3/10/11 Hawaii Tsunami Warning

[JERRY2KONE]

This has turned out worse than Three Mile Island, but it is still not anywhere near Chernobyl.

But nonetheless, as always there are those individuals that one must be impressed with; the workers who are braving serious health risks to resolve this very serious problem. These men and women are on the same scale as the 9/11 responders and those of any major (or even minor) disaster.[/QUOTE]


WOW REALLY? Are you trying to compare what these poor souls are going through (certain death) to save an entire population to those of the 9/11 NYC recovery crews? Are you kidding me. Look no one is for any reason douting that what the crews went through in NYC was a terrible situation. Certainly the death toll of those who perished in the subsiquent collaps of the twin towers was awful. All of this being casued not by Mother Nature, but by morons who are surely set on hurting the American way of life. Recovery yes was difficult, but nothing on the level of what these workers are faced with. Even if they do get in and out without having any of the structure fall on them they will more than likely either get extremely sick from radiation poisoning, or they will die a painful death from an invisible killer that causes cancer and the like.

This tiny Island nation was hit by one of the largest natural disasters to date being a 9.0 Earthquake, followed by part of their island sinking two feet leaving them wide open for a Tsunami that wiped out what will more than likely turn out to be over 20K to 25K people, and also crippling this nuclear power site to the point of nuclear disaster that is unrivaled in size and possible level of contamination involving not one, not two, not even three, but four damaged reactors, along with all of their spent fuel rod pools which involves a very large number of dangerous nuclear fuel.

No this has not reached the level of disaster of Chernobyl yet, but it can surely get much worse if things keep encountering setbacks that are making things impossible to overcome the damage already created after three weeks of attempting to get things under control. 9/11 was ten years ago, and we have long since recovered from that. Not sure what your point is here, but this is far from over and there has been nothing so far that points to the resolution of the growing problems that these reactors present to the nation of Japan or that of the world who are all extremely worried about the very real posibilities that this has the potential of causing. Lets just say for the sake of arguement that Japan keeps working at this for another month and finally just says we do not know what we can do. By then we would be in what like the 7th week of radiation leakage. From all of the conflicting reports up to now I really do not believe that anyone knows just how much contamination is actually leaking out of this plant. This is relitively new ground for most of the world and exactly how much damage can be done by these reactors probably won't even make it to the surface until long after the damage is done. Life in Chernobyl is still desolate and many many people have died and have been adversely affected by that disaster. How high will those levels reach in this one. No one yet knows and that is why we are here discussing this situation. If you do not like reading about it on here, or seeing it on TV, then don't.

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I did say the FIRST RESPONDERS, not necessarily the recovery crews but nonetheless the did face consequences to their actions. The point was that just as many FIRST RESPONDERS do they went in and have done their jobs putting others, instead of their own safety, first.

And I generally don't pay attention to the majority of the media, because time and again they are proven to be misleading, over sensationalized, and just often plain wrong.

[JERRY2KONE]

Just to clarify the first responders of the 9/11 terror attack never expected the towers to collaps on top of them. They went in (yes risking their lives) thinking that they could save hundreds of people, which they did, and then hopefully get out alive. It did not work out that way. It was a very sad moment in the history of the USA and we all suffered the losses in our own way ten years ago. The heros of that event have been and will be celebrated for many years. None of this discussion has had anything at all to do with that disaster.

The workers at this Japanese nuclear power plant come to work every single day and try their best to keep themselves and that of the general public out of danger by doing their job well. Today they know that they will more than likely die working in these reactor buildings, and yet day after day they are sacrificing their lives to try and avert a complete meltdown of this facility. I am sure that they are well aware of the catostrophic damage this facility can create if it is not brought under control not just for them, but for the world at large. They are being asked to give their lives for the future of their families, their people, and their country, as well as the safety of our planet as their families watch. It seems from your post that all you hope to do is downplay their sacrifice as if it does not deserve recognition, or equal that of the 9/11 responders. Comparing this to 9/11 as if it is no more of a sacrifice is completely irrelivant to their efforts in Japan today. I dout seriously if the twin towers were left to lay where they fell that it would have had any negative affects on the rest of New York or that of the world to the level that this could. So once again what is your point?

Please don't take offense but I do not understand what you are trying to say. Oh and if the information that we share on here is fear mongering than what relative facts do you have to share in this thread that will lead anyone to follow your thinking? What details about this facility do you have that should help us all believe that this is nothing at all for us to worry about? Please share your professional assessment of the current situation that contradicts what is being shared in the news, and in this thread. Please help us understand what your point is and how it is relative to this discussion. Please shed some devine light on this matter that will eleviate everyones fears on the matter and we can all just go home and forget about it. Just to add some of us have family and friends still in Japan.