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Earthquake (8.9magnitude) & Tsunami hits Tokyo

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  • tomterm8
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    Erm, so is there any news about the nuclear power stations based along the coast of japan? They have quite a few, IIRC.
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  • lostinrates
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    tomterm8 wrote: »
    Erm, so is there any news about the nuclear power stations based along the coast of japan? They have quite a few, IIRC.


    yes, they were automatically switched off reported this morning but a nuclear emergency has been declared (which sounds a bit like a ''red alert'' rather than confirmation of nuclear leak)

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/11/japan-declares-nuclear-emergency-quake

    there have been some fires.
  • Wheezy_2
    Wheezy_2 Posts: 1,879 Forumite
    edited 11 March 2011 at 12:09PM
    yes.............
    Japan has issued a state of emergency at a nuclear power plant after its cooling system failed following the huge earthquake, the country's top government spokesman said.
  • Generali
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    tomterm8 wrote: »
    Erm, so is there any news about the nuclear power stations based along the coast of japan? They have quite a few, IIRC.

    On Aussie Sky News they had a minister on who claimed that there had been no leak of nuclear material of any sort that they were aware of at that time. That was about 2 hours ago.

    Rather worryingly, the tsunami this has caused is predicted to be higher than several of the islands in the way.
  • abaxas
    abaxas Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    It's japan,

    They'll dust themselves off and rebuild. It's part of their culture and always will be.
  • bendix
    bendix Posts: 5,499 Forumite
    Yeah, but think of the impact on UK house prices for a moment . . .
  • vivatifosi
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    bendix wrote: »
    Yeah, but think of the impact on UK house prices for a moment . . .

    And think of the impact too on our most doom-mongering poster. He's bound to find a link to the Mayan Calendar, global fuel prices and the Rothschilds. Surprised he's not been on yet. Isn't it about school lunchtime?
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  • Wheezy_2
    Wheezy_2 Posts: 1,879 Forumite
    vivatifosi wrote: »
    And think of the impact too on our most doom-mongering poster. He's bound to find a link to the Mayan Calendar, global fuel prices and the Rothschilds. Surprised he's not been on yet. Isn't it about school lunchtime?

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  • bendix
    bendix Posts: 5,499 Forumite
    vivatifosi wrote: »
    And think of the impact too on our most doom-mongering poster. He's bound to find a link to the Mayan Calendar, global fuel prices and the Rothschilds. Surprised he's not been on yet. Isn't it about school lunchtime?

    Asheron or smeagold?

    Curiously, the latter has shuffled off ever since he was humiliated trying to explain the New World Order.

    Asheron has a thicker skin though (or is too stupid to notice). Strangely, he's been quiet this week. I wonder if it's anything to do with oil and silver prices falling 4-5% this week?
  • Blacklight
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    Terrible. At least the numbers of missing seem low, thankfully.

    Interesting to note Fubra mods at HPC have started a thread to revel in the misery (under the guise of 'randomuser123' of course). Sick fuks need shooting.
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