be reunited, but in any case, I am sure he will have a home, he looks like a real sweetheart. With so many still missing and presumed dead, finding any creature surviving is great.
I just received this vid. You'd have to have a fast car to get away from this.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3a7_1301163352
That is unbelievable!!
https://www.facebook.com/AnimalRescueJapan
We just had another big earthquake, with the epicentre in Ibaraki and tsunami warnings are in place. Please say a prayer that people and animals will all be OK. (It ranged from level 3 to a level 6 on the Shindo scale and was 7.1Magnitude in Fukushima & Ibaraki)
Prayers for all those people and animals. So heartbreaking.. things just keep happening over and over.