BREAKING NEWS: Second explosion at Japanese nuclear power plant

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

[QUOTE="theone86"]

I saw a projection of areas that would have been affected by radiation had a reactor melted down, it would have spread across the Pacific all the way to the midwest United States and parts of Canada and Mexico, that's freaking scary.

MetallicaKings

Out of curiosity, where is this?

Fire broken out at reactor 4 now I believe.Ravensmash

Was broken out. It's extinguished, unless there's another one.

[QUOTE="theone86"]

I saw a projection of areas that would have been affected by radiation had a reactor melted down, it would have spread across the Pacific all the way to the midwest United States and parts of Canada and Mexico, that's freaking scary.

GabuEx

Out of curiosity, where is this?

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3970/1299943172874.jpg

Here's the link to the image. This is second-hand, though, soemone else posted this on another forum so I don't know which site he got it from.

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

[QUOTE="theone86"]

I saw a projection of areas that would have been affected by radiation had a reactor melted down, it would have spread across the Pacific all the way to the midwest United States and parts of Canada and Mexico, that's freaking scary.

theone86

Out of curiosity, where is this?

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3970/1299943172874.jpg

Here's the link to the image. This is second-hand, though, soemone else posted this on another forum so I don't know which site he got it from.

"This map is a fraud."

I had the feeling that that would be the case, which is why I asked.

[QUOTE="theone86"]

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

Out of curiosity, where is this?

GabuEx

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3970/1299943172874.jpg

Here's the link to the image. This is second-hand, though, soemone else posted this on another forum so I don't know which site he got it from.

"This map is a fraud."

I had the feeling that that would be the case, which is why I asked.

Alright, hadn't heard that, but this, "As they say, 'The solution to pollution is dilution," kind of logic makes me cringe. I've done simplistic labs that show how dillution works in principle, and it takes a HUGE amount of water to distill a certain amount of any type of waste. Even then I'm not disputing that it wouldn't be dilluted before it reached North America, but ocean pollution still worries me a great deal. If a large-scale leak ever entered the pacific it could kill off animals, disrupt fragile ecosystems, and wreak havoc on local sea life, it's not exactly a desireable scenario.

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

[QUOTE="theone86"]

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3970/1299943172874.jpg

Here's the link to the image. This is second-hand, though, soemone else posted this on another forum so I don't know which site he got it from.

theone86

"This map is a fraud."

I had the feeling that that would be the case, which is why I asked.

Alright, hadn't heard that, but this, "As they say, 'The solution to pollution is dilution," kind of logic makes me cringe. I've done simplistic labs that show how dillution works in principle, and it takes a HUGE amount of water to distill a certain amount of any type of waste. Even then I'm not disputing that it wouldn't be dilluted before it reached North America, but ocean pollution still worries me a great deal. If a large-scale leak ever entered the pacific it could kill off animals, disrupt fragile ecosystems, and wreak havoc on local sea life, it's not exactly a desireable scenario.

No, it's not a desirable scenario, but also not the "everything in western North America dies" scenario.

[QUOTE="Ravensmash"]Fire broken out at reactor 4 now I believe.GabuEx

Was broken out. It's extinguished, unless there's another one.

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

[QUOTE="Ravensmash"] Sky News still have it up on their breaking news - happened around an hour ago I believe, apparently the first one wasn't extinguished properly.Ravensmash

[QUOTE="Ravensmash"]Fire broken out at reactor 4 now I believe.GabuEx

Was broken out. It's extinguished, unless there's another one.

Gabu, there's another one.

They are now saying the original fire was never fully out.