8.9 Quake in Japan + Tsunamis

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I am following the news on the nuclear plants as well.. It is very worrisome to me. =(

Does anyone know what city ZiT lives in?

This forum Do you still? ZTI's IP address recorded.
I look at it, might be able to determine the region of Japan.

The IP was recorded, it is originating from Tokyo too, it seems. I PMed it to you additionally.

[ZiT]

Hi,Everybody!!

I live in "Kanagawa".

Damage got off in the minimum!!

When the earthquake occurred, "Chiba" had me.
There was a terrible shake.

Thank you for everybody in the forum worrying!!

ZiT

[Skyground95]

I heard that Satoshi Tajiri was less lucky, HOWEVER, it seemed to be fake;
This is taken from Satoshi's article on wikipedia:


2011 Sendai Earthquake

At 08:55 EST on March 12, 2011, an unconfirmed report of Tajiri's death in the 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami was posted to Twitter, resulting in a deluge of retweets and syndication of the information to various blog posts concerned with gaming, manga and anime and major news websites. However, the posts were refuted with new information regarding the safety of Nintendo of Japan employees (including Tajiri), with Nintendo of America confirming that no employees of Nintendo of Japan were harmed by the catastrophe nor was any significant property damage sustained.


I got relieved when I read this :)

[Y.S.]

I'm relieved to hear you're okay, ZiT!
I really hope other members in Japan are okay too...

[pichu04]

 Zit its good ta hear from you, and I'm glad your safe.

[James0x57]

I'm relieved to hear you're okay, ZiT!
I really hope other members in Japan are okay too...

Agreed!!


Very grateful to have our most regular friends with us still. <3

[hetoan2]

I heard that the shift in the plates caused by the quake is likely to cause more quakes (smaller magnitude) within the next couple of months.

I will keep you guys in my thoughts.

[toonlink444]

I really hope other members in Japan are okay too...

I hope so to. It would be awlful to lose a member due to being unlucky. :'(

[toonlink444]

Wow they up it up to a 9.0.

[Arudo]

Most of my friends in Japan are safe so far. A few I haven't heard back from yet, but they don't live in the NE Japan area.

[dns2]

They're now saying that the radiation from the nuclear plant is being detected on the west coast of the USA.  :o

[Patedj]

Winds from Australia and the south pole are pushing with the easterly winds of Asia towards America. The Radiation levels could be detected at a unusual level (nothing too hazardous).
This happened with the last blow out too.
Follow the diet I proposed If you start feeling symptoms. 

[dcx2]

I read that the greater danger is eating contaminated plants or animal products (especially milk).

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Also, consider how much this event has raised the normal levels of background radiation.  One measure of radiation is nanoGrays per hour (nGy/h).  At sea level, you are typically exposed to 30 nGy/h, all year round.  At higher elevations, the thinner atmosphere blocks less radiation, so exposure increases.  In Mexico City (2.2km or 1.4 miles), background levels are 90 nGy/h.  In La Paz, Bolivia, perhaps the city with the highest elevation in the world, it's 230 nGy/h.

Tokyo, being very close to sea level, has an average of 35 nGy/h.  According to this table which lists the max/min/avg of recent readings of background radiation in a district in Tokyo, the max since March 16 has been about 50 nGy/h (just over half of Mexico City).  The worst was one hour on the 15th, 809 nGy/h, and on the 16th the worst was 160 nGy/h.

This is in Tokyo, a mere hundred-some miles from the nuclear plant.  Folks who are thousands of miles away (like the people in California making a run on potassium iodide) are panicked over nothing.  If they really want to reduce their exposure to radiation, they should stop smoking; each and every cigarette is over 1000 nGy inhaled directly into the lungs, equivalent to standing in Tokyo yesterday for a whole day.

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Chernobyl was way, way worse.  There was no primary containment vessel, so when the core exploded it sent radiation over 9000 meters into the atmosphere, contributing to a larger fallout zone.  Fukushima's containment means an explosion would send material up to maybe 500 meters, meaning that any fallout will be fairly local to the area and probably dissipate over the ocean.

Chernobyl was also worse because it had a positive void coefficient.  If it lost cooling power, a positive feedback loop ensures it will eventually melt down and explode.  Fukushima is newer (still 40 years old though!), and has a negative void coefficient.  Once active cooling is lost, the material will no longer heat up, although it is still very hot and still requires cooling.  In contrast, newer reactor designs use passive cooling that will cool the material even in the absence of power.

[Patedj]

Well said, dcx2. In other words, there are many things that we can do to keep even healthier. Let's take advantage of this rise of consciousness, and let's get healthier because we can!
But still, our hearts are reaching out to all the victims, and we are all doing what we can to help.

[James0x57]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/07/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

Another one, ~7.2, hit today... :<