Boycie Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 State of emergency on a nuclear reactor now! Kin ell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 yep the engineers can't pump the H20 required to cool the reactor...oh feck:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfcdavecov Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 You would have thought they had enough water wouldn't ya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 They get the water from the sea, but I think it's not a case of just opening the doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 fookinell that nuclear reactors on the beach... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 In the top eight most powerful earthquakes ever recorded:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsilks Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Just watching Sky News now, thoughts have to go out to Japan and also other countries that will be hit over the next few hours. Haven't we got a couple of members over there on here? I was in Nagoya teaching at the time. It was one of the most frightening experiences I have been through. The whole room started shaking and kept on shaking for about 3 minutes. My wife's brother is from Sendai, very close to the epi-centre. We can't get through to his mobile at the moment as all liners are down. My thoughts go to my friends in Northern Japan x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 bet 3 minutes seemed like a hour didn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRam Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I read in the paper the other day that the moon is apparently closer to earth than it ever has been in it's cycle - i know it wouldn't make earthquakes, but it certainly affects the tides. :eek: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1364124/Lunar-perigee-Supermoon-cause-weather-chaos-Earth-week.html coincidence?? mcsilks - hope you get in touch with your BIL soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsilks Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 bet 3 minutes seemed like a hour didn't it? It was surreal. Wasn't sure that to do. I felt sick through motion sickness. The 3 minutes felt a hell of a lot longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I was in Nagoya teaching at the time. It was one of the most frightening experiences I have been through. The whole room started shaking and kept on shaking for about 3 minutes. My wife's brother is from Sendai, very close to the epi-centre. We can't get through to his mobile at the moment as all liners are down. My thoughts go to my friends in Northern Japan x Glad to hear your ok, was there much damage in your area? keep us posted mc, all the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsilks Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Glad to hear your ok, was there much damage in your area? keep us posted mc, all the best. There was only slight damage. Some of the older houses are down and there are cracks in some of the roads. Buildings in Japan are built with earthquakes in mind and can withstand even the most violent quakes. They move from side to side even in strong wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 It just shows the genious of the japanese, several hundred years ago they had the knowledge to design buildings that could withstand earthquakes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfcdavecov Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Official kyodo news agency reports 88,000 missing and large parts of Sendai on fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsilks Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Official kyodo news agency reports 88,000 missing and large parts of Sendai on fire. Absolutely no thruth at all in those figures. They are unconfirmed as of writing. A few hundred missing, between 200~300 casualties and parts of Sendai on fire. Considering the quake was 8000 times more powerful than the recent one in New Zealand, it's incredible the damage was so minor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfcdavecov Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Absolutely no thruth at all in those figures. A few hundred missing, between 200~300 casualties and parts of Sendai on fire. Considering the quake was 8000 times more powerful than the recent one in New Zealand, it's incredible the damage was so minor. "Houses and other buildings are also ablaze across large swathes of land in Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture, near Sendai, footage broadcast by Japanese TV shows. The city has a population of 74,000" Another, different area reported....that was a minute ago. 300 found dead washed up on Sendai beach.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorksopRam Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 How have the fires started? Can't find why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hucknall Ram Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Broken power lines and maybe gas pipes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Is the reactor under control? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Been stuck at work all day, so haven't heard a thing about this until now, Dav just told me. It's awful news :frown::frown: mcsilks - We really hope you can contact your BIL really soon. Stay as safe as you can, keep in touch with us all here xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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