Earthquake in Japan

Earthquake 8.9 hit Japan causing Tsunami warnings for Hawaii & coast of California. The power of Mother Nature, in the works. PC

Not good from the reports heard this AM. A small place in a lot of trouble. Unfortuneatly, like a lot of things, it takes moments to happen but a long time to recover. My thoughts are with them. PC

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Watching the news this AM and the lack of looting was commented on. Give credit to the integrity of the people. It is called respect. I wish we could say the same. I can say that for myself but not for many others. PC

I have not heard a word about looting or that sort of nonsense coming out of Japan. Very intelligent people any where else in the USA looting and ransacking is all to common an event. B) :) :) B) Deep Down In Florida Where The Sun Shines Damn Near Every Day

Hello Miscreant, long time no hear. This will not go away fast. They say things come in 3's , Earthquake, tsunsami, meltdown. :( PC

JSC....lucky son. I have nieces & nephews that are overseas on scholastic ventures. One now in South Korea. Glad your son is safe. PC

My son just left Tokyo on March 6. Just missed this.

Horrible scenario and definitely going to get worse. Will be a loooooong time before that radiation dies down.And these people don't have much geography to move to.

Every day since the quake they have made an announcement that the reactors were in worse shape then they thought.

I can't even comprehend the hardship the Japanese people are going through. Even if they get the reactors buttoned up it will be years before they get rebuilt.

Kinda hard to generate solar on a cloudy day, and if the wind isn't blowing, you have no wind energy. Now if you don't mind blackouts every other day or so... Take your pick.

still doesn't make me feel any safer CIAK, we should be using more solar and wind energy. never heard of those making entire cities uninhabitable. plus solar would employ more roofers and electricians.

My older brother is a nuclear engineer and scientist. This is his take on the problem. By the way he can call me Chucky... Chucky, The information that is being sent by the media is loaded with emotions and fear. You have noticed the word meltdown, Chernobyl and Three Mile Island also spoken over and over. While i do not personally know the details of the Japanese reactors it is a serious situation. I had a license on a similar plant in North Carolina and we trained on what to do for accidents similar to the earthquake in Japan. AlSA reactors (including Saint Lucy, Crystal River and Turkey Point) have been designed and constructed to withstand earthquakes based on all available earthquake (and Tsunami) data with an extra margin of safety built in. The Japanese reactors are probably close too or into their Severe Accident Management Guides (SAMGs'). The SAMGS' have a methodology to deal with a melted reactor core, what to do if the fuel melts through the bottom of the reactor vessel, and what to do as the fuel sits in the concrete floor below the reactor. I trained operators on these procedures and we practiced these scenarios about 10 times a year. The evacuation of the local population was required in japan and the USA if the plant is APROACHING a reactor meltdown. Here the classification is called a general Emergency (Level 4). Cooling without electricity is done at first with installed steam driven pumps using heat produced by the reactor. backup plans use firetruck hoses and pumps. Boron is added to the water source (in their case the Pacific Ocean) to keep the fuel sub critical. The Japanese should be able to mitigate their problems with thew help of their resources and of course support from the rest of the nuclear community. An important and yet unanswered question is what amounts & concentrations of radioactivity are being released. Joe B) ;) ;) ;) B) Deep Down In Florida Where The Sun Shines Damn Near Every Day

jjshaggy, I live by Three Mile Island, we went through the scare back in 1979. The meltdown started on the Wednesday and wasn't made public until the Friday. My brother in NYC called me to warn me, he worked for AT&T at the time and got the info off the AP Presses. I arrived home that morning with my newborn baby. Parents travelling down from NYC, civil service knocking on the door the Saturday evening with evacuation plans. We were within the 15 mile radius. I didn't evacuate, stayed put. Fortunatly it turned out well. We have not had an incident since. It was definitely an eye opener.

As for Japan, does not sound good. I think we may have another Cherobyl on our our hands.

:( PC

i hope this is a wake up call to the human race that we are destroying the planet. we need to find more/less volitaile means of generating power, which we have but are suppresed. the problem is our government and other countries have a vested interest in oil and nuclear power . oil for blood. if we dont change our ways they will be no blood left to spill. there is a nuclear plant near my home town. if this happened here we'd be dead. they were showing on the news this scenario. it scares the hell outta me.

Mark 13:5-37, written 2000yrs ago...

That`s horrible,Definitely not a topic for jokes,Definitely takes the breath out of me

Here is a good roofing story. Makes me proud.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/13/japan-tsunami-survivor-shinkawa-rescued-fukushima B) :) :) B) Deep Down In Florida Where The Sun Shines Damn Near Every Day