3/10/11 Hawaii Tsunami Warning

[Jahay]

thanks... easy read

[JERRY2KONE]

Here is a bit of good news though. Apparantly before we went to bed last night I heard a CNN news report that there were several US Nuclear officials on the ground yesterday trying to come up with a plan to begin recovery from this disaster. The first and formost item was to regain cooling to the reactors. So assisting the Japanese power company a temporary power line was being rigged up from another power system and strung all the way to the reactor area so that cooling could be restored. I have not checked yet this morning, but it should be pretty close to being completed or already up and running. That is a good sign in my book.

Then once cooling is restored and the reactor heat levels are within acceptable ranges they can start working on a solution to contain the leaking radiation, and finally move on to a more permanent resolve of the entire situation. We are not out of the woods yet, but this is much better news than anything we have heard for the last 5 days. There may be hope yet to overt total anialation. Its about time someone grew a brain in this mess.

[JERRY2KONE]

This just in 6AM eastern time USA. Another sign that things are not going as well as everyone had hoped it would. Good news for your family Lito.

– 1 hr 43 mins ago
WASHINGTON – The United States has authorized the first evacuations of Americans out of Japan, taking a tougher stand on the deepening nuclear crisis and warning U.S. citizens to defer all non-essential travel to any part of the country as unpredictable weather and wind conditions risked spreading radioactive contamination.

President Barack Obama placed a telephone call to Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Wednesday to discuss Japan's efforts to recover from last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami, and the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Dai-chi plant. Obama promised Kan that the U.S. would offer constant support for its close friend and ally, and "expressed his extraordinary admiration for the character and resolve of the Japanese people," the White House said.

But a hastily organized teleconference late Wednesday with officials from the State and Energy Departments underscored the administration's concerns. The travel warning extends to U.S. citizens already in the country and urges them to consider leaving. The authorized departure offers voluntary evacuation to family members and dependents of U.S. personnel in Tokyo, Yokohama and Nagoya and affects some 600 people.

Senior State Department official Patrick Kennedy said chartered planes will be brought in to help private American citizens wishing to leave. People face less risk in southern Japan, but changing weather and wind conditions could raise radiation levels elsewhere in the coming days, he said.

Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said it will coordinate departures for eligible Defense Department dependents.