Japanese earthquake / tsunami discussion

Thrill

SeaFields wrote: »

Pardon my ignorance....whats NHK?

Japaneses news channel on sky (channel 516)

Mister men

Brenireland wrote: »

Wow,The last time something like this occurred in Chernobyl The Government in The Irish Republic ordered its people to stay indoors!

So if this nuclear plant was to leak/explode would we be in danger of a nuclear fall?

Doubt it but who knows. I'm lead to believe there are several nuclear reactors in the immediate area.

bradlente

Hawaii up soon.How much time did Sendai have to evacuate?I thought that it was wierd that the chopper was there and ready to record the impact and loads of cars still trying to get out.Suppose it's not as if the helicopter has traffic to go through.

gbee

Funkfield wrote: »

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/tv/genre/index.html

http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/6810.htm

Trigger13222

Friend on facebook but status as ya Punani alert, insta deleted him as a friend the heartless idiot.

ollie1

bradlente wrote: »

Hawaii up soon.How much time did Sendai have to evacuate?I thought that it was wierd that the chopper was there and ready to record the impact and loads of cars still trying to get out.Suppose it's not as if the helicopter has traffic to go through.

Tsunami hit 30 mins after earthquake happened

mike65

Shulgin wrote: »

NHKworld is on astra/sky/freesat free to air.

edit, it is on FTA

Shulgin

mike65 wrote: »

Its not on FTA sadly.

It is, Im watching it right now.
Channel 209 freesat. It has to be FTA

NHK World (Japan) Astra 1L 11508V 27500 5/6 FTA

SEPT 23 1989

Those nuclear stations are a concern:(

mgmt

Shulgin wrote: »

Live feed from Hawaii

http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/179959/33/Tsunami-barrels-toward-Hawaii-US-western-coast-LIVE

Don't bother with that link, they're just showing a wall.

Try CNN:
http://www.justin.tv/live_news#/w/948725776/21

jonbravo

live pictures on cnn, from hawaii to hit any minute.

gman2k

Mister men wrote: »

Doubt it but who knows. I'm lead to believe there are several nuclear reactors in the immediate area.

Location of Japans Nuclear installations, and updates on radioactivity levels
http://www.bousai.ne.jp/eng/index.html

bradlente

ollie1 wrote: »

Tsunami hit 30 mins after earthquake happened

Massive death count imminent.Hopefully all the islands will be prepared now.

gman2k

Latest breaking news from kyodonews.jp
BREAKING NEWS: Fire breaks out at petrochemical complex in Miyagi Pref.: police (22:07)
BREAKING NEWS: 1 reactor at nuclear power plant cannot be cooled down: Edano (22:06)
NEWS ADVISORY: No radiation leak so far: Edano (22:03)
BREAKING NEWS: Some cooling functions not working at Fukushima nuclear plant: Edano (22:02)
BREAKING NEWS: Residents near Fukushima nuclear power plant asked to evacuate (22:00)

The size of the cracks in the roads are mind boggling.

gman2k

Latest breaking news from kyodonews.jp
BREAKING NEWS: Fire breaks out at petrochemical complex in Miyagi Pref.: police (22:07)
BREAKING NEWS: 1 reactor at nuclear power plant cannot be cooled down: Edano (22:06)
NEWS ADVISORY: No radiation leak so far: Edano (22:03)
BREAKING NEWS: Some cooling functions not working at Fukushima nuclear plant: Edano (22:02)
BREAKING NEWS: Residents near Fukushima nuclear power plant asked to evacuate (22:00)

MrStuffins

mgmt wrote: »

Don't bother with that link, they're just showing a wall.

Try CNN:
http://www.justin.tv/live_news#/w/948725776/21

"We've reached the maximum number of streams for your country."

F*ck you Justin TV!

Big Nasty

MrStuffins wrote: »

"We've reached the maximum number of streams for your country."

F*ck you Justin TV!

In before MrStuffins!:p

snubbleste

This cnn link may work better
http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream/2&hpt=T1

ilovesleep

Would these nuclear problems impact on irelands and europes airspace for flying.

Overheal

Thrill wrote: »

The water level at the nuclear plant is said to be lowering,. Experts are worried, but they say that a Chernobyl type accident wont happen.

Chernobyl wasn't caused by flooding. Control Rods are the important thing to note in what you are thinking of. In the case of Chernobyl those rods were incorrectly withdrawn. A completely human scenario.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Conditions_prior_to_the_accident

To say this is the end of the world is jumping off the deep end, no pun intended. It's a natural disaster much like the ones we've seen for a very long time, alongside all your other tsunamis/earthquakes/hurricanes/firestorms/etc

mgmt

Heightened State of Alert at Nuclear Power Plant.

Wave about to hit Hawawii

gman2k

ilovesleep wrote: »

Would these nuclear problems impact on irelands and europes airspace for flying.

No, even if they blow, won't affect here.

Cookie_Monster

ilovesleep wrote: »

Would these nuclear problems impact on irelands and europes airspace for flying.

I can't imagine they would.

If there is a major explosion you may get radioactive dust over Europe a few days / weeks later though

old hippy

Unhappily; it's the end of the world for some people in the region

Turtwig

Brenireland wrote: »

Wow,The last time something like this occurred in Chernobyl The Government in The Irish Republic ordered its people to stay indoors!

So if this nuclear plant was to leak/explode would we be in danger of a nuclear fall?

Chernobyl was an engineering disaster, typical commie stuff when it came to safety protocols. Most modern reactors are incredibly sturdy things (apparently, US ones even simulate being exposed to airstrikes) the fear would be that internal structure of the reactor is not cooling and if there is an aftershock it would be more prone to fracture. It might not fracture but if it continues to heat without cooling it will meltdown. This will still take quite a lot of time so hopefully they can figure out a way to cool it down.

gman2k

CNN showing live footage from Hawaii, one outlying island hit so far (no footage from there), but no info if any damage caused. Waves estimated at 4 to 6 feet.

mgmt

My god I saw fookin joggers on the beachfront in that CNN link of Hawaii

http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream/2&hpt=T1

mikeyod123

they are saying theres tremors every 5 minutes one of them was 7.9 on richter scale

Cookie_Monster

Malty_T wrote: »

Chernobyl was an engineering disaster, typical commie stuff when it came to safety protocols. Most modern reactors are incredibly sturdy things (apparently, US ones even simulate being exposed to airstrikes) the fear would be that internal structure of the reactor is not cooling and if there is an aftershock it would be more prone to fracture. It might not fracture but if it continues to heat without cooling it will meltdown. This will still take quite a lot of time so hopefully they can figure out a way to cool it down.

generators are being transported in to provide power to get the cooling system running again, hopefully they'll get there in time.

the story is on NHK