Japan Earthquake

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by Rob in SF via Atmos.umd.edu 4/14/2011 5:22:38 AM

@Bobby1 is staying indoors good enough, or should I suggest they take extra precautions?
by lisat131 4/14/2011 5:23:27 AM

@lisat131 You're welcome. It's been oddly windy, on and off. I had to be out in it Monday and walked about a half mile at UCLA, wind blowing in my face. Nostrils burned that night.
by ms in la 4/14/2011 5:24:18 AM

@lisat131 At this point I guess so, but milk and green leafy vegetables grown outside are a risk. Not sure of the water situation there.
by Bobby1 4/14/2011 5:25:08 AM

The Japanese board are full of reports of dust or ash.
by Bobby1 4/14/2011 5:26:28 AM

@ms in la @Bobby1 I also have family in OR, living on Mt. Hood. I will talk to them soon. This is just ridiculous isn't it?
by lisat131 4/14/2011 5:26:32 AM

We all consume lettuce grown in Cali. Few places in the states are suitable for growing it. Does that mean the rest of us should be avoiding lettuce?
by Bev 4/14/2011 5:26:43 AM

is nuclear fallout dusty???
by lisat131 4/14/2011 5:27:17 AM

@ms in la It's blowing like a commercial fan in PS.
by VeenOui 4/14/2011 5:27:32 AM

@lisat131 Oregon is getting dosed now, high elevations are worse.
by Bobby1 4/14/2011 5:27:38 AM

@lisat131 it is the tiny particles... they are carried by the wind.
by Meretisa 4/14/2011 5:27:41 AM

I'm focusing on keeping my supplements, health and immunity up and being careful but there's only so much one can do... takes so much time just to dig out the news let alone to find a leafy green that's not radiated. It's sad... to me.
by ms in la 4/14/2011 5:27:55 AM

frankly, I don't think there is much that can be done... short of moving further west (say... UK/Germany). :(
by Meretisa 4/14/2011 5:28:25 AM

@Veen, where is PS?
by ms in la 4/14/2011 5:28:26 AM

@Bev Trying to find Mexican lettuce, no idea yet.
by Bobby1 4/14/2011 5:28:37 AM

I heard hot house veggies are okay, better. Grown indoors.
by ms in la 4/14/2011 5:29:07 AM

My last comment is caught in moderation.Palm Springs
by VeenOui 4/14/2011 5:29:07 AM

I stay inside when it rains, even then I get sick and my son's "allergies/asthma" act up. It is crazy. :( I am just in awe that no one is doing anythign about this. it is in the rain... it is in some tap water... it is in some milk... WTF
by Meretisa 4/14/2011 5:29:14 AM

20%+ of vegetables are imported from Mexico or south america, it shouldn't be that hard to find.
by Bobby1 4/14/2011 5:29:49 AM

@ VeenOui Oh you're in the desert! Love it there. We have what I call the Wild Winds tonight. Relatively new phenom in LA started gently now and then a few years ago and today is rather commonplace. Other planetary type winds.
by ms in la 4/14/2011 5:31:08 AM

is the EPA reporting any numbers that confirm our beliefs?
by lisat131 4/14/2011 5:31:26 AM

@lisat131 EPA is offline since the 8th i think
by VeenOui 4/14/2011 5:32:13 AM

Mexico imports lettuce from Cali. CA and AZ produce 90% of the domestic market. www.google.com
by Bev 4/14/2011 5:32:15 AM

@Meretisa - I never HAD allergies until the first Fukushima plume paid a visit! Now it appears I do. I wrote a jingle to sing while I sneeze called.... "I'm allergic to Plutonium"
by ms in la 4/14/2011 5:32:42 AM

Quake resistance at nuclear plants in doubt
The government's nuclear safety agency is set to review safety measures at nuclear power plants across Japan.
This follows the discovery that one of the aftershocks following the March 11th earthquake was stronger than the level thought of as safe for measures in place at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan.
In last month's massive earthquake the intensity of the temblor was up to 10 percent stronger than the level to which the No. 1 to No.3 Reactors were designed for at the Onagawa plant. On April 7th, the prefecture was hit by an aftershock with an intensity of 6-plus on the Japanese seismic scale of zero to 7.
That aftershock last Thursday was 5.6 percent stronger than the level Onagawa's No. 1 Reactor is designed to handle. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has asked power companies twice so far to review earthquake safety measures at their nuclear power plants. Once was following the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated Kobe, and once was after the 2007 Niigata Chuetsu coastal quake, which also caused huge amounts of damage. The Onagawa plant passed the government's safety inspections those times.

The plant was built to withstand extremely rare, but possible, quakes with a magnitude up to 7.1, like the one that occurred in 2003 beneath the seabed off Miyagi Prefecture.
Last week's aftershock was the same 7.1 magnitude, but the registered tremors were beyond the assumed strength.
The nuclear safety agency says it will check if nuclear plants across the country are making sufficient preparations for such unexpectedly strong quakes.

Thursday, April 14, 2011 09:53 +0900 (JST) www3.nhk.or.jp
by Sinthia Domina 4/14/2011 5:33:20 AM

@ms in la sigh. mine are worse than ever and accompanied by Fibromyalgia flares... which they never were before. Also, they are earlier in the "season" then ever before as well... it is not time for them yet.
by Meretisa 4/14/2011 5:33:33 AM

We need to find greenhouses and buy from them directly.
by Bobby1 4/14/2011 5:33:34 AM

Anyone seen this? www.nytimes.com - There's a nice gem in there from the head of the NRC positing some ridiculous hypothesis about the explosions at the reactors being a result of the spent fuel pools. What's his angle? My guess is the nuclear industry runs a lot of Mark 1s in the US and doesn't want to deal with the possibility that the containment caps leak at higher pressures. They don't have to do any retrofits if they can say it was the spent fuel. What a joke.
by Hank Scorpio 4/14/2011 5:33:38 AM

@SoCal "Here come those Santa Ana winds again..." Albeit off-season.
by Rob in SF 4/14/2011 5:34:39 AM

@Hank Scorpio it is all about the money. protecting the "bottom line"... who cares if a few hundred (thousand, million) people are hurt or killed or whathaveyou. :(
by Meretisa 4/14/2011 5:34:42 AM

There's also the possibility that #3's explosion was from a power excursion, and that would absolutely destroy the safety argument of Mark 1s.
by Hank Scorpio 4/14/2011 5:34:45 AM

So, whats the latest in radiation monitoring in the US. Is there a cover-up of amounts?
by Sinthia Domina 4/14/2011 5:35:06 AM

@Hank Scorpio wasn't there question of their safety back in the 70s when they came out??
by Meretisa 4/14/2011 5:35:13 AM

@Hank Who created the Mark I? GE. Who is one of the largest holders of media outlets? GE.
by Bev 4/14/2011 5:35:39 AM

@Sinthia Domina The NRC director assumed emergency powers and is blocking all info.
by Bobby1 4/14/2011 5:35:53 AM

@Meretisa - They came out in the 60s originally. Mainly their chief known drawback is that they aren't built for the loss of power event sustained at Fukushima.
by Hank Scorpio 4/14/2011 5:35:58 AM

@Rob in SF No, it's not the Santa Anas, which I adore ... these are cooler, far brisker, harsher and things go flying by. Santa Anas blow from the desert nice and warm, welcoming.
by ms in la 4/14/2011 5:36:23 AM

@Hank Scorpio was that what the engineers were upset/quitting over?
by Meretisa 4/14/2011 5:36:33 AM

@Bobby1 You have a link for that?
by Sinthia Domina 4/14/2011 5:37:32 AM

@Bobby1 The head of the NRC assumed emergency powers? What does that mean exactly?
by Bev 4/14/2011 5:37:37 AM

@Meretisa - I don't know.
by Hank Scorpio 4/14/2011 5:38:20 AM

@Meretisa "short of moving further west" South, as in southern hemisphere, like Tierra del Fuego...
by Rob in SF 4/14/2011 5:38:52 AM

@Sinthia Domina blogs.forbes.com
by Bobby1 4/14/2011 5:39:38 AM

@Bev On March 11, he assumed emergency powers and is now personally responsible for informing the government agencies & private sector people about radiation hazards.
by Bobby1 4/14/2011 5:40:51 AM

Okay, I'm highly resistant to conspiracy BS. But I just checked radiationnetwork.com. Three weeks ago there were 50+ monitors running. Now there's one? radiationnetwork.com
by Bev 4/14/2011 5:40:54 AM