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if smoke you'd expect it to move around more. also curious are occasional flashes above the line of the buildings- though could be a cam artifact. The 1st 1 I saw was very different though
by UKVal 6/1/2011 5:13:29 PM

@UKVal : what is the 5th building behind #4 ? it cannot be the common pool.
by Edano 6/1/2011 5:14:15 PM

@UKVal : i thought these are flashing lights for planes or boats. don't know what they are called exactly.
by Edano 6/1/2011 5:15:51 PM

@Edano There is a buiding before the common SFP. It's not labelled on the map -but it has major powerlines
by UKVal 6/1/2011 5:16:16 PM

Thursday, June 2, 2011
Tohoku Electric may tap Tepco for power shortchanging
SENDAI — Tohoku Electric Power Co. may seek compensation from Tokyo Electric Power Co. over its failure to meet a power supply contract following the March quake and tsunami, sources said.
search.japantimes.co.jp
by Panserbjorne9 6/1/2011 5:17:03 PM

@Edano but some appear in sky. The 1st 1 saw was a tiny pinprick -very bright, above roof of 3, it resloved into a moving pinprick of 4 spots appearing 1 at a time forming an arc
by UKVal 6/1/2011 5:18:02 PM

Thursday, June 2, 2011
Toll break for quake survivors
The transport ministry plans to exempt people affected by the catastrophic March 11 earthquake and tsunami from paying expressway tolls in the Tohoku region starting June 20, ministry officials have said.
search.japantimes.co.jp
by Panserbjorne9 6/1/2011 5:19:07 PM

Interesting assessment of the various risk-assessment models (ICRP and ECRR) versus the Japanese government's purported risk-policy wrt the Fukushima disaster www.e22.com The implication is that the Japanese govt is inventing a new risk-assessment policy (ie, total BS). I'm not endorsing this graph as it is not supported and I can't find an explanatory webpage for it, just ran into it during an image search.
by Ian 6/1/2011 5:19:33 PM

Thursday, June 2, 2011
Fatigue sets in on nuke responders
Workers at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant are facing an increased risk of accidents due to human error caused by chronic sleep deprivation and fatigue, an expert on social medicine said Wednesday in Tokyo, as he called for improved working conditions at the plant.
search.japantimes.co.jp
by Panserbjorne9 6/1/2011 5:22:01 PM

Check this out, the graphics at the same site www.e22.com indicate it's some sophisticated analysis of internal-emitter hazards, but so much is in Japanese, including the graphics that I can't translate with google.
by Ian 6/1/2011 5:23:15 PM

well whether there is smoke visible in fornt of 2 or not -hard to decide but it's not changing shape -there was very definite steam just now above it
by UKVal 6/1/2011 5:24:20 PM

@Ian : they really make preparations for a long-term disaster .....
by Edano 6/1/2011 5:24:50 PM

@Ian I have noticed a lot of official 'information' leaflets being spawned I think they are no longer feigning concern it has become a case of fact -v- PRBS
by elainekirk 6/1/2011 5:28:01 PM

@Nancy I think it's still working but pic obscured by cloud
by UKVal 6/1/2011 5:29:19 PM

@Nancy Goes off and on intermittantly....i wondered that myself yesterday...mornin
by Veenie 6/1/2011 5:39:02 PM

Ooops, i meant the TEPCO cam it shut off a cple times
by Veenie 6/1/2011 5:39:45 PM

Wow, i guess the Scribble shuts off and on too?....ok have a good one
by Veenie 6/1/2011 5:44:34 PM

brandnew : WHO Connects Cellphones With Cancer Risk www.technewsworld.com ooopsi they have no rumor filter it seems
by Edano 6/1/2011 5:45:00 PM

@edano cell phones are extremely dangerous but there is a solution - don't try to hold a phone whilst driving a car
by elainekirk 6/1/2011 5:51:44 PM

@Edano sounds like the WHO needs to be reduced to a PR office of the telecommunications industry as they've been wrt the nuclear industry via the WHO's formal subordination to the IAEA.
by Ian 6/1/2011 5:53:21 PM

@elainekirk : LOL. you speak tepco speak meanwhile. :)
by Edano 6/1/2011 5:53:23 PM

@Ian Curious that they display number of people affected on a grid of 4x17=68. Has anyone seen this before in Japanese reporting of statistics?
by jt 6/1/2011 5:54:22 PM

@Ian : the tele industry definitely needs tepco's rumor filters.
by Edano 6/1/2011 5:54:51 PM

@Ian : seriously ? "the WHO's formal subordination to the IAEA" ?
by Edano 6/1/2011 5:56:08 PM

@Edano I had seen that earlier today on Portuguese news. They reclassified cellphone radiation to level 2b, meaning "possibly carcinogenic". It's old news (the association of cellphone use with cancer) but it's a good sign that they haven't forgotten the subject. In Portugal our health agency advises people not to use cell phones more than 30 minutes per day and children to use sms instead of making phone calls.
by Pedro Jesus 6/1/2011 5:56:19 PM

@Edano The only problem with going back to smoke signals and drums, is it requires burning things and killing lots of dear. You can have my cell phone when you pry it from my cold dead handa!
by RBeaner 6/1/2011 5:57:42 PM

@Pedro Jesus a friend of mine was operated on brain cancer and he is convinced that it developed due to cellphone use.
by Edano 6/1/2011 5:58:38 PM

i refuse cellphones for other reasons. but a lot of people have no alternative (wire telephones).
by Edano 6/1/2011 6:00:15 PM

@Edano, about the WHO's subordination to the IAEA: www.youtube.com
by Ian 6/1/2011 6:00:24 PM

@Edano There are thousands of such cases around the world. I used to develop headaches after making phone calls of over one hour. I didn't have the same symptoms after I switched to south Korean brands such as Samsung and LG. These release far less radiation than Nokia and Motorolla, for example.
by Pedro Jesus 6/1/2011 6:00:43 PM

@Edano well no one can argue with the personal appeal, can they... No wait, 33% of the world population dies of cancer, sorry it had to be him/her.
by RBeaner 6/1/2011 6:00:51 PM

4 is def steaming -preceded by another flash - although that one was more like lightening
by UKVal 6/1/2011 6:01:38 PM

@Ian : ah, you mean the chernobyl case. i took your word "formal" too serious. :)
by Edano 6/1/2011 6:05:25 PM

I avoid talking on mine because I can never hear 25% of the conversation, doesn't matter what brand of phone it is. But isn't the current solution a bluetooth ear gizmo? So you can look like your schizophrenic yelling at your invisible friend while walking down the street.

by Nancy 6/1/2011 6:10:31 PM