8.9 Quake hits off coast of Japan! Live Updates.

BBC has just reported that another reactor (number 3) has lost all emergency power and so there is a race on to try to provide alternative cooling.
They also report that at least 9 people have been found to have been exposed to excessive radiation levels-presumably these were workers.

reply to post by Witchking


Took the Japanease Government officials all day to admit that there was a problem, when everyone else knew there was a problem. After all we all saw the explosion, on the TV,news channels around the world.

Not to creat panic or to cover up what is going to be another disastrious event in that country,

Originally posted by GullibleUnderlord
reply to post by kiwitina948

 

what does a abnormal earthquake feel like ? the only reason it felt diffrent was becuase it was a 8.9 !! can we please focus on the situation at hand and not turn this into a conspiracy !!!

edit on 12-3-2011 by GullibleUnderlord because: (no reason given)

People will try sadly.

Originally posted by Whisper67
This was just posted on Facebook by Dr. Michio Kaku:

Hydrogen/steam explosion damages the nuke. Early stages of another Chernobyl?

He's such a media whore.

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The confusion is between the "warning time" and the time it took for the tsunami to reach shore.

The wave took about half an hour at least, but the warning only came in 5-7 minutes before the wave did (ie: 23-25 minutes after it was formed)

Originally posted by GullibleUnderlord
reply to post by TribeOfManyColours

 

its a good thing they bought out all of those freeze dried food packets

Gosh yes, their psychic powers were right on the button for them to 'know' they were going to be needed so soon after they had ordered the supplies of dried food packets.

Sky news // reuters say the number exposed to radiation could be as high 160.

Originally posted by nghtshd

Originally posted by Whisper67
This was just posted on Facebook by Dr. Michio Kaku:

Hydrogen/steam explosion damages the nuke. Early stages of another Chernobyl?

He's such a media whore.

Yeah Michio Kaku... I liked him at first, but now he's just everywhere and he annoys me... he IS a media whore...he should just go away.

Japan nuclear safety agency says the number of people possibly exposed to radiation from Fukushima plant could reach 160

in.reuters.com...

Originally posted by GodIsPissed
Is Japan going under???

Watch!!

Thank you, that's great footage

Originally posted by AmatuerSkyWatcher
News from BBC live feed:

# 1459: At least three residents evacuated from a town near quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 plant have been exposed to radiation, both Kyodo and NHK report

Not good...They were evacuate, what, 24 hours ago?

Al Jazeera live just updated radiation exposure now 70 to 160 people

Originally posted by EnigmaAgent
Sky news // reuters say the number exposed to radiation could be as high 160.

edit on 12/3/11 by EnigmaAgent because: (no reason given)

how many of those were our people ?

Danger Posed by Radioactivity in Japan Hard to Assess nyti.ms...

Originally posted by SolarE-Souljah
Just wanted to check in and say:

There is this feeling in the air...

I went into town for a while and everyone had these solemn looks on their faces...

It's like they are sensing what I'm sensing: that this is far from over...

I wish I could shake this feeling but I can't... I have chills right now yet its a hot day...

Im glad your ok souljah, i was telling my dad about you yesterday, (hes eighty and couldnt understand how I could send a message to a guy in Hawaii, I know what you mean about that feeling, I dont think this is over either and i dont mean the nucleur reactor issue.

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Agreed,but let me say,my best friend who I thought I knew said the same to me,when I called him to ask if he had seen what happened in Japan,he said so what,they deserve it after Pearl Harbor,what do you say to someone like that?
He is very right wing im in the middle,this is the same guy who was mad when Russia offered help after 9/11,I just hung up the phone..

Japan's nuclear safety agency says Caesium radiation suggests fuel has melted in Fukushima Daiichi reactor No. 1

in.reuters.com...

They were saying that same thing right before the first explosion this morning... So is it still releasing it, or is it now releasing more?

Another reactor has developed problems,juggling going on holy...?www.bbc.co.uk...

# 2123: Reuters: The emergency cooling system is no longer functioning at the Fukushima No. 3 reactor, an official from Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has told journalists.

fox news reporting that the goverment are giving confliting reports
late back and forth and downplaying this situation until the last minute

Originally posted by Castaway65
reply to post by glad_to_be_His

 

Agreed,but let me say,my best friend who I thought I knew said the same to me,when I called him to ask if he had seen what happened in Japan,he said so what,they deserve it after Pearl Harbor,what do you say to someone like that?
He is very right wing im in the middle,this is the same guy who was mad when Russia offered help after 9/11,I just hung up the phone..

Time to change freinds and associate with people who share common interests maybe?

Times they are a changin

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Hey Zorgon, can you throw me a link to al jazeera?