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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 09:41 AM Original message |
Japan is NOT on "Maximum Nuclear Alert" according to BBC or anyone. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's gone viral - PBS, MSNBC, Voice of America, Deutsche Welle etc. say the same thing |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Well then at least the DU members here can be better informed. |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I think that you have it. It's more maximum vigilance. n/t |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. are they waiting for something worse than plutonium to go to high alert? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Is there such a thing as "High Alert" as in a "National Status Alert"? |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. If they're not on maximum alert maybe they should be |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Not disagreeing with that. nt |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. Probably there's a good deal lost in translation. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Exactly and that is all I am saying. nt |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Lost in translation. Thanks for clearing it up Bonobo and godai! n/t |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
8. Not what I'm reading.... |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. 'Maximum nuclear alert' gets 1 hit. "Maximum alert' on nuclear crisis gets 34 million hits. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Plus those are all mistranslations that propogated. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
58. Nor has it been used by anyone else. This alert certainly relates |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. Really do not get the point of this thread |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Huh? What? No, they are not on maximum alert. What don't you get? |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Whether they are on maximum alert or not does not make any difference |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. You mean from the chair you are sitting at 5,000 miles away? |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. So the plutonium found on soil of plant or the high radiation water outside does not matter? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. What a lame attempt to put words in my mouth. |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. I do not have a problem with your OP, I just do not think it makes any difference |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
10. Bonobo - a suggestion |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Kristopher. Just look at the Japanese news. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #17 |
43. I said it had nothing to do with that. Do you know what alert system they use? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #43 |
80. Alert systems. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
13. Japan NOT on "Maximum Nuclear Alert"? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. It seems to be. I am getting arguments, anger and unrecs for this. |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. To unrecommend would be strange. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
35. Republicans like Nuclear power, Democrats therefor don't. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Well I'm certainly not a supporter of nuclear power. |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
81. ganbatte kudasai Bonobo san! |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
56. They want the accident to be bad, at the expense of the Japanese people... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. exactly and indeed. Here is a post-tsunami home recovery picture, my heart breaks. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
23. K&R. Facts are good...nt |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
25. kicked and recommended for you... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. And THANK YOU for understanding EXACTLY what I am talking about! nt |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
45. I am sorry that you are being misunderstood... |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
27. Yes, I get all that, but what about |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. What does that have to do with correcting a false headline? |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. "You think you get internet chat room points that you can trade in for a bumper sticker or something |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Well that, at least, is appreciated. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
31. So you feel |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Well, perhaps no and then yes to your questions. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. since you are in Japan |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Generally I think we are getting the facts, yes. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. Thanks--your view is encouraging |
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SpoonFed (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
66. um... |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. The problem is you are not telling most DU'ers what they want to hear. |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Is it too much to ask for a link to this assertion? |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. +++++ |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #41 |
63. Since providing a link is a violation of DU rules - YES, it is asking too much. |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. So, no link yet to your assertion? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Do you seriously believe there aren't ghouls on DU who are hoping for the worst? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Deleted message |
jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. "a lot of DU'ers would be smugly happy at the destruction." |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. +++++agreed |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. ----- not agreed. It's true. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. So put the few "ghouls" on ignore |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. I don't put people on ignore. It's a defense mechanism for the childish, kind of like GWB |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. So you feel that the foreign press is more accurately reporting what the |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #47 |
60. Oh no |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. you're getting "no news" because you're not looking for it or don't know where to look for it. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. OK |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. The OP was to correct a mistranslation. Not to "discuss how the media is handling the situation" |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. relax |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. start here: |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. thank you very much |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. btw, bonobo, art from ark are in japan & have japanese spouses. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. really helpful |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. art from ark actually lives relatively near the nuclear facility -- in ibaraki prefecture, the next |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. excellent map, very clear |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #70 |
79. +100 |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
42. Thanks, had to read the bbc article to figure out wtf they were saying. Gvt SHOULD be on |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
44. kr |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
48. You are giving mis-information about the BBC article. |
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SoulSearcher (119 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
52. guessing the half-life of the radiation lasts longer .. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
59. Thank you bonobo for doing right thing here consistently. Information without the DRAMA, hysteria or |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. BS |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
72. I just heard the anchor say it on Al Jazeera English. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
78. They should be. |
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PhillySane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
82. Thank You! |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
83. Well, THEY SHOULD BE!!! How many reactors have to melt down for that to happen? |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
84. PBS Newshour, "Japan on 'Maximum Alert' as Fukushima Radiation Threat Remains High |
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