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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:53 AM Original message |
Explosion Heard at Nuclear Plant Around 0630 GMT; Several People Injured - Media |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. Were we expecting anything to explode? |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. No, experts said explosion unlikely. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Well, who heard it? |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. dup - self delete |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Kind of seems it depends on who you ask. nt |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Exactly. It's very hard to find agreeement. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. This expert discussed possibility of explosion. I don't know if it applies to what was heard. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. I had seen and posted this earlier |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. great work with the lies, nuke lobby |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
36. +1 |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
48. As a major player in the industry says, "We bring good things to lies" |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. weblink given (Huffington) |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
74. This might have something to do with it |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
10. WTF, I have no idea what's going on. I just tuned into TBStv to see... |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
86. Delete, my video feeds were not complete |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'm sure explosions at nuclear plants are perfectly normal. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
12. GuardianUK- just now- |
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AllenVanAllen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. CNN just reported two injuries in the blast. |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
14. All the "scientists" who claimed that a catastrophic meltdown would be impossible at this plant |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I'm in Germany right now, the media here uses Greenpeace as experts |
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kimsarah (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. It's headed for a meltdown |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:03 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I remember chernobyl from my childhood in Norway |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:50 AM Response to Reply #26 |
55. Chernobyl's Tiniest Victims - 2 decades later, deformed children born in area |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
62. Lars77 |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #62 |
80. Interesting |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #80 |
124. swilton |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #26 |
64. How sad and awful that must have been -nt |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
76. Welcome to DU, kimsarah! |
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Kuroneko (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:36 AM Response to Original message |
16. From Japanese TV |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Video of the explosion here. |
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Kuroneko (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Waiting for the press conference |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. yeah, most sources are saying it was actually the reactor building. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:22 AM Response to Reply #22 |
45. If it was a reactor building that blew, could be a hydrogen explosion. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #45 |
83. The containment might still be intact |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
17. Twitter search for Fukushima. What I'm seeing there sounds bad. |
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CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
60. Is Yogi Berra your friend? "What I'm seeing sounds bad." :-) n/t |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
19. From Twitter: picture of the explosion: |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:46 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Thanks. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:12 AM Response to Reply #19 |
43. Oh shit! So much for cost effective nuclear. |
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hourglass1 (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
57. THIS IS NOT THE PLANT it is port town - |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
87. Is this two fires? |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
23. According to other tweets, NHK is telling people to stay indoors, turn off a/c, avoid tap water. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
25. AP Breaking: Walls crumble at one building at Japanese nuclear plant |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
27. Video here |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:08 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. OMG |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Wow. And this is why I'm against Gen III. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:36 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Why exactly? |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:14 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. We dont need nukes. Too dangerous & expensive. |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Oh yes, we're fucked... |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:12 AM Response to Original message |
30. Someone just tweeted a new tsunami warning for Japan. Link: |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:18 AM Response to Original message |
33. BBC story: |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
34. People are being told to stay indoors |
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BradBlog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:08 AM Response to Original message |
37. EXPLOSION ROCKS JAPAN NUKE PLANT AT FUKUSHIMA |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. If you are the brad of bradblog, kudos. It's the best site i've found for updates. |
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BradBlog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:15 AM Response to Reply #38 |
51. Thank you. I am that Brad... nt |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #51 |
95. And, I'm glad you're that BradBlog, too |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. crap. and someone said the explosion ejected the core. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:08 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. If the smoke were from the core, ejected or not, it would be red "hot " (radioactive) |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #39 |
79. I remember when Chernobyl blew, the radiation INITIALLY was the news story. |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. will the US be affected? I saw a map on another |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:35 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Yes |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:54 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. Re: birth defects, see post 55 above. 20 yrs. later in Chernobyl |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #56 |
70. Same with Hanford downwinders in WA and Navajo in AZ and NM |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:03 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. This study shows levels of Cesium exist in seas post Cold War tests |
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Sparky 1 (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:25 AM Response to Reply #41 |
52. It tends to stay airborne for a long time, and 10 days airborne means it could circle the Earth. |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. This looks completely different than the video of the explosion. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:30 AM Response to Original message |
46. I hope tis ends the debate. Nukes are too expensive, dirty, and dangerous, period. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:29 AM Response to Reply #46 |
54. AMEN....the fat lady has sung! |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #46 |
96. My feeling is the fat lady is getting ready in the wings... |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
50. 12 mile radius evacuation ordered and they are preventing car, trucks and peeps 60 miles away ..... |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
53. "the core is now exposed...70 mile evacuation radius"....it's heading to the US's west coast...fallo |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #53 |
90. Where did you get this information? |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
58. Before and after photos of Daiichi plant |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. That very much does not look good . . . .n/t |
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JJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
59. So much for CA produce |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #59 |
68. Shock Doctrine ---> bioengineered food only. |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
63. Update. Japan Gov't says contaiment vessel still intact |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. How are they pumping coolant through the reactor? |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #63 |
69. I am curious... |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
65. Last night MSNBC/GE (we bring nukes to life) was doing a prison show rather than |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
66. OH FUCK! |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #66 |
88. I'm allergic to iodine....is there ANYTHING else to be done? |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #88 |
94. I know this sounds like a sick joke from the days of Bush and terror alerts |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #94 |
102. You'll only be miserable till you suffocate. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. If anyone can get an airtight seal,well that's just scary amazing |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #103 |
121. Well, I am pretty good with duct tape, but |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #88 |
123. I would take calcium supplements as well |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
71. CNN just reported |
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bucolic_frolic (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Do you believe them? |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Well... |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. As was Chernobyl |
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Jeneral2885 (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
77. and yet |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #77 |
93. That's like saying |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
78. i hope it wasnt a melt down, maybe now the Fascist fools in charge will go to the Pebble Bed design |
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liberalmike27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #78 |
85. So by Straussian, Dominionist, Calvinist Principles |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
81. CNN reporting it is NOT THE REACTOR (got that?) it was just a pumping system |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #81 |
100. "just"...???? |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #81 |
122. Uh, er, the pumping systen is kinda important too. |
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pasto76 (835 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
82. Hope they have plenty of Rad-X |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #82 |
91. Civil defense is passing out potassium iodide as they can |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #82 |
92. I ordered from anbex as soon as I got home from work |
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feslen (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
84. good gods....:( |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
89. Dark smoke is usually the sign of a petroleum based fire....... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
97. Live: Explosion at nuclear plant in Japan |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. Is this the one from yesterday? |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. It was live about 8 hours ago dude. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. You're right - I misread the time stamp. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
104. Nuclear evacuation zone increased to 20 km |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. It should be 100. Japan and whoever is downwind from this is fucked... |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. The BBC is reporting that there is not a meltdown taking place. nt. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #106 |
116. 2nd LD Writethru: Radioactive cesium detected at Fukushima No. 1 nuke plant |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #105 |
109. Car manufacturer Toyota says it will suspend operations at all 12 of its factories in Japan |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. I heard a man said he was stopped at 60 miles.....no going home if you live within 60 mile radius |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #104 |
108. To quote a friend: "I've always believed that nuclear power is inherently evil." |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #104 |
110. 70 mile zone ordered....the fat lady has sung....the core is exposed and meltdown is happening. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #110 |
113. The Japanese gov't continuously says 20km, where are you getting 70 miles from? nt |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. 20km is evacuation zone but vehicles are being stopped and turned away at 60km |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #104 |
111. It may be that we should all bend over, grab our ankles and kiss our asses goodbye. This is rapidly |
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JJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #104 |
112. Is this going to contaminate |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #104 |
114. Evacuation zone extended to 20km radius, journalists reportedly not allowed within a 60km perimeter |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #114 |
119. OOPS! I just checked and was wrong. I had accidentally unrec'd it earlier. |
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BetsysGhost (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. okay? |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #104 |
115. John Large, independent nuclear consultant, called the Japanese govt. liars on the BBC about... |
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PaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #115 |
118. Japan tries using seawater to cool damaged reactor |
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