CNN and FOX reporting workers at Fukushima #3 evacuating NOW. Smoke coming out of reactor.

Showing as Breaking News on Fox and as part of CNN's blog. Will update as more info comes in.

EDIT: Well, FOX is saying they evacuated, and only on their Breaking News banner. CNN and NHK World News are only showing that smoke is coming out. TV is rerunning ond info right now (1:30 PDT).


EDIT: Okay, CNN just showed it on TV on their ticker (1:45 PDT). Apparently this started about 4:30 PM Japan time.


EDIT: Well, its a one-liner, but here's a link to FOX saying the workers were evacuated.

www.foxnews.com...



EDIT: NHK now reporting this on their website as well.

www3.nhk.or.jp...


EDIT: Yahoo news now reporting this as well.

news.yahoo.com...

CNN seems to be asleep...


CNN just reported (3:20 AM PDT) that there is smoke coming out of reactor #2 now also. More joy.

Being discussed here.

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reply to post by notsofunnyguy

Thank you, I am tuning in to cnn now, I have been expecting the calm before the real storm to end overnight tonight

Originally posted by DantesPeak
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That thread has too many posts and pages to be kept up with, honestly. Nothing is better than starting fresh

Nah it can't be anything important, all I see on the news here is Prince William talking to kids and having BBQ's.

Oh and that girl who published pictures of naked footballers is saying sorry.

Yep, nothing else is going on obviously...

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Also an Aussie..

-.-

these people at TEPCO should be held accountable for war crimes for not pouring concrete a week ago...

They want to cool the reactor right? Why dont they just bury the sucker in snow or bulldoze the simmering pile off the edge of the world.Stop fking around and fix the problem.

Originally posted by DantesPeak
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I have to agree with Skate. Down with mega-threads. I make it a rule not to click on them, too much to read, too little time.

Originally posted by 12voltz
They want to cool the reactor right? Why dont they just bury the sucker in snow or bulldoze the simmering pile off the edge of the world.Stop fking around and fix the problem.

Would it be possible to somehow push the reactors into the sea ? There is a outer sea wall in front of the plant that would act like a kind of barricade. Once in the sea the reactor will be cooled and they could then work on building a wall around them and burying them for good.

Originally posted by tarifa37

Originally posted by 12voltz
They want to cool the reactor right? Why dont they just bury the sucker in snow or bulldoze the simmering pile off the edge of the world.Stop fking around and fix the problem.

Would it be possible to somehow push the reactors into the sea ? There is a outer sea wall in front of the plant that would act like a kind of barricade. Once in the sea the reactor will be cooled and they could then work on building a wall around them and burying them for good.

Well, apart from:
1. all the radio-active dust that would be thrown up into the air, creating much more contamination;
2. all the spent-fuel rods rich in plutonium that would be broken up during the operation, releasing deadly radio-active dust into the atmosphere;
3. the fact that anyone driving bulldozers in this suicidal mission would be killed by the radio-active dust they disturbed and breathed in;

it is a good idea.

you forgot the part about poisoning the worlds oceans and destroying all life on earth.

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Don't laugh Ive put your name forward to drive one of the huge quarry bulldozers. I will be spraying the site with fire extinguisher foam to contain the radioactivity whilst we get on with the job. Should have it done and dusted by tea time then grab a few sapporo beers after . . Failing that we build a huge glass dome ( like in the Simpson's movie) then using helicopters with suction pads lower over the whole site ,job done.

Originally posted by Skate

Originally posted by DantesPeak
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That thread has too many posts and pages to be kept up with, honestly. Nothing is better than starting fresh

edit on 21-3-2011 by Skate because:

Exactly. That thread is much too long to be followed coherently; so I'm glad a new thread got started on the situation since this is a new evacuation (independent of the one previously).

With that being said, it is awfully disturbing how many times these workers have been evacuated while we are, at the same time, told that things are "heading in the right direction". Every minute those workers are out of there there is a larger possiblity of this place going into full meltdown and given the fact that they are trying to pull out all the stops to stop a full scale meltdown, mandatory evacuation is a pretty disturbing move.

Keep the families of these workers are the people of Fukushima and in your thoughts or prayers; even if you don't believe in God then the least we can do is attempt to project good vibes towards this area and pray for the best. This development is very disturbing however, especially since we were starting to get our hopes up regarding a possible turn around of the reactor's performance.

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And the hits just keep coming don't they, there's so much stuff going on right now you can't even read them all.

Two worst news stations to actually listen too lmfao