[ILoveTRW]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Mmm... I'm not too sure.

Tokyo and San Fran are the two cities that are always talked about as being way over due a huge earthquake.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by ILoveTRW

Tokyo and San Fran are the two cities that are always talked about as being way over due a huge earthquake.

I'm aware of that - what I'm saying is that I'm not too sure that it will happen. SF, like Japan lies in belts that are notorious for earthquakes...... but I'm not sure SF will ever feel the same wrath from mother nature.

[Pyramid*]

See....this is where my cynical natures comes on board:-

1023: Japanese authorities are extending the evacuation zone around the two Fukushima nuclear plants from 10km to 20km, according to local media.

Yet a BBC reporter trying to get closer - was turned away by Police via roadblocks.... 60kms from the plant.

So the Japanese authorities are saying one thing, but a reporter on the ground and reporting - cannot get more than 60kms before finding roads are closed off and patrolled by police.

I don't like the sound of this, the Japanese authorities seem to be playing this down........................ hopefully with good intent if they are working to actual information known..... but they've not been the most truthful in the past. Time will tell. They are saying it's a steam explosion (good thing) and nothing to do with the core of the reactor (bad). fingers crossed.

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

See....this is where my cynical natures comes on board:-

1023: Japanese authorities are extending the evacuation zone around the two Fukushima nuclear plants from 10km to 20km, according to local media.

Yet a BBC reporter trying to get closer - was turned away by Police via roadblocks.... 60kms from the plant.

So the Japanese authorities are saying one thing, but a reporter on the ground and reporting - cannot get more than 60kms before finding roads are closed off and patrolled by police.

I don't like the sound of this, the Japanese authorities seem to be playing this down........................ hopefully with good intent if they are working to actual information known..... but they've not been the most truthful in the past. Time will tell.

Exactly what I was thinking when I justheard of the reporter being turned back at 60kms.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by happyland

Exactly what I was thinking when I justheard of the reporter being turned back at 60kms.

What I don't like the sound of : if it's not a threat -why are the Japanese authorities extending their 'official' evacuation zone from 10 to 20kms. (never mind the fact a reporter is turned back at 60kms).

Why extend - it's either safe or not. It's alright saying it's a precautionary measure, but if there is no immediate danger or concern - why this need to widening the evacuation zone at this stage.

I think there's more to this than what we are being told. This particular reactor is an old one, built in 1971 I believe - the 2 generators that were in place to cool down the reactor in such an emergency didn't kick in.......... there is a certain amount of residual dead heat still being generated which will by the hours that pass, cool down naturally. That's on the premise that no further aftershocks (that are expected) happen.

I'm not convinced. Not at all. Why? The Japansese initially said it was not an explosion, but that the roof collapsed. then they admitted it was an explosion......... I understand they don't want to create unneeded panic, but lying right from the start, is going to have an adverse effect - and no one will trust official reports. Especially when you have people on the ground who are giving info completely contradictory to official reports.

added:- just saw this on the BBC website

1052: Neil McKeown in Nakameguro, Tokyo writes: "The evacuation zone has been extended to 20km by the government. However TepCo [the Tokyo Electric Power Company] appeared in a news conference and promised to release new radioactivity readings after 6pm. It is now 7.30pm and they have not done so. People are getting extremely frustrated at the lack of news coming from TepCo and the government - they have yet to confirm if the building that suffered an explosion housed a reactor, and we have no indication how much radiation has been released or in what direction winds are blowing

[Pyramid*]

1110: An attempt to explain the risk to the Fukushima nuclear plants following the earthquake: The plants are designed to shut down automatically, which halts the main nuclear fission reaction, but there is a residual amount of intense heat within the system. Back-up generators should kick in to power the cooling mechanisms needed to dissipate that heat - but if they fail, as appears to have happened here, temperatures rise. If this isn't stopped, the reactor vessel itself could eventually melt and leak.


mmmmmmmm............................

[ILoveTRW]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

I'm aware of that - what I'm saying is that I'm not too sure that it will happen. SF, like Japan lies in belts that are notorious for earthquakes...... but I'm not sure SF will ever feel the same wrath from mother nature.

Fair enough, all I know is TRW is probably going to go back to San Fransisco in the next few seasons and it'd be a crazy story if they collided.