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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:06 AM Original message |
CONFIRMED reports of an explosion at the power plant |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. Japan Quake: Nuclear Plant Meltdown Fears |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. This is NOT good |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. Confirmed |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Hydrogen explosion? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Not clear |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Sounds like the top of the fuel might be burning. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Superheated steam |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
6. MSNBC also reports this |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Explosion rocks quake-hit Japanese nuke plant |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
7. CNN ...just reported it. nt |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
9. Everything is STILL totally fine and safe some 24h later according to the nuke lobby n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Of course, go lick a nuclear rod |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. Yeah, watch the wind now eh? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Or find a nice cave... |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:20 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Wow! |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. RT (Russia Today) via internet here: |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Ah... intrnet |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Cable, we expanded to get current when tehy |
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Skip_In_Boulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:19 AM Response to Original message |
14. FYI |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I know.. trust me, I am downwind |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. from AJ live blog |
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Skip_In_Boulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Well I don't try to pretend that I understand nuclear energy but, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. When I saw it the only thing that is serviceable is the pattern |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:39 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. So you're saying I should start smoking again? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Trust me the gallows humor is hard |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. What humor? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:59 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. It degrades exponentially |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:28 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Ohh... well, as long as the Australian Radiation Services are incompetent, then nevermind. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:36 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. 750 rads are lethal values |
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Skip_In_Boulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:49 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. It's just a matter of how one looks at things. n/t |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:34 AM Response to Original message |
22. Walls and roof of a building at site destroyed by blast |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Fukushima prefecture says Tepco's no.1 reactor ceiling has collapsed - Jiji |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. RT showing it, not the actual reactor |
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Skip_In_Boulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:35 AM Response to Original message |
25. From the Twitter machine. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
28. One wall has collapsed |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:50 AM Response to Original message |
32. Some tweets are saying NHK is telling people stay indoors, avoid tap water, turn off a/c. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:02 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. It's cold outside there. People wouldn't be running A/C. |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
34. More tweets saying everyone within 10 km told to evacuate, and to cover skin, |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:57 AM Response to Original message |
35. New tweet says an official is telling people not to trust tweets. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:00 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Don't trust officials telling people not to trust tweets. |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:02 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Yes, I've seen a lot of tweets about that, and one tweet saying a worker is trapped. |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
40. Fukushima residents asked to close doors, shut windows, cover mouths w/masks, towels, kerchiefs |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:13 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Radiation levels 20x normal, roof collapsed too |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:13 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I don't think people know if this was containment breach |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:25 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I get the sense Japan is minimizing |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:26 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. They are telling people to now stay indoors |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:33 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Yes. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:29 AM Response to Original message |
46. People there is a breach |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:37 AM Response to Original message |
49. They are going to administer iodine per Russian tv. |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:39 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Good idea. |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:38 AM Response to Original message |
50. "Hourly radiation leaking from Fukushima is equal to amount permitted in one year:" |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:40 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Trying to confirm that, if true this is a seriously fucking bad disaster. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:41 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Russian TV just covered that |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 04:54 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. RT reports likely meltdown n/t |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:01 AM Response to Original message |
55. Tweet says Kyodo News says the radiation level is falling now: |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:03 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. But another tweet says the evacuation area has been widened to 20 km |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:04 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. They still got a release |
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