8.9 Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan

That, fortunately, seems very unlikely as there is no propellant to push the contaminants into the jet stream, as was the case with Chernobyl derived contamination.

The lack of clarity though is completely infuriating - someone I know said originally that tepco had a history of being secretive and elusive, which I thought was just him adding some vitriol, but in hindsight it seems a completely justified concern.

Enlighten me

Hokaay I'm on abovetopsecret.com - forums/fragile earth/ the Japan declares nuclear emergency thread, they're discussing it there and all, some people there know what they're talking about - I trust them more than some of these news reports tbh

the media is so polarized on this - either completely scare mongering or just playing it down completely

Fair enough, I like your enthusiasm. It reminds me of someone

you, a few years ago? lol

yeah apparently if a meltdown does occur it won't be 'Another chernobyl'... what I want to know is what exactly will it be? Surely the radioactive chemicals will escape nonetheless and be propagated somewhere, perhaps local, across Tokyo? Across the pacific regardless?

The media reporting on it is conflicting and confusing, it's being compared to Chernobyl 'another chernobyl', 'worst disaster since chernobyl' etc etc but apparently it won't be anyway?

How can I donate money to Japan?

Can we really trust that all the money we donate to charities such as British Red Cross, Oxfam will reach the victims as a full amount?

I really want to help.

Japan hasn't asked for financial aid yet , so any money donated will be kept by the charities for other projects.

What do Japan want then? Do you have any idea? Food etc.?

I really want to help but I am too pathetic to know how.

Money is only needed for rebuilding projects or food, shelter etc. Japan can already provide food and shelter for the people displaced as a result of the tsunami and they're not focusing on rebuilding just yet. What they need is to find missing persons and recover dead bodies as well as deal with the nuclear threat. They're already doing the last one but for the other two they need manpower, expertise and equipment which is being provided by foreign search and rescue teams and foreign armies.

Latest Japan Nuclear Radiation after the Super Earthquake

How are those pictures relevant to the thread title?

Coolant cable finally connected to reactor 2. A bit of good news at last.
Been looking at some pictures of Toyko during the rolling blackouts. Eerie considering what it's normally like.