Kanzei is Japanese, he understands the Japanese mentality and knows the various cultural intricacies and subtleties when the officials make their statements. Are you Japanese? Are you as well versed in the nuances of japanese culture as he is?
Please address the facts as we know them and not the messenger. Nuances are not relevant here. Are you disputing the fact that only three reactors were operating at the time of the quake? Are you disputing the fact that a reactor that was not operating cannot going into a state of meltdown? I don't care if Kanzei lives 1 mile from Fukushima- saying "there are 6 reactors without power. at least 4 are in one stage of meltdown or another. by the end of the day, all 6 might be." is at best just factually incorrect, at worst it is attempting to over-sensationalize what is clearly a bad situation.
Japan earthquake: Embassy tells French to get out of capital France has advised its nationals to leave Tokyo because of threats posed by the nuclear power plants 160 miles north of the Japanese capital.
Grandluxe, I believe i have neccesary 'credentials' to understand the ' various cultural intricacies and subtleties ' Ive been here bloody long enough. and its definately in my best interests to try and figure out as best I can what the hell is going on. Yes we are looking at a major disaster. But as has been correctly stated, there have also been attempts to oversensationalize said maor disaster. HAve a read of the report I linked to earlier and see if it makes sense to you. Everyone is entitled to form their own opinion from the facts, but noone is entitled to making up the facts. This link also puts in perspective the levels of radiation we are experiencing. http://twitpic.com/49mm4l I do believe that they may be understating the levels of radiation in the immediate area and I am prepared to get out of here if things get to a level I consider dangerous. But for now, my opinion is any serious radiation exposure is going to be localized.
Dunno about the geiger reading, but beeing long and down quite a bit of money I prefer those live feeds : http://www.santaclauslive.com/main.php?link=santa_claus_live&kieli=eng&pid=2 http://www.santaclauslive.com/main.php?link=santa_claus_live&kieli=fin&pid=3 Going to visit Lapland and Santa's house with the kids in a couple of weeks time btw, margin called and irradiated or not (both options very unlikely).
Actually Grandluxe, I seem to recall you saying on Friday that the 2004 Asian disaster was "1000 times worse"....
I trust the IAEA way more than that awesome company TEP, and according to the IAEA levels outside the plant are dropping. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4042647,00.html "The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said a radiation dose level of 11.9 millisieverts (mSv) per hour was observed at the main gate of the Fukushima nuclear power plant at 0000 GMT on Tuesday. (Reuters) "