[NEWS] Japan Earthquake/Tsunami/Nuclear Crisis 2011

[Reach]

Re: Massive 8.9-magnitude quake hits Japan

I know you weren't referring to a nuclear explosion, but I thought you were saying that it wasn't possible for an explosion to happen unless someone went in and blew it up themselves, which is why I was confused. Also, I thought I saw somewhere that someone said it was physically impossible for a meltdown, but the news sources are saying they're melting down? That's all I was confused about, not necessarily about a "nuclear explosion."

As for the "funny" thing, I don't really understand what about it is funny. At first I thought it was a citation joke, but when I read it fully, it's about... the earthquake vs. the bomb???? Are you laughing at the comparison made between the earthquake and bomb? I still don't see how it's funny, personally.

Oh, no, that's not what I meant. Simple misunderstanding then. Of course an explosion could happen, I just wanted to point out that a nuclear explosion was not possible (Many people think that it is).

I said it was impossible for a 'meltdown' (not really a technical term in physics) to occur. I stated later that I was wrong, but didn't edit my post. That is all.

Technically I wasn't wrong though. It's not possible under normal circumstances, because of the safety precautions built directly into Japanese power plants to prevent it from happening in the first place.

However, when you have an earthquake that is so strong it potentially destroys the safety precautions, then it becomes a possibility. Hence, my correction.

It's funny because I thought it was bull to be honest, reach. But, after reading that along with countless other articles, I was amazed. You learn something new everyday.

I mean, put it into perspective, two Atomic Bombs wiped out a lot of people and towns and everything. Putting that to an earthquake to someone who doesn't research science, it would have seemed foolish. But, alas, I was wrong lol

I re-edited the post with graphical proof of a conversion of the earthquake into an explosion when compared to the Hiroshima Atom bomb:


Japan Earthquake converted to an explosion: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/gmap/...00&zm=9&op=156 . Here, however, is the Hiroshima bomb: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/gmap/...1&zm=12&op=156

[LJRoX]

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I slept in bio class in Gr. 12, and also my chem class never went into the nuclear reaction topic (as far as I remember).
I only get a tad bit of what you are saying xd

[AsphyxZero]

Re: Massive 8.9-magnitude quake hits Japan

Though, as a scary little tidbit of information, the energy released from this current earthquake is somewhere around 1,000,000 times more than that of the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima. Thankfully most of that energy dissipates into the ground, but that doesn't help much.

(For those skeptical of this claim, Japan Earthquake converted to an explosion: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/gmap/...00&zm=9&op=156 . Here, however, is the Hiroshima bomb: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/gmap/...1&zm=12&op=156 )

mind=blown

Holy shit.

I only get a tad bit of what you are saying xd

Then don't post.

[welsh_girl]

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Really? REALLY?

edit: and what was the death toll for Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

I know this was a few pages back, but I am speachless by some people, I really am.

[G.S.M]

Re: Massive 8.9-magnitude quake hits Japan

I know this was a few pages back, but I am speachless by some people, I really am.

Indeed.

[00Razor00]

Re: Massive 8.9-magnitude quake hits Japan

USA lost many lives on 9-11-01 and now Japan has lost more lives on 3-10-11. Add the 2 dates together and you get 12-21-12.

/propaganda

Too bad it happened on Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:23 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time.

[MrGiggles]

Re: Massive 8.9-magnitude quake hits Japan

Holy shit reach that explosion conversion shows my house an hour away from NYC being pretty much destroyed with a 2psi shockwave, which I assume means insta-death for all people within. That's terrifying.

edit: and apparently all the glass in several states will shatter

[Izzy]

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I'm glad people don't make 1,000,000 megaton nuclear bombs.

[Reach]

Re: Massive 8.9-magnitude quake hits Japan

Holy shit reach that explosion conversion shows my house an hour away from NYC being pretty much destroyed with a 2psi shockwave, which I assume means insta-death for all people within. That's terrifying.

edit: and apparently all the glass in several states will shatter

Well, I can scare you some more if you want

Tsar Bomba, an actual nuclear weapon that was dropped: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/gmap/...0&zm=10&op=156

Largest Earthquake on record (Chile, 9.5) converted into a ground level explosion: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/gmap/...00&zm=8&op=156

~6 mile wide Asteroid hitting the Earth at 100,000 mph (Equal to that which caused extinction to the dinosaurs): http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/gmap/...00&zm=3&op=156

[benguino]

Re: Massive 8.9-magnitude quake hits Japan

According to a nuclear scientists on CNN, he said that the term "meltdown" was used incorrectly and that a "meltdown" hasn't really occurred. He said the term "meltdown" is used to describe when the fuel rods themselves melt, which supposedly hasn't happened yet.

I'm getting sick of all these contradicting facts. -_-

[MrGiggles]

Re: Massive 8.9-magnitude quake hits Japan

According to a nuclear scientists on CNN, he said that the term "meltdown" was used incorrectly and that a "meltdown" hasn't really occurred. He said the term "meltdown" is used to describe when the fuel rods themselves melt, which supposedly hasn't happened yet.

I'm getting sick of all these contradicting facts. -_-

Circumstances keep changing. Originally, they found cesium at the plant, which could have indicated a meltdown. When the first explosion occured, the most likely scenario was that melting fuel came into contact with water. When they realized the explosion was caused by vented hydrogen mixing with oxygen, meltdown became less likely but still hasn't been ruled out I think. You won't get solid facts for a long time, don't worry too much about it.

e: plus Japanese officials are being ridiculously tight-lipped and several high-profile people are speculating a cover-up.

[.Gazelle.]

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people can be so idiotic its sad god help me if i ever met one of these people out on the street.

[Calcium Deposit]

Re: Massive 8.9-magnitude quake hits Japan

I would choke them to death with a pearl necklace and ditch their body in a harbor

[MrGiggles]

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·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸PRAYER WAVE¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ Going out to all those affected in Japan

[.Gazelle.]

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just checked the yahoo homepage and there's been over a million dollars in donations good to see that people are trying to help