"..damage to container shielding and exposed fuel rods.." language is unsettling.
J --- On Tue, 3/15/11, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling > blackouts in Japan > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 12:08 AM > On 3/15/2011 6:09 AM, Rob Studdert > wrote: > > On 15 March 2011 15:04, Christine Aguila<cagu...@earthlink.net> > wrote: > >> Sad news about Canon& Nikon > workers due to situation in Japan. Scroll > >> down to Hoya to read the following: > >> > >> "due to rolling blackouts . . . decided to close > operations of the Pentax > >> Customer Service Center, Tokyo Service Center, > Pentax Forum Shinjuku, Pentax > >> Family Magazine, and the Pentax Online Shop today, > and plans to make a > >> statement on its website later regarding > tomorrow's operations." > > > > Unfortunately that's not the worst of it ;-( > > > > http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/15/3164151.htm > > > > Indeed. I am most worried by the fact that (judging from > our local news agencies) Japanese officials started using > word "Chernobyl" and comparing their situation directly to > Chernobyl catastrophe. > > In comparison, the fact that Canon, Nikon, Epson and others > are closing their fabs is sad but of much smaller magnitude > than the scale of the global catastrophe that struck the > country. > > Boris > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
