Big quake in japan

[Timothy]

Any one who would even think about building nuke plants in an area as prone to earthquakes as Japan is a f*cking idiot. They were just begging for this type of incident.

Diablo Canyon outside San Lois Obispo
San Onofre, outside San Clemente

Both are in fracture zones..

[tombogan03884]

So, you're saying that Ca engineers are "f*cking idiots" ?
It's Ca. That's not news.

[Timothy]

So, you're saying that Ca engineers are "f*cking idiots" ?
It's Ca. That's not news.

 

[CJS3]

One of our local radio stations has a "Question of The Day" on their website. The daily question concerned the readiness of US emergency services to handle a similar natural tragedy here in the US. More than any other country, the Japanesse are prepared to handle earthquakes and tsunamis, but the scope of the disaster has overloaded their emergency services. Can you imagine this happening on the US west coast. What do you think would happen to SanFran with a 30 meter wave rushing into the bay (aside from the flushing effect)? What would happen on the East Coast?

[tombogan03884]

San Francisco would not be severely harmed, It is sheltered by a headland .
The only damage might be on the Oakland waterfront directly in line with the mouth of the bay most of the Bay are would suffer some very temporary  flooding until the water receded, but nothing like in Japan.
In the Bay area by the time you got through to 911 it would be over and the roads would be drying out.

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[philw]

not good at all

they are now saying in the media that there are 2 reactors in "meltdown"

6.28pm Japan's top government spokesman Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano has has warned of the risk of a second explosion at the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, but said that reactor three could withstand it as reactor one did a day earlier.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/world/magnitude-quake-strikes-japan/story-e6frfkyi-1226019903430#ixzz1GTUgLZsp

A JAPANESE man who was swept 15km out to sea by Japan's deadly tsunami was plucked to safety today after being spotted clinging to a piece of wreckage, officials said.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/japanese-man-rescued-far-out-to-sea-after-quake-and-tsunami/story-e6frfku0-1226020701604#ixzz1GTU686lq

JAPAN'S recent massive earthquake, one of the largest ever recorded, appears to have moved the island by about 2.4 metres, the US Geological Survey said yesterday.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/world/quake-moved-japan-by-24-metres-says-the-us-geological-survey/story-e6frfkyi-1226020678641#ixzz1GTUDbdbG

[kmitch200]

not good at all

they are now saying in the media that there are 2 reactors in "meltdown"

How long before the toxic cloud hits the west coast? 

[philw]

How long before the toxic cloud hits the west coast? 

I read somewhere they don't think it will happen



here are some before and after picks

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html?hp

[billt]

Got up this morning to the news that one of their nuclear reactors had blown its roof and walls out.  It may be beginning a core meltdown. Japanese government claims there is no danger, but has evacuated 45,000 people and stocked up on iodine just in case.

I put the Japs one notch down in the arrogance dept. over the Russians. These total ass hats think they have this over ability to engineer anything and everything. They build nuclear reactors on unstable, earthquake prone ground, and don't build them inside a RUPTURE PROOF containment building like we do here. The same with the Russians. Then when they fail, the whole world has to pay the price by being placed in danger because of their foolishness.

The japs aren't exactly being forthright about this either. Just like the Russians you have to drag the truth out of them. It was almost 72 hours before the Russians admitted to a major disaster at Chernobyl. By that time Sweden was picking up vast amounts of radiation that ended up contaminating milk in their dairy supply. The japs are being equally evasive. This is not the time for these people to worry about pride and ego. That time has passed long ago. They brag about their fast choo choo trains, while we were stomping around on the Moon 42 years ago. Enough with their nonsense!   Bill T.

[billt]

Any one who would even think about building nuke plants in an area as prone to earthquakes as Japan is a f*cking idiot. They were just begging for this type of incident.

I have to totally agree. While the japs design is somewhat better than the Russians, they don't build containment facilities anywhere near strong enough to insure safety considering the conditions that exist in that country. They also did not have a fresh water back up cooling system. Redundancy in systems is the key to safety in aircraft, as well as nuclear power. The japs cut too many corners and simply did not have enough. The result will be another mess the world will be required to pay the price for. Much like New Orleans, Japan has been operating on borrowed time. It looks as if that time has just run out.  Bill T.