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@elainekirk LOL. At least you have internet

Oh yes we couldn't give up our internet

lots of squirrels

He said something last week about actually moving. IIRC that was his intent to do eventually after things got bad

I want one - Anti TEPCO riot stickers twitter.com

@bo will let you know if I can track down some.

Don't eat the wild boar
　
Nihonmatsu, cesium reference value over a boar meat from Minamisoma
　County on June 21, announced inspection of radioactive material captured wild animals. Radioactive cesium has been detected in 4600 to 10,000 becquerels of wild boar meat was captured in Nihonmatsu.
　Of the test, eight samples from wild boar and Minamisoma city, the country's interim standard all samples (500 becquerel per kilogram) exceeded. 4600 Becquerel discovered ten thousand range 693-1. Been captured in the wild boar Minamisoma was first detected.
　Aizu boar, in all regions except Minamiaizu detect radioactive cesium exceeding the provisional standard in the country. Refrain from self-consumption is in the region, bi-phase uptake in the region, where the ship is limited.

www.minyu-net.com

@bo are they particularly nasty?

They must be pretty big then.

@bo Adds a whole new meaning to hogzilla.

@bo we still end up with cougars and deer in the core of the city due to the greenway system along the river. We had a lost moose a few years ago.

no news. nothing.

Morning all!

To MIA's comment. Unit 5 and 6 were using one shared generator for a long time. They should both be on grid power now. I would assume they then have the ability to run the buildings sump system to deal with groundwater. IIRC they were purposely putting low level water in the basements for storage.

Unemployment benefits for disaster area ending jen.jiji.com

@lilly this is textbook treatment of the radiation afflicted and dispersed. They won't be told the truth for a few years. It is part of the ways in which they will continued to be victimized for a long time. One of the most brutal ways that this kind of event unfolds is that because they are exposed, and now somewhat powerless because they are dispersed, the victimization will increase. Did you see the movie District 9? Remember how the way the main character was treated by others in the power complex changed once he was "contaminated"? Even people of local power, mayors, business owners, will suddenly be seen as tainted and will be treated as though they are just being put out of the back door rather than spoken to directly. There is 65 years of history of this kind of treatment for exposed peoples.

@bo I noticed something while digging on Chernobyl information last week. I think it just finally dawned on me, how rural areas seem to play into these accidents or disasters. The nature of nuclear installations or power plants causes them to need to be put away from population centers. It seems to then have the double issue of exploiting the local rural population. Then the typical issues of rural communities come into play. Income, social status, education of the population and the small total numbers of people that all play into them being bullied, manipulated or exploited. Someone protesting at METI mentioned how the rural nature of Fukushima adds to the income disparity and how it is another situation of those with wealth running over everyone else.

@bo we have been using Seesmic to read twitter. It runs outside of your browser but you can right click to translate and it seems to be pretty consistent. Google seesmic and the website to download it should come up. They also have a smart phone and tablet version. The smart phone one works slick and better than other twitter apps. The only thing I don't like is it uses Firefox for it's browser tech so it can eat system resources while left open. So I open it when using and close when not in use. That seems to prevent it from slowing down your computer.

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