Fukushima plant loses power

[stonehart]

Oh this cant be good.

Fukushima plant loses power - World News | TVNZ

 

[stonehart]

And just in ..

Crucial Cooling Systems Restored at Fukushima Plant, Company Says


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/world/asia/blackout-halts-cooling-system-at-fukushima-plant.html?_r=0

But for how long

 

[mike]

Yeah they are cooling the plant via a very long extension cord as i heard it described

In the ensuing weeks, hundreds of Japanese workers and soldiers battled to contain the crisis. Their arsenal of weapons was often improvised, low-tech and underpowered. Helicopters dumped buckets of water over the plant to cool it. Electricians laid a cable to connect the plant to a power source miles away in what may have been the world’s longest extension cord.

Fukushima Emergency what can we do?: WELL, THEY'VE LOST THEIR ROBOT AND MORE LATE NEWS...

 

[stonehart]

Nice post Mike.

This power loss is a sobering reminder that we have a potential extinction event just waiting in the wings.

Hell forget Maya dooms days or space rocks, I think our demise will be by our own hand.

 

[mike]

I hope i'm wrong, but i suspect it may already be a done deal.

 

[RenaissanceLady]

In regards to Fukushima, I fear what they aren't reporting is far worse than what they are. This story came out a few months ago:

Japan falls far on press freedom list


PARIS – Japan plummeted to 53rd from the previous year’s 22nd in the 2013 press freedom ranking released Wednesday by Reporters Without Borders, a Paris-based nonprofit organization.
Japan “has been affected by a lack of transparency and almost zero respect for access to information on subjects directly or indirectly related to Fukushima,” the group said in a statement, referring to the nuclear catastrophe. “This sharp fall should sound an alarm,” it added

Japan falls far on press freedom list - The Japan Times
If one - and only one - story can make a country fall so far in the rankings of press freedom, we should all be sounding the alarm and demanding answers. If a known catastrophe has this much that is still secret, just how much more danger has this caused? I imagine only the smaller and more manageable problems will be reported from this point forward, always to give the illusion that the Japanese government has control of the situation.

 

[boomerang]

In regards to Fukushima, I fear what they aren't reporting is far worse than what they are. This story came out a few months ago:

A safe assumption based on The Mushroom School of Crisis Management wherein the masses are kept in the dark and fed a steady diet of BS.

 

[Wade]

I knew I smelled a rat here.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/world/asia/rat-at-fukushima-plant.html?_r=0

Before you guys flame me, be honest, you would have said the same thing, given the opportunity

 

[stonehart]

I hope i'm wrong, but i suspect it may already be a done deal.

Feels odd to press like on such a post but I agree it feels that way

 

[stonehart]

I knew I smelled a rat here.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/world/asia/rat-at-fukushima-plant.html?_r=0

Before you guys flame me, be honest, you would have said the same thing, given the opportunity

I sure would have

 

[mike]

Friend of mine once asked me to look at a defunct dishwasher which while out of warranty was still too new to be broken.

Inside i found a fried rodent, what was funny was one of its front legs was raised claw clenched in what looked like a fist shaking "damn you" last act of defiance