Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster!!!

[Samurai_Jerk]

Gilbert Gotfried just got fired from his position as the voice of the Alflac duck for tweeting jokes about the tsunami.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/14/entertainment/main20043084.shtml?tag=stack

Gilbert is know for crossing the line regularly so it's not surprising. He's made holocaust jokes, called Obama a nigger and made jokes about Robin Quiver's molestation by her father at the Joan Rivers roast. The only surprise is that Aflac has kept him on this long.

[vitellus]

Prime Minister Kan will be addressing the nation shortly. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he won't be doing it from an underground bunker or from a plane flying away from the capital.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Can one buy potassium iodide pills over the counter in Japan?

[vitellus]

Seaweed contains Iodine. Eat lot's of seaweed. Put seaweed in everything. I asked my girlfriend if there was seaweed cheese and she said there probably was so I guess I'll be OK.

[Midwinter]

* evacuation zone around Fukushima #1 increased to 30kms
* Prime Minister Kan says there has been a high amount of radiation released thus far, and more is expected.

[Coligny]

FLASH - French embassy in Tokyo says weak radioactive contamination could reach Tokyo in 10 hrs from stricken nuclear plant

[matsuki]

FLASH - French embassy in Tokyo says weak radioactive contamination could reach Tokyo in 10 hrs from stricken nuclear plant

...from their remote HQ in France

[Midwinter]

400 millisieverts of radiation now being reported around the plants. Still waiting for Godzilla.

[2triky]

Seaweed contains Iodine. Eat lot's of seaweed. Put seaweed in everything. I asked my girlfriend if there was seaweed cheese and she said there probably was so I guess I'll be OK.

Miso, as a heavy metal chelator, helps protect against the effects of radiation as well.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11833659

http://www.mitoku.com/products/miso/atomic_metals.html

[Taka-Okami]

I wish I could send my Gamma Scout to one of you guys as a loaner (cost me over $500 AUD!) It will alarm when radiation gets over a certain level so you dont have watch it all the time.

[Osakadave]

Detectors showed 11,900 microsieverts of radiation three hours after the blast, up from just 73 microsieverts beforehand, Kinjo said. He said there was no immediate health risk because the higher measurement was less radiation that a person receives from an X-ray. He said experts would worry about health risks if levels exceed 100,000 microsieverts.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_earthquake_nuclear_crisis

[Taka-Okami]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_earthquake_nuclear_crisis

Its a different ball game then a chest xrays. If you get a few of these particles in your lungs, you glow in the dark for years, something that isnt possible with chest x-rays. I'd be leaving dodge asap if the wind changes direction.

[Iraira]

For all you math geeks

At about half a sievert to a sievert, the effects of radiation sickness can be felt. A portion of the red blood cells are temporarily wiped out, and sperm in the testes are deprived of their ability to fertilize an egg until they are recreated. Mild headache and loss of focus temporarily occur.

In radiation exposures ranging from about one sievert to two sieverts, permanent effects, or mild radiation poisoning, begin. Most people experience mild nausea, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, which lasts for about a day. A feeling of general illness persists for a week or two.

http://www.wisegeek.com/how-much-radiation-can-the-human-body-safely-receive.htm

[Osakadave]

Damn - now #4 is on fire.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/fire-burning-at-japan-nuclear-reactor/story-e6frf7jx-1226021782079

Someone elsewhere said CNN is reporting containment fully breached.

[Taka-Okami]

For all you math geeks


http://www.wisegeek.com/how-much-radiation-can-the-human-body-safely-receive.htm

Just to let you know, my geiger counter is currently displaying 0.11-0.14 micro S/h which is 57,000 times lower than what they are saying. Make no mistake, it's getting serious now.

[Coligny]

Damn - now #4 is on fire.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/fire-burning-at-japan-nuclear-reactor/story-e6frf7jx-1226021782079

Someone elsewhere said CNN is reporting containment fully breached.

Yea, no certainty but heavy doubts.

Meanwhily, in one of those murphys moments, the winds are not good for Tokyo as of 1201JST/3-15-2011

http://www.windfinder.com/windreports/windkarte_japan.htm

[Taro Toporific]

FLASH - French embassy in Tokyo says weak radioactive contamination could reach Tokyo in 10 hrs from stricken nuclear plant

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I'll drink to that![/color][/SIZE]

[Sarutaro]

I wish I owned one of those right now. You know where it is possible to buy in Tokyo? Keep us informed of your readings!

Just to let you know, my geiger counter is currently displaying 0.11-0.14 micro S/h which is 57,000 times lower than what they are saying. Make no mistake, it's getting serious now.

[BigInJapan]

[Osakadave]

[Taka-Okami]

Only workers directly involved in cooling efforts were to stay
[/LIST]
From here: Gideon Rachman's blog

Fuck, talk about drawing the short straw!

Chernobyl Liquidators
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8oVzYCBqNA

[vitellus]

I feel kind of sorry for those 50 or so workers who have to stay. I guess they're protected but even though they could be risking their lives. On top of that they're under a lot of pressure to fix the problem.

[Great Thing]

Now is a good time to buy a bottle of iodine pills if you can find them?

[vitellus]

I wonder how cherry blossoms are affected by radiation...Maybe they will glow in the dark so we can have 24 hour hanamis.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Seaweed contains Iodine. Eat lot's of seaweed. Put seaweed in everything. I asked my girlfriend if there was seaweed cheese and she said there probably was so I guess I'll be OK.

My coworker and I just checked at a drug store and with his nurse wife. Or course the pills aren't available OTC. His wife gave the same advice about eating seaweed by the way.

[omae mona]

NYTimes reporting that workers are being evacuated from Daiichi:


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/world/asia/15nuclear.html?_r=3&smid=fb-nytimes&WT.mc_id=WO-SM-E-FB-SM-LIN-TBS-031411-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click

God do I hate this pseudo-science reporting. Of course it's the fucking "largest accident of its kind since the Chernobyl disaster 25 years ago". It's the ONLY accident of its kind, so naturally it's the largest by default. They are trying to make this sound like it is similar to Chernobyl, when in fact it has virtually nothing in common. Especially when it comes to the likely effect on the environment and our health.

[Tsuru]

Hi folks, long time no see ("You last visited: 12-10-2008 at 12:36 AM" ), hope everyone is doing well under the circumstances.

Just figured I'd post a link to a very well written and informative post on the Nuclear Plant Situation over on the Something Awful forums (of all places to find calm, logic and reason. Of course the thread later degenerates into the same nonsense as always, but the first FAQ post is brilliant).

I don't think this was posted before, but it may have been hidden in one of those horrendous short link things so many people seem to love for unfathomable reasons.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3396817

Quoting this... probably the best and most balanced source on the web right now for info on the nuclear situation.

Too bad what he's saying right now is not at all good.

[Osakadave]

God do I hate this pseudo-science reporting. Of course it's the fucking "largest accident of its kind since the Chernobyl disaster 25 years ago". It's the ONLY accident of its kind, so naturally it's the largest by default. They are trying to make this sound like it is similar to Chernobyl, when in fact it has virtually nothing in common. Especially when it comes to the likely effect on the environment and our health.

True. Posted that mainly as news on the evacuation of workers.

Also:

BREAKING NEWS: Small amounts of radioactive substances detected in Tokyo 12:37 15 Marc(h)

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/

[Samurai_Jerk]

More and more friends are leaving Tokyo (and it's not just the frogs anymore). Makes me wonder whether I'm being level-headed or stoopid by staying.

[Sarutaro]

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/geiger-counter-tokyo