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PeakPointMatrix · Jan 28, 2012

Well. Fuck.

Anyway, here's to hoping nothing happens.

Wubby · Jan 28, 2012

Upsidedown Fuji said:
Besides just being off? Not really. Nothings really changed. They're still in tsunami prone and active fault costal areas...

Here's an overhead image of the Hamaoka plant in Shizuoka run by Chubu Electric not Tepco.

I live a bit less than 20 miles away from Hamaoka. They are building an 18-meter-tall seawall around the plant now. Great surf in that area not far from the plant I gotta say.

Shouta · Jan 28, 2012

5.2, eh? Not unexpected considering how they were supposed to get aftershocks for a long time. But still, being near Fuji is a bit worrying.

dudeworld · Jan 28, 2012

red = last hour
blue = last day
beige = last week

the red one is 5.6

I wouldn't really call these "aftershocks." More like "normal day on the ring of fire"

eudaemonic · Jan 28, 2012

Mik2121 said:
In some 40 mins from now (9:40) on NHK there will be a talk/speech from the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Did anything happen with this?

Upsidedown Fuji · Jan 28, 2012

eudaemonic said:
Did anything happen with this?

I watched it and nothing new was reported. No news in this case is good news.

Dram · Jan 29, 2012

http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/govt-says-no-to-free-medical-care-for-children-under-18-in-fukushima#comments

Disaster Reconstruction Minister Tatsuo Hirano told Fukushima Gov Yuhei Sato on Saturday that the central government cannot afford to pay for free medical care for children aged 18 or younger in the prefecture.

Sato had made the request when he met Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Jan 8. At that time, Noda responded that the health and welfare of residents in the disaster-hit region was his governments top priority.

Hirano told Sato that it would not be possible to change the nations health care system to allow children in Fukushima Prefecture to be exempt from health insurance payments, NHK reported. He said that all prefectures have to be treated equally.

Clott · Jan 29, 2012

I think if we knew all the large holes we have in our infrastructure we wouldn't get any sleep.

marvelharvey · Feb 24, 2012

If you've got access to BBC iPlayer, they've a documentary on the disaster: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01cpd2m/This_World_Inside_the_Meltdown/

Lots of footage from inside the plant during the crisis and some (hidden identity) TEPCO employees speaking candidly. Before watching this, I didn't realise that for the first couple of days, the power plant's control room/monitoring equipment was running off of car batteries taken from staff vehicles.

Meadows · Feb 24, 2012

YES!

BBC up in this biatch!

I love when the BBC does after the fact documentaries. Everyone should go and watch the one on US-Russia relations, it's amazing.

Meadows · Feb 24, 2012

Fuck! They got Naoto Kan on?

This seems unmissable.

marvelharvey · Feb 24, 2012

Meadows said:
Fuck! They got Naoto Kan on?

Surprised me too, well done the BBC for getting him on.

Manos: The Hans of Fate · Feb 24, 2012

Meadows said:
Fuck! They got Naoto Kan on?

This seems unmissable.

General rule is that BBC or Frontline Docs have that ability somehow.

PeakPointMatrix · Feb 24, 2012

marvelharvey said:
If you've got access to BBC iPlayer, they've a documentary on the disaster: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01cpd2m/This_World_Inside_the_Meltdown/

Lots of footage from inside the plant during the crisis and some (hidden identity) TEPCO employees speaking candidly. Before watching this, I didn't realise that for the first couple of days, the power plant's control room/monitoring equipment was running off of car batteries taken from staff vehicles.

Damn it, UK only :/

isamu · Feb 25, 2012

SwiftSketcher said:
Damn it, UK only :/

Someone put this on googleTV or youtube or something.

Upsidedown Fuji · Feb 25, 2012

Region lockouts suck. I want to see that video...

Jubern · Feb 25, 2012

Would love to this this too, if a kind soul could find a way for non-UK residents to watch it!

CiSTM · Feb 25, 2012

ElTopo said:
Did we have this one already ? Twenty "before and after" pictures that show what's changed since earthquake.

Pretty cool pictures. NYT had good article about rebuilding of smaller villages and problems it has started to create.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/w...n-generational-rift-opens.html?pagewanted=all

ToastyBanana · Feb 27, 2012

Jubern said:
Would love to this this too, if a kind soul could find a way for non-UK residents to watch it!

Here it is on ze Chinese youtoobs. Might be slow to stream but I'm pretty sure it won't get taken down

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzU3ODE3NjI0.html

DieH@rd · Feb 28, 2012

marvelharvey said:
If you've got access to BBC iPlayer, they've a documentary on the disaster: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01cpd2m/This_World_Inside_the_Meltdown/

Lots of footage from inside the plant during the crisis and some (hidden identity) TEPCO employees speaking candidly. Before watching this, I didn't realise that for the first couple of days, the power plant's control room/monitoring equipment was running off of car batteries taken from staff vehicles.

This is a must watch. For those outside of UK, use bbc-player.com. I just saw it without a problem.

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