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| Fukushima. Largest environmental disaster ever; No media. | |
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| Renegade | Jun 10 2011, 06:34 AM Post #1 |
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Don't hear too much about Fukushima anymore. Three confirmed full blown meltdowns finally admitted by Tepco. Radioactive release estimates keep going up. Probably will be millions world wide that will die as a result in the coming decades. But what the heck eh, how about them Bruins! |
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Jun 10 2011, 08:16 AM Post #2 |
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The media dictates everything nowadays. They pretty much decide which political candidates win, what disasters they want to cover up or blow out of shape,etc.... This disaster was covered hourly for the first two weeks but then as soon as the public became bored with it and the ratings went down it isn't a story anymore. I agree Rene , the effect of this disaster will be felt for years to come. Sad that it is being forgotten about. Oh about those Bruins, the lesson in that is never bite or play cheap. It will come back to bite you in the #*$. lol |
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| Cindy | Jun 12 2011, 02:07 AM Post #3 |
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My youngest daughter, Angela (20) was over there teaching English in Sakata when this happened. (sad that our country doesn't have any jobs so when our kids graduate from university so many of them have to go over to Asia and teach English for a living). She got dumped out of bed in the earthquake and had enough sense to email us to say she was okay. That was before the tsunami hit. We lost contact for 24 hours after that ... I now know what it's like not to breathe for 24 hours. Finally she borrowed someone's cell phone and sent a message that she was okay and on a bus somewhere. When I heard "Nuclear Reactor" and "overheating" my first thought was, get her out of there. My ex, however said, "I don't see any reason why you need to come home right now". (!!!) There was NO heat and no hydro and food was limited! Finally he agreed to bring her home (cheapskate). Sometimes in those situations if you wait too long you can't get flights out at all, but if you act fast...anyhow, she's home and working in T.O. with one of her sister's so all is well. I'm still amazed at how many of her friends decided to stay there and keep teaching! Maybe I'm just an overprotective mother, but to me no job is worth risking your life or health over. It was announced later that the Japanese were downplaying the nuclear issue as well as the damage and death toll in order to protect their Stock Market and other financial interests. Forget truth these days - money rules. (Lucky we have that satellite imagery!) |
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Jun 12 2011, 08:22 AM Post #4 |
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Glad to hear your daughter is well. I can't imagine what you felt like for those 24 hours . I think it was a very wise decision to get out of there. |
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| Cindy | Jun 12 2011, 11:35 PM Post #5 |
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Thank you Buckstop. It was awful, just waiting to hear. All I could picture was my daughter standing on top of some building surrounded by water, freezing, waiting to be rescued....lol The amazing thing is, when we were able to communicate via Messenger the next day she thought I was being "crazy" and there was nothing to worry about. Her and the other North American teachers (all young kids like her) had decided that the news reports were bogus and they weren't going to watch them anymore because it was freaking them out. ??? I guess that's called being in denial? Even their employer was acting like nothing very important was happening and they were only told that classes would be cancelled for "this week"! It was just surreal, when we could see the incredible devastation and knew about the nuclear power plants! It wasn't until after she got home that it really sunk in how scared she was and how glad she was to be back. I'm just so grateful that all her little students were okay and none of the other teachers she knew were hurt. Those poor people are going to have an awful time recovering from this disaster. They certainly have been very brave and have really soldiered on in the face of such adversity. I really admire them for that! |
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