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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Aug 20, 2011 - 04:50am PT
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On the good news front - many American families are playing host for Japanese mothers and children from affected areas. In Japan these children cannot go outside so it is a big respite to be over here for a few months.
Friends of ours here in town are one of the host families and we'll be taking one of the children climbing this coming Sunday. She's already getting pretty good at trampoline, juggling, slackline and should be a natural climbing. You can catch a pic of her (at 2:00 in video), her infant sister, and her mother in this video:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44179518/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Aug 20, 2011 - 12:47pm PT
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I have a feeling a massive explosion is coming. No one is really sure what will happen or how bad this will get as this is a science experiment for the nuke afficianados. This being right on the ocean insanely dangerous to the planet, and seems like sometime soon there will be clouds of uncontainable radioactive steam starting to pour from the ground going on for......forever. A very real possibility at this point is that it will wipe out much of Japan for occupation or life, and if 3 of them have breached their containment vessels, well....dying ain't much of a living boys.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 20, 2011 - 06:03pm PT
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hey there say, all....
was there ANOTHER quake off japan, here, again?
i thought someone posted at another forum, that they had one???
(as of aug 19? or so????)
just wondering...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 20, 2011 - 06:15pm PT
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hey there say, all....
okay, just found it....
here it a small news piece:
Friday, August 19, 2011
Another Earthquake Hits Japan: August 19, 2011
According to USGS a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Japan today Near The East Coast Of Honshu.
An hour ago, Reuters reported an event as a 6.8 magnitude:
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 jolted northeastern Japan off Fukushima prefecture on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, although no damage was reported and a tsunami advisory for the area was lifted after no waves were sighted.
Washington Post reports a 6.5 and says this is one of the biggest in a month and that Japan's northeastern coast has been the site of more than 1,000 aftershocks of magnitude 4.0 or higher since March.
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Posted by Susan Duclos at 11:01 AM
Labels: Earthquakes, Japan
also, saw this
but it is taking forever to load, so i may have to edit,
if it is wrong:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/08/19/Strong-quake-no-tsunami-in-Japan/UPI-95391313736237/
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corniss chopper
climber
breaking the speed of gravity
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California: The San Onofre nuclear plant is shutting down because of a big electric power grid failure in the southwest US.
This is just a precaution. San Onofre is just fine. But it must shut down
due to the wide spread power failure in the area.
Why? When it makes the power failure situation worse?
Because with no outside electrical power to run its coolant pumps its too
risky just to stay in operation in case something did go wrong at San Onofre. Safety rules.
So better safe than sorry.
Don't need a Fukushima type disaster here. Note Fukushima melted down because it lost outside power to run its coolant pumps -plus the onsite backup power etc etc tsunami etc.
http://lagunabeach.patch.com/articles/power-outage-reported-throughout-south-orange-county-and-san-diego-county
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Sep 21, 2011 - 09:08am PT
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Fukushima nuclear plant on typhoon alert
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are stepping up precautions in advance of the approaching typhoon.
Typhoon Roke is expected to approach the northern prefecture of Fukushima on Wednesday night. It has already brought a total rainfall of more than 200 millimeters to the area since Tuesday midnight.
Efforts to install steel plates at the plant's water intake area have been halted for fear of storm surges. Strong winds and heavy rain have forced the suspension of work to cover the No. 1 reactor building.
Outdoor piping and pumps for injecting water into the reactors have been secured with ropes to keep them from being knocked over by strong winds.
Tokyo Electric Power Company has confirmed rainwater has flowed into the basement floor of the No. 6 reactor turbine building and that it has found leaks in the roof of the central control room of the No.1 and 2 reactors. But no serious damage to the plant has been discovered.
Rainfall of up to 250 millimeters is expected in the area through Thursday noon, but TEPCO says radioactive wastewater is unlikely to overflow from the reactor turbine buildings.
TEPCO says it is closely monitoring the wastewater levels around the clock.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 20:27 +0900 (JST)
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Sep 24, 2011 - 02:07am PT
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your gonna die!
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Oct 14, 2011 - 02:52am PT
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There is now a lot or evidence, you can research, of DNA and genetic mutations showing up in Japan and China
Are you talking the rabbit? If so, saying the rabbit was the result of Fukushima is a wild leap at best.
Will there be various mutagenic results as this goes on? Sure, but to say this rabbit birth is one of them or that the flu season will be worse because of mutations in the flu virus is just out-of-hand media masturbation...
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Oct 14, 2011 - 04:09am PT
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Godzilla!
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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It means an out of control China Syndrome is occuring, and it is headed for the Pacific Ocean. Back in September it was estimated the fuel rods had burned to 12 meters deep. Another 20 meters or so and it will be in the water table. No more sushi.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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From NHK
Survivors plant cherry trees to mark tsunami line.
People in northeastern Japan, including survivors of the March 11th tsunami, have begun planting cherry trees to mark the affected areas to give warnings to future generations.
About 100 people planted 35 trees in a temple ground in Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture, on Sunday.
The group plans to eventually plant 17,000 trees over 170 kilometers in the city in marking off areas inundated by the tsunami.
The project's leader says he is sorrowful at having lost many friends in the tsunami.
He says he hopes the cherry trees will hand down memories of the disaster to young children and help prevent any further loss of human life.
The group plans to plant more trees on March 11th next year to mark the first anniversary of the disaster.
Sunday, November 06, 2011
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_11.html
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, jan...
just getting off line, after checking things in various browsers...
thanks for the share...
a gal i know there was very sad, as to the loss of the lovely spots that she used to visit with friends, :( (and of course, the loss of friends)...
this will mean something to her...
well, night, jan...
:)
nice to hear from you...
god blesss...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, studly...
just saw your post as well, here...
oh my... thanks for the share....
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Nov 11, 2011 - 02:28pm PT
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Mystery Radiation Detected 'Across Europe'
The hunt is on for the source of low level radiation detected in the atmosphere "across Europe" over the past several days, nuclear officials said today.
Trace amounts of iodine-131, a type of radiation created during the operation of nuclear reactors or in the detonation of a nuclear weapon, were detected by the Czech Republic's State Office for Nuclear Safety starting two weeks ago. After the group reported its findings to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Agency released a statement today revealing similar detections had been made "in other locations across Europe."
The IAEA said the current levels of iodine-131 are not high enough to warrant a public health risk, but the agency still does not know the origin of the apparent leak and an official with the agency would not say where exactly it has been detected outside the Czech Republic.
The IAEA said it does not believe the radiation was left over from the nuclear disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant in March and the Czech Republic's State Office for Nuclear Safety could only say the source was "likely outside the territory of the [Czech] Republic."
"Anywhere spent nuclear fuel is handled, there is a chance that... iodine-131 will escape into the environment," the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says on its website.
According to the EPA, iodine-131 can get into the environment after leaking from cracked fuel rods in nuclear plants and, when ingested in higher doses, can lead to thyroid problems. This particular type of radiation is relatively short-lived, with an estimated half-life of about eight days.
http://news.yahoo.com/mystery-radiation-detected-across-europe-152226180.html
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