While we were sleeping...Earthquakes and Tsunamis

[Midwest Spy]

Each Japanese is, in essence, his brother's keeper

I like the fact that their society is so civilized. However, I'm not a fan of thinking the actions of my brother, sister, aunt or whoever, may affect me somehow down the road.

I'd be in a lot of trouble if that system were in place here!

[Lady Cop]

i DO like the concept of family honor, and bringing honor to one's family and ancestors.

[Midwest Spy]

i DO like the concept of family honor, and bringing honor to one's family and ancestors.

Absolutely. But what if you happen to be related to the 1 in 1000 fuckup in that culture that completely screws up YOUR personal future?

[Cynical Ninja]

I just read that Glenn Beck said the quake was a message from God.

Dick will be making a note of that revelation for "reference".

[Cynical Ninja]

Did he say what the message was?

"Save the whales you nip bastards!"

[Lady Cop]

Did he say what the message was?

"Save the whales you nip bastards!"

:B

http://mockforums.net/thread-4257.html?h...poon+a+jap

[Cynical Ninja]

CNN is doing that too, ad nauseum.

News as "infotainment" makes me want to puke.

[username]

i DO like the concept of family honor, and bringing honor to one's family and ancestors.

Absolutely. But what if you happen to be related to the 1 in 1000 fuckup in that culture that completely screws up YOUR personal future?

Don't worry, MS, couldn't happen here. Our constitution is based on the individual right of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (which is how I like it, thank you very much).

The ACLU would have a field day with that starting with registering with the police department in the first place.

[Cynical Ninja]

Saw a documentary called "The bay" a while ago, about a small town in Japan where they secretly lure in dolphins trap them behind nets and then slaughter hundreds of them until the whole bay is running red with blood.

Also saw a doc about shark fin soup, showed you Japanese fishermen pulling sharks onto the boats deck, cutting off all their fins whilst still alive then tossing them back into the sea alive minus their fins.

The japanese have a lot of good qualities but they are still inhumane, cruel and sadistic fucks sometimes.

[NigsWhittington]

Can you explain how that has anything to do with revamping of our aging reactors? You are mildly retarded.

I guessed you meant the containment of nuclear waste, since that's the only real 'problem' with nuclear power. You are aware we can completely shut down and empty a reactor, right? We don't just say "Oh geez Bob, that reactor looks unsafe, maybe we should take it offline and just wait till whatever fissionable material in there breaks containment"
Everything erodes. Welcome to a universe where entropy is the main player. A player that nobody can beat.

[BlueTiki]

I guessed you meant the containment of nuclear waste, since that's the only real 'problem' with nuclear power. You are aware we can completely shut down and empty a reactor, right? We don't just say "Oh geez Bob, that reactor looks unsafe, maybe we should take it offline and just wait till whatever fissionable material in there breaks containment"

I guess I'm a real pussy.

Most fissile material, not just nuclear waste, causes me pause and concern.

Every time I drive past Palo Verde on my way to California, I look for a sign on their gate, stating: "Closed. Gone Fission."

[Cracker]

Can you explain how that has anything to do with revamping of our aging reactors? You are mildly retarded.

I guessed you meant the containment of nuclear waste, since that's the only real 'problem' with nuclear power. You are aware we can completely shut down and empty a reactor, right? We don't just say "Oh geez Bob, that reactor looks unsafe, maybe we should take it offline and just wait till whatever fissionable material in there breaks containment"
Everything erodes. Welcome to a universe where entropy is the main player. A player that nobody can beat.

No, tard, the ones we are STILL USING. They are going to stretch them to 70 years of use when they were built for 40. Materials science has changed drastically in the last 40 years. They weren't built with the good stuff.

But keep posting about nuclear waste, numbnuts. Maybe someone won't realize we still use most of them for power and that we just have them to produce nuclear waste. Jesus.

[Maggot]

If I lived on the west coast I would have a few rolls of plastic, some canned goods, iodine tablets, batteries etc. It does not look good. I hate this shit though and will always think of the worst case scenario.

[username]

If I lived on the west coast I would have a few rolls of plastic, some canned goods, iodine tablets, batteries etc. It does not look good. I hate this shit though and will always think of the worst case scenario.

GODDAMMIT!

In an effort to reassure myself, I keep googling "potential dangers to U.S." and I'm still reading that particles should dissipate. But fuck it...I'm still heading to the hardware store.

I doubt I could get iodine tablets at this point--there have been news stories that the stores are selling out.

[username]

I was embarassed but I went to the local pharmacy and asked the first person I could find who looked like they wouldn't laugh at me about iodine. Apparently iodine is a prescription product and they have none. Not that they sold out they just don't have it and can't get it. She (and for all I know this lady has an I.Q. even lower than Dick's) thinks that the government is stockpiling it. *shrugs* So no iodine.

I do have batteries (I don't think we would need them under this scenario but we had them anyway), plastic (had that already too either because of some prior advice on emergency kits or because of some kinky ideas I had one day about my husband and baby oil--not sure which), duct tape (because duct tape can seal anything and remove warts and splinters), water and chardonnay. I think I'm okay; the chardonnay is helping.

Oh, and tomorrow morning I'll go fill up the car with gas in case I decide to just pile everyone in the car and head East. To Maggot's house.

My husband is going to owe me big time for having the foresight to save the family, lol.

[Maggot]

.......I have these caves I know about see? And if anything bad ever happens I will go there, not many people know about them and they go into the mountain about 50 yards. A ham radio a portable generator and 2 cars and one truck. A couple of good strong dogs and a fast horse would be good. Bring your sleeping bag.

[username]

I knew it! Maggot=survivalist. I'll definitely bring some sleeping bags and a dog plus some guinea pigs and a goldfish.

If we need to...are guinea pigs edible?

[Fibonacci Prima]

They are, but not enough meat on 'em. Head to Texas. We have cockroaches big enough to feed a family of 4...with enough tequila.

[Fibonacci Prima]

Ps, if your intake of iodized salt is adequate, you shouldn't need iodine tabs. The tabs flood the thyroid with stable iodine so radioactive iodine can't be absorbed. Iodized salt has the iodine you need, and likely you are already well enough protected.

[NigsWhittington]

They weren't built with the good stuff.

Dude, this was the 70's. Everything was built AMAZINGLY because back then humans were SMART. Ever read about the Voyager space probe? That motherfucker was designed to take pictures of our surrounding planets, which is did with spectacular results. It then carried on to leave our sweet ass solar system, spinning around to take one last look at our system and radio back fuckwin photos.
My point here?
The main computer is fried. The main radio equipment is fried. It's radiator is fried. The tiny little probe is running on backup equipment with no way of heating itself and a fission plant strapped on that's STILL running even today. We still receive reports and its current mission is to detect how far the suns photons actually travel. This is a probe that *should* be fucked by now. It was never expected to get this far or be still usable. 70's engineering is the tits and balls of the world.

Now kindly cease your silly scaremongering tactics.