Not good...
'Surrender': Japan Nuclear Workers Abandon Stricken Plant
FUKUSHIMA, Japan -- Japan suspended operations to keep its stricken nuclear plant from melting down Wednesday after surging radiation made it too dangerous to stay.
(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51694000/jpg/_51694624_011537401-1.jpg)
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the workers dousing the reactors in a frantic effort to cool them needed to withdraw.
"A part of the containment vessel is broken and it seems like the vapour is coming out from there. So... [it] appears to be that vapour is coming out from the broken part."
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/15/japan-nuclear-reactor-storage-pool-may-be-boiling/?icid=maing|main5|dl1|sec1_lnk2|50154 (http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/15/japan-nuclear-reactor-storage-pool-may-be-boiling/?icid=maing%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%7C50154)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12755739
Not cool Dude ,
this is the first time im going to do a money donation .
Quote from: Vultus74 on March 16, 2011, 08:13:37 AM
Not cool Dude ,
this is the first time im going to do a money donation .
Cool, where too?
List of organisations helping Japan: http://au.news.yahoo.com/japan-tsunami/a/-/article/8999354/donate-for-japan (http://au.news.yahoo.com/japan-tsunami/a/-/article/8999354/donate-for-japan)
Quote from: cakebelly on March 16, 2011, 11:42:09 PM
List of organisations helping Japan: http://au.news.yahoo.com/japan-tsunami/a/-/article/8999354/donate-for-japan (http://au.news.yahoo.com/japan-tsunami/a/-/article/8999354/donate-for-japan)
Cool cake dude, thanks for posting. And dude, hell of an avatar!
At the risk of trivialising this (Humour always helps relieve the tension)
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/creeping-sense-of-oblivion-up-32%25-201103163629/
Meekon, I laughed aloud upon seeing the caption overlaying Oz on that map.
Should we Diaspora Irish be thankful that th' Old Sod (Or Boston, for that matter, heh) is too wee on that map to be labeled "Still Full Of Irishmen?"
Oh, and if we elect Palin over here, (oh, I just threw up in my mouth a little) and the hypothetical then-President-Elect Palin's first name is not Michael, I am going to go to DC and self-immolate.
Not as protest, mind you, but simply because I would no longer wish to continue not being on fire. I've been not on fire for a good thirty-six years now, and it's been, you know, a good run, but four years of that moose-fucking semibreve would just not be worth waiting through, despite the promise of a fun post-apocalyptic "Escape From New York"-type aftermath.
Y'know, I don't think I'd even need gasoline and matches; I do believe my rage at such a situation would be sufficient to spontaneously combust.
(Yes, I used "semibreve" as an insult. Deal with it. 'Sides, it's kinda funny if you can read music.)
In Further Fucking Terrifying News:
Apparently, on a scale of "OK" (1, maybe 0) to "Aieee! FUCKING CHERNOBYL! :o" (7) the Japan business is now being rated a 5.
So, I guess it could be worse? :-\
... but it could be much, much muchmuchmuchmuch better.
I've been trying to stave off the urge to call my aunt in San Francisco to ask her, "So, Auntie, any super-powers yet?"
Quotefour years of that moose-fucking semibreve
Careful dude there's a beverage here! ;D
You want beverage-imperilment? I got your peril right here.
Check this crazy shit out,
The Huge Goddam Japan-Fucking Godzilla-Creating Earthquake of '11
(that's what I'm calling it now)
MOVED THE WHOLE FUCKING PLANET'S FUCKING AXIS OF FUCKING ROTATION.
Yes.
The goddam Earth's axis shifted some handful of inches, and now a day is approximately 1.26 x 10-6 seconds shorter.
I know, it doesn't matter unless you're trying to, like, hit Mars with a spaceship or something, but it's interesting, isn't it? Oh, and please excuse all the caps and bold and shit. Seems the sort of thing, if I were talking to you about it in person, that whole line would come out as yelling. :)
QuoteMOVED THE WHOLE FUCKING PLANET'S FUCKING AXIS OF FUCKING ROTATION.
Errm not exactly: The following is a quote from a scientist I know in response to this claim.
"As well as the 2010 Chile quake. It is indeed mathematical, as we do not have the sensitivity of equipment to measure it. Also, it is important to note that these are shifts in the figure axis, that is how the mass is distributed about the main axis, it is not actually a shift in the spin axis."
We haven't been shifted off of our axis if we had there would be a lot more noticeable effects...no ...seriously....a lOT more effects. like maybe spinning off into the sun and being unable to communicate via the interweb.
Another quote... "We had all that hype about the earth axis shifting at the time of the 2004 tsunami event. It turns out (and I suspect it's the same for this event) that it's based on sheer mathematical ESTIMATION. No satellite had any instruments which had sufficient resolution to measure any detectable shift."
Don't believe the gutter press...or at least check out the facts...and I mean the FACTS! before regurgitating pseudo science. The disaster is bad enough without having to make shit up.
Am I wrong? I don't give a shit.
Sleep well dude..... ;)
My source is a NASA JPL scientist, via NPR. That Flatow guy's show.
Here's what nasa.gov says:
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/japanquake/earth20110314.html
FWIW, he definitely said "MAY HAVE," which I admittedly omitted (and was just coming back to edit to correct. whoops, too late. busted!)
So, yeah. Not exactly "gutter press," but you're right, I should have had my bogometer running. Sorry, my bad!
(at least I didn't blame it on spacemen! :P )
Oh, and I'm still calling it "The Huge Goddam Japan-Fucking Godzilla-Creating Earthquake of '11 " ;)
Japan raises nuclear alert level
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Japan has raised the alert level at its quake-damaged nuclear plant from four to five on a seven-point international scale of atomic incidents.
The crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi site, previously rated as a local problem, is now regarded as having "wider consequences".
The UN says the battle to stabilize the plant is a race against time.
** Check it out...... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12783832
So far, Chernobyl is the only seven-rated incident in nuclear history.
Level five is defined as an "accident with wider consequences".
** Check it out...... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12789749
Ok not gutter press but I reiterate it's a theoretical computation.
Richard Goss NASA JPL states:
Quoteapplied a complex model to perform a preliminary theoretical calculation of how the Japan earthquake?the fifth largest since 1900?affected Earth's rotation.
And again if it happened it's so tiny we won't notice it at all.
Oh and btw I like this:
QuoteOh, and I'm still calling it "The Huge Goddam Japan-Fucking Godzilla-Creating Earthquake of '11 "
:D 8)
Oh, totally theoretical, but so's lots of neat stuff - Hawking radiation, dark matter, the Horrendous Space Kablooie, dark energy, leprechauns, string theory, quantum electrodynamics, "haggis is a food."
Of course, some of those things are more theoretical than others. I, for one, don't believe in dark energy.
Or haggis.
(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRdvITRSJpcLEfhRtLqAZ4XQ_3StaqvYSD0hgPdw96smWVpebLr&t=1)
and, just in case anyone needs a refresher in HSK theory:
(http://img.phombo.com/img1/photocombo/63/cache/ch920621_display.jpg)
Shit dude...you're right! The Horrendous Space Kablooie is a much better name!
Ok, there may not be an actual literary connection, but do we want to split hairs here? Am I wrong?..ok then...;D
I ain't shit. CALVIN's right.
I really feel bad for the Japanese, but one has to wonder if this was preceded by the statement "fuck it, lets go bowling".
In a situation where there is nothing you can do about it. Yes.
The supermarket where we shop has started taking donations for the Japanese relief fund. I trust them to make good with our donations. You got to be careful anymore, there are a lot of human paraquats pretending to collect for good causes but just feed their own monkey with our money man.
The Japanese have some good bowlers dudes! 8)
Cool - I haven't seen any stores collecting Claremont/Pomona side but my girls' school had a fund raiser night last week. Maybe Dudes could get together and have little events to raise a few coppers and then we could put it all together. They are going to be needing help for a long time.
Quote from: cckeiser on March 18, 2011, 11:18:29 PM
Shit dude...you're right! The Horrendous Space Kablooie is a much better name!...
Now correct me if I'm wrong. The big bang cant be called the big bang because there was nothing before it so there would be no sound to be made.
Smoke a J and think on that one Dudes.
Quote from: meekon5 on April 01, 2011, 07:45:02 AM
Quote from: cckeiser on March 18, 2011, 11:18:29 PM
Shit dude...you're right! The Horrendous Space Kablooie is a much better name!...
Now correct me if I'm wrong. The big bang cant be called the big bang because there was nothing before it so there would be no sound to be made.
Smoke a J and think on that one Dudes.
Don't get me started! It was "thinking on it" that was the cause of my current insanity! ;D
I know Nothing!! 8)
Quote from: meekon5 on April 01, 2011, 07:45:02 AM
Quote from: cckeiser on March 18, 2011, 11:18:29 PM
Shit dude...you're right! The Horrendous Space Kablooie is a much better name!...
Now correct me if I'm wrong. The big bang cant be called the big bang because there was nothing before it so there would be no sound to be made.
Smoke a J and think on that one Dudes.
Maybe it could just be called "the big" and leave it at that. Course, in the first billionth of a second, it wasn't that big, only about 4 x 10 to the minus 39 meters, so maybe it would be best to call it "the."
...fuck this, man, I'm going bowling. ;D
Japanese bowling? I want to see this.
I only know about one big bang, and it doesn't happen nearly as often as I like.
>Japanese bowling? I want to see this.<
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovNmkytjn_8
>I only know about one big bang, and it doesn't happen nearly as often as I like.<
Well dude there is a rumor it never really happened at all. But do we really want to get into all that shit here? Too fuckin' exhausting if you ask me. ;D
Quote from: cckeiser on April 03, 2011, 12:31:42 PM
>Japanese bowling? I want to see this.<
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovNmkytjn_8
>I only know about one big bang, and it doesn't happen nearly as often as I like.<
Well dude there is a rumor it never really happened at all. But do we really want to get into all that shit here? Too fuckin' exhausting if you ask me. ;D
I agree, lets get us a lane.
Quote from: digitalbuddha on April 03, 2011, 09:01:51 PM
I agree, lets get us a lane.
Yeah, fuck it dude...let's go bowling!! ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6bPTc35dIo
Quote from: digitalbuddha on April 03, 2011, 06:53:21 AM
Quote from: meekon5 on April 01, 2011, 07:45:02 AM
Quote from: cckeiser on March 18, 2011, 11:18:29 PM
Shit dude...you're right! The Horrendous Space Kablooie is a much better name!...
Now correct me if I'm wrong. The big bang cant be called the big bang because there was nothing before it so there would be no sound to be made.
Smoke a J and think on that one Dudes.
Maybe it could just be called "the big" and leave it at that. Course, in the first billionth of a second, it wasn't that big, only about 4 x 10 to the minus 39 meters, so maybe it would be best to call it "the."
...fuck this, man, I'm going bowling. ;D
if we follow this to it's logical conclusion we should really be calling it "".
Quote from: cckeiser on April 03, 2011, 11:14:58 PM
Quote from: digitalbuddha on April 03, 2011, 09:01:51 PM
I agree, lets get us a lane.
Yeah, fuck it dude...let go bowling!! ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6bPTc35dIo
Mark it 300!
Quote from: meekon5 on April 04, 2011, 05:21:42 AM
Quote from: digitalbuddha on April 03, 2011, 06:53:21 AM
Quote from: meekon5 on April 01, 2011, 07:45:02 AM
Quote from: cckeiser on March 18, 2011, 11:18:29 PM
Shit dude...you're right! The Horrendous Space Kablooie is a much better name!...
Have to say that's the best approach, M5 dude. The unspeakable.
Now correct me if I'm wrong. The big bang cant be called the big bang because there was nothing before it so there would be no sound to be made.
Smoke a J and think on that one Dudes.
Maybe it could just be called "the big" and leave it at that. Course, in the first billionth of a second, it wasn't that big, only about 4 x 10 to the minus 39 meters, so maybe it would be best to call it "the."
...fuck this, man, I'm going bowling. ;D
if we follow this to it's logical conclusion we should really be calling it "".
So I have searched today trying to find the recent article (in the Austrailian news) that the Japaness have admited that three of the four reactors went critical mass (the fourth has the rods out which is even more critical) anywho when I searched there are no new updates since March ...... I' am going to search some more because they are not comming clean (the American Goverment) and it is not as bad in Japan as it is in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada.Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas and the rest of the U.S and Canada where the deadly fallout is blowin...... and yeah it is dispersed ....... get it while you can ...... it will be around for a long, long time, the estimate ten years to cover it up..... (they are covering it up in the news pretty good) ..... it is pissing into the pacific ocean and they may never be able to stop that..... it is built on a strip of land sorrounded by ....... the fucking sea ....... hey next year non-contaminated bottled water on sale ..... $45,000.00 a pint ...... I don't know what the next humans or dinasours will look like but they will probabley glow in the dark ........ the earth is not in trouble (she has plenty of time to take care of this fucking mess ..... us on the other hand ....... we are FUCKED ...... there are six hundred nuclear power plants in the world with two to eight reactors at each plant (not to mention Naval Warships powered by reactors) when no one is able to tend to them they will ........ react ........ you may think about being a survivalist ........ HA HA fat fucking chance of surviveing that ...... glad I could cheer you all up .... but dudes we need to stop our use of FUCKING NUCLEAR POWER......
Humans are crap at keeping themselves safe....we're a bunch of human paraquats....we don't even have the skills to keep a roof over our heads...
I believe Nebraska is having some sort of nuclear issue right now....flooding or somesort then a news blackout...ho hum.... "what's on tv ? Pass the remote..."
Then again!!
Why Humans are so good! (It's the advert you need to watch but the song is ok too! :) )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Tn59OZCGE&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Tn59OZCGE&feature=related)
Peace dude. 8)
We all know how this will end....
(http://i2.blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/images/uploads/thompson-on-hollywood/godzilla-a_thumb.jpg)
Can't see that link or picture here in the Uk Dude....it's verbotten! :(
To the Batcave......... DUDES ..... on some other planet........ Light Up And LIVE.......
It's nice to be here to witness the final destruction of all of mankind by itself.
The End of the world happened ages ago, we've just been too wrapped up in what we are doing to notice it ended.