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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 02:37 PM Original message |
Radiation Level Outside Damaged Japan Reactor May Cause Death Within Hours (over one full sievert) |
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MinneapolisMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. God help those people. |
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Eljo_Don (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. Radiation |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. uh, God help ALL of us... |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #43 |
63. You're reading my mind... |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't know how they can stop this. From what I understand, they have to |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. In order to "fix" the problem, you'd have to engage "Kamikaze" workers, |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I think they are alreasy using them as kamikaze workers, but if they die |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Kind of what happened at Chernobyl |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 08:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
60. I read this horrible story years about regarding Chernobyl... |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. and THAT"S WHAT THEY NEED TO DO>>."KAMAKZE WORKER" |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Get hazmat suits on those GE and TEPCO executives! |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. indeed they need to lead by example! |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Forget the hazmat suits! |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
68. You are much kinder than I am. I would have them in their |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. I sort of doubt it, but you're more likely to see that in Japan than in the US. |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Yep.those are the guys they should send in. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. Don't they always say their pay is justified because they take all the risks? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. +1000% -- |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. +100,000 |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. Like the line by Lord Farquaad in "Shrek" |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #53 |
65. Hey, he looks like Snott Walker! |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
49. it's always the same---the CEOs don't go into hazardous areas, presidents don't go to war zones |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
62. Too bad the lazy capitalists don't know how to DO ANYTHING. |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. I am going to keep sharing these links... |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. thanks for the links, but they do not work, due to the endings missing |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. Bad links - please fix them. nt |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. "No one knows how to stop it " |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. they need to ask Russia to show them how to begin |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Hell, they don't even know what "it" is yet. nt |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. Yes, and same for drilling so deep in the ocean, too. n/t |
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Frisbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. "worst disaster since Chernobyl" |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. Kicked and recommended. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. Good thing it's a clean, safe source of energy, though. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
51. not to mention, "cheap"---i.e. if the US taxpayer will subsidize the industry |
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Texano78704 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. Where's the editor? |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Well we'd better totally disregard everything in the article then, huh? |
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Texano78704 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. Either that or lower our expections... |
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catenary (132 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. Those numbers came from Tokyo Electric Power...are we now permitted to trust their information? |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Do you think they'd lie by exaggerating the severity? |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
55. What's your point? |
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They_Live (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #55 |
64. I think the take is |
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gracchorumspes (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. My God! |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
25. This is obviously a small setback, and radiation is part of everyone. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Besides, oil and coal are worse, and represent the only conceivable alternatives, ever. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Ah, yes, a very small "setback"... |
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Caretha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
48. A small set back? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
28. And, I remember those who argued with me about |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #28 |
61. One would hope a lesson in humility comes from this but that rarely |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
69. Politicians don't see further than the dollar in their wallet. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
31. Jesus H. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
32. "Standing Water at Reactor No. 2 Is Highly Radioactive and Could Spill Into Sea" |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
33. K&R |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. here is a quote "the (plutonium)level detected is the same as that found in other parts of Japan"! |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. Where are the "this just like a couple of X-rays or a cross country plane trip" .. |
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Taft_Bathtub (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
56. I'm still here |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. And 1/2 life of cesium 137 is 30 years, strontium 90's is 28 years and |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #56 |
70. Yeah, well... |
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james0tucson (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
36. They couldn't have known |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. +1000 |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
39. Are tests being done on the groundwater? |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
41. Now's the time to pray for anyone who does so. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
44. More radioactive water spills at Japan nuke plant |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
47. Anyone still believe the BS of "Man's Dominion Over Nature" or "Manifest Destiny" -- ? |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
54. I fear this will not end well |
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SoulSearcher (119 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
66. but will it end at all? |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
57. Drop Ann Coulter off there for an hour or two |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #57 |
71. Yeah, and then we will end up with mecha mutant Coulterzilla... |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
58. My heart goes out to our Japanese friends... |
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SoulSearcher (119 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. knr X 2 |
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German (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
72. No need to worry, your Goverment takes care of you |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. life takes a back seat to money |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
73. Holy crap... |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
75. that pro-nuke radiation troll is gone now, yes? the 1 demanding an answer |
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