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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 13, 2011 - 10:02pm PT
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hey there say, thank you brandon-... i understand what happened... though not to worry... all is well... glad you are back...
all of us folks are upset... it is beyond us, and folks handle these things differently...
god bless...
just keep praying for japan and that the families can have food, shelter and stamina in heart, and spirit to continue on:
after all, what if this happens AGAIN in another year or two?
or sooner... :(
none of know... whether for there, or for here, or anywhere with these
plates...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 13, 2011 - 11:18pm PT
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hey there say, all... i just saw a report in on the yahoo news, 17 minutes agao.... they seem to be saying that a another tsumami is heading there???
a smaller one??, but that one is on the way...
has anyone else heard this, too?
Kyodo quoted authorities as saying the new tsunami could be up to a height of three meters and issued an alert for the country's Pacific coast, including Fukushima prefecture.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/ts_nm/us_japan_quake
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 13, 2011 - 11:42pm PT
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hey there riley... say, it sounded like it :(
here now, there IS a new news page as to the ?possible? OTHER SOON TO COME,
tsumami... they are saying MONDAY:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110314/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake
*ooops, now, it seems from reading it more careful, that there is
"debate" over this:
Soldiers and officials along a stretch of Japan's northeastern coast warned residents that the area could be hit by another tsunami Monday and ordered them to higher ground. But the Meteorological Agency said there was no risk of another deadly wave
soooooo, is this just "nasty newspaper hype"
not very kind, if so...
:(
or, are they really wanting to help these folks be safe?
:(
i sure hope folks can help them move away, at any rate, from these danger zones... it sure would be for the best, the sooner the better...
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Mar 14, 2011 - 12:37am PT
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The explosion that happened today on the #3 reactor was completely different than the one that happened on the #1 reactor a couple of days ago. They could have very well blown up the pressure vessel on this one.
Not good!
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Mar 14, 2011 - 12:44am PT
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I think the new tsunami rumors got started when the nuke plants blew up and the vibrations, which could be felt 30 miles away, set off the tsunami alarms again. However, there were no new tsunamis.
We did just get a notice from our office in Tokyo that the city will be without electricity from noon until 3:30 pm every day now taking the university's server and email with it.
It is very worrisome that U.S. Forces Japan found radiation 60 miles from the site.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Mar 14, 2011 - 12:45am PT
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That is kinda outta lina, Lambone, but I respect dolphins too, man!
Haiti needs all the help it can get, even today.
What about all the money we sent them? What about Sean Penn crying for Haiti?
F*#king posers....I'm so sick of this crap.
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corniss chopper
climber
breaking the speed of gravity
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Mar 14, 2011 - 12:48am PT
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Any fans of the Mythbusters may have seen them do the hydrogen exploding in canned potato chips which is a mini version of what happened to the Fukoshima reactors.
We can barely understand the deadly serious situation those workers face
or that their courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg1KdcUwOTI&playnext=1&list=PL50F72DD85012755E
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Mar 14, 2011 - 01:05am PT
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If any country has people ready to sacrifice their lives for the greater good, it is Japan.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Mar 14, 2011 - 01:07am PT
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And in answer to Dr. F's question.
It is not normal to have graphics on top of the tv screen.
Those particular graphics were telling people when the tsunami would arrive in their area at the same time they were showing what it did in Sendai. Definitely enough to make everyone take it seriously.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 14, 2011 - 02:07am PT
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hey there say, jan...
i was wondering...
is it possible for folks from other areas of lower japan, etc, to send some kind of army trucks to move the hungry folks to other parts of the country, for food and shelter? there must someone that could do this... even if ships from navy??? etc, could bring in trucks??
other areas of japan still have roads that can at least get close, can't they?
i am just thinking, is all... surely someone there is thinking of similar things???
how is it, from your knowledge or viewpoint of all this?
would it be too huge to do... but then, trying to get food to every too, also, and water, is hard... is it better to think of bringing the people to the water, of towns, instead?
i will be praying, anyway, that something will open up to help...
i just wanted to understand a bit...
one of my friends she is pretty much okay so far, where she is, though her mom may be in a more precarious spot... not sure about the other one...
but--one had a trip planned to go see friends here in the usa, and she is leaving soon, to come here...
so there must be some roads open, to get to places...
hope you can share a bit of light on all this...
*course, too, when the folks arrive, if they do this, they would have to check for radiation, if they need help from this....
god bless...
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Jennie
Trad climber
Elk Creek, Idaho
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Mar 14, 2011 - 03:09am PT
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So does anybody know how long it can take for this partially melted uranium to cool down? Is it not possible that radiation can be given off for months as they try to keep it cool with sea water?
The cooling time for any melted fuel will depend on how much there is and its proximity to intact fuel rods, Radical.
If all CONTROL rods are in place to preclude criticality, the intact FUEL rods will cool enough to prevent melting (of fuel and cladding) six days after the reactor was scrammed. But there will still be serious heat and radiation for weeks.
If there is a significant accumulation of melted fuel at the bottom of the reactor drum, a partial renewed criticality can occur increasing heat and melting through the drum into the containment vessel and possibly compromising it.
If they have been successful keeping cooling water flow, the melted fuel should be minimal...if not, there could be a large mass giving off immense heat and radiation for a long time, possibly melting through thick concrete and into the ground.
Conflicting new reports suggest they don't know how much fuel is intact...safety requires maintaining distance and shielding.
(The fuel won't detonate as a fission bomb. The reported explosions are from steam, ignited hydrogen, superheated air etc...)
Again, I'm not a nuclear calamity expert...I worked in a nuclear reactor two years. If rrAdam or Dr. Hartouni want to post more detailed or pertinent information on this...I'll abstain.
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dfrost7
climber
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Mar 14, 2011 - 03:21am PT
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Seems like those shipping containers would be great emergency shelter.
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Anastasia
climber
hanging from an ice pic and missing my mama.
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Mar 14, 2011 - 03:28am PT
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I gave a donation to the Red Cross.
Good night folks, I am going to bed and I am hoping the news won't be so grim tomorrow.
AFS
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 14, 2011 - 03:31am PT
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hey there say, anastasia... me tooo.... good night to you...
:)
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Port
Trad climber
San Diego
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Mar 14, 2011 - 04:43am PT
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How do you manage to get everything wrong, yet ALWAYS have an opinion?
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 14, 2011 - 06:42am PT
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hey there all, say.... :(
isn't there anyway they can start moving the people to a better location, somehow...
by bringing help up from other areas of japan, or anything...
:(
i'm sorry, i keep thinking if we hope it enough and pray, that maybe
something will turn into a solution for all these hurting folks...
i wish them to have somewhere to be, to recouperate... :(
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