Tsunami hits JDM Land

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03-13-2011 | 09:28 PM

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Blast at a nuclear facility - http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_26.html

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03-13-2011 | 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by teg88

Just received word that the US Army CA national guard is going on standby to go over there....cant wait to go help out

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03-14-2011 | 01:36 PM

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Looks like our Wireless Phone providers are allowing for free calling & texting to Japan: HERE

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03-14-2011 | 03:50 PM

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http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2...ermath/100023/

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03-14-2011 | 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by yamez

on an update, japans railways are barely moving, touge barely drivable, cars washed out and worst comes to worst, my cousin went to buy groceries and the markets have BARELY food. hah sorry for venting out but how i wish i can do something to help em out.

I had a dream last night that I sold my S so that I could fund a trip out there to help them

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Just received word that the US Army CA national guard is going on standby to go over there....cant wait to go help out

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03-14-2011 | 06:40 PM

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Good read from the folks at MIT regarding the reactor.

http://mitnse.com/2011/03/13/why-i-a...lear-reactors/

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03-14-2011 | 07:15 PM

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to vu's post. the dangers of nuclear power are vastly exaggerated by the uneducated media.

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03-15-2011 | 12:40 AM

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to vu's post. the dangers of nuclear power are vastly exaggerated by the uneducated media.

It's still a very real threat. Radiation levels are now at "hazardous to human health" levels, and could reach Tokyo by night time.

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03-15-2011 | 12:41 AM

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_bi_...nuclear_crisis

But yes, they used boron to stop the nuclear reaction.

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03-20-2011 | 09:29 AM

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I thought this was an interesting view of what it would have looked like at sea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fqyOpqnJyw

My error on the reactor technology, Japan is not running the can-do system that fails safe. They do not use heavy water in their process. I got my technologies mixed up.

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