Japan rocked with 8.9 earthquake.

[pomtzu]

So again I may have been wrong about this being a world changing event. Japan could rebuild to be even more technologically advanced then they where before the earthquake.

If there is any safe land left to build on. Okay - that's an exaggeration - but this whole mess with the nuclear reactors~~~~~well, it just keeps getting worse!

[wombat2u2004]

If there is any safe land left to build on. Okay - that's an exaggeration - but this whole mess with the nuclear reactors~~~~~well, it just keeps getting worse!

Hey, you've got your very own nuclear reactors built straddling the San Andreas Fault to.

[wombat2u2004]

List of earthquakes in Asia over the past 7 days.
As you can see........most are in and around Japan.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...n/Asia_eqs.php

[wombat2u2004]

Shakemap of affected area in Japan.
1th March 2011....9.0 Magnitude.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...hake/c0001xgp/

[pomtzu]

Hey, you've got your very own nuclear reactors built straddling the San Andreas Fault to.

And that's why I'm glad I live 3000 miles to the east of it! When Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania had their partial meltdown, that was even too close to me. A lot of my ex's relatives lived close enough to have to be evacuated.

I live just across the Delaware Bay from the Salem Nuclear Power Plant in New Jersey, and can see the condensation from the cooling towers from my house. Hopefully that place never blows. I'm close enough to be in trouble.

[wombat2u2004]

And that's why I'm glad I live 3000 miles to the east of it! When Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania had their partial meltdown, that was even too close to me. A lot of my ex's relatives lived close enough to have to be evacuated.

I live just across the Delaware Bay from the Salem Nuclear Power Plant in New Jersey, and can see the condensation from the cooling towers from my house. Hopefully that place never blows. I'm close enough to be in trouble.

Trouble is, wind can carry the radiation half way around the world.
But what can we do ??? We need the power they create.

[wombat2u2004]

Before and after pics of the devastation.
2 X pages

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/ja...eforeafter.htm

[pomtzu]

Trouble is, wind can carry the radiation half way around the world.
But what can we do ??? We need the power they create.

And that's why the world needs to do more in the way of clean energy. We have the sun and the wind too, yet so little has been done with solar and wind power - and there it is - an endless source that couldn't be cleaner.

[Kirsten]

And that's why the world needs to do more in the way of clean energy. We have the sun and the wind too, yet so little has been done with solar and wind power - and there it is - an endless source that couldn't be cleaner.

That's what we're doing in Germany right now. Looks like during the next years (or probably decades), there will be a complete switch to renewable energies. However, this will have its price. Prices for electricity are already ridiculously high here, and they will even rise after that.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

What ever happened to solar power or wind power? We hardly ever hear them mentioned around here any more. I'd think they would be lots better than atomic power as far as the danger factor.

[Kirsten]

Yesterday, the German government made a decision re. our nuclear power plants. Only last fall, they extended the lifespans of our reactors (which our previous government had once decided to shut down), now the Merkel government decided to cancel the lifespan extensions. And 7 reactors, the oldest ones, will be shut down in the near future:

German media roundup: Merkel's nuclear U-turn

[Grace]

Did any of you ever read the book, or see the movie, On the Beach? Book written by Nevil Shute. Movie with Fred Astaire, Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck.

[pomtzu]

Did any of you ever read the book, or see the movie, On the Beach? Book written by Nevil Shute. Movie with Fred Astaire, Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck.

Read the book and did a report on it in h.s., saw the original movie, saw the made for t.v. movie, and a few years ago, bought the DVD of the original movie. It's sad and sobering, yet one of my favorite movies of all time. Time to watch it again I think. I can never hear the song "Waltzing Matilda" without thinking of it.

I think it's one of those "must see" movies that everyone should see at least once. It will make you think.........