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amerfayed (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 05:38 AM Original message |
BREAKING: Smoke also seen at Fukushima plant’s No. 2 reactor (Also at No. 3, workers evacuated) |
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Dennis Donovan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's white smoke coming out of #2; grey smoke from #3... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 05:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Does that mean they've chosen a pope? Nt |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 06:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Tasteless, but very funny.... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 06:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That is funny! |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
27. OMG |
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Corruption Winz (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. I'm glad you said it, because when I read this headline, I was thinking of how to word it. Lol. n/t |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
55. I have to admit, that was my first thought, too... |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
67. LOL!!! Very inventive! |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
81. Good thing you're not a spokesperson for... |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. More fodder for my "This can't be good" file |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. That picture means there was a meltdown |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Not necessarily a meltdown...why would both reactors start smoking at the same time? |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. It doesn't have to do with smoke being there or not. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Yes - we know this has been going on over a week - a partial meltdown is old news |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #43 |
59. misplaced -- |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. reuters has this today in the live coverage |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. That sounds ominous! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. ...and that's why we have nuclear reactor on Lake Erie ... a source of drinking water -- !! |
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freedomnorth (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #40 |
65. Problems from using salt water in cooling down efforts |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Thanks! nt |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #28 |
47. you can't even see the reactor core in this photo...it melted too? |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
5. This is becoming more and more reminiscent of the old SNL gags about Franco. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yep, it's starting to sound like obfuscation! n/t |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. It is infuriating that corporations and governments keep using the same old scripts. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
68. That's exactly what's happening... |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
6. K&R. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
8. CAll Russia and ENTOMB the damn thing NOW!!! before it poisons every fish in the Pacific |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. It will poisin them regardless |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. but it will keep it from going global in the air and poisoning the entire food chain for eveyone.... |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
34. Yep. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. I'm buying my own gieger counter now...they cost about $300 |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
74. Yes, and they want to use MOX there now |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
53. Wherever nuclear reactors are, they are poisoning the atmosphere -- water -- from the Hudson River |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Topic I posted in GD yesterday, linking to a news article about the risks of entombing it: |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. looks like Japan is damned if they do and screwed if they don't |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. but the cores are already cracked and leaking cesium 137 plume spreading aroung the globe..... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
57. Thanks -- meanwhile, you can stay indoors, I guess -- but the stuff will land on soil, water -- |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. exactly...poison the food chain and it's the all over...the ocean and it is the end of men |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. ... but the risks were worth it for few $$$ -- Obama still going forward with nukes -- !!! |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Well President Obama has some things to learn...maybe he should take the family on a tour ... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Didn't he take the girls swimming in the Gulf ? |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. I remember the details of that photo-op....that was taken on the bayside & protected from the Gulf. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. That's good news -- always wondered about that pic!! |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
9. "BREAKING?" It's been broken since 3/11 |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
10. Isn't number three the one with all the plutonium? I'm losing track |
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Jeroen (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yes, it is. |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Thanks. I better buy some more canned fruit. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
12. cesium plume |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
14. There seems to be a total media blackout...I have 3 news sources in Japam and I can't find a word |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I fear the worst. We will never eat fish again. One can never tell |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. even before this, there was and remains plenty of dumping of all kinds of stuff, not to mention |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. same with us..we will never eat seafood again either and I just stocked up on fish oil before |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. This is one place to check for results and information on fish oil supplements. |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Hey, thanks for that chart. I've been using Carlson fish oil for about |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Shit...COQ10 is all sourced in Japan. |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Crap. My whole family takes that stuff. I just verified your post, and |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. For now, I am ordering X-tra from my supplier. |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Yeah. I'll do the same. It'll take a while to go through inventory and |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. If your COQ10 is made by Nissin Pharma, |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #56 |
75. Good to see you Art |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. I've got the day off from work because of transportation |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Hope you were able to something soul nurturing today |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #37 |
71. Why? |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Yeah, stuff helps your heart. Past twenties your body doesn't |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. Helps with gum disease, too |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Thanks for the info. Wow! I better start taking it, However |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. That's when I stock up on it, during the 1/2 off or two for one sales |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
64. Rats! Luckily I just bought two bottles today. |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. You can also switch to ToCoQ10. It has a broad spectrum of |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
63. They aren't talking much about the exact emissions, that's for sure |
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Ragrum (65 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
18. Wind Directions for the next 24 hours suggest coming from NE |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:58 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. here is an animation of the cesium 137 plume and where it is going |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #22 |
42. + Thanks. Duck and cover. n/t |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
33. Kindly keep your crap |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Such a pretty blue! |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
36. Some headlines from the e-news link: |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. ...looks like it's almost time to start worrying |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. It was time to start worrying back on March 11th |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
50. Fukushima reactors will have to be entombed — “Radioactive and deadly for thousands of years” |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
54. Thank you -- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
51. kr |
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