My God!

[seiko1]

I'm not Religious by any stretch of the imagination,
but If I was, I would be praying for the 16 poor buggers in Geelong.
The group of 16 are teenage Japanese Students who arrived Wednesday
9th of March, they usually stay a couple of weeks and have a great time with the host
Aussie Families.
This particular group is from Miyagi Prefecture
I can't begin to imagine what they are going through, they have had no
contact from their Families at all

It is the worst hit area unfortunately

[Jonno]

Is this a joke, i know it isnt but wrong section.

[h.b.bear]

its not good whats happening over in japan and i bet theres more than just the 16 of them that are in geelong wondering whether they still have a family or not all we can do is say a prayer for them and hope the christ they dont cop anymore of this shit.amen

[aardvark]

Is this a joke, i know it isnt but wrong section.

I fixed it for the bloody boofhead.

[Possum]

there was also a short story on a daycare centre where all the kids were saved, but no one has come forward to pick up their kids..

the statistics are mind blowing, but the emotional costs are unfathomable

Steve, true to form ..

[seiko1]

Is this a joke, i know it isnt but wrong section.

I fixed it for the bloody boofhead.

Doh....obviously a miss click in the off topic section
Thats another reason I'm glad we left Geelong, we would have been hosting one of them
and I can't handle stress on that sort of scale

[oldman]

I have to admire the disipline and dignity of the Japanese People. If that happened in the states we would be having panic and looting, (see New Orleans after hurricane Katrina). At least if we have a quake in Utah we have a state gun???????

[Nelso]

I have to admire the disipline and dignity of the Japanese People. If that happened in the states we would be having panic and looting, (see New Orleans after hurricane Katrina). At least if we have a quake in Utah we have a state gun???????

I made a comment to that effect when we saw the footage of them lining up patiently for the last remaining food, water and petrol. It was pleasing to see people waiting their turn and being polite rather than selfishly pushing others out of the way.

[tim]

Might be worth remembering the Indonesian tsunami of 2004 at the moment.

Total Estimated Deaths : 230,210 (167,000 indo, 35,000 Sri Lanka, 18,000 India)
Total Missing: 120,000
Total Displaced: 1.7million



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_India ... nd_tsunami

[seiko1]

Might be worth remembering the Indonesian tsunami of 2004 at the moment.

Total Estimated Deaths : 230,210 (167,000 indo, 35,000 Sri Lanka, 18,000 India)
Total Missing: 120,000
Total Displaced: 1.7million



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_India ... nd_tsunami

The way things have been going recently, the only question is.....
Who's next?

[h.b.bear]

Might be worth remembering the Indonesian tsunami of 2004 at the moment.

Total Estimated Deaths : 230,210 (167,000 indo, 35,000 Sri Lanka, 18,000 India)
Total Missing: 120,000
Total Displaced: 1.7million



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_India ... nd_tsunami

The way things have been going recently, the only question is.....
Who's next?

must be south australias turn,they havnt made the news for a while that i can think of

[seiko1]

Then there's the distinct possibility of this (looking likely)

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About 500 to 1000 RADS is enough to kill a human. it takes between 1-5 days for the radiation to kill all the cells in a human body. About 50,00 to 100,000 RADS causes death within minutes or hours.

[h.b.bear]

pretty scary shit when you think about it

[seiko1]

Looks like you may be right Bear

“Two separate geological studies have concluded that an area from Adelaide to south-east Victoria is seismically active and the next ‘big one’ could endanger lives and infrastructure”.

“There are numerous young faultlines weaving their way across southern Australia, including one that goes right around the perimeter of Adelaide. There are also young faultlines running through the Mornington Peninsula outside Melbourne, the Strzelecki Ranges in Victoria and the Flinders Ranges in South Australia.

and Mt Gambier is the most likely Volcano to erupt...look out Matty

[mike-s]

For those stressing about a nucrear dirty bomb, read this. The article gives a full explanation of just what the hell is happening The hard part is just keeping it cool enough while the "background" reaction winds down over a couple of weeks (which according to the article, as long as things are kept under control, isn't a big issue). However "under control" is appearing to be something of a challenge, which I'm crossing my fingers about them can keep up to the job for the next fortnight while this thing spools down.

From what i've read of that article the reaction itself has stopped with a minute or two of the rods being pushed in to stop the reaction. It's just that they have to keep it cool enough while the cesium & other "decay products" break down into stable material. Think of it this way, the thermal load of the background reaction while a plant winds down is 3% of its 100% capacity load, they have to pump enough coolant through there while this process dissipates this residual energy. Given that the batteries are flat, the generators were wiped out and they have no power being generated by other reactors onsite, this is turning out to be harder than anticipated.

For those that cbf with reading the link, as i understand it one big difference between Chernobyl and this aside from the poor design of Chernobyl & the procedures (not) followed is that they had problems with the coolant while OPERATIONAL and then on top of that had issues with deploying the control rods. Hence the reactor went into meltdown as the rod casings hit their 2200'c melting point and then the fuel started melting (at about 3,500'c) and effectively melted through the concrete in a nice big pool. This caused a crapload of steam to build in the internal chamber and kablooie as it didn't vent correctly.

Still, there area a few stories, some more up to date than others, an earlier one here gives a bit more gloom and doom, but one from this evening is a lot more optimistic. Though there's a few threads raging along on advrider with people saying they are dropping everything and going to the east coast for a while.