Inside Fukushimas exclusion zone (BBC)

[LunaSea]

The BBC has obtained footage from a local Japanese television crew who wanted to tell the story of those trapped inside the exclusion zone.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12765859

[TNLib]

1. That's fucking terrible

I'm having less and less faith in the Japanese government to handle this nuclear situation.

[tekisui]

2. Absolutely stunning. Amazing that a modern first world country can't

take care of its people. Terrifying, really.

[northernlights]

9. don't forget the US got there first...

First Katrina. Then the Gulf. So why is this a surprise?

[tekisui]

10. You're right. It still stuns me though.

[liberalmuse]

3. Oh my God.

What has happened to the world's ability to handle disasters? Did Bush start a trend with Katrina? If people outside of the exclusion zone are starting to see scarcity's in food, who is going to help these people?

[Octafish]

4. ''Refugees in their own country.''

With no way to evacuate, the people are huddled in their homes, nervous as can be.

"We're being left here to die." -- one community's mayor who added they learned about the accident from the tee vee, as the government doesn't tell the rubes anything.

"I really resent the nuclear plant." -- one physician who stayed behind with nurses and staff to care for patients at a hospital about 12 miles from the plant.

[Bonobo]

5. That report makes some outlandish insinuations -and slyly.

They say several times that the country has abandoned them, that they are refugees in their own country, that aid workers are reluctant to go there... well fuck you and your insinuations.

How about this for the reality:

The roads are badly blocked and damaged with debris.

There is no gasoline in many, many places so they can't even move their trucks in some cases.

The priority is to save people that have not yet even made it to refugee centers.


I am disgusted with the tone and insinuations of that report and I do not believe or accept it for one moment. It burns me up frankly. I KNOW it is not true. No one is abandoning them because of the radiation.

We are overwhelmed, that is all, and the limited aid that can trickle in is small and needed to be prioritized.

[snappyturtle]

7. From the outside looking in, I only know what I've seen or read. I

have seen images of a U.S. aircraft carrier with helicopters on deck and I think we probably have more in Japan. I would think dropping in aid like I saw done in remote regions of Haiti and Pakistan can be done here. THe whole world wants to help! I wonder if tptb even know how many people are in this area. What is higher priority than helping people? (Other than stabilizing the reactors.) The Emperor encouraged the citizens of Japan to help one another. I'm sorry, I don't understand the seemingly purposeful neglect. imho

[Bonobo]

11. "purposeful neglect"???

Excuse me but how do you jump to the ridiculous conclusion that there is "purposeful neglect"?

[EFerrari]

12. That is what the mayor said, isn't it?

Or, did they mispresent what he said?

[Bonobo]

13. I did not hear or see the comment. Do you have a link?

But even if he DID say it, it doesn't make it true.

People say things when they are in an extreme situation.

I can tell you that NO Japanese person would ignore the needs of another in this situation if they could do anything.

But resources are limited and people are doing their best. No one is abandoning anyone -people here are not selfish like that.

[EFerrari]

14. In the video clip, the narrator quotes him as saying

"we have been left to die". I believe there was an article around here yesterday with the same quotation.

I understand the opportunity here for distortion.

[adigal]

8. These are not injured people, either, some here are insinuating

that. These are people who were evacuated from their homes near the nuclear power plant. They may be able to walk themselves out, to a certain distance. I am praying that they are all OK. Poor families, and their babies, and even their animals. It is all worrisome.

[KeepItReal]

6. Damn it, can't we at least airdrop some MRE's, H2O and medical supplies?!?!

Thank you BBC. This report may just save some lives.