Japan QUAKE [March 11 2011]

[hondaboot]

in cases like this, will contaminated Japanese and multinationals be not allowed to leave Japan for fear of contaminating the world

[safeorigin]

err... radioactive contamination isn't exactly like a virus

if a person is affected, the afflictions wouldn't be transferred to another person through contact

it can only affect people if exposed to radioactive particles

but as of now, the particles detected from distant areas have very short half lives and don't pose long term problems since these particles are light gases albeit mobile in the air

[safeorigin]

update: earthquake in tokyo

[donbuggy]

http://malaysia-chronicle.com/index....rtoon&Itemid=2

Sunday, 13 March 2011 17:58
Berita Harian slammed for distasteful Ultraman-tsunami cartoon
Written by Malaysia Chronicle

Malay-language daily Berita Harian today sparked controversy when it published a cartoon of the recent Japanese tsunami which has since claimed thousands of lives.

In the cartoon sketched by 'Zoy' which appeared on the op-ed page of Berita Harian's Sunday edition Berita Minggu, popular Japanese superhero figure Ultraman is seen running away from huge tsunami.

By mid-morning today, many Malaysians had since taken to social network websites and Twitter to voice their disgust and outrage with Berita Harian, with some even calling for a boycott of the paper.

After immense protests over the Internet, the daily posted a note of apology on their official Facebook page at about 2pm.

"Berita Harian apologises over the publication of the caricature regarding the tsunami and the earthquake in Japan in today's Berita Minggu.

"We never meant to make fun of the disaster which has struck the country, and we deeply sympathise and share in sadness with the people of Japan," it said.

Berita Harian's group editor Mior Kamarul Shahid also wrote on his Twitter account, reiterating their regrets and apologies over the oversight.

[Batang Regla]

Ibang klase talaga pinoy. Lumindol na nga at may threat pa ng nuclear radiation pero ang pinoproblema yung bold star ng hapon at ano mangyayari sa mga car industry.

Boo nuclear power(philippines).

Go solar power

Go wind power

[roninblade]

pano pag na-expose ang japanese ocean sa radiation? will that mean radioactive japanese fishes? so pano na ang sushi from Japan, will you eat it?

would you if there's a slight chance of gaining mutant powers?

[Monseratto]

Magpila na kayo sa Mercury...

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/03/15...-iodide-sales/

U.S. Drug Stores Report Sudden Increase in Potassium Iodide Sales
Published March 15, 2011
FoxNews.com

One drug supplier says it has sold 250,000 anti-radiation pills to people in the U.S. concerned about possible exposure from Japanese nuclear reactors.

Troy Jones, president of Nukepills.com, said his company sold out over the weekend of potassium iodide pills, which prevent against radiation poisoning of the thyroid gland. Jones, in an interview with FoxNews.com, said that the pills were sold to dozens of U.S. pharmacies, corporations, hospitals and nuclear labs.

"You name it," he said.

Jones said that he has back-ordered more than a million tablets and is expected to get another 10,000 of the liquid potassium iodine. He also said that he has donated about 50,000 pills to Japan, many of them going to a hospital in Tokyo.

Despite assurances from health officials that Americans are not at risk from Japanese nuclear reactors, U.S. drug stores are reporting a sudden increase in sales of the over-the-counter anti-radiation pills.

Potassium iodide pills are reportedly flying off the shelves at drug stores in at least three West Coast states -- Oregon, California and Hawaii -- according to several local press accounts.

The Wall Street Journal also reports that one Virginia-based supplier, Anbex Inc., sold out of its entire supply of 10,000 14-tablet packages on Saturday.

Alan Morris, president of the company, reportedly said that the supplier is receiving about three orders a minute for $10 packages of its Iosat pills.

"Those who don't get it are crying. They're terrified," Morris told the newspaper.

U.S. health officials have said that dangerous levels of radiation leaking from a crippled nuclear plant in Japan pose little or no risk to people on the U.S. West Coast. But the reassurances have not stopped worried Americans from clearing out potassium iodide supplies at drug stores in Hawaii, Oregon and California.

Stores in Eugene, Ore., for example, have reported a sudden spike in sales of the pill. Janell Davis, vitamin manager at Sundance Natural Foods, told the Register-Guard that the store was sold out of the tablets by Saturday afternoon. In Redding, Calif., some store owners say they can't stock their shelves fast enough with the tablets.

“As soon as we found out people were calling and coming in and emptying our shelves this morning, I called my boss and she told me to go ahead and order a bunch," Jan Gertner, who works at Whitney's Vitamin and Herb Shop, told krcrtv.com.

[safeorigin]

this year's fashion statement:

[safeorigin]

on a serious note:

-radioactivity in tokyo is currently <1 microsievert per hour which is harmless(airplane exhaust is 5 microsievert)
-fire in reactor #4 is extinguished
-reactor #3 peaked at 400 millisieverts per hour
-reactor facility is currently at 2000 microsieverts per hour

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sievert

The sievert (symbol: Sv) is the SI derived unit of dose equivalent. It attempts to quantitatively evaluate the biological effects of radiation as opposed to the physical aspects, which are characterised by the absorbed dose, measured in gray. It is named after Rolf Sievert, a Swedish medical physicist renowned for work on radiation dosage measurement and research into the biological effects of radiation.

[jave]

Go solar power
Go wind power

Ideally, yeah. But it's not easy. If you look at the "regulations" set by the government regarding alternative power, you could smell the bureaucratic meddling by power corporations in these.

[safeorigin]

energy from those sources would be *very* expensive knowing that we live in an overregulated country

[roninblade]

Magpila na kayo sa Mercury...

foxnews.com

ahehehe. you can never underestimate people's tendency to panic. lotsa people thinking 'what if' eh nasa kabilang side sila na pacific. it was probably started by the map below



whereas this more realistic map was made by a senior meteorologist at theweatherspace.com



lotsa people in asia saying, thank god the jetstream is west to east.

[uls]

wind and solar are supplementary. they can't be relied on to be the main sources of power

[roninblade]

^ we need the dyson sphere.

[uls]

ahehehe. you can never underestimate people's tendency to panic. lotsa people thinking 'what if' eh nasa kabilang side sila na pacific. it was probably started by the map below



whereas this more realistic map was made by a senior meteorologist at theweatherspace.com



lotsa people in asia saying, thank god the jetstream is west to east.

OA talaga mga tao

[donbuggy]

Boo nuclear power(philippines).

Go solar power

Go wind power

"Soon we will be using crystalline substances to trap light sources and use them as power," according to OB.

[fpsolin]

as per CNN news ngayon..nag announced ang japanese official na pinahinto na nila ang 50 workers na nagpapalamig ng 4 na nuclear plants nila dahil delikado na sa taas ng nererelease na radiation ng planta..if the na nila kayang kontrolin..ano susunod na mangyayari.?

[uls]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011...nd-shops-empty

Darkened streets, petrol rationing, a crippled public transport system and empty supermarket shelves are uncharted territory for a city usually teeming with people accustomed to convenience and abundance.

i posted in other threads re the energy & food supply infrastructure which we city dwellers take for granted

we think gas stations will always have fuel, stores will always have food

people aren't aware of the fragile supply infrastructure that supports cities

things can easily disrupt the supply infrastructure -- natural or artificial

just a reminder

[tidus1203]

*uls

Reminds you of Zimbabwe right how the shelves are empty yun nga lang ito because of disaster sa Zimbabwe because of hyper inflation...

[uls]

yep

and that will also happen when stupid governments impose price controls on fuel and food