8.8 Earthquake hits Japan

[uhohs]

 

[Nox51]

damn that commentary on the msnbc is dumb.

So errr, which ones are the reactor buildings themselves?

 

[Locut0s]

Video of Fukushima #1 nuclear plant explosion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg4uogOEUrU#t=43s

Hmm wow yeah that doesn't look good. D:

 

[Pocatello]

Run!

 

[Locut0s]

That sudden sharp upward blast wave you see looks scary. Anyone confirm yet what building this was. Did it house the reactor vessel itself or other equipment?

 

[Baasha]

damn.. scary stuff.. my condolences to those affected by this calamity. 8.9 on the richter is insane..

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Fox has just declared this a Nuclear Disaster.

For whatever that's worth.

 

[Ricemarine]

Fox has just declared this a Nuclear Disaster.

For whatever that's worth.

Yeah... the people giving the official report is saying they're investigating the matter and they don't know what happened... All the walls of that building are gone lol...

 

[dennilfloss]

Another feed in English. http://yokosonews.com/live

 

[sdifox]

Video of Fukushima #1 nuclear plant explosion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg4uogOEUrU#t=43s

never a good thing. hopefully nothing related to the reactor proper.

 

[sdifox]

Apparently it was officially announced that it was not the reactor. Trying to confirm now.

 

[bl4ckfl4g]

Apparently it was officially announced that it was not the reactor. Trying to confirm now.

It was the building that houses the reactor and evacuation has increased to 20km.

 

[dennilfloss]

Wow... That JibTV video showing towns before and after... One town only has the five-story hospital left and the wave went up to the 4th floor. The two-floor city hall nearby has completely vanished.

http://jibtv.com/program/fullscreen.aspx?page=0

 

[sdifox]

It was the building that houses the reactor and evacuation has increased to 20km.

Always a good thing when you see something blowup...


BBC reporting looks like official are saying the ceiling collapsed, but the officials are still trying to find out exactly what is happening.

 

[sdifox]

fuck the JDF just found 3-400 bodies in a village that got wiped by the tsunami.


Listening to BBC.

 

[sdifox]

BBC reporting officials say Damage to Core Container unlikely.

Nuclear Agency reporting it appears that the core container has not been breached.

 

[sdifox]

ohoh, there is radiation leak.

 

[yhelothar]

wow meltdown by tokyo would be unfathomably devastating

They said 1100 something. I didn't catch the units.
Can anyone here put into perspective how high that number is?

 

[sdifox]

oh shit, they just reported 10,000 people missing

the explosion was hydrogen accumulation between containment vessel and the building so the vessel is fine.

apparently they were able to depressurize the container.

 

[shiner]

For me it was Duck & Cover nuclear drills.

I remember those. Even as a kid I remember thinking WTF good is this going to do if they set up us the bomb?

 

[The Boston Dangler]

you guys, it's gonna be ok:

http://www.popeater.com/2011/03/12/lady-gaga-designs-japan-tsunami-bracelet/

 

[nCred]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APEsVeE7FGk

 

[The Boston Dangler]

oh shit, they just reported 10,000 people missing

sendai was a city of over 1 million people. the whole city is destroyed, of course there's going to be 10s of 1000s killed.

 

[sdifox]

sendai was a city of over 1 million people. the whole city is destroyed, of course there's going to be 10s of 1000s killed.

not about sendai...

minamisanriku

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/03/12/141159.html

 

[El Guaraguao]

I like my friends father take on this unfortunate event in Japan.


Basically, He believes that the Japanese are suffering because they are not Christian. Mind you this guy has an 8th grade education.