Let's pray and give good MoJo to Japan

[hemi68charger]

Man, an 8.9 Earthquake is HUGE.... I hope the death toll stays relatively low... The Tsunami footage is, how should I say it, spectacular... Amazing the power of the Mother-Earth....

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

[nvrbdn]

wicked bad over there. watching now on tv. 

[Richard Cranium]

Some spectacular photos here.....

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/03/earthquake-in-japan/100022/

[451-74Charger]

One of our reporters is over there on an exchange trip and is reporting live


http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/world/9-news-on-the-ground-in-japan

[Todd Wilson]

Been watching the news channels checking out all the footage. Screwed up mess for them.   I kept wondering if I was gonna see Godzilla come walking across the screen!   


Todd

[Khyron]

I'm wondering how many salt water Honda's are going to be shipped to the US for sale :-/

[Troy]

I'm wondering how many salt water Honda's are going to be shipped to the US for sale :-/

Probably not too many since most of the imported ones are made here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Honda_assembly_plants

Pretty sucky situation. The tidal waves are hitting all the way up to the Oregon/Washington coasts.

Troy

[Khyron]

wow, at our coast already.... wild.

[skip68]

"surfs up dude!"     mrs.skip68

[bobs66440]

The Tsunami footage is, how should I say it, spectacular...

I agree...and horrific at the same time. Amazing to watch but very sad. We complain about our problems...I just can't imagine what some of these people go through that endure these types of things.

[skip68]

Great, now they say theres a radiation leak at their nuclear plant!     mrs.skip68

[twodko]

Yeah, the surge has hit the norcal coast. Video of Santa Cruz's small boat harbor showed a couple boats capsized, several broken from their moorings and lots of vessels banging into each other. Good bless the Japanese people.

[Richard Cranium]

YIKES!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YPOK_3r8Dc&feature=player_embedded

[Mike DC]

              
I heard one of the aftershocks measured at the 7.1 mark.  It's pretty incredible.  

[bakerhillpins]

The whole thing is just amazing and horrifying at the same time. I woke up at 4am this morning to catch my flight home and got out late because I was watching the reports.

Crazy how an earthquake effects half the globe. 

[tan top]

Great, now they say theres a radiation leak at their nuclear plant!     mrs.skip68

yeah was just watching that on the news  !! reactor could go into meltdown   

[Bob T]

Terrible stuff. The Force of the tidal waves were incredible.
Some members of the Japanese Search and rescue that were flown out here for the Christchurch earthquake are on their way back home to help with what they can, tragic situation, such devastation, our thoughts are with them.

[Richard Cranium]

There was an explosion at the nuke plant...............

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8377862/Explosion-at-Japan-nuclear-plant.html

[bobs66440]

Oh, that's not good. Insult to injury 

[ACUDANUT]

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[twodko]

It's Karma, for how they treated our POW'S in WWII.

Horrible atrocities and cruelty on a massive scale. Nagasaki and Hiroshima were the price Japan paid for mass murder. That was then, this is now. Knock it off!

[TruckDriver]

There was an explosion at the nuke plant...............

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8377862/Explosion-at-Japan-nuclear-plant.html

It sure sounds like a major meltdown is going to happen

[Marck]

It's Karma, for how they treated our POW'S in WWII.

"insensetive" comes to mind... So does a lot of other words, but for the sake of not getting this thread locked we'll just leave it at that...

[68blue]

What a terrible mess, it's going to take a long time to get things back together. Nuclear power is probably finished in this country for another 30 years as well.

[ck1]

It's Karma, for how they treated our POW'S in WWII.

Horrible atrocities and cruelty on a massive scale. Nagasaki and Hiroshima were the price Japan paid for mass murder. That was then, this is now. Knock it off!

Lets talk about now, cruelty on a massive scale, I guess dolphins don't count or whales, but Japan or there people don't deserve going through this!  I just hope it slows them down...........and my prayer's and some of my money will go to helping them recover from this natural disaster.

[ACUDANUT]

  Okay, I'm done. My Grandfather brain washed me.

[TruckDriver]

Some of these pictures are just like WOW!  

[TruckDriver]

 

[TruckDriver]

 

[derailed]

Probably one of the worst natural disasters I have ever seen. Lets all hope they can keep that nuclear power plant under control somehow. If that sucker goes we could be seeing fallout effects over here.

[TruckDriver]

Yes, I agree. I got CNN on right now, and they say they think maybe 2 of them had some kind of meltdown already. Some people are showing signs of radiation traces as much as being equal to 300+ x-rays to the stomach! And there telling people it's nothing to worry about   They also said the quake moved the whole island of Japan 8 feet to the east



On a positive note, they said Toyota completely shut down there plants

[bobs66440]

What a friggin' mess.  How do you even begin cleaning that up?

[Richard Cranium]

On a positive note, they said Toyota completely shut down there plants

I guess you could say that the market is completely flooded.  

[nvrbdn]

On a positive note, they said Toyota completely shut down there plants

I guess you could say that the market is completely flooded.  

that pic is like where's waldo. can you find the red car?

[Brock Samson]

 I suspect the news comming about the "meltdown/s" (a term with quite a bit of wiggleroom apparently,..) is lagging conciderably behind the official reports and I suspect it's lag time is increasing...
Also, if the Island actually moved 8 feet as they report, perhaps the elevation of parts of the island has changed as well,.. man I hope that movie 2012 wasn't just getting us, Joe Public, ready for the actual event, there have been some pretty large solar events recently..

 

  "A nuclear meltdown is an informal term for a severe nuclear reactor accident that results in core damage from overheating. The term is not officially defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency[1] or by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.[2]
A meltdown occurs when a severe failure of a nuclear power plant system prevents proper cooling of the reactor core, to the extent that the nuclear fuel assemblies overheat and melt. A meltdown is considered very serious because of the potential that radioactive materials could be released into the environment. A core meltdown will also render the reactor unstable until it is repaired."

[chargerboy69]

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Also, if the Island actually moved 8 feet as they report, perhaps the elevation of parts of the island has changed as well,.. man I hope that movie 2012 wasn't just getting us, Joe Public, ready for the actual event, there have been some pretty large solar events recently..

I have thought them same thing.  Better get started on a Ark.

[Brock Samson]

 I see now Japan has a volcano that's erupted, and over night the death toll went from 1,000 to 10,000.
I think everyone realized looking at the footage there had to be more than a thousand deaths... BTW, looking at the footage, for some reason, Russia Today shown as "RT" in the you tube videos and google news videos has the best footage to be seen...   Some horrific stuff for sure...  

[mikesbbody]

I saw earlier footage where the Big container ships were tied up and just bobbing up and down like "no big deal"...Then you see some of those Big F.....s inland, on there side etc! Wow! the force of that Tsunami to do that! btw, didn't a American Get swept away trying to film the Tsunami (in CA)?

"I guess you could say that the market is completely flooded" 

[400/6/PAC]

I see now Japan has a volcano that's erupted, and over night the death toll went from 1,000 to 10,000.
I think everyone realized looking at the footage there had to be more than a thousand deaths... BTW, looking at the footage, for some reason, Russia Today shown as "RT" in the you tube videos and google news videos has the best footage to be seen...   Some horrific stuff for sure...  

I just read that.
I can't believe the death toll rose by 9000 overnight and it's not over by any means.

[Brock Samson]

yeah,..
 "About 20 miles south, (of Crecent City Calif.) the family of a 25-year-old Oregon man combed the beach looking for signs of him. Authorities say Dustin Weber was swept away as he and two friends photographed the waves.

"He just didn't respect the ocean and didn't understand the tsunami," his father, Jon Weber, said. "The (first surge) hit about 7:30. It was the second wave that hit at 9:30 that got him."
"I think he expected the wave to come out of the ocean, but it didn't. It came down the shore," he said."

from: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=134485670

We had a bunch of surfers out trying to catch the big waves when word of the tsunami came through here...
 I guess there's always gonna be a few of those stupid ya who's out there,.. and some of the ridiculous comments attached to these stories I happened to read, are nothing short of disgusting...  
I'm reading a lot this day and now they've changed the wording now from "two" to "multiple reactors"... That can't be good.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8379720/Japan-earthquake-Engineers-struggle-to-cool-down-six-nuclear-reactors.html
 Now they're estimating 20,000 dead, one town alone is missing 9,000.  

here's a good view of a single large wave that washed out the spectators at last Yr's Mavericks Surf Competition,
There, folks only suffered a few broken ankles, wet camara gear and beer coolers that floated out to sea,.. But it was all avoidable since the surfers couldn't even be seen from the beach, they were too far off shore... these folks were all neophyte hipsters, without so much as a clue. Some radio station had set up a stage down on the tide line and the rest of the lemmings just gathered around... I can hear the Convo. now,.. Dude, This site is awesome!! We should we set up here.. Sure... OK.. Wait, Dude?..  Is the tide in or out?..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV7KhSdUQPU&feature=related  

  Anyway,.. The Japanese are amazing in the amount of cooperation they exhibit in this emergency, they stayed at their posts mostly trying to limit the damage to their employer's shops... No looting, calm yet shaken, I doubt we Americans would be so organised or prepared,.. unless it comes to shooting looters or zombies.  

[Iceyone]

I wonder where the USS George Washington was when the earth quake and tsunami hit?

[chargermike]

why would you make fun of such a terrible thing. many dead many homeless. people in a bad way. and you make jokes. sorry i have a great sence of humor. but not this. cant even imagine what there going threw. lost or dead loved ones. not knowing whats gonna happen. be glad we have what we have and are not there. jokes no not at this time. japan is not a bad place and the people are very nice. as for my self I will not joke about this instead i will hope for better days for the people of japan. please put yourself in there place and see if any jokes come to mind. just a thought

[Shakey]

why would you make fun of such a terrible thing. many dead many homeless. people in a bad way. and you make jokes. sorry i have a great sence of humor. but not this. cant even imagine what there going threw. lost or dead loved ones. not knowing whats gonna happen. be glad we have what we have and are not there. jokes no not at this time. japan is not a bad place and the people are very nice. as for my self I will not joke about this instead i will hope for better days for the people of japan. please put yourself in there place and see if any jokes come to mind. just a thought

That's what you get when you mix numerous immature people with others that are interested in trying to have an intelligent conversation.   

[squeakfinder]

     Sad thing is, it's just going to get worse. Now there's 1,000's of bodies washing up on shore.





     
http://www.centurylink.net/news/read.php?ps=1018&rip_id=%3CD9LUVL8O1%40news.ap.org%3E&_LT=HOME_LARSDCCLM_UNEWS

[ACUDANUT]

This does suck...It could happen here. 

[TruckDriver]

The way CNN is reporting, a second Nuclear plant is close to a meltdown now. 

[derailed]

One thing you can say about the Japanese, they know how to build quake proof skyscrapers and large buildings.

[Old Moparz]

The footage is unreal & really sad to see. What makes it worse, is the nuclear plant damage. I'm not saying this to make any kind of political statement, but I've been against the use of nuclear power ever since I was old enough to know what it was. This goes back to the mid 70's for me, & my argument has always been that some type of disaster, no matter how safe you think you can make the plant, outweighs the permanent damage left behind when a disaster like Japan's happens. And obviously it CAN happen.

Anyone who is pro nuclear energy doesn't have much of an argument anymore. 

[derailed]

I agree on the Nuke power, and hopefully this will be an eye opener for those supporting this plant being built that this Gibson is pushing for a few towns over from me on the Hudson.

[Brock Samson]

I wonder where the USS George Washington was when the earth quake and tsunami hit?

the entire US Navy group had to reposition to avoid the fallout from the plant's blast... 

[Rolling_Thunder]

All in all this is a horrible thing...     I work at LAX and we had the whole look out for tidal waves thing...     

Just goes to show everyone exactly how small we really are - I'm almost anxious to see the results - after the last large on the shape of the earth changed...    the days are technically longer, the earthquake was measured as far away as Wyoming...     

[mikesbbody]

why would you make fun of such a terrible thing. many dead many homeless. people in a bad way. and you make jokes. sorry i have a great sence of humor. but not this. cant even imagine what there going threw. lost or dead loved ones. not knowing whats gonna happen. be glad we have what we have and are not there. jokes no not at this time. japan is not a bad place and the people are very nice. as for my self I will not joke about this instead i will hope for better days for the people of japan. please put yourself in there place and see if any jokes come to mind. just a thought

I few remarks made about the cars? nothing meant in a bad way like "Ha ha 1000's dead" Nobody's joking about that 

[Piston_Freddy]

[tan top]

The way CNN is reporting, a second Nuclear plant is close to a meltdown now.  

yep saw on news 3 reactor  is having big problems now  also been pumping in seawater  but no  good   ,  makes you wonder about nuclear power !!

[TruckDriver]

The way CNN is reporting, a second Nuclear plant is close to a meltdown now.  

yep saw on news 3 reactor  is having big problems now  also been pumping in seawater  but no    ,  makes you wonder about nuclear power !!

I am not fond of nuclear power myself. I dont know why they cant figure out how to use methane. We got enough cows around the world. Even got my oldest son for that.

[rcannon440]

Amen they need our prayers!!!! With all that is happening in the world today make sure your right with the man our heavenly father.

[Todd Wilson]

The way CNN is reporting, a second Nuclear plant is close to a meltdown now.  

yep saw on news 3 reactor  is having big problems now  also been pumping in seawater  but no    ,  makes you wonder about nuclear power !!

The White House had a Nuke Power meeting today! I'm waiting on Yobama will order the shut down of all our plants in this country similair to the off shore drilling ban.


Todd

[chargergirl]

Woke up to hear of the Tsunami...called only relative left in Hawaii...they knew and they were sleeping...oops! Didn't realize they had been told about it at 10pm their time. Very little damage to Hawaii. So all are fine. The Japanese builders have been building for earthquakes for years and they do a very good job at it. The reactors are built for earthquakes but not of the magnitude. nor the extended aftershocks. I have a hard time believing that they had that many reactors in such a small area. There are other ways to make power that would be more earth friendly; especially living on a small island. Japan shifted and sunk a little according to reports...this can only hinder the situation. Let's hope that the leak at the reactor doesn't make Godzilla really happen. Not making light of this situation at all. With everything still shaking there are some brave souls working to keep the meltdowns from happening. May God be with them and all the people of Japan.

[TruckDriver]

There was a 3rd explosion now at the number 2 reactor at the one plant, which makes it all three reactors now that suffered explosions. The guy on CNN says worst case scenario, this would be Russia's Chernobyl x3

At minimum, it would be Tree Mile Island x3 Either way, it's looking very grim now.

[Brock Samson]

The way CNN is reporting, a second Nuclear plant is close to a meltdown now.  

yep saw on news 3 reactor  is having big problems now  also been pumping in seawater  but no    ,  makes you wonder about nuclear power !!

The White House had a Nuke Power meeting today! I'm waiting on Yobama will order the shut down of all our plants in this country similair to the off shore drilling ban.


Todd

  Europe, as usual has beat "Yobama" as you call him. to it...

I feel bad, but they deserved it in a way. They spear dolphins until they can no longer scream out in pain. There is no point in eating dolphin meat anyway, its high in Mercury. I believe since they speared thousands and thousands of dolphins in the ocean, the ocean came back and gave them a piece of their own medicine. This natural disaster can actually stop dolphin hunting for a while, thank GOD. <3

DazzlingFashion 4 minutes ago

[Rolling_Thunder]

Hey Brock -  please don't take this the wrong way - I understand why you feel the way you do and i somewhat agree but honestly - I don't think ANYONE deserves something like this to happen to them....       

[mikesbbody]

No Nuclear power down here (New Zealand) and it's always been that way I am personally not against it I think we don't have it because we can't afford it  but the downside is if things go wrong
(very rare) they really go wrong...

[TK73]

"Let's pray and give good MoJo to Japan"

Two things:
 - Japan is not a christian country: "Prayin won't do you no good" - Zeppelin
 - Can Mojo swim across the Pacific as he did the Rio Grande?

[Old Moparz]

Nuclear plants don't even work on paper. The design was flawed before it was built. 

GE Built Nuclear Reactors Failing At Fukishima- GE Nuclear Crisis
http://freedomist.com/2011/03/11/ge-built-nuclear-reactors-failing-at-fukishima-ge-nuclear-crisis/

General Electric is the supplier of much of the technology behind all of the nuclear power plants that are now in a state of emergency. Last June, in 2010, these GE supplied systems experienced a failure and were scrutinized by Japanese officials with special attention being paid to the back-up cooling systems, which have failed in the aftermath of the mega-quake.



Now look at this, the people in the Gulf area are screwed.   

Tokyo Electric to Build US Nuclear Plants: The No BS Info on Japan's Disastrous Nuclear Operators
http://www.truth-out.org/tokyo-electric-build-us-nuclear-plants-the-no-bs-info-japans-disastrous-nuclear-operators68457
The failure of emergency systems at Japan's nuclear plants comes as no surprise to those of us who have worked in the field.

Nuclear plants the world over must be certified for what is called "SQ" or "Seismic Qualification." That is, the owners swear that all components are designed for the maximum conceivable shaking event, be it from an earthquake or an exploding Christmas card from al-Qaeda.

The most inexpensive way to meet your SQ is to lie. The industry does it all the time. The government team I worked with caught them once, in 1988, at the Shoreham plant in New York. Correcting the SQ problem at Shoreham would have cost a cool billion, so engineers were told to change the tests from "failed" to "passed."

The company that put in the false safety report? Stone & Webster, now the nuclear unit of Shaw Construction, which will work with TEPCO to build the Texas plant.

There's more.

Last night, I heard CNN reporters repeat the official line that the tsunami disabled the pumps needed to cool the reactors, implying that water unexpectedly got into the diesel generators that run the pumps.

These safety backup systems are the "EDGs" in nuke-speak: Emergency Diesel Generators. That they didn't work in an emergency is like a fire department telling us they couldn't save a building because "it was on fire."

What dim bulbs designed this system? One of the reactors dancing with death at Fukushima Station 1 was built by Toshiba. Toshiba was also an architect of the emergency diesel system.


I don't think closing all the nuclear power plants is a bad idea at all. There is no such thing as "safe" when is comes to a nuclear disaster. If a coal fired plant went down, what's the worst thing that will happen to you? You can't watch your favorite reality TV show? Human error & greed are going to give us more & more problems.

[Hemidog]

http://apina.biz/39128.jpg   

[derailed]

The Pearl Harbor remarks kill me. What will these idiots say when its our turn here in the US. It will happen eventually.

[chargergirl]

That we do strange things like take three survivors of Hiroshima and put them on TV after this horrific event. Then ask these extremely gracious people how it feels to have survived both of these events. Man...if that is all you can do to make the news interesting to you...leave now Diane.

[Brock Samson]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/dog-in-japan-stays-by-the-side-of-its-ailing-friend-in-the-rubble

   

[TruckDriver]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/dog-in-japan-stays-by-the-side-of-its-ailing-friend-in-the-rubble

   

I saw that on CNN. Brought a tear to my eye 

[Khyron]

http://apina.biz/39128.jpg   

I agree..... kinda time to let things go..... we're not still mad at Germany are we?

[learical1]

we're not still mad at Germany are we?

I'm still a bit ticked about what Daimler did to Chrysler.

[Brock Samson]

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/03/japan-earthquake-the-struggle-to-recover/100026/

best photos I've seen from Japan...



I hope you do know I was quoting a silly girl in my last post from a you tube video...  
just in case anyone was wondering.

                   FYI: http://www.slate.com/id/2288514/

[tan top]

just heard on the news  nother earth quake hit japan   measured 6.5   

[TK73]

we're not still mad at Germany are we?

Yep, for that Pearl harbor thing

[Old Moparz]

This guy was on FSTV the other night, Robert Alvarez. He's been in the nuclear field over 35 years & has a lot of good info on his site. Some of it will really open your eyes.

http://www.ips-dc.org/staff/bob

[Brock Samson]

http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2011/03/chrysler-cuts-color-selection-in-wake-of-japan-disaster

According to this article the evacuation zone around the Nuc. Plant is 28 Miles,.. this is far larger than what is being reported in the press.
                                               

Chrysler Corp. has informed its dealers that it will restrict orders for ten paint colors due a shortage of a pigment that is produced only by a factory located near the damaged nuclear power facility in northeastern Japan.

According to a memo issued yesterday by Steve Beahm, Chrysler's v-p of U.S. sales operations, the restricted colors include brilliant black, blackberry, deep cherry red, redline, inferno red, bronze star, rugged brown, hunter green, ivory and billet metallic.

The pigment, called Xirallic, is made at a factory operated by EMD Chemicals, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, in Onahama. It's used to add sparkle and intensity to a wide range of paint colors. Merck, which is based in Darmstatt, Germany, says the plant is in the 28-mile evacuation zone established by the Japanese government. Company officials say they don't know when workers will be able to reenter the plant and add that it will take four to six weeks after that to have the facility up and running again.

Ford, Audi and BMW are also affect by the shortage.

And here the U.S. suggests a 50 Mile evacuation zone.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0325/Japan-nuclear-update-Possible-reactor-breach-evacuation-zone-expanding

This Australian advisory shows the specifics of what a shelter in place order looks like...
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/127474/20110328/japan-radiation-nuclear-leak-accident-earthquake-australia.htm

[Richard Cranium]

Haven't seen this video before.....



http://freevideocoding.com/flvplayer.swf?file=http://flash.vx.roo.com/streamingVX/63056/1458/20110311_japan_wave_successions_sky_1000k.mp4&autostart=true

[Brock Samson]

 Sobering Stuff:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1371375/Japan-nuclear-suicide-squads-paid-fortunes-battle-lost-reactor-2.html