StlSluggers wrote:Not sounding good for that second nuclear facility.
They also upgraded the official size of the quake to 9.0.
they have had 140 plus major after shocks too. Many between 6-7. You know what a 6.0 would do to Missouri? I also heard that some communities only got 60 seconds notice.
The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis. "At this point, we know that one GPS station moved (8 feet), and we have seen a map from GSI (Geospatial Information Authority) in Japan showing the pattern of shift over a large area is consistent with about that much shift of the land mass," said Kenneth Hudnut, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). link
"By changing the distribution of the Earth's mass, the Japanese earthquake should have caused the Earth to rotate a bit faster, shortening the length of the day by about 1.8 microseconds," Gross told SPACE.com in an e-mail. More refinements are possible as new information on the earthquake comes to light, he added. The scenario is similar to that of a figure skater drawing her arms inward during a spin to turn faster on the ice. The closer the mass shift during an earthquake is to the equator, the more it will speed up the spinning Earth. link
"At the risk of raising further public concern, we cannot rule out the possibility of an explosion," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told a news briefing.
He said if there was an explosion, "there would be no significant impact on human health."
Edano said neither Fukushima Dai-ichi reactor was near the point of complete meltdown, and he was confident of escaping the worst scenarios.
also, let me continue my never-ending rant against sensationalist editors and their headlines
the headline on that article only mentions the probability of an explosion. it, nor the subtitle, never once mention that he also said it wouldn't hurt anyone and that a meltdown wasn't on tap
but i clicked the link, so i guess i fed the machine
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by StlSluggers » Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:42 am 
