evacuation of JAPAN, yes the whole thing

**iceminers26** · 03-17-11, 03:42 AM

Its shit like this that makes me question God...I mean a country works for years to get to the US level and someday overcome them only to have it all washed away in one day becasue ot a tragic event.

**wtf** · 03-17-11, 03:49 AM

I lived in japan for about four years, the safest place on earth, clean, best night life in the world

this is shocking

**iceminers26** · 03-17-11, 03:53 AM

Originally posted by wtf

I lived in japan for about four years, the safest place on earth, clean, best night life in the world this is shocking

that's what I'm saying, them and China are building to become the top superpowers and then this happens, kind of fked up if you ask me.

I got friends currently in Japan so I have been following this story closely, hope people help out and get this country back on its feet.

**Cap dat 4ss** · 03-17-11, 04:06 AM

Complete rhetoric... While this is a potentially dangerous situation it's being completely blown out of proportion by the media whom understands little to nothing about radiation exposure. Don't get me wrong, Japan is fukked right now. There is no downplaying what they're going through. This event will change the course of that country, and likely the world to a small extent, forever. But the fears of the "nuclear meltdown" are rhetoric driven. Japan will not and cannot evacuate the whole island. Even if they could, it would be the wrong thing to do b/c even if the reactor cores are exposed and melt the danger zone is limited for several reasons. Regardless my heart goes out to these people and I hope they recover soon.

**freeVICK** · 03-17-11, 04:12 AM

holy hell

**FourLengthsClear** · 03-17-11, 04:56 AM

Journalists and their editors should be made to answer for some of the crap they spout.

If I believed everything the Daily Mail has printed in the past, I should already have died from Ebola, Chicken Flu, Swine Flu. Not to mention that the value of my home would be negative and that my local government would have wasted twice the national GDP (all on services for immigrants).

This is sensationalist claptrap.

**doublej95** · 03-17-11, 05:05 AM

I doubt all 127 million people will be evacuated.

**jjgold** · 03-17-11, 05:18 AM

Way overblown

Our society is just making more and more weak people

**gryfyn1** · 03-17-11, 05:22 AM

um.

A) it doesn't say to evacuate the whole island
B) the article is from the Daily Mail - so there isz zero journalistic credibility to it

**Fishhead** · 03-17-11, 05:58 AM

Originally posted by jjgold

Way overblown

Our society is just making more and more weak people

**shade3599** · 03-17-11, 06:20 AM

I work at a nuclear facility and of these plants will melt down, it will not be as bad as chernobyl. I live how they have two comparisions. Chernobyl and three mile island. What will happen if the reactors melt down is basically nothing. If the containment vessel is not breached then that melted reactor can sit there forever and not worry about radiation spewing out everywhere. Remember three mile island melted down and the site is still open and producing energy. Obviously they have different reactors then the one that melted. If there was a breach in the containment vessel then there is a problem. But who really knows what condition the containment vessels are in anyway. Tokyo power who owns the nuke plant doesn't let anyone know the true condition of the reactors. So I guess time will tell

**necro** · 03-17-11, 06:22 AM

we have no place for them

**nyplayer33** · 03-17-11, 06:39 AM

I'm glad I stay with usa boundaries..more and more problems in other countries between this crap and terrorism..i'll stay within usa boundaries...thank u very much

**Richards** · 03-17-11, 07:16 AM

It's problematic because the consequences are complex which feeds confusion and sensational news reporting.

The lack of and slow release of information by the Japanese Government and the TEPCO has compounded this, and the fact that the accident is still unfolding.

Now you have situations like panick buying of salt in China. It's unknown if this is because they believe the iodine content will somehow help them or because they feel salt supplies will be contaminated, but no doubt heresay cell-texts are feeding this panick.

I think the short-term threats are overstated (as long as the situation does not get worse), but the long-term threats will only become apparent after the short-term situation becomes more "stable."

Example, already large amounts of Cesium and Iodine have surely been released into the air. Iodine isotopes will decay within a month or two but Cesium isotopes have a 30-year half life so in 60 years 25% of the release will still be in the environment.

Small amounts scattered over large areas will precipitate into waterways and the ocean, for example.

Fish are "accumulators" which will accumulate Cesium in their muscle tissue and organs. Japan gets close to half of it's dietary animal protein from Fish. I'd expect that even if the radiation is contained completely as of today, the amount already released will be enough to elevate fish to very unsafe levels for years to come.

Also, Japan has a growing problem of a "lack of young people" as a growing segment of their population is elderly as birth rates have been declining there. This is due to both choices to not have children but also low fertility rates. This will NOT help that situation.

These are just two examples of the long term consequences here.

**wtf** · 03-17-11, 07:27 AM

Originally posted by gryfyn1

um.

A) it doesn't say to evacuate the whole island
B) the article is from the Daily Mail - so there isz zero journalistic credibility to it

the article is in a constant state of flux, when i read it did say it, OK

it said "ministers were considering an evacuation of japan"

**THE PROFIT** · 03-17-11, 07:48 AM

Originally posted by iceminers26

Its shit like this that makes me question God...I mean a country works for years to get to the US level and someday overcome them only to have it all washed away in one day becasue ot a tragic event.

no offence, ICE, but if natural disasters is the big thing that makes you question GOD you need to be asking yourself more questions & more often, bro

**falconticket** · 03-17-11, 08:00 AM

Scary situation

**Emily_Haines** · 03-17-11, 08:27 AM

I would like to see some of these idiots like Limbaugh and Lewis who claim this whole thing is over blown to take a trip there and do a few radio shows.

**cankid** · 03-17-11, 08:39 AM

real upsetting the way this is going, hopefully gets better before getting worse

**cant call it** · 03-17-11, 09:07 AM

mother of god

**Wulfman14** · 03-17-11, 09:11 AM

Originally posted by nyplayer33

I'm glad I stay with usa boundaries..more and more problems in other countries between this crap and terrorism..i'll stay within usa boundaries...thank u very much

yes because the US never experiences any natural disasters or terrorism

**Wulfman14** · 03-17-11, 09:11 AM

Originally posted by nyplayer33

I'm glad I stay with usa boundaries..more and more problems in other countries between this crap and terrorism..i'll stay within usa boundaries...thank u very much

yes because the US never experiences any natural disasters or terrorism

**EaglesPhan36** · 03-17-11, 09:13 AM

I hope Anderson Cooper stays. His hair gives me comfort.

**BAUS** · 03-17-11, 09:15 AM

Originally posted by wulfman14

yes because the us never experiences any natural disasters or terrorism

lol!

Baus

**cobalt king** · 03-17-11, 09:18 AM

Radiation doesnt stay in one country, if that place melts down its gonna effect everyone

**no1here** · 03-17-11, 09:42 AM

better evaculate the whole world as we are in a shit load of trouble

**VegasVixen** · 03-17-11, 10:02 AM

Originally posted by EaglesPhan36

I hope Anderson Cooper stays. His hair gives me comfort.

Some days he parts his hair opposite, kinda freaks me out.

**Fishhead** · 03-17-11, 10:23 AM

Originally posted by no1here

better evaculate the whole world as we are in a shit load of trouble

**pavyracer** · 03-17-11, 11:43 AM

Can 127 million fit in Okinawa?

**robzilla** · 03-17-11, 12:04 PM

I think its a bit of an over reaction. however, i dont think id be very comfortable living on the north east side of japan right now. I heard that once the pour concrete over it all, everything will be okay.

**biff** · 03-17-11, 12:17 PM

the more i hear about .... land (really hard to avoid it as i thought i was reading a sports forum) the more i want to go over there and finish the job.

do not get me wrong, this whole thing has made me smile but sick of hearing about it. karma sure is a bitch aint it japan?

**Emily_Haines** · 03-17-11, 12:17 PM

Originally posted by robzilla

I think its a bit of an over reaction. however, i dont think id be very comfortable living on the north east side of japan right now. I heard that once the pour concrete over it all, everything will be okay.

Here's another guy that can't get down on his knees fast enough to worship anything the government says.

Jesus Christ 600,000 radioactive rods blown sky high! Fukushima 3 containment vessel has a huge crack leaking plutonium directly into the atmosphere. The other three plants have blown up and are melting down. Low levels off radioactivity has already reached the Pacific coast and the bad stuff is not even here yet. Not even mention the land area within 100 miles of the plant has been destroyed forever. Cancers will increase 100 fold all over the planet. And you think its all an over reaction.

**Emily_Haines** · 03-17-11, 12:20 PM

Originally posted by biff

the more i hear about gook land (really hard to avoid it as i thought i was reading a sports forum) the more i want to go over there and finish the job.

do not get me wrong, this whole thing has made me smile but sick of hearing about it. karma sure is a bitch aint it japan?

Racist piece of shit.

Yeah your stupid basketball bets are more important than this.

I hope you lose them all and the radiation on the way makes your death slow and painful.

**Indecent** · 03-17-11, 12:22 PM

Originally posted by biff

the more i hear about gook land (really hard to avoid it as i thought i was reading a sports forum) the more i want to go over there and finish the job.

do not get me wrong, this whole thing has made me smile but sick of hearing about it. karma sure is a bitch aint it japan?

Yep, the 150,000 people we killed dropping the atomic bombs wasn't quite enough to make up for the 5000 odd US soldiers wounded or killed in Pearl Harbor.