possibly also from 3 -although the steam from 4 is blowing in that direction so it's hard to distinguish
by UKVal 5/21/2011 1:01:57 PM
anyone else watching the cam??
by UKVal 5/21/2011 1:02:46 PM
@debs @hudebnik was asking for cam info and I told him to look for you
by elainekirk 5/21/2011 1:02:47 PM
sp much steam it's obscuring the whole of 3 & 4
by UKVal 5/21/2011 1:03:23 PM
Oiee thats a LOT of steam it wasnt there a few mins ago, does not look good. Hope you are recording deb
by WolfDK 5/21/2011 1:04:41 PM
steam from 4 appears to come from both top & front
by UKVal 5/21/2011 1:05:42 PM
Yes, lots of steam/smoke now.
by hudebnik 5/21/2011 1:06:12 PM
@deb I see it's not your first recording - thank you. :)
by Mona 5/21/2011 1:06:36 PM
@deb - are you able to record at the moment?
by hudebnik 5/21/2011 1:06:55 PM
Definitely something going on, it's spreading right across the site.
by hudebnik 5/21/2011 1:07:58 PM
@hudebnik good glad I'm not the onyl 1 watching
by UKVal 5/21/2011 1:08:18 PM
Watashi no tomodachi ohio gazaimasu. Good morning my friends. Looks bad doesn't it... I remember Arnie gunderson saying on one of his Fairwinds Videos that the steam in the evening wasn't of much concern because the steam comes out withthe change in temp, but it sure does look like more than normal.
by carabnr 5/21/2011 1:10:51 PM
@UKVal Just got in to. scary view
by Majj 5/21/2011 1:11:15 PM
@UKVal, Will not be mentioned by Tepco, nothing happened just SOP carry on
by WolfDK 5/21/2011 1:11:35 PM
@carabnr - are you in Japan?
by hudebnik 5/21/2011 1:11:51 PM
@WolfDK lol!!
by UKVal 5/21/2011 1:12:54 PM
No I learned a few greatings from Bo
by carabnr 5/21/2011 1:13:19 PM
What did we actually see ? The putzmeister drowning a overheated #4 SFP ?
by WolfDK 5/21/2011 1:13:41 PM
Is onyone on the board in Japan right now?
by hudebnik 5/21/2011 1:13:45 PM
@all - have a look at my posts starting 3 hours 10 minutes ago.
by hudebnik 5/21/2011 1:14:18 PM
ok -for record - major steam event now subsided. back to small stream form 4. not sure about 3.
by UKVal 5/21/2011 1:14:31 PM
@WolfDK I guess so. I can't think of another explanation. Maybe they do it at night to lessen exposure of workers. Or to cover up something that was happening in 3
by UKVal 5/21/2011 1:17:41 PM
@carabnr I don't think Arnie has the whole picture. His explanation does not account for all of the variations -some must be to do with the work at the plant
by UKVal 5/21/2011 1:20:33 PM
@hudebnik I can't find it, can you give a summary?
by Mona 5/21/2011 1:20:57 PM
@hudebnik I think you reposted that New Scientist article Io posted yesterday re damage to the torus in 2
by UKVal 5/21/2011 1:27:03 PM
more big steam -as before
by UKVal 5/21/2011 1:28:50 PM
3 & $ hidden by steam
by UKVal 5/21/2011 1:29:16 PM
@UKVal is it still black?
by Mona 5/21/2011 1:29:48 PM
another light flash -above 3 on rhs
by UKVal 5/21/2011 1:29:56 PM
@UKVal, Wow entire site is gone now
by WolfDK 5/21/2011 1:30:19 PM
@Mona whole plant obscured
by UKVal 5/21/2011 1:30:20 PM
@Mona blackness could be lack of lighht rather than smoke. Could.
by UKVal 5/21/2011 1:31:15 PM
Morning all! Smoke-a-thon again? Just something I observed over the last 3 days. 4 has been smoking like a sieve during the day as well...it's just been out of view of cam coming out the side farthest right. The one time we got a view of the plant from the ocean cam you could clearly see the smoke fest and you could see a blip on the right edge from the usual live cam. 4 has been very hot this week!
by LM 5/21/2011 1:32:03 PM
by deb 5/21/2011 1:33:23 PM
@deb ty I see black smoke - not good!
by Mona 5/21/2011 1:35:02 PM
Looks like #3 tasted the putzmeister this time imho
by WolfDK 5/21/2011 1:35:12 PM
Great job Deb. do you post date and time
by carabnr 5/21/2011 1:35:19 PM
@Mona Lots of it, have 2 more coming up, 3rd is a nightmare :(
by deb 5/21/2011 1:35:34 PM
Thanks Deb!
by LM 5/21/2011 1:35:46 PM
@deb great. even I wish it didn't look like this. Thank you
by Mona 5/21/2011 1:37:13 PM
@carabnr the video title includes day fuku PDT time
by deb 5/21/2011 1:38:31 PM
I must admit I don't buy that 4's SFP is as pristine as the photo released. Look at that damage. Who's to say they didn't take the photo at 5 or 6? They know the world concern over the instability there. I'm such a cynic!
by LM 5/21/2011 1:40:50 PM
@LM I agree -we can be cynics together!
by UKVal 5/21/2011 1:41:22 PM
@all - my original post about strange things going on with the TBS live feed is on page 3 just after Ian's picure of #3