Japan Earthquake

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I'm happy with the news bit, it's what we're good at, and we do actually break stories from time to time. @Rob that book is fantastic.
by hudebnik 5/28/2011 2:49:02 PM

@hudebnik - Tufte could save the world.
by Rob in SF 5/28/2011 2:50:04 PM

BTW, per the legal discussion, there's a reason ScribbleLive embeds links link this:
by you via Emotasia
by Rob in SF 5/28/2011 2:53:11 PM

Hic.
by Rob in SF 5/28/2011 2:53:44 PM

Rain likely to induce more radioactive leaks

The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it is closely monitoring contaminated water levels in the facility as heavy rain is forecast next week.

Tokyo Electric Power Company is continuing to inject water to cool reactors. As a result, the level of highly radioactive water around reactor buildings is rising.

The company is concerned that contaminated water in the basement of reactor buildings and nearby tunnels may overflow and seep into the ground and the sea www3.nhk.or.jp
by Majj 5/28/2011 2:59:21 PM

Watashi no tomodachi ohio gozaimasu. Good morning my friends... Pulled another late night last night. I've been working on a paper for a reported that Nancy hooked me up with. The paper is titled Health Care and Safety Considerations: Fukushima NPP Workes at Risk for Heat-Related Illness. I'm about done. Is there anyone out there that wants to read it and double check it? It's about 7 pages now.
by carabnr 5/28/2011 3:02:41 PM

@carabnr You are just in Time.... U.N. body to probe Fukushima radiation impact
May 23, 2011

A U.N. scientific body said on Monday it would study the radiation impact of Japan's nuclear disaster on people and the environment, but it did not expect to detect any major health effects.
onlyinamericablogging.blogspot.com
by Majj 5/28/2011 3:05:17 PM

@carabnr - すべてはうまくされ
by Rob in SF 5/28/2011 3:06:15 PM

Soil decontamination tests start in Fukushima
The Japanese government has started experiments aimed at removing radioactive material from farmland around the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Agriculture ministry officials on Saturday explained the experiments to people in Iitate Village. They are designed to test several ways of decontaminating soil.

One experiment would be to swamp rice paddies with water in the hopes that it would wash away radioactive substances.

Another idea would be to plant sunflowers and amaranthus that are known to absorb radioactive substances from the soil.

Agriculture minister Michihiko Kano told participants that he hopes the methods will be effective in decontaminating farmland and that, if any prove to be effective, they will be introduced immediately. www3.nhk.or.jp
by LM 5/28/2011 3:10:03 PM

@ Rob Is all well?
by carabnr 5/28/2011 3:10:50 PM

@LM 'it would wash away radioactive substances.' into the ocean?
by jt 5/28/2011 3:11:34 PM

Call me crazy, but these guys have no understanding of the concept of PR. This stuff does them so much more harm than good. Get a tripod, and edit maybe?
by Rob in SF 5/28/2011 3:11:35 PM

@carabnr - Same old, same old.
by Rob in SF 5/28/2011 3:12:04 PM

Morning all! How can they decontaminate what is still being contaminated? Flooding a rice paddie with water...Huh! Double face palm...
by LM 5/28/2011 3:13:11 PM

@LM good point.
by carabnr 5/28/2011 3:15:58 PM

@jt Or into the water table...I can't believe any of this. In Chernobyl ground contaminated with more than .5 pCi of Cesium 137 was off limits..that's all of Fukushima. Where is the outrage?!
by LM 5/28/2011 3:16:19 PM

@LM - "How can they decontaminate what is still being contaminated?" - Dyson™ is on it.
by Rob in SF 5/28/2011 3:17:08 PM

Update from yesterday: Radioactive materials have entered the stratosphere, enabling global spread of fallout. www.fukushima-u.ac.jp www.sss.fukushima-u.ac.jp Everything above 10km is in the stratosphere.
by Bobby1 5/28/2011 3:17:55 PM

@Rob in SF LOL!
by LM 5/28/2011 3:17:58 PM

@LM - Me too. I'm easily amused. I amuse myself.
by Rob in SF 5/28/2011 3:18:58 PM

@ Rob you did a great job on that Logo... It's awesome , it really makes the whole thing make sense. すべてはうまくされ
by carabnr 5/28/2011 3:19:14 PM

@carabnr TY
by Rob in SF 5/28/2011 3:20:09 PM

Japan senior political figure Ichiro Ozawa

[...] Some day we may not be able to live in Japan. There is the possibility that the power plant can reach the state of criticality again. If it explodes, it’s a huge matter. Radiation is being leaked in order to keep the reactors from exploding. So, in this sense, it’s even worse than letting the power plant explode. Radiation is going to be flowing out for a long period of time. This is not a matter of money, but of life and death for the Japanese. If Japan cannot be saved, then the people of Japan are done for. We can always print money. Ultimately the people will have to bear the burden. Government must be determined to put a stop to radioactive pollution no matter what it takes, money or otherwise. The Japanese people must understand the situation. [...] online.wsj.com & enenews.com
by Majj 5/28/2011 3:21:07 PM

@carabnr - Thanks for asking.
by Rob in SF 5/28/2011 3:21:49 PM

5.0 earthquake off Fukushima 34 min ago. They've had 2 (5's) in the last 2 hours not far from Fuku. quakes.globalincidentmap.com
by LM 5/28/2011 3:22:08 PM

@Majj - Good grief, so with ONE edit:

Some day we may not be able to live in Japan. The Japanese people must understand the situation.
by Rob in SF 5/28/2011 3:25:32 PM

@Rob in SF I like both logos as well!
by LM 5/28/2011 3:26:02 PM

@LM - Or this?
gallery.me.com
by Rob in SF via Gallery.me 5/28/2011 3:29:28 PM

@Rob in SF the first
by fitter 5/28/2011 3:29:58 PM

@Rob in SF I was thinking about the Fukuleaks one but that one is cute too! ;)
by LM 5/28/2011 3:30:17 PM

@Rob in SF Is the first time I here the TRUTH on the news :-(((((
by Majj 5/28/2011 3:30:20 PM

@Rob in SF and the Simply Info one! Good work.
by LM 5/28/2011 3:31:09 PM

@Rob in SF are you going to add color like the first
by fitter 5/28/2011 3:32:14 PM

This?!!!
gallery.me.com
by Rob in SF via Gallery.me 5/28/2011 3:33:00 PM

@Rob in SF i was talking about a diff one, don't know who you are ansering?
by fitter 5/28/2011 3:33:52 PM

@fitter or @Any&All... Which logo do you refer to? Or which should we address?
by Rob in SF 5/28/2011 3:35:27 PM

JTWC forecast track map- www.usno.navy.mil
JTWC warning text- www.usno.navy.mil

Typhoon Songda (Cat 2 system @ 0900UTC)

by Thunder via Usno.navy.mil edited by elainekirk 5/28/2011 3:36:31 PM

Hong Kong finds radioactive iodine in fish A SMALL amount of radioactive iodine-131 has been found in a sample of fish taken from a wholesale market in Hong Kong, the Government said today.

Hong Kong has been monitoring radiation levels in the city's food and water supply and atmosphere in the wake of the crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power station. www.heraldsun.com.au
by Majj 5/28/2011 3:38:07 PM

@Rob in SF I likE the logo from your 7:35am post and the logo from your 8:33am post.
by LM 5/28/2011 3:38:57 PM

by Rob in SF via Gallery.me 5/28/2011 3:48:16 PM

@All That post cut of the forecast I gave...not to worry too much though, already getting outdated as the system gets hammered by upper level winds and dry air entrainment....anyone wishing to follow things(I mean crap) I write can find it on the organize board.
@Bobby1 I saw those stratosphere readings and information....well fuku me! That's really not great to put it very lightly! What were your thoughts on the predominant isotopes entering the upper levels?
by Thunder 5/28/2011 3:51:13 PM

@Thunder The researchers were tuning their equipment to cesium-137, and the gamma is higher... but there is a fair amount of beta radiation, so it might be strontium-90, Sr-89, tellurium-129m and/or iodine-131. Strontium circled the globe twice during Chernobyl.
by Bobby1 5/28/2011 3:54:06 PM

FYI: 13:46:07 off east coast honshu 5.0
14:18:36 off east coast honshu 4.6
14:56:09 off east coast honshu 5.0
by deb 5/28/2011 4:05:39 PM

@LM Chernobyl areas weren't controlled to .5 pCi but here is a good overview of what the Netherlands controlled to ("average deposition has (from Chernobyl)
been 1,800 Bq/m2 for Cs-137 and 11,000 Bq/m2 for I-131" and their enforced limits for food www.google.com and here is the best wrapup on what various countries did for food control and area remediation www.google.com Japan is following alot of the old (1986) playbook.
by RBeaner 5/28/2011 4:06:54 PM