Trying to outrun radiation

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/asia/2011/03/16/trying-outrun-radiation


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Traffic through the city is sparse, store shelves are light on the basics and expats are leaving in droves, with several countries - such as Germany and France - advising their nationals to leave.

The Japanese aren't leaving the country. They are, however, hedging their bets and moving as far as they can from the potential path of radioactive winds that might blow down from the exploding and burning nuclear plants in Fukushima.

The trains leaving Tokyo to Osaka and Kyoto are packed, mostly with families with small children and elderly members.

A train crew member on the way to Kyoto told me that trains heading to Tokyo are unusually empty, and the ones heading out are packed.

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Meanwhile, Mitsue Terado, 35, said outright that she "did not believe the government" when it said that radiation levels were safe.

She travelled to Osaka from Ibaraki prefecture, with her mother and three children, as her earthquake-affected home had no water.

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We have seen this sort of thing in movies. The Japanese are experiencing this first hand. No one in their right mind would ever wish this horror on anyone.

Self-fulfilling prophecy, or just prophecy?

just yesterday. :(