Straw poll, Who here thinks that this is a level 6 emergency like the French do and who thinks it is still a 5 and who thinks it might be a 7 like Chernobyl? Just type in a number pls.
@marie rich where are you looking. I refreshed the kyodo and is still there under headlines.
by Meretisa 3/27/2011 4:59:43 AM
Pat says 18? :-)
by Ralph Unger 3/27/2011 4:59:52 AM
8
by Sinthia Domina 3/27/2011 5:00:02 AM
2pm news nhk now
by Meretisa 3/27/2011 5:00:30 AM
HNK live
by Patrick Kelley 3/27/2011 5:00:36 AM
@Ralph Unger Straw poll, how many people here are qualified to make that statement?
by borrrden 3/27/2011 5:00:46 AM
whatever the number is I think it's rising :(
by lisat131 3/27/2011 5:00:47 AM
I am between Pat and Sin so I give it a 9.
by Ralph Unger 3/27/2011 5:00:50 AM
ur right here's reuter link. says it was in turbine bldg....not good www.reuters.com
by marie rich 3/27/2011 5:00:53 AM
@Sinthia Domina @Ralph Unger Too bad the scale goes up to 7. Sorry.
by Natalie 3/27/2011 5:01:29 AM
The IAEA chart will be re-written.... again
by George Gibb 3/27/2011 5:01:40 AM
2.9 billion bq/cm
by ids 3/27/2011 5:01:41 AM
Very few I would think that is why it is called a straw poll.
by Ralph Unger 3/27/2011 5:01:44 AM
2.9 cubic bec. (per cent.) is what they are saying.
by Meretisa 3/27/2011 5:01:46 AM
6, on its way to 7 if the latest reports prove true. Sometimes an error by one organization gets picked up and repeated. Not saying that happened, just saying it's possible.
wow, that on qubic centemeter.....such a small space ?.WOW
by VeenOui 3/27/2011 5:02:10 AM
France 24 26/3/2011 Radiation Levels soar in seawater near stricken plant www.france24.com
by Tenzing 3/27/2011 5:02:21 AM
it's a 5
by FradyKat 3/27/2011 5:02:28 AM
With 4 reactors involved, I see no accomodation for that in the scale.
by Ralph Unger 3/27/2011 5:02:34 AM
This NHK is repeat 2.9GBq/cm3 wow
by Jim Carver 3/27/2011 5:02:45 AM
@Ralph Unger Technically only 3 reactors are involved....
by borrrden 3/27/2011 5:03:03 AM
Ralph: There is a reason that it's not being escalated. It has to do with evacuation. The reason that the GoJ sticks with its story is two fold: 1st has to do with liability. It's reliant on its agencies. 2nd: has to do with the magnitude of an evacuation. If it increase the area to the US recommendation, Tokyo is included. Enuf said.
by Karen Warren 3/27/2011 5:03:07 AM
If the radiation at even one reactor is that bad, then I do not see how they will be able to carry out necessary work at the other reactors, either.
by Sky 3/27/2011 5:03:26 AM
@Ralph, it is what it is. Attempts to categorize are often based on a need to defuse danger.
by Alaskan 3/27/2011 5:03:28 AM
Based on your rating votes, reactor 3 has been voted off.
by Scilla 3/27/2011 5:03:33 AM
@Karen Warren Um...no....Tokyo is not included in the U.S. recommended area of 80km