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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 01:55 AM Original message |
What I find bizarre is that no countries close to Japan have generators |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. I heard they were going to use firetrucks because they had ladders |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 02:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. But it is primitive and obviously hasn't worked. I'm interested in knowing |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. i don't know but there is some stuff about how the company was not being open |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 02:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. But it was clear to anyone following the story that Japan was overwelmed. It was |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. That's what a nuclear scientist on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 has been up in arms about |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. sorry, misread. i thought anderson was begging. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 04:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Why then only 50 workers to deal with six reactors? Where's all the |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 06:43 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. there's more than 50 workers. they are just rotating them in & out so they don't |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. These generators might be quite large and the transportation infrastructure could be damaged. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 02:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Then send massive armies of hydro workers to restore electrical lines. |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
8. OK... |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Fair enough but then why didnt countries sent linemen to restore AC power |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
9. I'm sure there is no shortage of generators in Japan. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 02:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. So why are they using fire trucks to cool reactors? Why aren't other |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I assume it is a matter of logistics, not availability. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 04:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Not now but as soon as it was clear that the generators flooded and therefore |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
11. I wonder if the US ships were reluctant to get their crew radiated |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. So they are not going to get radiated now along with the whole west coast? |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. We're only going to get semi-radiated apparently |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
16. the earthquake was friday. other earthquakes, tsunami, and tsunami risk |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Although more pessimistic than you, I do take reassurance from your |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
17. Saw one analysis that said they left it too late to request help |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. It's stated clearly in Japanese media that they didn't want to give up on |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 04:04 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Why would neighboring governments let Japan decide what it was going to |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 04:20 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. The inference was more on not losing 'face' rather than the nukes |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 04:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. But why the deference to what Japan wanted? Why wouldnt China and Korea have demanded |
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