9.0 in Japan by canttakesky

QUESTIONABLEQUESTIONALITY

Well, earthquakes require fault activity, and the biggest faults occur at continental margins. You can really only have brittle deformation (which would cause an earthquake) to a depth of 10 km, which the plate boundaries have that to spare. And the deeper the quake you get, there's generally more tension involved.

The earthquake zone around the Pacific rim is also known for a lot of volcanic activity (which also requires faults) - it isn't called the Ring of Fire for nothing. Mt. Fuji in Japan is actually an extinct volcano, for example.

But 8.9, ouch. Apparently they cracked a lot of gas lines, there's fires in some of the affected cities, and depending on if they're using any of the traditional Japanese construction, that's pretty serious.

They're also concerned about moving people away from the nuclear powerplants...

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Friday, March 11, 2011 8:00 AM

HARDWARE

Praying for them all.

The videos are gut wrenching. Those poor people.

And for once I can get behind 0 offering support and assistance to the people of Japan. When your neighbor is in trouble you don't ask how much it is going to cost you to help him, you just help.

The more I get to know people the more I like my dogs.

...and he that has no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. Luke 22:36

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Friday, March 11, 2011 8:34 AM

I don't think sending money or support is what the Japanese need right now. They could probably use a boat-load of dry towels and shams most. The trouble with being asian on Japan isn't the huge waves that can slam the coast, but not having evolved the proper eye to see the waves before it is too late. Koreans would have had no problem seeing the waves coming, because unlike the Japanese the Korean's eyes are set at a 56 degree angle to the horizon and not the rediculous 67 degree slant the poor Japs have got.

Gut-wrenching.

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Friday, March 11, 2011 9:42 AM

WULFENSTAR

http://youtu.be/VUnGTXRxGHg

Another earthquake (6.6) just hit Japan.

WTF.

"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies"

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Friday, March 11, 2011 1:41 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Got wind of an effort from one of my military contacts, the Air Force is (or was, as it's prolly there by now) getting a load of coolant out there at all due speed in order to chill the one reactor that's inching toward meltdown before something really bad happens.

If naught else, besides the humanitarian interest, I think we kind of owe em that, in an ironic sort of way - so may the Valkyrie speed their path, and here's for hoping then can pull a clean shutdown.

-F

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Friday, March 11, 2011 1:56 PM

QUESTIONABLEQUESTIONALITY

Quote:
Originally posted by Fremdfirma:

Got wind of an effort from one of my military contacts, the Air Force is (or was, as it's prolly there by now) getting a load of coolant out there at all due speed in order to chill the one reactor that's inching toward meltdown before something really bad happens.

If naught else, besides the humanitarian interest, I think we kind of owe em that, in an ironic sort of way - so may the Valkyrie speed their path, and here's for hoping then can pull a clean shutdown.

-F

Could your military contact be any later with that news? Some contact

akin to me saying I have a contact in government that says Obama has won the whitehouse in 2008.

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Friday, March 11, 2011 2:08 PM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht

That's a big one allright, I haven't heard much about the stats on it yet, I hope there is as little dammage as possible. The west coast here had tsunami warnings this morning, I don't live close enough to the sea for us to get them in my city, but my best friend in Eureka, whom I just got back from visiting, had the whole thing this morning, my dad already texted her and she says it didn't get weird, I'm waiting to talk to her. It is a good thing they have tsunami warning systems now, too bad they don't have earthquake warnings yet, I doubt they ever could but maybe someday?

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

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Friday, March 11, 2011 2:41 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Well it's not like your average fuel monkey is in the decision making loop there, QQ, he just puts the fuel in the planes, and it's not like he ran to the phone afterwords either - he just thought I might like to know, is all.

-F

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Friday, March 11, 2011 3:10 PM

KANEMAN

Quote:
Originally posted by QuestionableQuestionality:
I don't think sending money or support is what the Japanese need right now. They could probably use a boat-load of dry towels and shams most. The trouble with being asian on Japan isn't the huge waves that can slam the coast, but not having evolved the proper eye to see the waves before it is too late. Koreans would have had no problem seeing the waves coming, because unlike the Japanese the Korean's eyes are set at a 56 degree angle to the horizon and not the rediculous 67 degree slant the poor Japs have got.

Gut-wrenching.

Blah...the only thing gut-wrenching is that god made the japs too short to see tidal waves coming. Their eyes are great...they can be high and no-one knows..know what I'm sayin...If that happened in any white country 5 guys would die...not thousands....it is true.

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Friday, March 11, 2011 3:13 PM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Been glued to the TV all morning, and last night. I was JUST going to bed when the tsunami hit, so once again I got to watch something happening before my eyes...which is creepy.

The mantle moved 150 miles by 50 miles...that's a lot of earth. They've had OVER 50 "aftershocks" (tho' I wouldn't call them that!), none UNDER 6.0, many in the 7s. I can't conceive of that...our Loma Prieta was only a 7.9!!!

The reason I've been glued to the TV is that we've been hit here in Santa Cruz. NOTHING like Japan, obviously, but Santa Cruz harbor is a real mess, and Crescent City, up north, has had it's harbor completely demolished--I hope Eureka didn't suffer anything; we haven't HEARD anything about youse guys, but Crescent City Harbor took a real hit.. Up there it's fishing boats, so most of them left harbor when they knew there was a tsunami coming, and the 35 boats left in the harbor are destroyed.

In Santa Cruz, the bay funnels water right into the harbor, so it increases the strength as it gets funnelled down, and it was pretty hard to watch. I saw a beach I knew where the water went out about twice as far as I've ever seen it recede, then come roaring in and cover that ENTIRE SPACE in one set of waves right after another. Astonishing.

Of course the video from Japan's tsunam is incredibly more powerful...to see it from the air instead of hotel balconies is awe inspiring...and devastating to watch. But Santa Cruz is closer to home--as a teenager I went to the beaches there every weekend. When that stuff came in, it gave me goosebumps; 25+ boats now sunk, they said "hundreds" damaged. Crescent City got it much worse, but we've had no videos from there. It's right under the Oregon borders, so got hit first.

My heart goes out to all those in Japan, since I think everyone in that country is being affected one way or another. And sympathies to the people in Crescent City (so far 3 dead) and Santa Cruz (like the guy who lived on his boat, grabbed his dog at first warning and watched his boat and all his earthly belongings capsize and sink).

Japan has, by the way, one of the best earthquake-warning systems in the world, and their big buildings are made to withstand even this. Will be fascinating to see how they withstand this big a 'quake and this MANY aftershocks of what would normally be hefty quakes by themselves.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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Friday, March 11, 2011 3:18 PM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Has anyone heard anything definitive about the two nuclear power plants having trouble in Japan? All afternoon they were worrying about one; it's usual coolant system power AND their back-up diesel had both failed; they evacuated and let off some slightly radioactive steam, but apparently that wasn't doing it and they were actually talkinb about a possible meltdown! They mentioned a second one, but I never got any details. I hope THOSE are going okay!!!

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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Friday, March 11, 2011 3:36 PM

KANEMAN

Quote:
Originally posted by Niki2:
Has anyone heard anything definitive about the two nuclear power plants having trouble in Japan? All afternoon they were worrying about one; it's usual coolant system power AND their back-up diesel had both failed; they evacuated and let off some slightly radioactive steam, but apparently that wasn't doing it and they were actually talkinb about a possible meltdown! They mentioned a second one, but I never got any details. I hope THOSE are going okay!!!

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

[/QUOTE

Let me guess hippie, we should get rid of all N. power plants? Come on you know you want to say it.....

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Friday, March 11, 2011 3:42 PM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Hey asshole...had work real hard to find something you could twist to attack me with, din'tcha? So sad...go play with the other children and leave the adults to the adult conversation. I'm WORRIED, you prick; Japan's been through some horrendous stuff in the past 24, I'm scared for them that they might endure even more. Goes right over your head, I know, but at least I gave you the satisfaction of being answered. That's all the attention you get from me.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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Friday, March 11, 2011 4:17 PM

You plain shouldn't have nuclear power plants near a fault zone where there could be earthquakes. This is a perfect example of why that's a horrendously bad idea. I'm reasonably okay with people putting nuclear power in places where this isn't a danger, my only problem with that is everyone wants to send the waste to Utah (which has faults too, so eventually there will be a release to groundwater out here no matter how you want to look at it).

And the problem with sending it to Utah is it's a health hazard because I know the company safety people here in Utah don't really give a damn about securing their hazardous or radioactive wastes. As a consultant helping investors go back in to clean up those sites to improve the property value (buy cheap, sell high), I have seen some ungodly messes out here.

I'd have no issues if people learned to take responsibility for themselves and their own messes.

In any case, meltdown in japan: bad. It's a small island, most everyone there would conceivably get hit depending on wind patterns. And the US would get hit too, I mean if we get China's pollution this is pretty much for certain we'd get Japan fallout.

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Friday, March 11, 2011 4:22 PM

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20110311_4039.php?oref=topstory

America loves a winner!

Looks like a portion of the coast line of Japan has been redrawn. Meaning, a lot of that water which rushed inland....won't be leaving. Ever. Square miles of inhabited land will likely be lost and abandoned.

The nuclear power plants.... that's just a horrific scenario. Seems this has been getting worse all day, and I don't wanna think of the worst. Hope they can figure out some answer to the cooling system problem, before we have duel Chernobyl events.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Friday, March 11, 2011 4:24 PM

DREAMTROVE

Alas RWED is really troll country.

I see there's an issue with nuclear plants.

Also, two missing presumed dead in california from tsunami. I don't know about Hawaii. I suspect the really high casualty counts will be coming in from the usual suspects: Indonesia, possibly the Philippines.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Friday, March 11, 2011 4:27 PM

DREAMTROVE

Quote:
Originally posted by Bytemite:
You plain shouldn't have nuclear power plants near a fault zone where there could be earthquakes.

You have a better idea? I mean, it beats invading someone else's country, or poisoning the drinking water for nat'l gas. Japanese industry consumes a lot of power making the products the rest of us use, and they really lack a native energy source of any significant wattage.

This thought occurred to me actually: The floating nuclear plant ;)

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Friday, March 11, 2011 4:32 PM

FREMDFIRMA

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told attendees at a meeting of President Obama's Export Council that a Japanese nuclear power plant "came under a lot of stress as a result of the quake and did not have enough coolant." The Air Force, she said, made an emergency delivery of coolant to the plant.

The New York Times reported that Tokyo Electric Power had shutdown its plant in Fukishima, a two-hour drive north of the city, and declared an atomic power emergency after a mechanical failure in the cooling system.

Navy Cmdr. Jeff Davis, a spokesman for the 7th Fleet, said in an e-mail from the USS Blue Ridge that the command has directed all helicopter-capable ships in the fleet to be ready to sail to Japan in the next 24 hours to aid in relief operations. The Blue Ridge, the 7th Fleet command ship, was docked in Singapore when Davis sent his message.

Davis, said the USS Essex, a helicopter carrier currently in Malaysia, will sail for Japan tomorrow and added the USS Tortuga, a landing ship dock, left Sasebo, Japan, on Friday to pick up Air Force MH-53 helicopters based in Korea.

The USS Ronald Reagan carrier strike group, currently operating in the Western Pacific, was directed to proceed at the best safe speed to the main Japanese island of Honshu, the epicenter of the earthquake, with arrival expected in 36 hours, Davis said. The 7th Fleet also redirected two other dock landing ships to Japan -- the USS Harpers Ferry and USS Germantown, Davis said.

The Blue Ridge will depart for Japan tomorrow after loading humanitarian kits that include water, blankets, tarps, surgical masks, body bags, water purification tablets, and other supplies, Davis said. It is expected to arrive in six days.

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Friday, March 11, 2011 4:39 PM

America loves a winner!

2 more quakes.

6.1 near Tonga, S. Pacific

6.6 West coast of Honshu (earlier today )

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Friday, March 11, 2011 4:45 PM

I said I'd be okay with them if they weren't in earthquake zones that would eventually result in catastrophe, not that I'm out and out against nuclear power plants.

Just deal with the waste THERE instead of making me have to deal with it, you know? Honestly I prefer solar power because everyone and their monkey could handle making and wiring the stuff up, and wind power, and batteries, but you do what you have to.

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Friday, March 11, 2011 4:47 PM

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

Seems the Pacific subduction zone is waking up with a vengeance. Christchurch a couple weeks ago, and now this. Lots of tension built up between plates, and now it's getting released in a series of incidents, instead of in one big one.

And word has come down that the main island of Japan is now 8 feet further to the east than it was yesterday.

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Friday, March 11, 2011 4:49 PM

PIRATENEWS

John Lee, conspiracy therapist at Hollywood award-winner History Channel-mocked SNL-spoofed PirateNew.org wooHOO!!!!!!

I suspect techtonic weapons by the Jew World Odor, warns the USAF director of Star Wars...

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Friday, March 11, 2011 5:13 PM

America loves a winner!

One quake specialist ( forget his exact title ) made the interesting comment about the similarity between the quakes this year and last...

We had Haiti and Chili last year, followed by NZ and now Japan.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Friday, March 11, 2011 6:01 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER

Quote:
Originally posted by Niki2:
Has anyone heard anything definitive about the two nuclear power plants having trouble in Japan? All afternoon they were worrying about one; it's usual coolant system power AND their back-up diesel had both failed; they evacuated and let off some slightly radioactive steam, but apparently that wasn't doing it and they were actually talkinb about a possible meltdown! They mentioned a second one, but I never got any details. I hope THOSE are going okay!!!

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

]

I've just read they are on nuclear alert. I think this one is going to make Christchurch look insignificant. Just so shocking.

http://www.theage.com.au/

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Friday, March 11, 2011 6:09 PM

Yeah, I thought this might be a possibility when New Zealand got hit. The whole thing is a system, when one goes, it increases tension on others until they go.

Chile keeps getting hits. Russia, Alaska, and California could also be hits. And that's not factoring in places that aren't on the Ring of Fire, but like I said, it's a system.

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Friday, March 11, 2011 6:32 PM

America loves a winner!

Quote:
Originally posted by Bytemite:
Yeah, I thought this might be a possibility when New Zealand got hit. The whole thing is a system, when one goes, it increases tension on others until they go.

Chile keeps getting hits. Russia, Alaska, and California could also be hits. And that's not factoring in places that aren't on the Ring of Fire, but like I said, it's a system.

Last big quake in the pacific NW was some 300 yrs ago. ( The geologist who was talking about this wasn't including the Alaska quake from the 60's. Different fault system, I guess )

Based on the geologic frequency of such events, they're past due. One really big one could hit off the coast of WA / OR , at any time.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Friday, March 11, 2011 7:18 PM

Problem being, if SeaTac goes off, Mt. Ranier likely comes roaring back to life. It's actually not extinct, nor really "dormant" - it's still there, there's a huge cauldron underneath, and pressure has been building for quite some time. There are steam vent all over the mountain, and most of the Seattle/Tacoma area is actually built on old outflow areas, which would likely become NEW outflow areas.

And it does seem that when a big quake hits one part of a particular plate boundary, rather than serve as a pressure release valve, it seems to often INCREASE pressure on another part of the same plate, causing a kind of chain reaction all around the plate's edges, until the whole thing ends up moved, rotated, stretched, and/or compressed.

Edited to add: In addition to moving Japan's main island some eight feet eastward, the quake also had the affect of speeding up the Earth's rotation by 1.6 microseconds, according to Neil Degrasse Tyson.

Also, the evacuation order around Fukushima powerplant has been extended to 10km now, and the PM says they can't control the heat and are preparing for the worst.

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Friday, March 11, 2011 8:34 PM

There was a short from Akira Kurosawa's Dreams called Mount Fuji in Red that seemed appropriate, but I couldn't bring myself to post it.

Dismay, horror, and despair. There aren't really any other words, and even those don't do justice for what is about to happen.

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Friday, March 11, 2011 9:13 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER

one person dead in the US from the tsunami

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Saturday, March 12, 2011 12:35 AM

OLDENGLANDDRY

Quote:
Originally posted by Niki2:
Has anyone heard anything definitive about the two nuclear power plants having trouble in Japan? All afternoon they were worrying about one; it's usual coolant system power AND their back-up diesel had both failed; they evacuated and let off some slightly radioactive steam, but apparently that wasn't doing it and they were actually talkinb about a possible meltdown! They mentioned a second one, but I never got any details. I hope THOSE are going okay!!!

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12720219

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Saturday, March 12, 2011 3:40 AM

Things are rapidly going from bad to worse. It's starting to look like we're going to have a naked reactor core in a matter of hours.

There's just a lot of horror at the unimaginable impact of this tsunami, too - news says they are still trying to find FOUR TRAINS that have disappeared without a trace. Four. Fucking. TRAINS. That's hard to wrap your head around.

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Saturday, March 12, 2011 4:01 AM

DREAMTROVE

Frem,

The Sec. of State later apologized for having said so.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Saturday, March 12, 2011 6:49 AM

KANEMAN

Quote:
Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
one person dead in the US from the tsunami

You sound disappionted. I told you already it takes more than big waves to kill real Americans. Unlike you aussie wuss bags, Americans generally like water...I think that is why we came up with waterboarding terrorists and can't see it as torture. Water is great and the more the merrier...unlesss you are a short Asian or an outback dweller.

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Saturday, March 12, 2011 7:48 AM

CANTTAKESKY

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/japan.earthquake.tsuna
mi.earth/index.html?hpt=T1

Earth's axis tilted by 4 inches.

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Saturday, March 12, 2011 9:01 AM

OLDENGLANDDRY

10,000 unacounted for so far.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12723745

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Saturday, March 12, 2011 10:22 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by kaneman:
Quote:
Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
one person dead in the US from the tsunami

You sound disappionted. I told you already it takes more than big waves to kill real Americans. Unlike you aussie wuss bags, Americans generally like water...I think that is why we came up with waterboarding terrorists and can't see it as torture. Water is great and the more the merrier...unlesss you are a short Asian or an outback dweller.

Yeah, it takes something REALLY scary to kill a bunch of Americans. Something like, say.... a BOXCUTTER!

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Saturday, March 12, 2011 10:46 AM

CANTTAKESKY

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
Yeah, it takes something REALLY scary to kill a bunch of Americans. Something like, say.... a BOXCUTTER!

Haha! That's a good one.

You know, one of airline pilots was an Air Force Vietnam veteran. He got taken down with a boxcutter, supposedly. Snicker.

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Saturday, March 12, 2011 12:13 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12724953

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

According to the Japanese "official" statements, they're using sea water to cool the plants and it may be okay. It's a race against time, of course, but if you believe them, the odds are they'll be okay. I sure hope so!

The guy killed in California; while my heart goes out to his friends and family, he was a total idiot. He and two friends were taking PHOTOS of the incoming tsunami up the Klamath River--first off, any idjit knows not to get near our rivers this time of year...they're a bitch. All three of them got hit by the incoming water and taken out to sea. Two managed to scramble to safety, but he didn't. If it weren't for stupidity, there wouldn't have been ANY casualties from the tsunami in America at least.

Soooo...I guess it’s STUPIDITY that makes “real Americans” get killed by water. Everyone had fair warning—some assholes in Santa Cruz were standing out on the jetty, some down closer to water, and all scattered when the “big one” (the eighth wave, in our case) started coming in. People were trying to get out and get ahold of or tie down stronger their boats, which gave the Coast Guard (already working on clearing sunken boats) a real headache. Turns out Crescent City was worse/better than first reported; their harbor is totaled, docks broke loose, etc., and they say it’s WORSE damage than done by the Alaska tsunami back in the ‘60s. That’s weird to contemplate...that one went further inland. Some houses were lost, too, but only six or seven boats, not the 35 originally reported.

Nuclear power...aside from stuff like this, the nuclear waste issue turns me away from it. When we can find someplace VIABLE (like outter space?) to put that shit, we shouldn't be making more of it!

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Earth's axis tilted by 4 inches

Yeah, CTS, AND our days just became some part of a microsecond longer because of it...that was SOME ‘quake!! But then, when you figure 150 miles by 50 miles, that’s not so surprising...thank gawd it wasn’t on land at least, it did quite sufficient damage!

Oh, yeah, it’s all a conspiracy. Gawd, some people are JUST such a waste of air. I’m sure we blew up 150 miles by 50 miles for some surreptitious reason of our own....

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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Saturday, March 12, 2011 11:08 PM

OLDENGLANDDRY

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Sunday, March 13, 2011 5:25 AM

America loves a winner!

Both plants ( 5 reactors total ) are a total loss. There's partial meltdowns going on, as we speak and they're scrambling to minimize the damage. Though better built than Chernobyl, with an extra protective casing in the structure, it may not be enough to protect the environment.

Each nuclear power plant cost about 1 billion dollars to construct. Both are now totally useless.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Sunday, March 13, 2011 5:58 AM

America loves a winner!

And things just got even more real...

Quote:

TOKYO -- Japan's weather agency says a volcano in southern Japan has resumed eruptions of ash and rocks as the country struggles with the aftermath of a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in the north.

The Meteorological Agency issued a warning Sunday saying that Shinmoedake volcano had resumed shooting out gas, boulders and ash after a couple weeks of inactivity.

The mountain is on the other side of Japan from the epicenter of Friday's magnitude 8.9 earthquake and resulting tsunami, which devastated much of the country's northeast coast.

It was unclear if the eruptions were linked to quake.

The Associated Press

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Sunday, March 13, 2011 7:28 AM

PIRATENEWS

John Lee, conspiracy therapist at Hollywood award-winner History Channel-mocked SNL-spoofed PirateNew.org wooHOO!!!!!!

9.0.

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Sunday, March 13, 2011 10:07 AM

PIRATENEWS

John Lee, conspiracy therapist at Hollywood award-winner History Channel-mocked SNL-spoofed PirateNew.org wooHOO!!!!!!

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Sunday, March 13, 2011 2:22 PM

America loves a winner!

On March 19th, a full moon will occur at around the same time it reaches its closest point to Earth in recent history. Rare planetary events such as this are often associated with above-normal tides, an increase in volcanic activity and more frequent earthquakes, according to astronomers and yes…even some market analysts.

Oh boy....

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Sunday, March 13, 2011 2:40 PM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Wow. That's interesting, and it isn't even March 19 yet! Think we Californians will end up floating out to sea?

Actually, ours is different. While I THINK we have a couple of small "displacement" (can't remember the exact term) faults, where the plates slip up or down, ours are mostly the kind that slip parallel to each other. Much less likely to cause tsunami and not as dangerous (relatively speaking, that is...).

Yeah, I'm hearing about the volcano now, those poor people!!! Biggest earthquake in the history of their country, followed by hundreds of aftershocks (couple of dozen of which were over 6.0), biggest tsunami in their country, nuclear reactors melting down, and a volcano!! If the volcano and ‘quake aren’t related, I’ll eat my hat! I think they get the prize for the "most disasters in one month", don't you?

The Japanese GOVERNMENT is saying that the nuclear plant--the one that had the walls around it cave in--is going to be okay. Dunno how much I believe that... They evacuated and are giving iodine to everyone, but who knows? The other one seems to be hanging in there, too; we'll see what the future brings.

Japan's karma ain't too good these days it would seem...

I haven’t heard it go past 8.9...where did you hear/read that? But yes, they are a total loss, and apparently Japan relies more on nuclear more than any other country. From what I hear, once they start using salt water to cool them (as a desperate measure), they’re pretty much destroyed. Like they don’t have enough power problems already!!! My heart sure goes out to them.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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Sunday, March 13, 2011 2:41 PM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

By the way, I forgot to mention before: Down on the Peninsula, we have SLAC (the Stanford Linear Accelerator located guess where? Right ACROSS the San Andrease fault! Talk about putting stupid things near earthquake zones...several hospitals and schools are located right on it, too.

We're a strange little species...

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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Sunday, March 13, 2011 2:55 PM

America loves a winner!

Seismologists think that another major after shock is inevitable, about 80% of the strength of the initial quake.

Big shocks have already happened, but they're expecting even bigger. Might not happen, of course, but when you're dealing w/ forces on this level...

Did this quake release enough energy for a while, to keep things a bit stable? Or did it realign the plates somewhere else, and what was some what held in check, is now on the verge of yet another major release.

Time will tell.

And yes, we are a strange little species. Capable of screwing things up for us, to some degree, but nature is always there to bitch slap mankind, and remind us all how insignificant and puny we are on the grand scale.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Sunday, March 13, 2011 6:20 PM