Reply #20: It's quite possible they don't really know.

[caseymoz]

The instrumentation is probably melted. Getting close enough to see what's happening would be suicidal, even if you knew what you were seeing before you went blind.

Moreover, the people actually on site who actually have some idea sound like they really have their hands full. When they do have a moment to communicate what they know, it probably comes out in technical jargon the flacks don't understand.

In other words, I could understand why they'd have communication problems with this disaster, unlike say, the BP disaster.