9.0 in Japan
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one person dead in the US from the tsunami
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Originally posted by Niki2:
Has anyone heard anything definitive about the two nuclear power plants having trouble in Japan? All afternoon they were worrying about one; it's usual coolant system power AND their back-up diesel had both failed; they evacuated and let off some slightly radioactive steam, but apparently that wasn't doing it and they were actually talkinb about a possible meltdown! They mentioned a second one, but I never got any details. I hope THOSE are going okay!!!
Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off]
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Things are rapidly going from bad to worse. It's starting to look like we're going to have a naked reactor core in a matter of hours.
There's just a lot of horror at the unimaginable impact of this tsunami, too - news says they are still trying to find FOUR TRAINS that have disappeared without a trace. Four. Fucking. TRAINS. That's hard to wrap your head around.
"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill
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Frem,
The Sec. of State later apologized for having said so.
That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.
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Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
one person dead in the US from the tsunami
You sound disappionted. I told you already it takes more than big waves to kill real Americans. Unlike you aussie wuss bags, Americans generally like water...I think that is why we came up with waterboarding terrorists and can't see it as torture. Water is great and the more the merrier...unlesss you are a short Asian or an outback dweller.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/japan.earthquake.tsuna
mi.earth/index.html?hpt=T1
Earth's axis tilted by 4 inches.
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10,000 unacounted for so far.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12723745
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Originally posted by kaneman:Quote:
Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
one person dead in the US from the tsunami
You sound disappionted. I told you already it takes more than big waves to kill real Americans. Unlike you aussie wuss bags, Americans generally like water...I think that is why we came up with waterboarding terrorists and can't see it as torture. Water is great and the more the merrier...unlesss you are a short Asian or an outback dweller.
Yeah, it takes something REALLY scary to kill a bunch of Americans. Something like, say.... a BOXCUTTER!
"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill
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Quote:Haha! That's a good one.
Originally posted by Kwicko:
Yeah, it takes something REALLY scary to kill a bunch of Americans. Something like, say.... a BOXCUTTER!
You know, one of airline pilots was an Air Force Vietnam veteran. He got taken down with a boxcutter, supposedly. Snicker.
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According to the Japanese "official" statements, they're using sea water to cool the plants and it may be okay. It's a race against time, of course, but if you believe them, the odds are they'll be okay. I sure hope so!
The guy killed in California; while my heart goes out to his friends and family, he was a total idiot. He and two friends were taking PHOTOS of the incoming tsunami up the Klamath River--first off, any idjit knows not to get near our rivers this time of year...they're a bitch. All three of them got hit by the incoming water and taken out to sea. Two managed to scramble to safety, but he didn't. If it weren't for stupidity, there wouldn't have been ANY casualties from the tsunami in America at least.
Soooo...I guess it’s STUPIDITY that makes “real Americans” get killed by water. Everyone had fair warning—some assholes in Santa Cruz were standing out on the jetty, some down closer to water, and all scattered when the “big one” (the eighth wave, in our case) started coming in. People were trying to get out and get ahold of or tie down stronger their boats, which gave the Coast Guard (already working on clearing sunken boats) a real headache. Turns out Crescent City was worse/better than first reported; their harbor is totaled, docks broke loose, etc., and they say it’s WORSE damage than done by the Alaska tsunami back in the ‘60s. That’s weird to contemplate...that one went further inland. Some houses were lost, too, but only six or seven boats, not the 35 originally reported.
Nuclear power...aside from stuff like this, the nuclear waste issue turns me away from it. When we can find someplace VIABLE (like outter space?) to put that shit, we shouldn't be making more of it!Quote:
Yeah, CTS, AND our days just became some part of a microsecond longer because of it...that was SOME ‘quake!! But then, when you figure 150 miles by 50 miles, that’s not so surprising...thank gawd it wasn’t on land at least, it did quite sufficient damage!
Earth's axis tilted by 4 inches
Oh, yeah, it’s all a conspiracy. Gawd, some people are JUST such a waste of air. I’m sure we blew up 150 miles by 50 miles for some surreptitious reason of our own.... 
Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off
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