MSNBC: "Japan's battle at nuke plant could take weeks" ...OK, I got some bad news...

[Junkdrawer]

There have been 3 partial meltdowns, breached containment, and (probably, but not acknowledged) material from the spent fuel rods has escaped in the explosions or shortly thereafter.

We're talking decades, not weeks. Hundreds if not thousands of sq. miles will be uninhabitable for a long, long time.

Worldwide and US effects are overblown, but this accident will probably redefine Japan. A clear day with a northernly wind will not be the same again in Tokyo in my lifetime.

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[Tx4obama]

1. MSNBC isn't saying anything new that folks that have been paying attention have already figured out

[Scuba]

2. We're talking eons, not decades. n/t

[BeFree]

3. They mean...

It could take weeks before we know it won't blow sky high?

[TNLib]

4. I think they mean weeks before the can get the reactors, fuel rods ect under control and cooling

in some kind of operational manner.

[applegrove]

5. My brother is in Japan, 300 Km south of Tokyo and says he has already

seen refugees from Tokyo move their families south. Very, very sad.

[AsahinaKimi]

6. People have been going to Osaka

There was a report of 100's of people coming to Osaka for safety.

http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110316/quake-fears-tokyo-evacuations-supplies-110316/20110316/?hub=EdmontonHome

[applegrove]

7. Are you in Osaka? My brother is in Kyoto but he sometimes teaches in Osaka.

[AsahinaKimi]

10. My Aunt, Uncle and Cousins are in Osaka

My mother is in touch with them, as is my father. I have not personally heard from my cousins as yet. I think they are all wondering what they will do, eventually.

[applegrove]

11. My brother seems says he is more focused on the people who are

really hurt up north than on any danger he may face. I asked him to come home and he said not.

[AsahinaKimi]

12. My cousin is a nurse...

I am sure she will help, in anyway she can. (Ganbatte Sachiko chan!)

[Zorra]

8. These are lies spread by hippie librul anti-nuclear commie environmentalist

agitators.

The meltdowns you speak of were not in nuclear reactors but were actually giant solar panels that malfunctioned because of damage from the earthquake and then melted down from exposure to excessive sunlight spewing their deadly toxins around the globe.

[Quixote1818]

9. It's like a box of pandora's has been opened

Pandora's are a lot more fucked up than their boxes. Once they are out there is no getting them back in because you can't get close to them. What a tragic mess!