David, First of all have you learned nothing from the movies? Nuclear fall-out, if anything, should make the fruits abnormally large, and likely glow in the dark.
Second, and slightly more serious, is anyone else frustrated by the sudden expert stance of reporters on the nuclear power plants? Quotes like "some reports say the reactor rods are now almost half exposed" or "this was the third hydrogen explosion reported today" or, "radiation leaks have been reported at up to 40 times the usual level". All of these comments need some serious qualification, and explanation. 1. What does an exposed rod mean? I'm not a nuclear engineer or physicist, what does this mean to the people of the area? 2. "Third hydrogen explosion today"- makes it sound pretty serious... Except I made hydrogen explosions at my lab table in High School with only the threat of a detention... Quantify that comment- what does it mean to the people there? 3. Radation levels 40 times the usual amount registering where? In the local village? Compared to what? The reactor core? What does this mean to the people there? I think the image conjured by most people is that glowing ooze that made the ninja turtles. Anyway, this reporting (as most it seems) is geared to raise hysteria and feed drama, not educate or inform. -B On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 2:43 AM, David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: > This post is only to help those following the news headlines in Japan. > > > If you click on the link at the bottom of this post, you should see an > aerial map of the nuclear plant in Japan that has had 4 hydrogen explosions. > > > > There is a scale in the bottom left of the map. You can zoom out, by > moving the slider bar at the top left. The authorities > allegedly have 50 personnel at the plant trying to stop a meltdown. They > have asked people within 30 km of this location to > stay indoors, if they haven't yet evacuated. Since it is on the coast, > that means everybody to the west, north and south of the plant. > > The largest city in that zone is Minamisoma, which was devastated by the > tsunami. All the other towns in that zone are > small. > > If you look closely up and down the coast in this region, there were no > developments along the beach berm except for a few nuclear > plants, or complexes that resemble large plants. There are lots of > villages behind the beach berms, and lots of agriculture, and lots > of small towns to the west of the beaches. Many of these towns have not > made the news yet, but my bet is they were > leveled by the tsunami. > > On a related note, > > Supposedly, nuclear fallout is not good for fruit production. > > and, > > Hollywood has postponed the release of 2 movies dealing with disasters > similar to this. > > > > Fukushima Prefecture Futaba District > Okuma夫沢<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.42239,141.030979&num=1&t=h&sll=37.421467,141.032577&sspn=0.017724,0.032015&gl=us&ie=UTF8&ll=37.421467,141.032577&spn=0.045671,0.104628&z=14&iwloc=A> > Japan > > Show on Google > Maps<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.42239,141.030979&num=1&t=h&sll=37.421467,141.032577&sspn=0.017724,0.032015&gl=us&ie=UTF8&ll=37.421467,141.032577&spn=0.045671,0.104628&z=14&iwloc=A> > [image: Google Maps] > > > Below is another map site that seems to have more details: > > http://diddlefinger.com/?ll=37.664255,140.932617&z=11&t=h > -- Brian Riordan 979-218-8009 (Mobile) riordan.br...@gmail.com
