Not all. 3 out of 6 reactors have suffered hydrogren explosions, as I understand it. However, all six have various issues.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_02.html
Seeing them dropping water from a freaking helicopter makes me think #3 is FUBAR and the cooling pool in four seems FUBAR since they don't want to get near it to put out the fires that keep starting.
However the information has been sporadic and contradictory, sometimes self-contradictory, so I can feel this guys plea.
I have to ask if there's any such thing as radiation retardant vehicle you can evacuate people with. I know it's a lot of people, but god dammit they need to be clear out of there! No more deaths, please!
The navy moved the Ronald Reagan carrier away from Fukushima, as that ship has a sophisticated nuclear detection system and they know what they are doing and not really the panic-y types.
But yeah, they gotta get pregnant women and kids out of there as they are the most vulnerable, then everyone else.
Kudos to those on the ground. I feel useless over here.
This is a good thing: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_01.html
I hope it happens. Its gotta be said that the engineers working this problem on the ground are seriously risking their lives to save others and are heroes.
Hey, look, French people can be just as dumb as Americans. I don't understand why he's looking for news on non-news channels. That'd be like me watching Spike TV looking for the most recent news. If he has the internet why doesn't he pull up google, which has had a story on it every single day since it happened. And, you can get it from foreign sources too. People are entitled to watch what they want to watch while they're waiting for updates.
There is always the solution of getting the hell out. And then there is the solution of remaining calm and finding a news outlet to watch for the latest news. The US won't shut up about it, I'm sure Japanese news outlets are doing the same. It's never a good idea to panic in a situation like that.
and don't worry once the worst scenario happens and millions of people we could give a shit over - including an entire family of an old Japanese exchange student I know - either die or develop cancer we can go back to our latest story on Charlie Sheen.
I never said I wanted to hear about Charlie Sheen. I have friends in Japan too, but the important thing during crisis is to remain calm and rational. I'm hoping for the best, but as far as it goes it's Chinatown, there is nothing I can do. Those assholes in California paying 140 dollars for a 6 dollar drug are panicking over something that could possibly not happen. It does no one any good to panic over the mere possibility something. Prevention is impossible when you freak out. More importantly, even though this is a tragedy there are other problems in the world that are being ignored in lieu of fear mongering. The situation will develop as it does and we must keep level heads in hopes of not making the situation worse.
This guy, who I think is in Tokyo, but haven't seen for sure, is keeping a site updated with the information that he's been getting. He generally sticks to facts, but is not above doing things like listing "worst case scenarios" which sound very scary. http://gakuranman.com/great-tohoku-earthquake/#live
This site from MIT has the most simple and useful explanation of what's going on that I've found. They generally keep it up to date. They recently did a breakdown of all of the injuries and radiation exposures at the plant. http://mitnse.com/
This was also posted on one of my links above, but it is so well done, i figured it deserved it's own post:
A lecture on how bad the situation really is, including useful facts that allow the viewer to gauge their own level of risk: http://online.itp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/bmonreal11/
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Date: 2011-03-17 07:37 pm (UTC)Anyways, all the reactors have exploded?
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Date: 2011-03-17 07:51 pm (UTC)http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_02.html
Seeing them dropping water from a freaking helicopter makes me think #3 is FUBAR and the cooling pool in four seems FUBAR since they don't want to get near it to put out the fires that keep starting.
However the information has been sporadic and contradictory, sometimes self-contradictory, so I can feel this guys plea.
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Date: 2011-03-17 07:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-17 07:58 pm (UTC)But yeah, they gotta get pregnant women and kids out of there as they are the most vulnerable, then everyone else.
Kudos to those on the ground. I feel useless over here.
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Date: 2011-03-17 10:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-17 07:56 pm (UTC)I hope it happens. Its gotta be said that the engineers working this problem on the ground are seriously risking their lives to save others and are heroes.
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Date: 2011-03-17 10:45 pm (UTC)If they're getting things under control that would be great, I hope that news is accurate for one, and two it brings the dangers to an end.
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Date: 2011-03-17 09:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-17 10:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-18 02:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-18 02:32 am (UTC)Which station was showing news?
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Date: 2011-03-18 04:54 am (UTC)TBS is a news station.
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Date: 2011-03-17 09:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-17 10:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-17 10:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-17 11:00 pm (UTC)Apparently, this man on the ground disagrees.
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Date: 2011-03-17 11:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-17 11:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-17 11:09 pm (UTC)there I saved you the fucking trouble...
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Date: 2011-03-18 07:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-18 02:30 am (UTC)This guy, who I think is in Tokyo, but haven't seen for sure, is keeping a site updated with the information that he's been getting. He generally sticks to facts, but is not above doing things like listing "worst case scenarios" which sound very scary.
http://gakuranman.com/great-tohoku-earthquake/#live
This site from MIT has the most simple and useful explanation of what's going on that I've found. They generally keep it up to date. They recently did a breakdown of all of the injuries and radiation exposures at the plant.
http://mitnse.com/
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Date: 2011-03-18 02:39 am (UTC)They are on it now though.
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Date: 2011-03-18 05:35 pm (UTC)A lecture on how bad the situation really is, including useful facts that allow the viewer to gauge their own level of risk:
http://online.itp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/bmonreal11/