8.9 earthquake and tsunami in Japan!

[happygirl]

The Shinmoedake volcano in southern Japan has begun spewing smoke and lava... oh, please no major eruption, Japan has enough disasters to cope with right now.

Do you have a link about that

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Do you have a link about that

OKYO -- The weather agency says a volcano in southern Japan is spewing ash and rock again as the country struggles with the aftermath of a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in the north.

The Meteorological Agency issued a warning Sunday saying that Shinmoedake volcano resumed activity after a couple of quiet weeks.

The mountain is on Kyushu island, 950 miles (1,500 kilometers) from the epicenter of Friday's magnitude 8.9 earthquake and resulting tsunami, which devastated much of the country's northeastern coast.

It was unclear if the eruptions were linked to quake. Japan lies on the "Ring of Fire" - an arc of seismically active zones where earthquake and volcanic eruptions are common.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/13/AR2011031301534.html

Mt. Shinmoe-dake is located some 950 miles from the epicenter of Friday's massive quake, and is one of the many volcanoes located within the Pacific Ring of Fire—a seismically active zone where volcanic eruptions and earthquakes commonly occur. It first erupted again in January 2011 after 52 years of being dormant.

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/304596#ixzz1GVJyyQti

 

[happygirl]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/13/AR2011031301534.html

Thanks

 

[tchrrx]

Breaking news on the Yahoo home page says that a 2nd tsunami may be on the way. Anyone know what would cause this one?

 

[Jennasis]

Breaking news on the Yahoo home page says that a 2nd tsunami may be on the way. Anyone know what would cause this one?

I see an alert about a SECOND PLANT EXPLOSION possibly blowing up and evac'ing 180K people.

 

[Jennasis]

OKYO – Japanese officials say they believe a hydrogen explosion has occurred at Japan's stricken ***ushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, similar to an earlier one at a different unit in the facility. A massive column of smoke was seen belching from the plant's No. 3 unit Monday. The reactor had been under emergency watch for a possible explosion as pressure built up there following a hydrogen blast Saturday in the facility's Unit 1. Officials have been racing stave off multiple reactor meltdowns after a devastating quake and tsunami incapacitated the ***ushima plant. More than 180,000 people have evacuated the area, and up to 160 may have been exposed to radiation.

This is fron yahoo News, 8 minutes ago 10:36pm

also, 2000 bodies found in Miyagi Prefecture.

 

[tchrrx]

Here's what yahoo says about the 2nd tsunami:

– 19 mins ago
SOMA, Japan – Soldiers and officials in northeastern Japan are warning residents that the area could be hit by another tsunami and are ordering residents to higher ground.
Sirens around the town of Soma went off late Monday morning and public address systems ordered residents to higher ground.
Kyodo News Agency said the tsunami could be 10 feet (3 meters) high, citing ***ushima prefectural officials.
An Associated Press reporter stood about 100 yards (100 meters) from the coast.
The area was hit by a massive quake and tsunami on Friday.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE.

 

[Jennasis]

I think there have been a few tsunami alerts over the past few days. The aftershocks must be causing them.

 

[Jennasis]

10:54pm according to CNN the tsunami warning was cancelled.

 

[Swalphin]

My DN got out last night, one of the first flights out. Getting to the airport is a very difficult. The taxis are demanding $900 cash, American. People have seat butcan't get to the airport.

 

[S. C.]

My DN got out last night, one of the first flights out. Getting to the airport is a very difficult. The taxis are demanding $900 cash, American. People have seat butcan't get to the airport.

That is sad!

 

[golfgal]

Has anyone been able to find any good (reliable) information about potential nuclear fallout if this plant does blow? Most info I have found has been from not so reliable sites-mainly anti-nuclear power sites. I see that the USS Ronald Regan pulled back after detecting higher radiation levels about 100 miles off the coast. I know several people going to Hawaii in the next week or two and am a little concerned.

 

[OceanAnnie]

Has anyone been able to find any good (reliable) information about potential nuclear fallout if this plant does blow? Most info I have found has been from not so reliable sites-mainly anti-nuclear power sites. I see that the USS Ronald Regan pulled back after detecting higher radiation levels about 100 miles off the coast. I know several people going to Hawaii in the next week or two and am a little concerned.

I'm having a hard time finding information too.

I'm kind of surprised. I thought the environmentalists would be all over this catastrophe, like they were with the oil rig explosion. Haven't seen anything from the environmentalists groups. Seems like they would be concerned as they were before.

 

[Planogirl]

I'm having a hard time finding information too.

I'm kind of surprised. I thought the environmentalists would be all over this catastrophe, like they were with the oil rig explosion. Haven't seen anything from the environmentalists groups. Seems like they would be concerned as they were before.

I've heard that there have been a few quiet protests in other places. I don't think that they want to be making a lot of noise right now but they might come out more loudly at a later date.

 

[Feralpeg]

Has anyone been able to find any good (reliable) information about potential nuclear fallout if this plant does blow? Most info I have found has been from not so reliable sites-mainly anti-nuclear power sites. I see that the USS Ronald Regan pulled back after detecting higher radiation levels about 100 miles off the coast. I know several people going to Hawaii in the next week or two and am a little concerned.

There was an nuclear expert on CNN late last night. He said that this is a whole new ballgame. In the past, we've only dealt with one reactor in trouble at a time. This time we have multiple and one has a different type of nuclear material than the others.

He said that he is not incredibly worried and he lives in California, however, he said that this is a situation that needs to be monitored very closely because we just don't have enough past experience to understand what the fallout can do. Apparently, animals died in Scandinavia after Chernobyl.

If the winds blow to the east, at least there is a good deal of ocean between Japan and the next land mass, but radiation doesn't just go away. It has to go somewhere and it takes a long time for the danger to pass.

He said that he thinks they should be moving people at least 100 miles away from the reactors instead of the 40 miles they are now moving them. Also, no one has ever tried sea water before to cool a reactor because it ruins it. They don't know what the effect will be.

Pretty creepy stuff.

 

[MagicKingdom05]

Has anyone been able to find any good (reliable) information about potential nuclear fallout if this plant does blow? Most info I have found has been from not so reliable sites-mainly anti-nuclear power sites. I see that the USS Ronald Regan pulled back after detecting higher radiation levels about 100 miles off the coast. I know several people going to Hawaii in the next week or two and am a little concerned.

The government has been real hush hush about what is actually going on until it gets bad and then they have to. Maybe it's because they don't know, maybe it's because they are trying to save face, but I knew from the start that the reactor situation was not under control like they told everyone on Saturday.

Now they are saying there may be a nuclear melt down in all three plants going on now, but they can't know for sure because they can't get close enough to check.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/14/second-explosion-stricken-japan-nuke-plant/

 

[declansdad]

The government has been real hush hush about what is actually going on until it gets bad and then they have to. Maybe it's because they don't know, maybe it's because they are trying to save face, but I knew from the start that the reactor situation was not under control like they told everyone on Saturday.

Now they are saying there is a nuclear melt down in all three plants.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/14/second-explosion-stricken-japan-nuke-plant/

No they are saying there may be a meltdown going on; they can't check within the core. They are also saying that the length of time that has elapsed since this all began is a positive sign.

 

[Mrs. Darcy]

He said that he thinks they should be moving people at least 100 miles away from the reactors instead of the 40 miles they are now moving them. Also, no one has ever tried sea water before to cool a reactor because it ruins it. They don't know what the effect will be.

Pretty creepy stuff.

Does that mean people can't ever go back to that area? I mean, is the radiation just in the air or is it now in the soil?

 

[snarlingcoyote]

I think at this point, they're probably most worried about the steam that will escape from all that sea water being pumped in. That's what, if I were living anywhere near there, I'd be worried about, especially if I had kids. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but the steam from water around a reactor has got a week or two total half-life? I think it's mainly kids who are affected too, not adults.

The actual fuel won't be the problem unless it escapes containment.

 

[Feralpeg]

Does that mean people can't ever go back to that area? I mean, is the radiation just in the air or is it now in the soil?

If it should meltdown and have a large radiation leak, it would be another Chernobyl situation. It would not be safe for people to live in the area.