Japan Earthquake

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She is getting a perfect shape . www.hurricanezone.net
by Majj 7/14/2011 11:49:14 AM

Weather school. Hurricane Weather Whys ;-) hurricane.accuweather.com
by Majj 7/14/2011 11:50:28 AM

@bo I went there too. :-)
by lillymunster 7/14/2011 11:54:21 AM

Daily news roundup on the group site www.simplyinfo.org
by lillymunster 7/14/2011 12:03:23 PM

5 hours old news : The new advisory will be coming sun Until there this has a nice Analise , graphics and photos . Sorry for the bad link before. Typhoon Ma-on Heading Toward Japan. firsthandweather.com
by Majj 7/14/2011 12:06:17 PM

Results of ACRO's monitoring in Japan (13th july 2011 update) in english: www.acro.eu.org
by Olivier 7/14/2011 12:10:23 PM

ACRO is the french NGO lab who did the analyses of seawater collected by Greenpeace
by Olivier 7/14/2011 12:12:24 PM

@lilly and @elaine, what minds you have! Actually Putanesca is "whore" sauce, which is why I said it was dirty dirty. But somewhere in the back of your minds you knew that!
by bo 7/14/2011 12:13:25 PM

vortex.accuweather.com A powerful typhoon could strike mainland Japan early next week.
Widespread adverse rain, wind and sea impact is possible, even for site of the tsunami disaster and nuclear site.
Ma-on, which gained typhoon status east of the Northern Mariana Islands on Wednesday, will intensify markedly over the northern Philippines Sea today through Saturday. This dramatic strengthening of Ma-on could culminate in super typhoon status for a time over open water.
As of Thursday afternoon local time, the typhoon featured maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, with higher gusts.
Storm movement, towards the west on Thursday, is likely to become northwesterly or even northerly by the end of the week.
Given a late-week turn towards the north, the center of Ma-on could be nearing the southwestern shores of Japan early next week packing potentially destructive winds, flooding rain and dangerous storm tides.
Storms of the kind that Ma-on is likely to become can unload extreme rainfall of 10 to 20 inches, with flooding and mudslides, upon reaching Japan.
Depending upon storm intensity at landfall, winds above hurricane strength could unleash widespread destruction.
Greater Tokyo is unlikely to feel the worst of the storm, no matter its ultimate track. Still, flooding rain and damaging winds could take place in the early to middle parts of the week.
Likewise, in northeastern Honshu, at the site of the March tsunami and nuclear disasters, there is the potential for heavy rain, high winds and rough seas next week. www.accuweather.com
by Majj via Vortex.accuweather 7/14/2011 12:13:36 PM

@bo LOL. some days I have the mindset of a 13 year old. :-)
by lillymunster 7/14/2011 12:13:56 PM

good morning to all
by dean 7/14/2011 12:14:01 PM

@lilly most days I aspire to have the mindset of a 13 year old!
by bo 7/14/2011 12:14:27 PM

@dean good morning!
by bo 7/14/2011 12:14:32 PM

mail.google.com one of the latest NRC articles
by dean 7/14/2011 12:15:31 PM

hi bo
by dean 7/14/2011 12:15:47 PM

@dean oops, like tried to go to gmail
by lillymunster 7/14/2011 12:16:16 PM

Good news :-) Kansai Power to shelve MOX fuel plan in Takahama
Kansai Electric Power Company has postponed a plan to introduce recycled plutonium fuel at a reactor in its nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.
The utility told NHK on Thursday that a lack of local understanding means it cannot proceed with feeding the No.4 reactor of the Takahama plant with plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX fuel, in regular checkups starting on July 21st.
The revelation came shortly after the Mayor of Takahama Town, Yutaka Nose, told reporters that lack of transparency in the government's energy policy in the wake of the nuclear crisis makes it impossible to understand why the reactor needs MOX fuel.
Consent from Fukui Prefecture and Takahama Town is vital for the utility to carry out the plan. www3.nhk.or.jp
by Majj 7/14/2011 12:17:35 PM

I wouldn't think the fuku buildings are much up to the same "wind loading' as before
by dean 7/14/2011 12:19:13 PM

@dean Didn't you hear unit 3 is earthquake proof? :-)
by lillymunster 7/14/2011 12:21:09 PM

I sure would like to see them scrap the MOX program all together and come up with a plan B. however,.. that wouldn't negate serious changes needed to deal with station black out and multiple accidents

by dean 7/14/2011 12:21:21 PM

oooooooo.. lilly.. geeeeeezh.. I didn't ,,, that makes me feel better now
by dean 7/14/2011 12:21:38 PM

@dean Sure TEPCO says so, really, so it must be true! :-) ex-skf.blogspot.com
by lillymunster 7/14/2011 12:22:28 PM

and. besides it's in COLD SHUTDOWN.. well kinda warmish shutdown with all the control rods .. uh.. never mind..
by dean 7/14/2011 12:22:31 PM

@dean LOL! They could make a Monty Python sketch out of TEPCOs statements.
by lillymunster 7/14/2011 12:27:38 PM

in that link.. pay attention to the sentence just before the figures... "At that point and "minimum margin"... wa la!... it's 2475 against 3270.. YEAHHHHHHHHH... looks to me like they should have said.. it will with withstand 1.32 times the maximum EQ... hmmmmm
by dean 7/14/2011 12:31:01 PM

I'd like to see one that equates... richter level EQ to how many inches the pile of debris settles....
by dean 7/14/2011 12:32:14 PM

time for me to push off to pick up the RALEIGH PRO RACING TEAM..be back later
by dean 7/14/2011 12:34:46 PM

Does anyone remember what the maximum radioactive level for playgrounds was?
by lillymunster 7/14/2011 12:41:34 PM

Meti is putting out an invitation to tender I dont undferstand it but hopefully somebody can it involves nuclear www.enecho.meti.go.jp
by elainekirk 7/14/2011 12:41:46 PM

another interesting looking site set up translate.google.com
by elainekirk 7/14/2011 12:48:18 PM

Finished the post on asuperdry's radiation levels and set it to go live in 2 hours. wp.me
by lillymunster 7/14/2011 12:50:28 PM

@elainekirk Oh LMAO I think METI is hiring a PR firm! :-)
by lillymunster 7/14/2011 12:52:35 PM

@lilly he will be very happy. I know it is a priority of his to get this info out.
by bo 7/14/2011 12:55:58 PM

@lillymunster ah that'll be why the tweeter said we would be getting pro nuke propoganda and outright lies about fuku all over twitter I couldnt work it out
by elainekirk 7/14/2011 12:56:07 PM

@elainekirk METI can't invent enough doublespeak so they are going to hire some people who do it for a living. I am hoping it is too late and people won't buy any of it.
by lillymunster 7/14/2011 12:59:40 PM

must go sort out the garden back shortly methinks too hot to do much
by elainekirk 7/14/2011 1:06:31 PM

Kan wants to phase out N-power / 'Accidents cannot be prevented' www.yomiuri.co.jp
by Markfm 7/14/2011 1:08:51 PM

Cesium beef scattered across nation / Consumers may have eaten radioactive Fukushima Pref. meat in 8 prefectures www.yomiuri.co.jp
by Markfm 7/14/2011 1:09:56 PM

Good news for now from twitter: ikrockhopper Itsumi Kakefuda
As I wrote a day ago, free meal is still provided, probably because of the on-site director's opposition
by lillymunster 7/14/2011 1:27:57 PM

The translation is a bit rough but it echos things heard elsewhere. The rolling blackouts and lack of power are a game being played. The non-nuclear power generation is not being fully utilized in order to pressure people into thinking nuclear power is needed in Japan. blog.goo.ne.jp
by lillymunster 7/14/2011 1:32:44 PM

Not much change in plant temps the last 3 days, all still > 100, only a few degrees change on any of them (some up, some down). Unit 1 DW B CAMS back up to 95 Sv/hr.
by Markfm 7/14/2011 1:46:14 PM

www.tropicalstormrisk.com NW Pacific: Storm Alert issued at 14 Jul, 2011 12:00 GMT
Typhoon MA-ON (08W) is forecast to strike land to the following likelihood(s) at the given lead time(s):
Yellow Alert Country(s) or Province(s)
Japan
probability for CAT 1 or above is 10% in about 120 hours
probability for TS is 15% in about 96 hours
Yellow Alert City(s) and Town(s)
Kagoshima (31.5 N, 130.5 E)
probability for CAT 1 or above is 10% in about 120 hours
probability for TS is 15% in about 96 hours
Note that
Yellow Alert (Elevated) is CAT 1 or above to between 10% and 30% probability, or TS to above 50% probability.
CAT 1 means Typhoon strength winds of at least 74 mph, 119 km/h or 64 knots 1-min sustained.
TS means Tropical Storm strength winds of at least 39 mph, 63 km/h or 34 knots 1-min sustained.
by Majj via Tropicalstormrisk 7/14/2011 1:54:54 PM

@Markfm what does that mean with the #1 D/W rising ?
by elainekirk 7/14/2011 1:59:33 PM

A back assward argument for beef contamination: ecocentric.blogs.time.com
by bo 7/14/2011 1:59:51 PM

Very important development:

Fuku City getting bold: Japanese nuclear city reveals huge plan to clean every building and road of radiation

www.telegraph.co.uk

They have clearly entered massive panic mode and realize that only drastic action can keep their town viable. Here we see local governments stepping into the breach created by the vacuum of national action.
by bo 7/14/2011 2:01:09 PM