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Sam Spade
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« on: March 12, 2011, 01:37:06 PM »
The key thing right now is to not believe what any of the official types are telling you.

Not that it really matters, since we're not in Japan (prayers for anyone who is), but that's the main fact to remember.
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« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2011, 01:44:58 PM »
Quote from: bullmoose88 on March 12, 2011, 01:39:37 PM
Quote from: Sam Spade on March 12, 2011, 01:37:06 PM
The key thing right now is to not believe what any of the official types are telling you.

Not that it really matters, since we're not in Japan (prayers for anyone who is), but that's the main fact to remember.

A cnn or bbc article implied that the Japanese have a tendency to cover up issues with their nuclear power plants....I guess this is what you're getting at.

Most Asian countries have a tendency to do this on all issues (I think it's cultural, actually), but Japan has been, historically, one of the worst.
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« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2011, 01:49:03 PM »
As usual, Franzl is way ahead of the curve...

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1625603.php/Germany-promises-inspection-of-German-nuclear-plants
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« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2011, 02:11:00 PM »

Preemptive strategy, no doubt.  9.1 earthquakes are really a threat in Germany, after all...
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« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2011, 02:12:18 PM »
Quote from: Sam Spade on March 12, 2011, 02:11:00 PM

Preemptive strategy, no doubt.  9.1 earthquakes are really a threat in Germany, after all...

Correction - and likely it was made in response to this:

http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFLDE72B08H20110312
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« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2011, 09:45:22 PM »
Beet, that map is BS.

That being said, the dumping of seawater is a last-ditch effort that indicates they're likely f-ed.  And I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that area if the worst does occur.  But we're still talking about a limited area and whatever is directly downwind within a certain hundreds of miles.

The real problem is that we don't know the answers to what is really going on.  You can never trust the Japanese.
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« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2011, 09:52:11 PM »
Folks, Chernobyl is about as bad as your going to get from a nuclear plant disaster.  The chances of this one being Chernobyl-scale is pretty close to nil for a number of reasons (first of all the Soviets did not care about anyone, period), so imagine what are the odds of it being worse.

I still wouldn't want to be within 100 miles of these plants (or downwind a bit further).  Nor do I believe anything the Japs say (yet again).
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