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hunter

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5. Does every post about Japan have to be about Fukushima?

Reply to florida08 (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 16, 2013, 01:14 PM

Sep 2013

I don't get it.

The Hanford Site in Washington or the Nevada Test Site are bigger messes than Fukushima will ever be but I haven't seen comments about those relative to, let's say, the Colorado floods.

This typhoon is causing a lot of suffering and will probably kill people. The tsunami killed thousands.

The Fukushima accident is a big expensive mess, yes, and statistically it will kill a few people eventually, but we'll probably never know exactly who because radioactive toxins are like that. Humans live in a sea of toxins of our own making, both radioactive and non-radioactive.

It seems disrespectful to bring Fukushima up whenever people are suffering much more immediate danger.

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Japan tells 300,000 homes to evacuate as typhoon hits [View all] yuiyoshida Sep 2013 OP

holy hannah florida08 Sep 2013 #1

Does every post about Japan have to be about Fukushima? hunter Sep 2013 #5

The point is that the plant is still a relative point of danger davidpdx Sep 2013 #6

Here is a recent Japanese-language article about the effects of the typhoon Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #8

Thanks Art davidpdx Sep 2013 #9

I'm on a direct route between Tokyo and Dai-ichi Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #10

Ah I did ask you and forgot davidpdx Sep 2013 #12

Actually, we had almost no effect from the typhoon Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #13

I was just talking to some people in Tokyo about the typhoon Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #14

A couple of pictures I took early yesterday morning as the typhoon was approaching Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #16

That's cool davidpdx Sep 2013 #19

It wasn't that bad where I am Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #20

Here's a map of the storm during its most intensive period Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #21

Wow, hope everybody is safe gopiscrap Sep 2013 #2

Fukushima: the gift that just keeps on giving! ColesCountyDem Sep 2013 #3

We may not have seen the worst yet... jtuck004 Sep 2013 #4

The last I had heard the tracking was still fluid and it could go either toward Japan or China davidpdx Sep 2013 #7

what about all those stacked up tanks full of wastewater to toxic to dump in the sea. Sunlei Sep 2013 #11

ok my thoughts were answered. I read some tanks were 'swamped' and toxic water ran into the sea Sunlei Sep 2013 #22

According to the Sankei Shimbun (newspaper), Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #23

somehow I don't find that very comforting :) Sunlei Sep 2013 #24

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #15

you're welcome yuiyoshida Sep 2013 #17

... Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #18