Japan Earthquake

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Radiation is cyan coloured isnt it ?
by elainekirk 8/19/2011 9:53:04 AM

It is 7pm and even tokyo is in darkness it sounds like a thunderstorm www.earthcam.com
by elainekirk 8/19/2011 9:56:11 AM

It is amazing how the plants are taking over, it's like a SF film
by hudebnik 8/19/2011 9:59:10 AM

@hudebnik that I assume is the rapid cell multiplication they certainly seem to grow too fast
by elainekirk 8/19/2011 10:00:20 AM

@Elaine - maybe they are mutants
by hudebnik 8/19/2011 10:06:28 AM

@hudebnik certainly heading that way dread the thought of their offspring
by elainekirk 8/19/2011 10:07:14 AM

7pm - 3rd June - 19th August
by elainekirk 8/19/2011 10:08:34 AM

prtimes.jp

JAFF are fetching cars out of the zone for people !!! translate.google.com sounds madness to me
by elainekirk via Prtimes.jp 8/19/2011 10:42:20 AM

Fukushima residents' urine now radioactive . More than 3 millisieverts of radiation has been measured in the urine of 15 Fukushima residents of the village of Iitate and the town of Kawamata, confirming internal radiation exposure, it was learned Sunday.
Both are about 30 to 40 km from the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, which has been releasing radioactive material into the environment since the week of March 11, when the quake and tsunami caused core meltdowns.
"This won't be a problem if they don't eat vegetables or other products that are contaminated," said Nanao Kamada, professor emeritus of radiation biology at Hiroshima University. "But it will be difficult for people to continue living in these areas."
Kamada teamed up with doctors including Osamu Saito of Watari Hospital in the city of Fukushima to conduct two rounds of tests on each resident in early and late May, taking urine samples from 15 people between 4 and 77.
Radioactive cesium was found both times in each resident. www.agoracosmopolitan.com
by Majj 8/19/2011 11:07:33 AM

@Majj sorry majj kept you waitingf
by elainekirk 8/19/2011 11:07:49 AM

@Majj it is getting bad I don't think the word accumulation entered into their thinking at all
by elainekirk 8/19/2011 11:09:06 AM

I am out but will try to log in the wonderful @veenie has given me instructions for android
by elainekirk 8/19/2011 11:12:00 AM

@elainekirk wow, elaine, you slept well ?
by Edano 8/19/2011 11:17:09 AM

M6.8 quake hits Miyagi and Fukushima

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake jolted the disaster-affected prefectures of Miyagi and Fukushima in northeastern Japan on Friday afternoon. A tsunami advisory was issued, but was later lifted.

The Meteorological Agency says the quake struck at around 2:36 PM. Its focus was off Fukushima, at a depth of 20 kilometers.

Tremors with an intensity of 5 minus on the Japanese scale of zero to 7 were observed in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures. Smaller tremors were felt in wide areas from northern to western Japan.

The agency withdrew a tsunami advisory issued to coastal areas of Miyagi and Fukushima about 40 minutes after the quake.

No abnormalities are reported at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that was struck by the March 11th earthquake and tsunami.

Tokyo Electric Power Company says external power sources are intact and that radiation readings around the plant are showing no changes.

Sendai City in Miyagi Prefecture says one person suffered a light injury. Fukushima Prefecture says there have been no reports of damage or casualties.

The Meteorological Agency says the latest quake is likely to be an aftershock from March. It warns that more strong tremors are possible during active seismic periods that will likely recur in cycles.

Friday, August 19, 2011 15:57 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 8/19/2011 11:18:44 AM

crackling crackling crackling
by Edano 8/19/2011 11:20:06 AM

@Edano oh my. it seems like the quakes are getting more frequent.
by lillymunster 8/19/2011 11:34:50 AM

right lets see how I manage for 30hrs without my desktop @veenie android looking good ty x
by elainekirk 8/19/2011 11:35:19 AM

here is the story from an actual newssite rather than agoracosmopolitan. I hate given them traffic, it only encourages their bad behavior. :-)

From Japan Times on the residents urine search.japantimes.co.jp
by lillymunster 8/19/2011 11:37:04 AM

Two statements from the JT article
""This won't be a problem if they don't eat vegetables or other products that are contaminated," said Nanao Kamada, professor emeritus of radiation biology at Hiroshima University. "But it will be difficult for people to continue living in these areas.""

""The figures did not exceed the maximum of 20 millisieverts a year, but we want residents to use these results to make decisions (to move)," said Kamada."

Then evacuate them already!
by lillymunster 8/19/2011 11:40:02 AM

english.kyodonews.jp

Gov't defers lifting of ban on Fukushima beef shipments

TOKYO, Aug. 19, Kyodo

The government decided Friday not to lift a ban on cattle shipments from Fukushima Prefecture for some time as beef contaminated with an excessive level of radioactive cesium was reported to have been found there, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said.

The government had planned to lift the ban for the prefecture, where the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is located.

Edano, however, told a news conference that a ban on beef shipments from adjacent Miyagi Prefecture was partially lifted, starting on Friday as planned. english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 8/19/2011 11:40:24 AM

Edano's ears have grown ....
by Edano 8/19/2011 11:42:07 AM

@Edano maybe Kan has been tugging on his ears? He looks really fatigued.
by lillymunster 8/19/2011 11:45:50 AM

i think it was the radioactive strawberry.
by Edano 8/19/2011 11:46:41 AM

Looking at the video of the quake on the previous page. Dense steam starts to obscure the 3-4 tower as the quake progresses. It is hard to tell where it is coming from but it would be between the tower and the camera so likely #3 is the source. It isn't clouds.
by lillymunster 8/19/2011 11:47:32 AM

Hi. Here is an appeal submitted by Japanese organizations to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights with some nice reasoning on the 20 mSv/yr evacuation threshold www.greenaction-japan.org
by tomo-kun 8/19/2011 11:54:34 AM

by Edano 8/19/2011 11:56:10 AM

@Edano what did you think of his comments about total melt-through? (china syndrom)
by lillymunster 8/19/2011 11:59:04 AM

@tomo-kun We thought about trying to send a letter or petition early on and could not figure out who or how to send something to the UN. Glad someone is doing something to try to call attention.
by lillymunster 8/19/2011 12:00:25 PM

@lillymunster hard to say ... yes i think there has leaked some corium through the building. but we have no data. we can only suggest.
by Edano 8/19/2011 12:02:36 PM

@Edano I didn't interpret corium relocating outside the building to be a "china syndrome" situation. I considered that to be burning all the way through the basemat and I don't think we know enough to know if it did that.
by lillymunster 8/19/2011 12:10:38 PM

moin moin to all

@lillymunster
I can't mke out what your pointing at really, but that tv-vid is very unsharp.
You'll have a better view on fuku1long: www.youtube.com
by Vivre 8/19/2011 12:11:03 PM

vivre's vid quake at 14:36
by Edano 8/19/2011 12:11:43 PM

@lillymunster agreed.
by Edano 8/19/2011 12:13:56 PM

by Majj 8/19/2011 12:16:25 PM

by Majj 8/19/2011 12:20:30 PM

@lillymunster - addendum
if steam arises from #3 it should have occured before (the quake) as well.
In the previous video (13-14h) on fuku-short look at the time period 1:15 - 1:35
www.youtube.com

btw: interesting - exactly at that time a worker apears to take a shot ;)
by Vivre 8/19/2011 12:35:53 PM

@lillymunster At least Japanese people are looking for unbiased information and asking for prudent decisions. They have more chances to be listened to, since they are directly involved.
by tomo-kun 8/19/2011 12:37:56 PM