Señor Hoff Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Here's the original article which your link claims to get it's info. In case you want a source not named after a movie character. Instead of just posting headlines to try to scare people. Thats a "scary headline" to you? lol You must be some kind of coward to be scared of the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Señor Hoff Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 (edited) Cause of 'yellow rain' found to be pollen: weather agency Cause of 'yellow rain' found to be pollen: weather agency Thursday 24th March, 04:00 PM JST TOKYO — The ''yellow rain'' seen Wednesday in the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo was caused by pollen, not radioactive materials as many residents had worried, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Thursday. The agency received more than 200 inquiries Thursday morning about yellowish residue left on roofs and elsewhere by the rain, stirring concerns that radioactive substances had fallen after accidents caused by the March 11 quake and tsunami at a nuclear power plant around 220 kilometers northeast of Tokyo. According to the Environment Ministry, large amounts of air-borne pollen were seen in the Kanto region and they fell with the rain on Wednesday. A health official at the Tokyo metropolitan government also said there is a possibility that the rain contained radioactivity but not at a level to have had adverse effects on people's health. © 2011 Kyodo News. All rights reserved. No reproduction or republication without written permission. http://japantoday.co...-weather-agency ---- Remembering Chernobyl By NATALIE BANACH Published April 25, 2006, 9:00 pm in News Thinking back to 20 years ago, it's the splashing in yellow rainwater that Antonina Sergieff vividly recalls. The third-year graduate student didn't know it then, but the unnatural color of those puddles in her hometown of Gomel, Belarus were due to radioactive particles spewing from a nuclear explosion 80 miles away. http://dailybruin.de...ering-chernobyl OH NO, IM SCARING PEOPLE NOW. This is all just a coincidence. Just pollen, I'm sure. Edited March 24, 2011 by Señor Hoff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Latest update from Reuters. Several workers have suffered radiation burns from standing in radioactive water while working. Two of the reactors are safe and in "cold shutdown'" while four are still emitting radiation and are volatile. The estimated damage of $300 billion damage from the quake and tsunami is greater than the 1995 Kobe quake and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Official numbers of dead and missing are 9,811 people confirmed dead and 17,541 missing by Friday and are expected to continue to rise as unidentified bodies are being buried in mass graves - unusual for Japan as they usually cremate the dead. Radiation injuries slow work at Japan's nuclear plant Thu, Mar 24 2011 By Yoko Kubota and Kazunori Takada TOKYO (Reuters) - Radiation injuries to three workers complicated the battle to control Japan's crippled nuclear plant on Friday and heightened global anxiety over the worst atomic crisis in 25 years. Hailed by Japanese as anonymous heroes braving unknown dangers, about 300 engineers have been working around the clock to stabilize the six-reactor Fukushima complex since an earthquake and tsunami struck two weeks ago. But they had to pull out of some parts of the complex, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, when three workers replacing a cable near reactor No. 3 were exposed to high contamination by standing in radioactive water on Thursday, officials said. Two were taken to hospital with possible radiation burns after the water seeped over their boots. "We should try to avoid delays as much as possible, but we also need to ensure that the people working there are safe," said Japanese nuclear agency official Hidehiko Nishiyama. Safety fears at the plant and beyond -- radiation particles have been found as far away as Iceland -- are compounding Japan's worst crisis since World War Two. As well as causing the most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986, the March 11 quake and ensuing tsunami left about 27,400 people dead or missing across the northeast. Despite increased radiation reports, fears of a catastrophic meltdown at the Fukushima plant are receding. Two of the reactors are now regarded as safe in what is called a cold shutdown. Four remain volatile, emitting steam and smoke periodically, but work is advancing to restart water pumps needed to cool fuel rods inside those reactors. "It's much more hopeful," said Tony Roulstone, a nuclear energy expert at Cambridge University. "The most difficult thing is keeping the (spent-fuel) ponds cool, where they are using fire hoses." Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said the three injured workers were carrying radiation meters but ignored an alarm when it rang. Engineers would be briefed again on safety. "They are working in a harsh environment," TEPCO official Akira Suzui said during an overnight briefing. The crisis has raised apprehension about nuclear power both in Japan and beyond, and the government of the world's third-largest economy plans to review the industry. "Public confidence in nuclear power plants has greatly changed," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, who has been the government's public face during the crisis, told Reuters. "In light of that, we must first end this situation and then study (it) from a zero base." The Asian nation's 55 nuclear reactors provide about 30 percent of its electric power. The percentage had been expected to rise to 50 percent by 2030, among the highest in the world. RADIATION FEARS Heightened by widespread public ignorance of the technicalities of radiation, alarm has been spreading. Vegetable and milk shipments from the areas near the plant have been stopped, and Tokyo's 13 million residents were told this week not to give tap water to babies after contamination hit twice the safety level. But it dropped back to safe levels the next day, and the city governor cheerily drank water in front of cameras at a water purifying plant. Despite government reassurances and appeals for people not to panic, many shops saw bottled water flying off the shelves. "Customers ask us for water. But there's nothing we can do," said Tokyo supermarket worker Masayoshi Kasahara. In the latest contamination finds, Kyodo news agency said radioactive caesium 1.8 times higher than the standard level was found in a leafy vegetable grown at a Tokyo research facility. Singapore said on Thursday it had found radioactive contaminants in four samples of vegetables from Japan. Earlier, Singapore and Australia joined the United States and Hong Kong in restricting food and milk imports from the zone. Many other nations have tightened screening. German shipping companies are avoiding Japan. "THINGS GETTING BETTER" The estimated $300 billion damage from the quake and tsunami is the world's costliest natural disaster, dwarfing Japan's 1995 Kobe quake and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005. In Japan's north, more than a quarter of a million people are in shelters. Exhausted rescuers are still sifting through the wreckage of towns and villages, retrieving bodies and pulling out photos for the consolation of survivors. Official numbers of dead and missing are revised up every day -- 9,811 people confirmed dead and 17,541 missing by Friday. Authorities are burying unidentified bodies in mass graves. Amid the suffering, though, there was a sense that Japan was turning the corner in its humanitarian crisis. Aid flowed to refugees, and phone, electricity, postal and bank services began returning to the north, albeit sometimes by makeshift means. "Things are getting much better," said 57-year-old Tsutomu Hirayama, with his family at an evacuation center in Ofunato. "For the first two or three days, we had only one rice ball and water for each meal. I thought, how long is this going to go on? Now we get lots of food, it's almost like luxury."http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/25/us-japan-quake-idUSTRE72A0SS20110325 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 A baby porpoise was found 2km inland in a flooded rice paddy field and rescued. Japanese pet shop owner Ryo Taira rescues a young finless porpoise from a flooded rice paddy, Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, on March 23, 2011 Ryo Taira found his arms worked better than an improvised stretcher Tsunami-stranded porpoise rescued from Japan rice field A baby porpoise that was washed over a mile (about 2km) inland by Japan's tsunami earlier this month has been rescued from a flooded rice paddy. Local people spotted the animal more than a week after the 11 March disaster and alerted animal rescue workers. One man eventually caught the finless porpoise in his arms and carried it back out to sea. Rescuers said the metre-long mammal had suffered a few scratches but was otherwise healthy. "Immediately after I spotted it, I realised I could not ignore it. I had to do something," Masayuki Sato told the Asahi newspaper. "This was also a victim of the tsunami." He telephoned the animal welfare group, who were in the area rescuing pets stranded by the disaster. They fashioned a stretcher but volunteer Ryo Taira eventually waded into the rice field and caught the animal himself. "I don't know if it will survive, but it's much better than dying in a rice field, right?" he told the newspaper.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12844677 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) http://abcnews.go.com/International/japan-breach-suspected-nuke-plant/story?id=13218997 A possible breach of the reactor core at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant could lead to further contamination in what would be a major setback to efforts to bring the post-earthquake crisis under control, Japanese officials said today. The possible breach was suspected when two workers waded into water 10,000 times more radioactive than normal and suffered skin burns, according to the Nuclear and Industry Safety Agency. "It is possible there may be damage somewhere in the reactor," spokesman Hidehiko Nishiyama said, adding that the cause of the burns still remains unclear.Nishiyama said there is no data suggesting there were any cracks, and that a leak in the plumbing or the vents could be the cause. Meanwhile, the death toll in Japan reached a milestone as NHK broadcasting reported the latest estimates of 10,175 people dead and more than 17,400 still missing since the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami rattled the country March 11. The U.S. military is now taking a direct role in attempts to cool reactors at the damaged nuclear plant, according to U.S. and Japanese officials. As a first step, the U.S. military plans to ship 525,000 gallons of fresh water on two U.S. Navy barges from a U.S. base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Forces Japan. Other U.S. support initiatives are also under consideration, the Wall Street Journal reported. Edited November 3, 2015 by Green Building Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luineul Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 A baby porpoise was found 2km inland in a flooded rice paddy field and rescued. That's cute! It's so misleading, that many dolphins always look like they're smiling all the time. A road in Naka, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan: left, how it was on the day of the earthquake; right, six days later (17 March) after rapid repairs. Photograph: AP http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/24/japan-disaster-reconstruction-road-recovery 6 Days? Wow! + Impressive! I can't figure out how that was done... lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conservative Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 A road in Naka, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan: left, how it was on the day of the earthquake; right, six days later (17 March) after rapid repairs. Photograph: AP http://www.guardian....n-road-recovery 6 Days? Wow! + Must have been an integral route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Impressive! I can't figure out how that was done... lol. they're probably use to it by now. here in vancouver, OTOH, it'll probably take them 3 years to rebuild the city portion of the trans-can Hwy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luineul Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 That, plus they don't have the political bickering that seems to plague the West. People seem to think that North America is so advanced and so efficient - actually, those people probably haven't been to Asia lately. Japan is definitely one of the most industrious nations in the world. As a geographically small country, I believe they also do a good job of making technology available to all areas of the land. One of the few advantages of such a small nation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Femme.Canuck Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Unbelievable ground movement in Japan-- intriguing but kinda creepy/scary. seismic zone activity in south central Japan. Liquifaction.. the ground swelling and contracting.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRCM8oJ2DlY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VICanucksfan5551 Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Cause of 'yellow rain' found to be pollen: weather agency http://japantoday.co...-weather-agency ---- http://dailybruin.de...ering-chernobyl OH NO, IM SCARING PEOPLE NOW. This is all just a coincidence. Just pollen, I'm sure. Pollen in rainwater is pretty common at this time of year. I see it all the time at the golf course I work at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jovocop55 Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Japan is definitely one of the most industrious nations in the world. As a geographically small country, I believe they also do a good job of making technology available to all areas of the land. One of the few advantages of such a small nation... japan was prepared but didn't expect the damage of the tsunami which nobody can predict and stop.. vancouver is not prepared at all.. richmond will be all gone if earthquake happens.. gonna be a mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 (edited) There was panic and an evacuation of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant when radiation readings were taken showing potentially lethal levels - 10 million times normal. Workers were withdrawn from a reactor building at Japan’s earthquake-wrecked nuclear plant on Sunday after potentially lethal levels of radiation were detected in water there, a major setback for the effort to avert a catastrophic meltdown. The operator of the facility said radiation in the water of the No. 2 reactor was measured at more than 1,000 millisieverts an hour, the highest reading so far in a crisis triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11. That compares with a national safety standard of 250 millisieverts over a year. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says a single dose of 1,000 millisieverts is enough to cause haemorrhaging.http://www.theprovince.com/news/Radioactivity+soars+inside+Japanese+reactor+workers/4510692/story.html#ixzz1HofFZJ00 Then OOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPPSSSSSSSSSSSS - we read that level wrong. Those pesky decimal points. But hey TEPCO was sorry for the error. The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant said on Monday a very high radiation reading that had sent workers fleeing the No. 2 reactor was erroneous. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) vice-president Sakae Muto apologized for Sunday's error, which added to alarm inside and outside Japan over the impact of contamination from the complex which was hit by an earthquake and tsunami on March 11. Radiation in the water was a still worrying 100,000 times higher than normal, rather than 10 million times higher as originally stated, Muto said. "I am very sorry...I would like to make sure that such a mistake will not happen again."http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/27/us-japan-quake-idUSTRE72A0SS20110327 Edited March 27, 2011 by Wetcoaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure 17 Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Pollen in rainwater is pretty common at this time of year. I see it all the time at the golf course I work at. Really!?!?...it's winter in Japan ya noob..go back to school ..it's not pollen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Really!?!?...it's winter in Japan ya noob..go back to school ..it's not pollen! Actually it is now spring in Japan (shunbun no hi) as of March 21. Clearly someone needs to go back to school. The Japanese Meteorological Agency says it was pollen: Pollen caused 'yellow rain': agency Kyodo News The "yellow rain" seen Wednesday in the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo was caused by pollen, not radioactive materials as many residents feared, the Meteorological Agency said Thursday. The agency received more than 200 inquiries Thursday morning about yellowish residue left on roofs and elsewhere by the rain, stirring concerns that radioactive substances had fallen in the wake of explosions at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, around 220 km northeast of central Tokyo. According to the Environment Ministry, large amounts of air-borne pollen were seen in the Kanto region and the pollen fell with the rain Wednesday.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110325a7.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bob Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Actually it is now spring in Japan (shunbun no hi) as of March 21. Clearly someone needs to go back to school. The Japanese Meteorological Agency says it was pollen: Pollen caused 'yellow rain': agency Kyodo News The "yellow rain" seen Wednesday in the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo was caused by pollen, not radioactive materials as many residents feared, the Meteorological Agency said Thursday. The agency received more than 200 inquiries Thursday morning about yellowish residue left on roofs and elsewhere by the rain, stirring concerns that radioactive substances had fallen in the wake of explosions at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, around 220 km northeast of central Tokyo. According to the Environment Ministry, large amounts of air-borne pollen were seen in the Kanto region and the pollen fell with the rain Wednesday.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110325a7.html Shouldn't this happen every year then? Wouldn't they be used to it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi Babe Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Shouldn't this happen every year then? Wouldn't they be used to it ? Hypervigilante? Nervous? Scared witless? Suspicious? Deathly afraid considering the other circumstances taking place and not a whole lot of information from the people with credible sources?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Shouldn't this happen every year then? Wouldn't they be used to it ? Apparently it was function of a much hotter summer last year, so more pollen. Plus it was very light rain so rather than washing the pollen away, the water evaporated leaving the pollen behind on roofs and on the ground. Also people are understandably more jittery in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi plant disaster and so something they might not have even noticed in the past, becomes a source of concern. “Pollen is something people see all the time and ignore, said a JMA official. “But people are extra vigilant now because they are scared of radiation exposure” due to the caustic Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. ... The JMA said the pollen — flying about in especially concentrated amounts this year because of last summer’s record heat wave – fell down with the rain Wednesday night. While the pollen would usually be drained down gutters during heavier rain falls, the droplets don’t pool into puddles when it’s weak. Instead, the water left on the ground evaporates quickly leaving the caught pollen naked on the pavement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Hypervigilante? Nervous? Scared witless? Suspicious? Deathly afraid considering the other circumstances taking place and not a whole lot of information from the people with credible sources?? At least they did not claim it was weather balloon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure 17 Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Actually it is now spring in Japan (shunbun no hi) as of March 21. Clearly someone needs to go back to school. The Japanese Meteorological Agency says it was pollen: Pollen caused 'yellow rain': agency Kyodo News The "yellow rain" seen Wednesday in the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo was caused by pollen, not radioactive materials as many residents feared, the Meteorological Agency said Thursday. The agency received more than 200 inquiries Thursday morning about yellowish residue left on roofs and elsewhere by the rain, stirring concerns that radioactive substances had fallen in the wake of explosions at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, around 220 km northeast of central Tokyo. According to the Environment Ministry, large amounts of air-borne pollen were seen in the Kanto region and the pollen fell with the rain Wednesday.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110325a7.html it was just snowing there for petes sake!!..you mean to tell me pollen just starts floating around 1 week later!!..they are having a long winter just like we are..you see pollen floating around here!!..I've been to Japan and southeast Asia plenty of times to know that pollen doesn't accumulate this early!..why would the Japanese be concerned about this?..there's nothing blossoming there right now!.its too early and not enough sun..that yellow pollen usually comes from pine trees which dont pollenate till well into the sunnier warmer days just like here.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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