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In reply to the discussion: Japan’s Fukushima plant faces danger of overheating [View all]Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)60. A Japanese typhoon is not really like an East Coast hurricane
They can be pretty strong down in Okinawa and Kyushu, but by the time they reach this part of Japan, they are usually severely weakened. We were supposed to get strong winds and heavy rains here 100 miles south of Dai-ichi, and there were some mildly gusty winds yesterday, but the typhoon fizzled out, like typhoons usually do around here. This morning, there weren't even the usual branches and leaves strewn about on roads and sidewalks that there usually are after a typhoon's passage.
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not to worry about a hurricane bearing down on 3 nuke plants, according to your puppetmasters
wordpix
Jul 2014
#23
If "It" was "shutdown within seconds of the earthquake," why all the meltdowns?
Octafish
Jul 2014
#33
uh, and now that the radioactive "assembly" pools are exceeding capacity, then what?
wordpix
Jul 2014
#24
You're really not in a position to claim injury at so-called "personal attacks" RE
FBaggins
Jul 2014
#32
One of us is in denial of common physics... the other one majored in the subject
FBaggins
Jul 2014
#40
Aw... too bad. It looks like the end of the world will have to be put on hold.
FBaggins
Jul 2014
#44