sometimes they succeed in cutting the power lines, or they block a bridge or a tunnel.
by Edano 11/25/2011 1:57:41 AM
fires are helpful to bend the steel.
by Edano 11/25/2011 1:58:19 AM
once i have even witnessed how an entire rail was removed and hidden in a barn.... :)
by Edano 11/25/2011 2:00:16 AM
In the 70's they had people chaining themselves to gates, blockading buidings and the one posted last night where they took over the NYSE protesting nuclear power in the US
by lillymunster 11/25/2011 2:00:49 AM
@Edano LOL
by lillymunster 11/25/2011 2:01:02 AM
@lillymunster yeah, chaining is classic.
by Edano 11/25/2011 2:02:32 AM
@Edano I remember big protests on the east and west coasts but most were at plants trying to blockade them
by lillymunster 11/25/2011 2:05:59 AM
in recent times it seems that forms of protest are globalizing (occupy, attac). so maybe the waste transport blocking will become global as well.
by Edano 11/25/2011 2:09:02 AM
@Edano I think there will be more in general.
by lillymunster 11/25/2011 2:09:57 AM
Ohio gozaimasu from earthquaky Hiroshima
by bo 11/25/2011 2:22:58 AM
Hey bo!
by lillymunster 11/25/2011 2:23:21 AM
It was a fascinating conference of HICARE and the IAEA here this week.
by bo 11/25/2011 2:24:12 AM
There were a lot of protesters out front of the venue, mostly protesting nuclear power and the presence of the IAEA.
by bo 11/25/2011 2:24:35 AM
The IAEA people mostly talked about how nuclear helps the world. Very general terms. One official talked about the positive and negative of nuclear. The positives were all painted in broad strokes: industry, medicine, agriculture, etc....But the negatives were restricted to the effects of radiation on cells.
by bo 11/25/2011 2:25:46 AM
@Vivre so there will be a trial against him ? because of what ? good journalism ? maybe some kind of homeland-BS ?
by Edano 11/25/2011 2:26:39 AM
But by far the most interesting presentation was by a medical doctor from Hiroshima University. He was part of the medical evacuation team that went up on the second day and his picture of the evacuations and triage in the first week were absolutely horrifying. He talked about 10 people dying in transport and people being evacuated in cabs and police cars and to facilities that had no heat etc...
by bo 11/25/2011 2:27:05 AM
He talked about people being decontaminated and being showered and washed, but not having any dry clothes to put on afterwards and being in places with no heat and suffering from hypothermia
by bo 11/25/2011 2:28:50 AM
@bo Holy Cats!
by lillymunster 11/25/2011 2:30:12 AM
Did he say what most of the bad medical cases involved?
by lillymunster 11/25/2011 2:30:45 AM
One sec, on the phone with my turkeys.
by bo 11/25/2011 2:37:30 AM
The crime of non-licensed dancing in Japan
www.japantimes.co.jpby lillymunster 11/25/2011 2:37:54 AM
Oh you must read this utter nonsense from TEPCO
ex-skf.blogspot.comThey want to heat up the RPVs to prevent hydrogen explosions.
by lillymunster 11/25/2011 2:42:15 AM
smart.
by Edano 11/25/2011 2:45:42 AM
@lilly some died in transit from head injuries, some died from dehydration and hypothermia.
by bo 11/25/2011 2:46:00 AM
They seem to be trying to say they are using the venting system? The say the "gas handling" system and that this is supposedly preventing the containment gasket from leaking at unit 2
ex-skf.blogspot.comby lillymunster 11/25/2011 2:46:13 AM
They were being transported in any vehicles that could be found. Mini buses, taxis, police cars, the transit to bare facilities exacerbated their underlying prior medical conditions. It was a picture of utter chaos.
by bo 11/25/2011 2:47:02 AM
Were these people already in the hospital mostly?
by lillymunster 11/25/2011 2:47:34 AM
Yes. This was entirely about evacuations from hospitals and nursing homes.
by bo 11/25/2011 2:48:29 AM
Was there an existing evacuation plan for hospitals?
by lillymunster 11/25/2011 2:49:57 AM
He said that during the height of the crisis, when the plants were exploding, there were 840 people still in facilities in the evacuation area.
by bo 11/25/2011 2:50:14 AM
Yes, but it was dependent on there being intact resources in the local community.
by bo 11/25/2011 2:50:31 AM
He said that the existing evacuation plans are all based on a single catastrophe model, not a multiple catastrophe model. He said that the plans in all other nuclear sited communities need to be adjusted.
by bo 11/25/2011 2:51:38 AM
@lilly and @Vivre the after hours dancing thing is a big problem here. In the past they have raided the bars and rounded up "foreigners" and harassed them. There was a lot of protests against it last time they tried to enforce it here in Hiroshima, where they are talking about 3-4 places.
by bo 11/25/2011 2:54:42 AM
@Vivre the law appears to be from the 1980's
by lillymunster 11/25/2011 2:55:32 AM
Have to run a quick errand. Be back in half an hour.
by bo 11/25/2011 3:00:03 AM
More MEXT radiation data is out
radioactivity.mext.go.jpby lillymunster 11/25/2011 3:17:41 AM
@Pedro Jesus was the general strike strictly unions or something more broad like occupy related?
by lillymunster 11/25/2011 3:25:09 AM
@Pedro Jesus seems like things suck everywhere.
by lillymunster 11/25/2011 3:34:30 AM
Back
by bo 11/25/2011 3:36:21 AM
@lillymunster - sorry took a while to find the articles where Mochizuki made remarks that investigations against him are coming closer and direct. I think his more emotional kind of way attracts (and effects on) more people and maybe he does have the one or other inside-connection.
Uff, just came back from a police operation to dismantle a gang that was spreading havoc and fear in my neighbourhood.
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