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    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1944838/

    Just nightmarish the journey of folks running hither thither to escape.

    It does make one wonder if this crisis will rectivate the whole debate if nuclear power is even a safe source of power at any time. I'm noticing how it's fading abit from the news... The crisis isn't over!
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    Plus 3 raised $5,000 in A Day and a Half!!! So the match is made. I presume people can still keep inputting their miles/hours this week, just won't be matched by the generous anonymous donor.

    Tag it "Japan" so it's credited for donations to the Red Cross.
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    Quote Originally Posted by shootingstar View Post
    It does make one wonder if this crisis will rectivate the whole debate if nuclear power is even a safe source of power at any time. I'm noticing how it's fading abit from the news... The crisis isn't over!
    I don't get the sense that it's fading from the news at all. We must be reading very different news sources.
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    Me neither. Realizing people are most important but could not get these two out of my mind. Glad to hear they got vet care:

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theloo...-in-the-rubble
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    This is an account of a Japanese-American ..ready to leave when earthquake occurred.
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    It looks as though radioactive levels continue to climb and people as far away as Tokyo are being warned to leave.

    http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition...aying-1.349669

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    Quote Originally Posted by shootingstar View Post
    This is an account of a Japanese-American ..ready to leave when earthquake occurred.
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    Very interesting report. Thanks for sharing it. What impresses me is not that the writer was prepared (while she did know and share with other passengers and readers some good safety info such as heading to a sturdy wall, the ol' duck, cover and hold thing drill ...) but what is trully impressive is the Japanese preparation. Sounds like they have pre-recorded announcements or have trained announcers to tell people to "stay away from the bleeping windows. What are you thinking running to them???" Wow.

    You see them bringing blankets, water, food out to the passengers? This does not just happen. It means that they are prepared at major centers to house, feed and shelter people in case of a major emergency.

    This takes major planning for a building as large and complex as an airport.

    If you work in an office or for any company does yours have a safety plan? Do you?

    I know I don't do enough and I'm in a fault zone better rotate the water supply at least.
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    I keep thinking of the people who are working on the nuclear facility. They are very brave.

    That was interesting, Shootingstar, thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PamNY View Post
    I keep thinking of the people who are working on the nuclear facility.
    I agree, but in a country whose manufacturing is based on robotics, I'm surprised that haven't found a way to motorized a water cannon...but it's easy to assess their approach from a sofa 9,000 miles away
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    Very thoughtful reading, on the topic of the thread title:

    http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion...m-2245014.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
    Very thoughtful reading, on the topic of the thread title:

    http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion...m-2245014.html
    That is an excellent piece; thanks. I will share that with several people.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Bloom View Post
    I agree, but in a country whose manufacturing is based on robotics, I'm surprised that haven't found a way to motorized a water cannon...but it's easy to assess their approach from a sofa 9,000 miles away
    Here's an article from Salon on that very topic.

    It's lightweight, but interesting (considering it was probably written by a guy on a sofa 9,000 miles away).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Bloom View Post
    I agree, but in a country whose manufacturing is based on robotics, I'm surprised that haven't found a way to motorized a water cannon...but it's easy to assess their approach from a sofa 9,000 miles away
    Even if they did have a 'bot part of the challenge in addition to the quake, tsunami damage the power is out .... at the power plant. So nothing to plug the 'bot into or anything else they've needed to solve the problem traditional ways.

    I hear they got power back at least one of the 4 damaged plants. Now to hope the lines, infrastructure etc inside the plants still work.
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    my mother is leaving for Japan on Monday for a 3 months, she bought the ticket in January. Both my brother and I have asked her to postpone leaving for a couple of weeks, but she's very fatalistic saying she can't live her life in fear. Still...

    My co-worker was speaking to her friend in Tokyo. She's house bound, as they are telling people to stay indoors. I was saying I'd be leaving, but those people are stuck - stores are closed, trains aren't running, and people are lining up for hours to get gas and they're only allowed 10L.

    And that footage of the dogs is just heartbreaking.

    God, the tsunami was bad enough, it's just getting worse and worse.

 

 

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