Rooster_Ties Posted April 1, 2011 Report Posted April 1, 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Hi-Res Photos, taken by unmanned drones. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted April 7, 2011 Report Posted April 7, 2011 (edited) uh oh... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13005110 Edited April 7, 2011 by Jazzmoose Quote
alankin Posted April 7, 2011 Report Posted April 7, 2011 Today -- New 7.4 Earthquake Rattles Japan; Tsunami Warning Issued There's been a 7.4-magnitude earthquake off the North Central coast of Japan, near the same location of the 9.0-magnitude temblor on March 11 that set off a tsunami that pummeled cities along the coast, leaving thousands dead or missing. That's the greatest magnitude of any quake in the area since that March 11 disaster. The Japan Meteorological Agency has a issued tsunami warning — and says the wave's height could be about 2 meters — for part of the coast. A tsunami advisory has been issued for parts of the coast further from the epicenter. They should expect a wave about half a meter in height. Quote
kinuta Posted April 7, 2011 Author Report Posted April 7, 2011 Today -- New 7.4 Earthquake Rattles Japan; Tsunami Warning Issued There's been a 7.4-magnitude earthquake off the North Central coast of Japan, near the same location of the 9.0-magnitude temblor on March 11 that set off a tsunami that pummeled cities along the coast, leaving thousands dead or missing. That's the greatest magnitude of any quake in the area since that March 11 disaster. The Japan Meteorological Agency has a issued tsunami warning — and says the wave's height could be about 2 meters — for part of the coast. A tsunami advisory has been issued for parts of the coast further from the epicenter. They should expect a wave about half a meter in height. I was having an early night when the latest, and biggest, aftershock woke me from my golden slumbers. Still, it was only a 6 or so in Tokyo, kids stuff ! Quote
GA Russell Posted April 12, 2011 Report Posted April 12, 2011 Japan's govt has decided to raise the rating of the nuclear disaster to a 7, the highest level, putting it on a par with Chernobyl. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_05.html Quote
kinuta Posted April 12, 2011 Author Report Posted April 12, 2011 Two more quite big aftershocks.Last night I arrived for a dental appointment to find the doors wide open and the staff standing around looking worried. This morning it was shake rattle and roll again. everyone's on edge after a month of aftershocks. Wish it would end. Quote
kinuta Posted April 12, 2011 Author Report Posted April 12, 2011 (edited) I've been trying to keep a positive frame of mind and not succumb to stress but I don't mind telling you that these continuing aftershocks, three yesterday, two today as of lunchtime are pretty hard on one's nerves. Hisako was telling me of a big increase in outpatients at neurology departments. One problem a lot of people are having, myself included, is imagining that the building is trembling when it isn't. I don't know how many times a day I find myself glancing up at the lights. Swinging lights being the first indication of a quake. Gotta chill out somehow Edited April 12, 2011 by kinuta Quote
kinuta Posted April 12, 2011 Author Report Posted April 12, 2011 2.10pm. Yet another sizable quake, 6.3M in Fukushima, 3 in Tokyo although it felt bigger. Quote
JohnJ Posted April 12, 2011 Report Posted April 12, 2011 Two more quite big aftershocks.Last night I arrived for a dental appointment to find the doors wide open and the staff standing around looking worried. This morning it was shake rattle and roll again. everyone's on edge after a month of aftershocks. Wish it would end. I wish it would end too but apparently aftershocks like this could easily continue for a year or so with a significant chance of one being 8.0 or larger. What can you do? Quote
GA Russell Posted April 12, 2011 Report Posted April 12, 2011 Have any of these aftershocks resulted in any damage, the sort that would make the news under other circumstances? Quote
BERIGAN Posted April 12, 2011 Report Posted April 12, 2011 (edited) Can't even begin to imagine what it's like to go through these constant quakes....as everyone else does, hope they don't last another year!!!! Edited April 12, 2011 by BERIGAN Quote
Dave James Posted April 12, 2011 Report Posted April 12, 2011 The fact that TEPCO and the Japanese government have now reclassified this nuclear incident to Cat 7 (the highest it can go) makes me very concerned about their ability to be completely forthright when it comes to characterizing the severity of this disaster. I've had a strong sense all along that people weren't being told what they needed to know to make the right decisions. Not to mention that it makes the size of the grain of salt with which we should take any and all future announcements a major consideration. The concept of "saving face" has been discussed earlier in this thread. Someone needs to get real. There's a time and a place for that sort of thing. This is neither. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted May 6, 2011 Report Posted May 6, 2011 Best recap of the events in Fukushima I've read to date, from The Economist. Those with even a mild interest should take a gander... Piecing together Fukushima Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted May 9, 2011 Report Posted May 9, 2011 Quake shifted Japan; towns now flood at high tide Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted May 12, 2011 Report Posted May 12, 2011 May 12th, this just in: Nuclear meltdown at Fukushima plant . One of the reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant did suffer a nuclear meltdown, Japanese officials admitted for the first time today, describing a pool of molten fuel at the bottom of the reactor's containment vessel. Engineers from the Tokyo Electric Power company (Tepco) entered the No.1 reactor at the end of last week for the first time and saw the top five feet or so of the core's 13ft-long fuel rods had been exposed to the air and melted down. Previously, Tepco believed that the core of the reactor was submerged in enough water to keep it stable and that only 55 per cent of the core had been damaged. More here. Quote
mattes Posted May 14, 2011 Report Posted May 14, 2011 Worker at Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear plant dies Quote
brownie Posted July 24, 2011 Report Posted July 24, 2011 In the aftermath of the quake... Jazz bar to reopen Quote
paul secor Posted July 24, 2011 Report Posted July 24, 2011 In the aftermath of the quake... Jazz bar to reopen Great story - and great that such a place still exists in our world. Seems that the Japanese - or at least enough of them to matter - still love the music that America has pretty much abandoned. Quote
kinuta Posted July 25, 2011 Author Report Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) In case anyone's interested, there have been two 6.0 plus quakes over the last few days, one on Saturday and one last night that woke me, and the rest of Tokyo, up. Things are far from normal here with the government actively promoting sale of Fukushima produce and fruit and idiots galore buying it as if they fulfilling a patriotic duty of support. There have been stories of government agencies telling wholesalers and distributors to remove labels indicating that the item was grown in Fukushima, and at least two instances in our local shops of produce being mislabeled as coming from a safe prefecture when in fact it came from Fukushima. School meals are widely using Fukushima produce . The willful ignorance of people is astonishing and disheartening. Edited July 25, 2011 by kinuta Quote
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