grungy-gonads 54 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 That Matsumoto minister dude in charge of Disaster Relief needs a right good smack on the head. What a tosser. I know a guy who is the same kind of dude, bloody annoying guy he is. Such a huge ego and looks down on everyone, where in reality he's just a jiji that everyone dislikes. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 5, 2011 Author Share Posted July 5, 2011 Matsumoto has resigned already. Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 He's a right plonker. Disclaimer: that does not mean that all people from Kyushu with type B blood type are all plonkers. Link to post Share on other sites
nagpants 1 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 震度５強　in Wakayama Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Felt that in Kobe. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Originally Posted By: soubriquet Tea farmers pick the new leaves and leave the old. It is known as 'harvesting' (sorry, a technical term). If the new 'harvest' is outside limits, then it will be discarded. This is known as 'dumping' (technical term). Wss there any context in this progamme? How do the measurements presented compare with standard background? The context was that in order to make sure that future harvests aren't also contaminated, it is necessary to get rid of all of the leaves, including the old ones, because that is where the cesium has collected. Hence the radical pruning measures. As for standard background, my understanding is that there is essentially no natural Cs-137 background, it is basically all man-made, from nuclear bomb tests, reactor leaks, etc. Don't remember what numbers they may have given for tea measurements, but they were evidently over the legal limit. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 That's how I took it too. Interesting. Looks like it is a series, next one on Saturday. Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 How is everyone now? I am feeling a bit better now. My friends families in Tohoku area are living in temporary homes now. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Here's a fairly decent account of events of the day. http://www.japantoday.com/category/lifestyle/view/how-first-24-hours-shaped-japans-nuclear-crisis Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Still finding the images of swaying skyscrapers pretty mental. Must have been just madness up top in one of those when this was happening Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 Another NHK documentary about nuclear power on at 7:30pm after the news tonight. Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 M7.1 out in the sea, small tsunami warning. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 Strange one that. I didnt feel anything other than what I thought was a bit of an 'earthquake coming' noise. But no moving so I dismissed it as the aircon or a truck or something. Very surprised to see that apparently Muikamachi recorded shindo 3. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 It was a max of shindo 4. NHK are treating it as something bigger I feel, perhaps because of the tsunami and what happened in March. But they are saying max of 50cm. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I didn't feel anything either, but Facebook is awash with my friends saying they felt it Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Felt a bit. NHK have it on non stop. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Nuclear plants ok, maybe. Phew. Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I think the thinking is.... lets be on the safe side this time! Overestimating being preferable to the opposite. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Wasnt that big, but woke me up! Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Tsunami warning lifted Link to post Share on other sites
zebedee 1 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Just a slight wobble here in Saitaman. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Quote: Must have been just madness up top in one of those when this was happening Well yes, it was. Today also a lot of movement; felt stronger than a shindo 3/4. Link to post Share on other sites
viv&kev 0 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Had a read through this thread the other day. A wild ride you guys have all been on since that day. Hope things are calmer now and hoping that the Fukushima problem clears itself up sooner than later. Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Originally Posted By: viv&kev A wild ride you guys have all been on since that day. You could say that, yes! Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 The memsahib and I went for a swim today. We went to my favourite place, past Ishinomaki and up to Onagawa on the northern Miyagi coast. This is a beautiful ria coast, with wonderful clean water. Some photos. These were fishing villages. Here is a harbour. The quay is drowned with the old tideline about 1.5 metres below sea level. You can see it with the line of oysters in the lower front of the photos. Link to post Share on other sites
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