Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster!!!

[Iraira]

Sorry to be a grammar Nazi, but isn't misogynistic a kind of Japanese soup?

Sorry, was watching porn and posting at the same time...one hand didn't know what the other was doing.

[Coligny]

Sorry, was watching porn and posting at the same time...one hand didn't know what the other was doing.

Did ya record yerself ? I see a business opportunity to create a line of new fetish videoz here... some kind of meta-meta-pr0n...

[2triky]

[Yokohammer]

What surprised me somewhat was that they found rice hay produced in Kurihara (northern Miyagi), which is about 170 km from the Fukushima plant, to be contaminated with cesium.

This was just on the TV news yesterday, more than four months after the event. There are going to be many more revelations about just how much radioactive crud has been/is being spread around the country (and probably the planet) before this mess is over.

And TEPCO is saying "no problem, we have everything under control!"

Yeah, right.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

And TEPCO is saying "no problem, we have everything under control!"

Of course they have. We should never forget that TEPCO's ultimate business was to make things glow in the dark...now, they simply don't need reactors operating to do it anymore.

[matsuki]

Ugh, how do they expect to the country to survive this shit financially. No country in their right mind is gonna trust food exports from Japan now, let alone the other shit we've seen turned away...

[Mike Oxlong]

The area covered by the Chernobyl radiation cloud if the disaster had struck at japan

[Coligny]

Ugh, how do they expect to the country to survive this shit financially. No country in their right mind is gonna trust food exports from Japan now, let alone the other shit we've seen turned away...

I'm no expert... but I'm quite sure it wuz not their main export...

[canman]

Was at a shopping mall in Morioka today, and walked past a restaurant selling shabu shabu, and not a person in the store. I felt bad for the workers. Went into a supermarket, and again the beef section was full and nobody was even looking at the stuff. So now, Japanese are going to have to decide, which is worse, radiated beer or BSE from the US! They lose either way.
I guess the real winners are the Aussies.

[Mike Oxlong]

Didn't Japan have some 20-odd cases of BSE, while the US and Canada has maybe one or two each? Japan fucked the US, the US fucked Canada, and now the chickens have come home to roost.

Speaking of irradiated "beer", was that a Freudian slip?!

[Russell]

Didn't Japan have some 20-odd cases of BSE, while the US and Canada has maybe one or two each? Japan fucked the US, the US fucked Canada, and now the chickens have come home to roost.

Speaking of irradiated "beer", was that a Freudian slip?!

Dunno about Canada, but in the US only 1 out of 1000 cows are tested, so your one or two cases likely translate to an average of 1000 to 2000 cases, undetected. Funny thing is that the testing technology is there, it is developed by an American who got the Nobel prize for his discovery of prions, but due to lobbying of the agriculture industry, it is not allowed to test all cows, even not if there is an explicit wish by the importer of beef to Japan AND the exporter of beef to Japan. So, Japan really does have a point here, in my opinion. These lax rules in the US have been reason for me to avoid all US beef.

[Greji]

Speaking of irradiated "beer", was that a Freudian slip?!

Has to be Freudian! Nothing pisses off a bird more than when you flip out your johnson and it is flickering on and off like a neon sign. Irradiated beer should be avoided if you're trying to get bred!

[Coligny]

>>Magnitude 6.4 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

>>2011 July 23 04:34:24 UTC

Guys, you good ? It's a close to the shore one...

[Yokohammer]

>>Magnitude 6.4 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

>>2011 July 23 04:34:24 UTC

Guys, you good ? It's a close to the shore one...

Only a 3 here. But it was 5+ in the southern inland part of Iwate.
Kinda weird ... it was off the Miyagi coast, yet the most violent shaking occurred inland. Maybe because it was so deep (40 km).

[canman]

Crap, I was in an elevator and it stopped because of the shaking. First time for that to happen to me. Luckily it started up again soon. Don't do very well in enclosed spaces.
Hachinohe was only a 3 but it felt a little stronger than that. Just when you let your guard down, boom, another one to the gut.

[Uncle Rice]

Taking Elevator in Earthquake?

You Lack The Wisdom!

[Coligny]

Crap, I was in an elevator and it stopped because of the shaking. First time for that to happen to me.

I saw that movie... it was the one with 2 yamambas and a happy ending ?

[Mike Oxlong]

Ugh, how do they expect to the country to survive this shit financially. No country in their right mind is gonna trust food exports from Japan now, let alone the other shit we've seen turned away...

Don't worry. Japan Probe would like to assure everyone that the contaminated beef is harmless.

For the last couple weeks, Japan has been gripped by a scare over radioactive beef, after it came to light that the existing system for testing beef allowed some contaminated cows to be slaughtered and sold to stores across the country. The situation has caused prices of domestic beef to plummet, and many consumers are turning to imported meat instead.

While contaminated food is a cause for concern, it is no where near as scary as some people are making it out to be. The beef contains radioactive cesium that exceeds Japanese safety standards, but the level of contamination is so low that eating one, two, or even ten contaminated steaks would not be dangerous.

To help put the situation in perspective, here are several different estimates for the amount of radiation exposure one is likely to face from contaminated beef, plus some information about how cesium is expelled from the human body...

It appears they've taken the Japanese media reports at face value.

[Greji]

It appears they've taken the Japanese media reports at face value.

Have they checked their johnson?

[Coligny]

Don't worry. Japan Probe would like to assure everyone that the contaminated beef is harmless.
It appears they've taken the Japanese media reports at face value.

Yeah... harmless this, harmless that, this dose is low, this dose too, this dust either... Then shit get cumulative...

it is no where near as scary as some people are making it out to be. The beef contains radioactive cesium that exceeds Japanese safety standards, but the level of contamination is so low ...

safety standards... how do they work... that's a fooking miracul...


Maybe if they could stop handling nukular radiation dose the same way you handle the cargo load of a plane we could move a bit forward...

To my redspotter in a situation far from famine like we are now, there is NO REASON to let circulate meat that is even 1/1000th over the safety limit. Meat expired for 1 day is systematically destroyed while most of the time still perfectly edible, I wish all the clowns that accuse those erring on the side of safety to be ignorant to suck it up for good and start fighting expiry dates before defending nuked meat.

[Yokohammer]

70 (seventy) freakin' percent!!

Current and former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. and eight other utilities accounted for more than 70 percent of donations made in 2009 by individuals to the Liberal Democratic Party's political fund management body, according to data.

The full article here: Utility execs are major LDP donors ...

Probably explains why the fuckers seem to think they can get away with anything.

[Coligny]

70 (seventy) freakin' percent!!


The full article here: Utility execs are major LDP donors ...

Probably explains why the fuckers seem to think they can get away with anything.

Knowing how Tepco is reactiv instead of proactive...

There is such a fookload of skeletons already in their closet they need to buy themselves a plenty politicians... The best kind of 'insurance' they can get for the money... It sure keep them alive and will lower much of their liabilities...

Good ol boys system... a universal value on this planet... I think i'm starting to prefer the brown tea/shoot camel jockey version...

Now it just make 17 milions from Tepco, you can't even buy a low end Audi R8 for that money...

[Yokohammer]

Good morning everyone!

I'm normally not awake at this time of the morning, it's just that I have a hard time sleeping through large-ish earthquakes. Our town was at the top of the shindo list this time! But I don't think there was any damage. No tsunami anyway.

M6.2 off the Miyagi coast. Depth at 40 km.

Shindo 5- where I'm at.

OK ... back to bed ...

[Coligny]

Good morning everyone!

I'm normally not awake at this time of the morning, it's just that I have a hard time sleeping through large-ish earthquakes. Our town was at the top of the shindo list this time! But I don't think there was any damage. No tsunami anyway.

M6.2 off the Miyagi coast. Depth at 40 km.

Shindo 5- where I'm at.

OK ... back to bed ...

Yeah, was awaken by the radio quake alarm system aboot this one... Really need to tune it for local alert only before I get killed be someone trying to sleep in this house...

[Coligny]

Good morning folks... another brilliant week ahead it seems...



(embarassing -to say the least- public meeting aboot Fukushima evacuation)
(Bonus point for bringing up the better Soviet response to the Tchernobyl accident)

I don't know a lot of countries where this guy could have make it alive of the building...

I don't know a lot of countries where these kind of meeting could have been held without massive police security involvment...

Renault even make this little masterpiece in subtlelty for riot control (hence the blue color for Gendarmerie) just for these case.


(Say you call them from me for a free keyholder with every purchase)

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

renault even make this little masterpiece in subtlelty for riot control (hence the blue color for Gendarmerie) just for these case.


(Say you call them from me for a free keyholder with every purchase)

Aren't these the people-dozers from Soylent Green?

[matsuki]

(embarassing -to say the least- public meeting aboot Fukushima evacuation)
(Bonus point for bringing up the better Soviet response to the Tchernobyl accident)

Another flush of the toilet here but shit still stinks no matter how much they spray

[Yokohammer]

... embarassing -to say the least- public meeting aboot Fukushima evacuation ...

Un-fucking-believable.

Although I fear what the collateral damage might be, I'm beginning to think that this mess might lead to some pointed civil disobedience (and that it might be the only way forward). If that does happen I hope it's nothing violent, just something that will grab the incumbent leadership by the lapels and shake hard until they remember that their job is to serve the country and its people. A basic fact that they seem to have forgotten. It sure as heck looks as though nobody in power has the necessary balls or wherewithal.

The arrogance and indifference exhibited in that video is beyond belief.

[Ganma]

It seems as if there are a lot of barriers to bringing down the mighty TEPCO. With Kan's government crumbling under the weight of public and media criticism and TEPCOs huge influence and strong ties to the LDP, the DPJ may be powerless to pass any legislation to strip TEPCO of their power.
With this continuous political gridlock I don't see how Japan is ever going to recover from this in the foreseeable future.

Tepco's fight for distribution

Tensions are mounting between the government and Tepco, as the former is increasingly inclined to separate the generating and distributing sides of the utility's operations.

Aware of these circumstances, Tepco has reportedly given up on working closely with the DPJ and has started approaching the Liberal Democratic Party and other opposition parties in the hope of revising or killing any legislative bill unfavorable to the company.

[Yokohammer]

Couldn't get your link to work Ganma.

Here 'tis: Tepco's fight for distribution

Tepco is scrambling to scrounge up enough political power to save their asses and the bottom line rather than directly addressing the ongoing problem in a responsible way. I hope they fail miserably.

Another delightful quote:

Angered by the Kan government's policy of forcing Tepco to bear the brunt of paying damages to the victims of the nuclear plant disaster, the company's chairman, Tsunehisa Katsumata, is said to have adopted a posture of confrontation wtih the DPJ.