Japan earthquake debris to hit US West Coast by 2014

The US Navy is reporting that floating houses and cars in the ocean are a threat to shipping and that they’ve never seen anything like this. The debris will hit Washington, Oregon, and California by 2014.

Chernobyl cleanup survivor to Japan: ‘Run away as quickly as possible’

Natalia Manzurova at Chernobyl

Natalia Manzurova spent 4 1/2 years cleaning up at Chernobyl. She has multiple health problems due to the radiation and is is the only one of her team still alive. She has a “Chernobyl necklace,” scars on her neck where her thyroid was removed and advocates for radiation victims everywhere.

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WSJ confirms my theory on disaster capitalism

It’s the new disaster capitalism. Capitalism creates disasters through greed while captured governments stand by idly.

It’s the new disaster capitalism. Capitalism creates disasters through greed while captured governments stand by idly.

Tepco, the operator of the crippled nuclear plant, delayed using seawater to lessen radiation because it would damage the reactors and hence [...]

PTSD in Japan

From a psychologist who was in Los Angeles during the Northride quake.

With every fractional increase in the Richter scale, there is an exponential increase in the violence and destruction. Surviving a 9.0 seems a miracle to me. The Japanese people are living in fear, pain, loss, grief, and courage, with all the symptoms of [...]

Honesty needed from government, says Utah Downwinder

“The only way people won’t panic is if they receive open and truthful communication” from authorities, [Mary Dickson of Downwinders United] said. “Otherwise, it’s easy to expect the worst.”

Downwinders know quite a lot about governments lying to them. In the 1950′s, the federal government deliberately did open air nuclear tests in Nevada when the [...]

Japan disaster likely to impact California economy

(Crossposted from CAIVN)

As Japan suffers from a horrendous death toll and substantial damage to several of its nuclear reactors, trade with California will unquestionably be impacted due to the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.

Much of the trade both ways is in technology and electronics. If, say, major chip fabrication plants in Japan are down [...]

Japan earthquake. Is a full recovery even possible

The Agonist has a comprehensive if deeply depressing piece detailing the multitude of severe problems facing Japan now, any one of which could cripple a country. Talk Left has more, including the sombre news that six reactors have failed or are in danger of doing so.

Hundreds of thousands are homeless. Millions of homes [...]

Japan’s biggest long-term problem may be electricity

With millions already without power, [Prime Minister] Kan said Japan would undergo planned outages in the coming days to preserve what electricity remained.

Large areas of the quake area are without power. This lessens demand. When those areas come back online, more power will be needed. But several nuclear reactors, which supplied 20% of Japan’s [...]

AP. Frantic efforts to avert meltdown in Japan

This after relentlessly perky propaganda from the Japanese government saying everything was a-ok, even as they extended the evacuation area, and had police in respirators scanning people for radiation.

Now the truth is coming out. They’re pumping in seawater in a “Hail Mary pass” to avoid disaster.

Look, everything here in Japan is off [...]

Japan nuclear plant explosion no biggie says Ministry of Truth

The Ministry of Truth in Japan, rather than calming people, has been doing the opposite, with their bizarre insistence that everything is just fine, as things get demonstrably worse.

On Saturday, Japan’s government spokesperson Yukio Edano said radiation levels around the plant did not rise, but actually decreased after the explosion. He added that [...]