Fuck!

[Simon of the Playa]

fuck...no panic...unconfirmed...

radiation.

fuck.fuck.fuck.

any feeds with info, please post.

[graidawg]

fuck...no panic...unconfirmed...

radiation.

fuck.fuck.fuck.

any feeds with info, please post.

i'm listening on radio 4 - the nuclear plant is now safe the coolant has been made safe

there are many dead but it seems the japanese are fairly calm, they are prepared for this. though maybe not on this scale.
northern california seems to be getting some carry over from the tsunami i hope everyones ok.
makes everything else a little trivial

[AntiM]

Japan is incredibly cautious with their power plants. No radiation leaks, but the cooling system at one plant is damaged. No word on what type of back-up they have in place, but knowing the Japanese approach to safety, they probably have it well under control. Probably. Fuck ...

Fuck, just crazy in Tokyo, they shut the elevated highways, and the trains are not running.

[Simon of the Playa]

USAF on the way


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42025882/ns ... a-pacific/

[unjonharley]

Japan is incredibly cautious with their power plants. No radiation leaks, but the cooling system at one plant is damaged. No word on what type of back-up they have in place, but knowing the Japanese approach to safety, they probably have it well under control. Probably. Fuck ...

Fuck, just crazy in Tokyo, they shut the elevated highways, and the trains are not running.

In the news,, The US is aair lifting koolent to Japan..

Our frends in Japan are safe for now.. Kenge is stuck at work without the bullet train. ( one train is missing.) His wife on the other side of the island in dressed,sleeping on the floor and ready to move if needed.. One uncle is unaccounted for.. Kenge works for the RR. There doughter is on vacation on a south island.. Phone are working in most areas..

Ca. surfers are out trying to catch a wave WTF.

Or. coast has a couple of big draw backs then a small wave. Staying at alert all day today..

[AntiM]

In Japanese, but the images of the burning villages surrounded by water are fucking scary.

And fuck, I can't help but think about the animals... poor scared things.

[unjonharley]

.
SO I'm watching the news report from the Or. beach.. The reporter and camera are way up out of the way.. Looking down at the beach.. The Ocean draws back about 100 yards.. Then a 6ft sneaker wave pours in. It covered the 100 yards in seconds and crashes into a sea wall.. The water rushes out to sea faster than it came in.. Inside of 60 seconds a couple appear over the sea wall for a walk on the open sand.. Other places along the Or. beach. People have come from inland to walk on the beach with there kids and dogs to see the big wave..

This surely comes under FUCKWAD.

[MisaBlue]

FUCK My younger brother got dumped by his girlfriend today...after 6 years of relationship...he is very very upset and down and depresses and I cannot help him...fuck that!!!

[graidawg]

FUCK YOU GRAHAM STOP THINKING LIKE A QUITER.


OK 1 THEY DIDNT BUY THE EGUIPMENT THEY PROMISED TO BUY
2 ALL THE BUSINESS THEY HAVE IS BECAUSE YOU PURSUED IT
3 YOU ARE DOING THE JOB YOU SPECIFICALY SIAD YOU WOULDN'T AT THE INTEVIEW FOR THE JOB
4 FUCK THEM

[graidawg]

please pm me to remind me of the last post i am quite drunk AND will forget by monday pretty please

[tamarakay]

my cousin is well. messaged via facebook, co-workers of her have family members that are missing, but all they can do now is hunker down and wait. fuck.

pizzamancer, fucking good to see you

[lucky420]

Misa big ((( ))) to your brother. Heartbreak can be so hard especially on younger people. It can sound trivial to some but it is real. I read something about break up depression and how it can really affect people. I know this because my daughter has recently gone through the same thing...best remedy is time and that sometimes feels like it takes to long.

Even if it doesn't seem like you can help him right now, just being there for him when he is ready will be a great help.

[LeChatNoir]

Fuck, been thinking about Japan all day. Makes me want to grab my tool belt and bags and head out. I know that's not what they need at the fucking moment, but I still want to.

Misa, lucky420 is right. Just being around will help your brother. He'll need space to figure it out for himself, but just knowing that family is near is a big help. And as minor as it may seem to those of us who have "been there, done that", to your brother its subjectively pretty fucking hard, I'd think.

[LeChatNoir]

FUCK YOU GRAHAM STOP THINKING LIKE A QUITER.


OK 1 THEY DIDNT BUY THE EGUIPMENT THEY PROMISED TO BUY
2 ALL THE BUSINESS THEY HAVE IS BECAUSE YOU PURSUED IT
3 YOU ARE DOING THE JOB YOU SPECIFICALY SIAD YOU WOULDN'T AT THE INTEVIEW FOR THE JOB
4 FUCK THEM

Right... don't be a fucking quitter. Unless you quit for something better, 'cause then you don't quit, you switch.

[LeChatNoir]

*Fucking duplicate post*

[theCryptofishist]

I cannot help him...fuck that!!!

You can't lure him to the States to go to a festival that features all sorts of naked people?

[Kinetik V]

One of the foreign exchange students I went to school with is missing. And there's not a fucking thing anyone can do....

[theCryptofishist]

And yet again, we humans have to face that fucking fact that sometimes we are not the masters of the universe.
I fucking hate that.

[unjonharley]

And yet again, we humans have to face that fucking fact that sometimes we are not the masters of the universe.
I fucking hate that.

The pictures you see of everything rolling over a flat area, is reclaimed land.
The sea had been pushed back, the land desaleiled and farmed.. About 10-12 km X 50km @ sea level.. Thats a lot of food.. Once again the human is not the master..

[MisaBlue]

Thanks!

I told him that it will take time and I am here for him...but I am speechless when he says ha cannot eat nor sleep...my little brother...

I know, this seems as the fucking bullshit in the view of big tragedy in Japan...and I am sorry I to trouble with that to all whose friends and families are there!

It is just, he is my family and he is down right now.

[graidawg]

Thanks!

I told him that it will take time and I am here for him...but I am speechless when he says ha cannot eat nor sleep...my little brother...

I know, this seems as the fucking bullshit in the view of big tragedy in Japan...and I am sorry I to trouble with that to all whose friends and families are there!

It is just, he is my family and he is down right now.

someone told me once, just because other people have bigger problems than you, yours are no less important. I know how distressing a break up can be, if it has been a 6 month or 6 year thing its still horrible and worse to watch because you can't do anything really, just be there.
At least he's got you.

[ygmir]

fuckin good on ya, Misa, for being there for him.
It's the best a person can do, and you, are dear for doing it.
velitsa dobse proutsa

[AntiM]

Fuck.
Sometimes the best you can fucking do is wake up and get out of bed in the morning. It is all gravy after that.

[graidawg]

Fuck.
Sometimes the best you can fucking do is wake up and get out of bed in the morning. It is all gravy after that.

well it depends aunty em. is anyone else in the bed? stay in it then

fuck

[Kinetik V]

Ok...let me fucking understand this. A hydrogen explosion that blows up 2 different reactor buildings (the second one just blew not that long ago), is supposed to not have any effect on the reactor? And pumping sea water on a reactor core is not going to hurt it either?

Then I read that a US Navy Carrier Battle Group is saying they found themselves in a cloud of radiation and their sailors got a month's worth of radiation in an hour's time?

At this point I'm thinking someone's trying to cover their ass and the public is going to get fucked. I read online that even the Russians are calling bullshit and are saying the reactors are seriously fucking compromised...

Bottom line for my post is this shit scares the fucking hell out of me...if a carrier is picking up radiation and air monitors in Nevada have picked up lead from Chinese factories that floated all the way across the Pacific...what's to keep the Japanese radiation from making that same trip?

In other words should I be buying iodine for my family or should I believe the Japanese govt that says exploding nuclear facilities is no cause for alarm?

[Simon of the Playa]

GTFO.


come to New New York.

[BBadger]

Ok...let me fucking understand this. A hydrogen explosion that blows up 2 different reactor buildings (the second one just blew not that long ago), is supposed to not have any effect on the reactor? And pumping sea water on a reactor core is not going to hurt it either?

Yes, but those are outer containment buildings. They're supposed to blow outwards so they don't damage the nuclear containment vessel inside which houses the reactor core. The outer containment buildings are not made to withstand high pressures, and when hydrogen built up in there, and eventually came in contact with air, it exploded. The reactors are probably designed to vent the hydrogen into that outer building to prevent a build-up in the inner containment building that houses the reactor.

The Japanese are using sea water because they can't directly power the pumps that would normally cool the reactor, from all the flooding. So they're directly pumping in water and using sea water for that purpose. The sea water is only bad for the reactor itself as it will contaminate the reactor cooling system and probably mean the reactor is a total loss after this is over. Still, it's a good way to cool down the reactor in lieu of other options. It's not like they're hosing down the reactor from above.

In the Three Mile Island accident there was a full-on meltdown, as well as a hydrogen explosion in the containment vessel. The vessel held up, and virtually no radiation leaked to the environment. Some of the reactors at that plant are still providing power. It'll probably be the same for these reactors as well.

Then I read that a US Navy Carrier Battle Group is saying they found themselves in a cloud of radiation and their sailors got a month's worth of radiation in an hour's time?

Sure, but that's background radiation levels, which are very low to begin with. When I read the radiation level comparison on the news, the point they were trying to make was that it was as low as a month of background radiation. It's probably comparable to the radiation you get on an airline flight--something you don't want to maintain exposure to for very extended periods, but not really all that dangerous.

At this point I'm thinking someone's trying to cover their ass and the public is going to get fucked. I read online that even the Russians are calling bullshit and are saying the reactors are seriously fucking compromised...

Yeah, but the Russians will call bullshit on anything that serves their interests. The important thing right now is to not serve up too much disinformation and sensationalism for what will probably blow over in a day or two (not literally).

Bottom line for my post is this shit scares the fucking hell out of me...if a carrier is picking up radiation and air monitors in Nevada have picked up lead from Chinese factories that floated all the way across the Pacific...what's to keep the Japanese radiation from making that same trip?

In other words should I be buying iodine for my family or should I believe the Japanese govt that says exploding nuclear facilities is no cause for alarm?

You'll probably receive more radiation from the nukes they detonated in the 1960s or regional coal power plants than whatever may make its way across the Pacific Ocean. Whatever you choose, I'd do some more reading to make a more informed decision. Sometimes the stress of paranoia is more harmful than the actual threat.

[Simon of the Playa]

when they tell you not to fucking panic, that's when you run like fucking hell.

[H.G.Crosby]

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