8.8 magnitude Earthquake in Japan

[GrantDawg]

Ok, answered my own question from the BBC:

If "re-criticality" did materialise, it would lead to the enhanced and sustained release of radioactive materials - though not to a nuclear explosion - with nothing to stop the radioactive particles escaping

Scarier? All this dropping of water on this does NOT stop the possibilty of re-criticality, it increases it. Without borate in the water (to supress the nuetrons) the water might actually increase the fussion activity. *rocking back and forth*

[Radii]

WTF. Is there a large portion of the Japanese population who cannot understand what's happening without scat analogies?

[Thomkal]

Don't have a link for you, but they found and identified one of the American teachers missing and now dead in Japan today.

[StLee]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

Don't have a link for you, but they found and identified one of the American teachers missing and now dead in Japan today.

American teacher found dead in Japan - CBS News

[JediKooter]

Some perspective on how high the tsunami was.

[cartman]

Holy crap. A visual display of the swarm of earthquakes that has hit in the past couple of weeks.

Japan Quake Map

[Rizon]

Originally Posted by cartman

Holy crap. A visual display of the swarm of earthquakes that has hit in the past couple of weeks.

Japan Quake Map

[FrogMan]

Well done Sega
SEGA community helps raise funds for Japan disaster relief efforts – Blog – 148Apps – iPhone App and Game Reviews and News

SEGA community helps raise funds for Japan disaster relief efforts

By Jennifer Allen on March 29th, 2011

SEGA's community has rallied around to help the earthquake stricken people of Japan

Over 2 weeks later and it’s still almost impossible to comprehend the terrible disasters that have befallen Japan. However it’s been heartwarming to see just how much people have rallied around the stricken country. The games industry has been no different, understandably so considering video games’ fantastic history within the country. SEGA did its bit offering a price cut to its Sonic the Hedgehog iOS titles as well as Football Manager Handheld 2011, while vowing to donate all the proceeds to the Red Cross disaster relief efforts in Japan.
Today, SEGA announced just how much was raised: an impressive total of over $250,000, all of which will be donated directly to the Red Cross in order to help the Japanese people.
It’s fantastic news and will no doubt help many who are still suffering.
If you didn’t get a chance to participate in this drive, you’ve still got plenty of time to donate something towards the cause. There’s Play For Japan which enables you to either contribute directly or bid on various auctions for some great rare gaming memorablia. SEGA employees themselves have provided some great bits and pieces available on eBay at the moment.
Do take a look and don’t forget to donate what you can to help the poor people of Japan.


Read more: SEGA community helps raise funds for Japan disaster relief efforts – Blog – 148Apps – iPhone App and Game Reviews and News

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[EagleFan]

Yahoo!

Wow.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

Yahoo!

Wow.

don't tell panerd

[Matthean]

Fresh quake in Japan rouses fear despite no deaths - CNN.com

Japan gets hit with another earthquake.

[Rizon]

"fresh quake" sounds like something I'd order at a salad bar.

[Rizon]

Originally Posted by Rizon

"fresh quake" sounds like something I'd order at a salad bar.

If I ever ordered from a salad bar.

[Rizon]

Originally Posted by Rizon

If I ever ordered from a salad bar.

Which I don't.

[Thomkal]

I saw a story on CNN today that showed the debris field from the earthquake and tsunami slowly moving across the ocean. It will hit the west coast of the US about a year and a half to two years from now. That's just mindboggling.

[DeToxRox]

6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Japan in the last hour.

[McSweeny]

Japanese Nuclear Crisis Upgraded To Chernobyl Level

[DaddyTorgo]

Jeebus. On a purely selfish level I'm glad that my cousin just got redeployed out of the country.

[cartman]

More meltdown worries at Fukushima.

Tepco Injects Boric Acid Into Reactor as Temperatures Rise - Bloomberg

[cartman]

Here a page with a set of 1 year later photos compared to when the tsunami was happening.

Japan tsunami pictures: before and after - The Big Picture - Boston.com

[Logan]

Ridiculous.

[cartman]

Looks like Fukushima is the bad gift that keeps on giving. Radiation levels in a well spiked 6500 times higher than a reading from yesterday.

Radioactivity level spikes 6,500 times at Fukushima well — RT News

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by cartman

Looks like Fukushima is the bad gift that keeps on giving. Radiation levels in a well spiked 6500 times higher than a reading from yesterday.

Radioactivity level spikes 6,500 times at Fukushima well — RT News

It's not often when you read a quote from a Russian and say, "That makes a whole lot of sense".

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Homeless being recruited for clean-up......

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...icle-1.1561307

[SirFozzie]

by the Yakuza, who are then scamming their wages.

[EagleFan]

Haven't heard any details yet but the news just said something about a major earthquake hitting somewhere off of Japan.

[EagleFan]

Can't find any details yet. Will post if they mention more details.

The announcer called it major but had no details. Hopefully it wasn't as major as he made it sound.

[Easy Mac]

Earthquake map shows a 6.3 about 200 km off the coast of Japan about an hour ago.

[EagleFan]

Thoughts go out to anyone affected by the quake. Looks like a 7.0 from what I read.

[cartman]

Another earthquake, this one a reported 7.3, has hit off the coast of Japan near Fukushima.

[Neon_Chaos]

Guess who is in tokyo right now and was awoken by nonstop shaking for 5 minutes?

[EagleFan]

Hope everything is okay.

[djsatu]

Tsunami waves as high as 3 meters expected to hit. Praying for everyone in Japan.

Fukushima earthquake: Live updates as tsunami heads towards coast of Japan - Mirror Online

[EagleFan]

Oh crap, that does not sound good at all. Thoughts are with everyone there.

Get someplace safe NC; if you aren't already.

[cartman]

Radiation levels at Fukushima have made an alarming spike. Recent readings have been nearly 6 times higher than the levels measured right after the meltdown.

Radiation levels in the Fukushima reactor are soaring unexpectedly - ScienceAlert

[PilotMan]

Originally Posted by cartman

Radiation levels at Fukushima have made an alarming spike. Recent readings have been nearly 6 times higher than the levels measured right after the meltdown.

Radiation levels in the Fukushima reactor are soaring unexpectedly - ScienceAlert

Naturally, Tepco is reluctant to jump to any conclusions on what the black mass in the images could be until they have more information.

Godzilla, of course.