Japan Earthquake

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@elainekirk I took it as you explain it.
by Nancy 5/31/2011 9:02:55 PM

@nancy did you get the fault and seismic diagrams? has anybody seen ukval today?
by elainekirk 5/31/2011 9:03:19 PM

@bojack Nicely said, sir.
by Panserbjorne9 5/31/2011 9:05:22 PM

The Shining Rainbow has long lured sushi lovers to downtown Albany, N.Y., with dishes like the spicy salmon roll and maki combo.

But on April 1, two weeks after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake triggered a disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the popular Chinese-Japanese restaurant slapped this announcement on its menu: "Because (of) the RADIATION in JAPAN, for our quality (customers), we will stop serving Japanese food until we can get FRESH sources of food from Japan. Sorry for the inconvenience."

Read more: www.ctpost.com
by Panserbjorne9 5/31/2011 9:06:15 PM

@LM : ah, there is really movement ?
by Edano 5/31/2011 9:08:16 PM

@edano There is...every now and then...Yesterday I saw 2 workers standing on the same metal structure in front of cam.
by LM 5/31/2011 9:09:21 PM

@LM : i don't even see raindrops or wind. all dead.
by Edano 5/31/2011 9:10:50 PM

Hi all - just arrived & catching up. Have had a day off visiting friends. I've seen the posts re live TEPCO feed but can only get it to work in IE & not Chrome. Idf someone can tell me how to get it to work in the latter I'd be grateful.
by UKVal 5/31/2011 9:12:53 PM

@edano I agree..which is why it's so weird when there's life..It certainly took me by surprise. There definitely was some visible wind yesterday but very dead today.
by LM 5/31/2011 9:12:55 PM

Nuclear Energy in Asia: A Post-Fukushima Perspective
Tuesday, 31 May 2011 00:00 Hooman Peimani
On March 11, 2011 a massive earthquake and accompanying tsunami devastated a significant part of coastal mainland Japan north of Tokyo. The loss of over 25,000 lives and major damage to residential, commercial and industrial parts of Japan have been overshadowed by round-the-clock news coverage concerning the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Exaggerated accident reports have prompted a debate on the wisdom of nuclear power generation. Thus, they have created a sentiment in Europe and North America discouraging expansion of their nuclear power sectors and encouraging a debate for their scaling down and eventual decommissioning.
www.ensec.org
by Panserbjorne9 5/31/2011 9:15:26 PM

@elainekirk fault and seizmic diagrams? I'm not sure what ones?
by Nancy 5/31/2011 9:15:46 PM

Morning! hello
by Angie edited by elainekirk 5/31/2011 9:16:13 PM

How Japan Buys Support For Nuclear Power
There are 54 nuclear reactors in Japan. That’s about half the number in the US – for a country 1/25th the size. So how did nuclear become massive on a tiny island? Money, the NYT reports. Buying the people.

Even throughout the Fukushima disaster, popular opposition to Japan’s sprawling nuclear adoration has been weak. And why? The New York Times suggests a constant flow of easy cash is making the Japanese reluctant to kick their radioactive habit: “Nothing other than a nuclear plant will bring money here. That’s for sure,” explains a councilman from a small Japanese town. “What else can an isolated town like this do except host a nuclear plant?”

www.gizmodo.com.au
by Panserbjorne9 5/31/2011 9:16:42 PM

ooo @Nancy I will post again you will love - there is a fault in the plant #11 on first link
by elainekirk 5/31/2011 9:16:50 PM

Press Release (May 31,2011)
Submission of information regarding the fault unconsidered in the seismic design of TEPCO's Nuclear Power Station.
www.tepco.co.jp
This links to the faults plan
www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 5/31/2011 9:17:39 PM

How Many Animal Lives Has the Fukushima Evacuation Zone Claimed?
news.change.org
by Panserbjorne9 5/31/2011 9:17:43 PM

This story is really picking up in the media:
Japanese Elderly Offer to Take Over Fukushima Nuclear Cleanup Older men argue they have less chance of developing radiation-induced cancer in their lifetimes
www.popsci.com
by Panserbjorne9 5/31/2011 9:25:39 PM

Needs better translation but appears alarming. WARNING: The information that the children every other symptoms of low-dose exposure blog.goo.ne.jp
by Panserbjorne9 5/31/2011 9:29:00 PM

@elainekirk Wow, wonder if they are still going to claim nothing bad happened due to the EQ?
by Nancy 5/31/2011 9:29:21 PM

@nancy exactly there should be an english version at some stage it shouldnt be difficult to translate this is the google translate of the supporting doc docs.google.com the original is here www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 5/31/2011 9:38:51 PM

It was pointed out this morning by a member that on the tepco cam the units are not at the same angle as the towers and the thinking was that 4 may not be leaning and that rather the land on which the units stand is now at an angle . it would also explain them using the camera starting at #1 where the angle isnt as acute as it is at #4
by elainekirk 5/31/2011 9:43:45 PM

The high beta radiation readings over the eastern US (which Baltimore is typical of) indicate that there is now a permanent cloud of isotopes like iodine and strontium in the upper atmosphere over the US. The current heat wave and 500 mb ridge actually wards off new particles, and high pressure brings down the ones already there.
by Bobby1 5/31/2011 9:44:43 PM

by Bobby1 via Epa.gov 5/31/2011 9:44:48 PM

I wonder if governments are now regretting not informing their citizens that there could possibly be a problem with radiation? When Chernobyl blew we only had newspapers and television news reports to keep us informed but informed we certainly were and there was no panic, there was no 'run' on foodstuffs so I can see no justification for their treating people with such contempt now
by elainekirk 5/31/2011 9:48:48 PM

@elainekirk there are some real land oddities going on. People keep catching subtle things on different views that look skewed. There is a Daini photo of a small building that is leaning at a crazy angle and the ground is wavy but not broken. I think we may have the same thing going on at Daiichi the more views we are getting.
by Nancy 5/31/2011 9:50:35 PM

@elainekirk It started out as not wanting the bad PR to now I think a fear of admitting the truth and the reality of how many people need to be moved. The is such a major big issue for an island as small and the main one is. I think anymore they are trying to avoid the inevitable.
by Nancy 5/31/2011 9:52:21 PM

@Nancy I think it is turning out to be a prime example of how governments have become the servants of commerce instead of the citizens who pay them to serve their interests
by elainekirk 5/31/2011 9:56:29 PM

Another thought is that whatever happens over the coming months nothing will match the horror that Christmas and the new year will bring
by elainekirk 5/31/2011 9:58:12 PM

weird little blog piece. Deadly organic – worse than Fukushima
asiancorrespondent.com
by Panserbjorne9 5/31/2011 10:02:16 PM

The Ministry of Education and Science announced on May 31 that the radioactive strontium-90 was detected from the soil samples at 4 locations in Okuma-machi and Futaba-machi, the towns located inside the 10-kilometer radius from Fukushima I Nuke Plant. translate.google.com
by Majj 5/31/2011 10:05:54 PM

@Panserbjorne9 'WARNING: The information that the children every other symptoms of low-dose exposure' Is this a blog where people report their symptoms to a doctor? I have translated looks a massive number of reports?
by jt 5/31/2011 10:06:03 PM

@elainekirk Yes, it reminds me so much of some of the garbage in the US where the govt. is more a tool of big business than a service of the people. Bo mentioned a holiday in August, don't remember the name but it is the holiday where they light candles at their ancestrial homes to welcome back those that have died. People with family homes in the exclusion zone won't be able to do that.
by Nancy 5/31/2011 10:10:19 PM

@jt I really can't tell because of the language barrier. I found it via a twitter stream, and it seemed very concerning...as if someone is compiling a list of the children who are presenting with those symptoms...
by Panserbjorne9 5/31/2011 10:11:07 PM

@Nancy that is heartbreaking.
by Panserbjorne9 5/31/2011 10:12:47 PM

@Panserbjorne9 There are thousands of reports like this on various boards. Here is one where preschool children in Tokyo came down with nosebleeds and diarrhea after drinking contaminated tap water. www.asyura2.com
by Bobby1 5/31/2011 10:14:03 PM

@Panserbjorne9 Yes exactly. The only data available will be children not turning up at school, I suppose.
by jt 5/31/2011 10:14:15 PM

@Nancy @all it is heartbreaking
by elainekirk 5/31/2011 10:14:26 PM

@Panserbjorne9 bo has mentioned that issue with the holiday in August as something that will be extremely hard. He has mentioned it in most of his interviews if given the chance. Probably something we should keep in mind though I don't know if there is anything we could do other that make sure people know.
by Nancy 5/31/2011 10:17:38 PM

@Panserbjorne9 We have a few people who speak Japanese who show up in a few hours on here. You might catch someone later if you ask on the board then. They might be able to help get past the translation issues.
by Nancy 5/31/2011 10:18:50 PM

@Nancy thanks Nancy, will do.
by Panserbjorne9 5/31/2011 10:21:53 PM

@Panserbjorne9 @dh has translated in the past for people on here so keep an eye out for him/her.
by Angie 5/31/2011 10:22:49 PM

there is a leaflet that was heavily tweeted by Japanese parents last night it does appear informative but without a real translation I wouldnt be confident of that docs.google.com
by elainekirk 5/31/2011 10:26:53 PM

@elainekirk I can't get that leaflet to translate - pls can you give me a summary?
by UKVal 5/31/2011 10:28:57 PM

@ukval
I have been copy pasting text into transtate so I will try to put it in some kind of order
by elainekirk 5/31/2011 10:31:29 PM

Is it possible that all reports of illnesses are just normal virueses etc or the results of pollution due to disruption from the tsunami? There were an awful lot of places on fire IIRC
by UKVal 5/31/2011 11:02:59 PM