Massive earthquake hits Japan

[New Hayesalia]

Shit shit shit. Same prefecture?

Yes.

What did Japan do to anger Nature this way, Nerv?

[NERVUN]

Yes.

What did Japan do to anger Nature this way, Nerv?

Honestly I'm starting to wonder if we didn't give enough sake to the kami the last go around and they're pissed off at us.

[OMGeverynameistaken]

What did Japan do to anger Nature this way, Nerv?

Honestly I'm starting to wonder if we didn't give enough sake to the kami the last go around and they're pissed off at us.

My theory is that God is jealous of Norio Wakamoto and has finally determined to wipe him out.

[New Korongo]

What did Japan do to anger Nature this way, Nerv?

producing all those polluting cars causing climate change.

I hope more people are safe, the death tolls are high

[Eucides]

My personal view is that Japan is going to be gutted after this. They are frankly not going to recover any time soon. The radiation emitting from the power plants are going to destroy the surrounding environments, and with a high population density, if it hits a major city, we will be seeing casualties in a six figure hight. The world cannot do much about it... it's nature's way.

[New Korongo]

My personal view is that Japan is going to be gutted after this. They are frankly not going to recover any time soon. The radiation emitting from the power plants are going to destroy the surrounding environments, and with a high population density, if it hits a major city, we will be seeing casualties in a six figure hight. The world cannot do much about it... it's nature's way.

radiation is not a "kill everyone it touches" type danger and i think they will (have?) evacute the area but you do have a point

[NERVUN]

My personal view is that Japan is going to be gutted after this. They are frankly not going to recover any time soon. The radiation emitting from the power plants are going to destroy the surrounding environments, and with a high population density, if it hits a major city, we will be seeing casualties in a six figure hight. The world cannot do much about it... it's nature's way.

Personally, I don't think so. Japan has a rather long history of being able to rebuild from worse, even far worse nuclear disasters.

They are already starting to clean up.

[OMGeverynameistaken]

My personal view is that Japan is going to be gutted after this. They are frankly not going to recover any time soon. The radiation emitting from the power plants are going to destroy the surrounding environments, and with a high population density, if it hits a major city, we will be seeing casualties in a six figure hight. The world cannot do much about it... it's nature's way.

Well, depending on who you listen to, a theoretical nuclear meltdown at those plants could either have only local effects, or could wipe out everything between the Urals and Hawaii. There's probably a happy medium there, but yeah...I think that, in the long term, Japan will be fine.

The Japanese are a pretty tough bunch when the situation gets tough. Even if Japan gets totally wrecked, they'll rebuild. I mean, really, they managed to modernize from scratch in the 19th century.

[Daistallia 2104]

And another tsunami is on its way.

Saw that and then it was taken down...

Also, finally some insight into the cause of the cooling failure. It seems the switching system for the backup generators was in a basement that was flooded by the tsunami. Also the generators were swamped when the tsunami came over the seawall protecting them, and that they were in a low lying area.

But also some worries:
US helos are detecting radiation 60 miles away.
The people in charge are having to release steam at regular intervals which will probably be getting dirtier and dirtier.
It's not clear if the reactors venting are the mixed oxide reactors, which use plutonium, meaning that what's being released could be worse than previously thought.
Aopparently the coolant gauges are not giving accurate readings.
The seawater is being pumped in using firefighting pumps.
There are concerns that the spent fuel has been or may be exposed.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world ... ted=1&_r=1

[The Corparation]

You know how the first Reactor one blast is believed to be caused by hydrogen build up? Well they used to have a special gizmo to undo the reaction that created the hydrogen safely minus the blast. But they figured they didn't need them so pretty much every plant on the planet ditched theirs. Whoever built them id gonna make a killing putting them back in.

[Sibirsky]

Japan will be fine. This is going to hurt, and going to be costly, but they will recover.

[Caninope]

My personal view is that Japan is going to be gutted after this. They are frankly not going to recover any time soon. The radiation emitting from the power plants are going to destroy the surrounding environments, and with a high population density, if it hits a major city, we will be seeing casualties in a six figure hight. The world cannot do much about it... it's nature's way.

The radiation being emitted couldn't kill a fly (hyperbole), not at current levels.

[Daistallia 2104]

My personal view is that Japan is going to be gutted after this. They are frankly not going to recover any time soon. The radiation emitting from the power plants are going to destroy the surrounding environments, and with a high population density, if it hits a major city, we will be seeing casualties in a six figure hight. The world cannot do much about it... it's nature's way.

Not hardly.

The radiation being emitted couldn't kill a fly (hyperbole), not at current levels.

Nor is that likely entierly accurate, although it's most likely much closer to the truth.

[Sorratsin]

I don't know if this has already been posted, but 2,000 bodies were just found on the coast of Miyagi prefecture.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/ ... 9320110314

I'm hoping Reuters i just publishing rumors that aren't true, but that would be out of character for them.

My sympathies to the people of Miyagi and greater Japan.

[Daistallia 2104]

Pentagon says aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan passes through fallout cloud. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world ... .html?_r=4

And Paul Watson joins the SOB club, along with those calling this revenge for Pearl Harbor, by saying this is divine retribution.
http://www.japanprobe.com/2011/03/14/pa ... n+Probe%29

[NERVUN]

Pentagon says aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan passes through fallout cloud. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world ... .html?_r=4

And Paul Watson joins the SOB club, along with those calling this revenge for Pearl Harbor, by saying this is divine retribution.
http://www.japanprobe.com/2011/03/14/pa ... n+Probe%29

Paul Watson's a dick? You don't say!

[Jari Head]

And Paul Watson joins the SOB club, along with those calling this revenge for Pearl Harbor, by saying this is divine retribution.
http://www.japanprobe.com/2011/03/14/pa ... n+Probe%29

May he be visited by a rouge wave

[The Black Forrest]

Pentagon says aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan passes through fallout cloud. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world ... .html?_r=4

And Paul Watson joins the SOB club, along with those calling this revenge for Pearl Harbor, by saying this is divine retribution.
http://www.japanprobe.com/2011/03/14/pa ... n+Probe%29

I am not seeing where the revenge for Pearl Harbor is coming in.

Divine punishment? Seems like a poem than a statement of they had it coming.

-edit-
Ok I found a couple references. Reads like dumbass trolls. I am sure there are some who believe it. I had an in-law who probably would have said it. However, he was in the war and saw the Japanese up close and personal. Stories he told were rather ugly so I can understand his hatred......

[The Soviet Technocracy]

Pentagon says aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan passes through fallout cloud. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world ... .html?_r=4

And Paul Watson joins the SOB club, along with those calling this revenge for Pearl Harbor, by saying this is divine retribution.
http://www.japanprobe.com/2011/03/14/pa ... n+Probe%29

Congrats, SS.

Make yourselves look better. Being pirates just isn't quite as bad as being assholes.

My personal view is that Japan is going to be gutted after this. They are frankly not going to recover any time soon. The radiation emitting from the power plants are going to destroy the surrounding environments, and with a high population density, if it hits a major city, we will be seeing casualties in a six figure hight. The world cannot do much about it... it's nature's way.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

no.

[OuroborosCobra]

You know how the first Reactor one blast is believed to be caused by hydrogen build up? Well they used to have a special gizmo to undo the reaction that created the hydrogen safely minus the blast. But they figured they didn't need them so pretty much every plant on the planet ditched theirs. Whoever built them id gonna make a killing putting them back in.

A little bit more detail might be nice, so that it didn't seem like you were talking about cars running on water.

[Daistallia 2104]

Pentagon says aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan passes through fallout cloud. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world ... .html?_r=4

And Paul Watson joins the SOB club, along with those calling this revenge for Pearl Harbor, by saying this is divine retribution.
http://www.japanprobe.com/2011/03/14/pa ... n+Probe%29

Paul Watson's a dick? You don't say!

Nah, just an SOB. The real dicks are trolling Google's person finder...

[Daistallia 2104]

And seeing some headlines that 3 workers were injured and 7 are missing after this 2nd blast.

[The Black Forrest]

Just saw a blip that Nagano had a 6.0 and it said it was too far away for it to be an aftershock.

[Arumdaum]

People here started cheering when they heard of the earthquake and tsunamis. It was horrible. Sometimes I wish it hit them instead, racist bastards.

But of course there's nothing I can do to stop them from being racist. And I think the one in Nagano was 6.6. But I'm not sure.

[Daistallia 2104]

JMA doesn't seem to have a 6.0 or 6.6 listed in the last 45 minutes or so, and they're very good about getting things up fast.