Nuclear Meltdown Watch

[justdrew]

Radiation. Yes, indeed.
You hear the most outrageous lies about it.
Half-baked, goggle-box do-gooders telling everybody it's bad for you.
Pernicious nonsense.
Everybody could stand 100 chest x-rays a year.
They ought to have them, too.

[alwyn]

'Downwinder people' lived after Chernoble. They lived after Nagasaki and Hiroshima. They lived after the testing in Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. Yes, there is probably radiation on the way. It probably won't kill you any faster than the DU that is aready aloft on the tradewinds. It will be a good idea to eat lots of seaweed and miso soup, to take bentonite and chlorella and all those good detox things. You do that anyway, right?

It will be much worse for the poor folks who live close. And God bless those poor plant workers. Heroes. And dead men walking.

I sincerely hope the world wakes the fuck up from this, and puts an end to the nuclear monster. There is NO safe nuclear power. Period.

[Plutonia]

'I sincerely hope the world wakes the fuck up from this, and puts an end to the nuclear monster. There is NO safe nuclear power. Period.

Erm...

Fukushima is a triumph for nuke power: Build more reactors now!
Quake + tsunami = 1 minor radiation dose so far

By Lewis Page •

Posted in Physics, 14th March 2011 13:58 GMT

Analysis: Japan's nuclear powerplants have performed magnificently in the face of a disaster hugely greater than they were designed to withstand, remaining entirely safe throughout and sustaining only minor damage. The unfolding Fukushima story has enormously strengthened the case for advanced nations – including Japan – to build more nuclear powerplants, in the knowledge that no imaginable disaster can result in serious problems.

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cont (for 3 pages!!)

[justdrew]

March 15, 2011, 12:45 a.m. EDT
Tokyo radiation levels 23 times normal: officials

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Radiation levels in Tokyo surged to 23 times normal on Tuesday, according to reports that cited readings released by the Tokyo metropolitan government. Radiation levels of .809 micro severts were recorded in central Tokyo at 10.00 a.m. local time (9.00 p.m. U.S. Eastern time), reports said. Southerly winds are believed to be pushing a radioactive plume from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which lies about 150 miles north of Tokyo.

[justdrew]

http://www.asahi.com/national/update/03 ... 50203.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/ ... 5320110315

Quote:Asahi reports that according to TEPCO, the operator of the troubled nuclear power plants in Japan, U.S. military personnel were involved in fighting the fire in Reactor Number 4 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. A Reuters item here says TEPCO asked US military forces in Japan for help.

The fire was successfully extinguished.

I can't find details on the reported US military assistance at this time, and have put out queries to military public affairs contacts.

[eyeno]

Does anybody know where this originates and who is responsible for this projection? Is this updated gizmo or some persons prediction? What is the direct link to this info? If I had the link I could translate some of it with google.

[justdrew]

translation of source stamped on the image

[Nordic]

If the prevailing winds maintain current trends, the bulk of the radioactive fallout will hit south of us. Not by much, but I might go buy a Geiger counter just to be safe.

Where are you getting this information? I'm on the West Coast, too, and it would SURE BE KINDA NICE if somebody in, oh, I don't know, our GOVERNMENT, might actually give us a little info on whether and when we're gonna be breathing in radiation.

Fuck!

[eyeno]

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Radiation levels in Tokyo surged to 23 times normal on Tuesday, according to reports that cited readings released by the Tokyo metropolitan government. Radiation levels of .809 micro severts were recorded in central Tokyo at 10.00 a.m. local time (9.00 p.m. U.S. Eastern time), reports said. Southerly winds are believed to be pushing a radioactive plume from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which lies about 150 miles north of Tokyo.

Had no idea you could put a working google map in here. It scales in and out, drags around. It blew the thread width too wide for a few seconds in preview then it snapped back to normal size for me. If it busts the thread margins for anybody else and does not snap back after a few seconds let me know and I will pull it out.





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In descending order from the top of the country to the bottom by perfecture. Names in bold are perfectures and the list under them are the towns in the perfectures.

I decided to go through this exercise to teach myself how fast this stuff moves and how reliable info may or may not be, and decided to compile and share. I did this about 3 a.m. central U.S. time tuesday march 15, 2011.

According to the info at zerohedge normal is 80 nGy/h. Why am I so skeptical of these low readings. Because I am so cynical? Earlier today it was 3024 nGy/h in Ibaraki. Could be the wind, could be they manipulated the data.

Two perfectures "under survey". Fukushima being one of them. I pulled this data from http://www.bousai.ne.jp/eng/
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Disaster Prevention and Nuclear Safety Network for Nuclear Environment
Real time radiation data collected via SPEEDI
2011/03/15 18:00

Hokkaido

Space Dose Rate List(nGy/h)
Kayanuma 　　 24
Hattari 　　 27
Minami-Horoni 　　 22
Iwanai 　　 28
Kamoenai 　　 19
Chatsu 　　 22
Herokaruusu 　　 10
Horikappu Jinja 　　 21
The Meteorological Obsevatory 　　 12
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Aomori perfecture

Space Dose Rate List(nGy/h)
Obuchi 20
Chitose-daira 23
Hiranuma 23
Tomari 20
Fukkoshi 22
Aomori 21
Misawa City hall 27
Noheji Town office 18
Touhoku Town office 17
Touhoku Branch office 18
Yokohama Town office 23
Sunagomata 21
Odanosawa 18
Oippe 19
Chikagawa 23
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Fukushima

Space Dose Rate List(nGy/h)
Shigeoka Under servey
Namikura Under servey
Kamikooriyama Under servey
Hotokehama Under servey
Tomioka Under servey
Mukaihata Under servey
Ono Under servey
Ottozawa Under servey
Yamada Under servey
Kooriyama Under servey
Tanashio Under servey
Namie Under servey
Kiyohashi Under servey
Yamadaoka Under servey
Yonomori Under servey
Shinzan Under servey
Futatsunuma Under servey
Matsudate Under servey
Shimokooriyama Under servey
Kumagawa Under servey
Minamidai Under servey
Kami-Hatori Under servey
Ukedo Under servey
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Disaster Prevention and Nuclear Safety Network for Nuclear Environment
Real time radiation data collected via SPEEDI
2011/03/15 17:20

Ibaraki perfecture

Space Dose Rate List(nGy/h)
Ishigami 　　 822
Toyooka 　　 450
Funaishikawa 　　 222
Yokobori 　　 357
Oshinobe 　　 358
Muramatsu 　　 294
Mawatari 　　 360
Onuki 　　 274
Hiroura 　　 416
Tsukuriya 　　 336
Araji 　　 166
Hitachinaka 　　 408
Ajigaura 　　 234
Ishikawa 　　 258
Horiguchi 　　 1187
Kuji 　　 858
Isobe 　　 570
Kadobe 　　 901
Sugaya 　　 267
Oba 　　 187
Ebisawa 　　 269
Sawa 　　 845
Yanagisawa 　　 280
Motokomezaki 　　 Under servey
Nukada 　　 382
Kounosu 　　 495
Godai 　　 457
Onuma 　　 509
Mayumi 　　 375
Uridura 　　 263
Nemoto 　　 404
Kume 　　 273
Isohama 　　 206
Tasaki 　　 Under servey
Momiyama 　　 443
Yatabe 　　 246
Yoshizawa 　　 211
Kamitoda 　　 201
Tokushuku 　　 174
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Disaster Prevention and Nuclear Safety Network for Nuclear Environment
Real time radiation data collected via SPEEDI
2011/03/15 18:00

Kanagawa

Space Dose Rate List(nGy/h)
Chidori 　　 60
Ukishima 　　 117
Tonomachi 　　 73
Shiohama 　　 68
Oshima 　　 67
Kurihama 　　 57
Funagura 　　 53
Sahara 　　 61
Uraga 　　 56
Hairando 　　 84
Hinode Town 　　 52
Nishihemi 　　 56
Nagasawa 　　 57
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Disaster Prevention and Nuclear Safety Network for Nuclear Environment
Real time radiation data collected via SPEEDI
2011/03/15 17:20

Niigata perfecture

Space Dose Rate List(nGy/h)
Kashiwazaki-shigai 　　 47
Arahama 　　 43
Shimo-Takamachi 　　 45
Kariwa 　　 41
Katsuyama 　　 42
Miyagawa 　　 43
Nishiyama 　　 43
Akadamachigata 　　 43
Doai 　　 43
Power Station-North 　　 41
Power Station-South 　　 41
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Disaster Prevention and Nuclear Safety Network for Nuclear Environment
Real time radiation data collected via SPEEDI
2011/03/15 17:20

Ishikawa

Space Dose Rate List(nGy/h)
Shika 　　 Under servey
Akasumi 　　 Under servey
Noumi 　　 Under servey
Goritoge 　　 Under servey
Fukuura 　　 Under servey
Kumano 　　 Under servey
Kazanashi 　　 Under servey
Tsuchikawa 　　 Under servey
Otsu 　　 Under servey
Tatsunokuchi 　　 53
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Disaster Prevention and Nuclear Safety Network for Nuclear Environment
Real time radiation data collected via SPEEDI
2011/03/15 17:20

Shizuoka

Space Dose Rate List(nGy/h)
Shirasuna 　　 69
Nakamachi 　　 80
Sakuragaike community hall 　　 73
Uenohara 　　 72
Sakurasan Ward 　　 66
Hiraba 　　 69
Shirowa primary school 　　 75
Jitougata primary school 　　 73
Ｗeather observation station 　　 ---
monitoring center 　　 75
Kusabue 　　 77
Shinkango 　　 78
Hamaokakita primary school 　　 Under servey
Daitou branch 　　 Under servey
Ogasa branch 　　 Under servey
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Disaster Prevention and Nuclear Safety Network for Nuclear Environment
Real time radiation data collected via SPEEDI
2011/03/15 17:20

Osaka

Space Dose Rate List(nGy/h)
Kumatori OFC 　　 47
Kumatori-Nishi primary school 　　 58
Yamanotedai-No.1 Park 　　 54
Atom-kyoudou nursery school 　　 57
Kumatori-Minami primary school 　　 56
Kumatori Town office 　　 41
Hineno filtration plant 　　 47
Hineno high school 　　 40
Sano ｓupporting school 　　 38
Hineno primary school 　　 46
Ooike athletic field 　　 55
Kinki University-Ground 　　 42
Kamikosaka primary school 　　 49
UTR-Kinki-North 　　 58
UTR-Kinki-South 　　 56
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Disaster Prevention and Nuclear Safety Network for Nuclear Environment
Real time radiation data collected via SPEEDI
2011/03/15 17:20

Shimane

Space Dose Rate List(nGy/h)
Nishi-hamasada 　　 Under servey
Mitsu 　　 52
Koura 　　 53
Hukada-kita 　　 42
Kataku 　　 53
Kita-koubu 　　 49
Sadahongou 　　 45
Suetsugu 　　 44
Owashi 　　 49
Kami-koubu 　　 53
Tayu 　　 54
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Disaster Prevention and Nuclear Safety Network for Nuclear Environment
Real time radiation data collected via SPEEDI
2011/03/15 17:20

Okayama

Space Dose Rate List(nGy/h)
Ningyotoge 　　 41
Akawase 　　 32
Ten-no 　　 39

Tottori
Kijiyama 　　 47
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Disaster Prevention and Nuclear Safety Network for Nuclear Environment
Real time radiation data collected via SPEEDI
2011/03/15 17:20

Ehime

Space Dose Rate List(nGy/h)
Kuchogoshi 　　 17
Kucho 　　 24
Minatoura 　　 17
Ikatagoshi 　　 19
Kawanagata 　　 24
Toyonoura 　　 13
Kashu 　　 24
Taisei 　　 Under servey
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Disaster Prevention and Nuclear Safety Network for Nuclear Environment
Real time radiation data collected via SPEEDI
2011/03/15 17:20

Kagoshima

Space Dose Rate List(nGy/h)
Gumisaki 　　 26
Ueno 　　 35
Yorita 　　 29
Minato 　　 33
Takae 　　 33
Monitoring center 　　 43
Kodaira 　　 31
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Disaster Prevention and Nuclear Safety Network for Nuclear Environment
Real time radiation data collected via SPEEDI
2011/03/15 17:20

Fukui

Space Dose Rate List(nGy/h)
Tsuruga 　　 56
Urasoko 　　 86
Tateishi 　　 76
Nyuu 　　 68
Takenami 　　 80
Shiraki 　　 90
Shiraki pass 　　 84
Obama 　　 47
Hitsuhama 　　 Under servey
Miyadome 　　 Under servey
Ogurui 　　 38
Otomi 　　 41
Kounoura 　　 27
Kouno 　　 56
Sakajiri 　　 55
Anojiri 　　 32
Nagai 　　 32
Yamanaka 　　 28

Kyoto
Oyama 　　 34
Kichisaka 　　 37
Kurahashi 　　 49
Shiokumi 　　 37
Okayasu 　　 39
Oitomi 　　 39
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Disaster Prevention and Nuclear Safety Network for Nuclear Environment
Real time radiation data collected via SPEEDI
2011/03/15 17:20

Saga

Space Dose Rate List(nGy/h)
Imamura 　　 27
Hirao 　　 30
Kushi 　　 31
Sakibe 　　 31
Hokawaduura 　　 34
Kyoudomarisaki 　　 29

Nagasaki
Takasimamachi 　　 23
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[Luther Blissett]

Had no idea you could put a working google map in here. It scales in and out, drags around. It blew the thread width too wide for a few seconds in preview then it snapped back to normal size for me. If it busts the thread margins for anybody else and does not snap back after a few seconds let me know and I will pull it out.

For me this is just a map of the US. The map url looks like it might be incomplete.
(http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl)

[23]

Two 6.0 mag and above aftershocks hit the east coast of Japan in the last 15 minutes:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... es_all.php

[Laodicean]

[seemslikeadream]

Follow evacuation japan news

Reuters
WestLB: Offered To Evacuate Remaining Staff In Japan
Wall Street Journal - Ulrike Dauer, Margot Patrick - ‎1 hour ago‎
XE), while a number of other financial institutions keep a watchful eye on events in Japan but try to operate as usual. "To avoid any risk to the health of staff, it was decided to offer to all staff and their families that they could be evacuated into ...
EU to mull 'stress tests' for nuclear plants AFP
US Nuclear Industry Faces New Uncertainty New York Times
all 1,622 news articles »

CTV.ca
China urges evacuation of nationals in Japan's quake-hit region
Xinhua - Deng Shasha - ‎2 hours ago‎
TOKYO, March 15 (Xinhua) -- China's embassy in Japan on Tuesday called for an orderly evacuation of Chinese nationals from the areas worst hit by the catastrophic earthquake and ensuing damage to nuclear reactors. The Chinese embassy has been making an ...
Video: Reactor Rethink: Japan asks IAEA for help as EU eyes alt energy RT
Air Company Mounts Preparation to Evacuate Chinese from Quake-hit Japan CRIENGLISH.com
Japan reactor container partially damaged, personnel evacuation needed RIA Novosti
Japan escalates evacuation efforts after nuclear explosions Marketplace
Economic Populist - RTHK
all 26,663 news articles »

euronews
Russia ready to 'evacuate islands' over Japan risk
AsiaOne - ‎5 hours ago‎
MOSCOW - Russia said Tuesday it was ready to evacuate soldiers and civilians from the Pacific Kuril archipelago and Sakhalin island if the nuclear danger from a quake-damaged Japanese atomic plant worsened. The Kuril islands lie just north of Japan's ...
Russians Rush for Iodine Pills Wall Street Journal
Russia's Far East nervously eyes Japan nuclear risk Sin Chew Jit Poh
all 49 news articles »
Czech military says it sent planes to Japan to evacuate Czech Philharmonic
Winnipeg Free Press - ‎1 hour ago‎
By: AP PRAGUE - An army official says the military is sending two planes to Japan to evacuate the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and some other Czech nationals. Army spokeswoman Jana Ruzickova says the planes could take off from Prague late Tuesday. ...
Yanukovych orders government to consider possible evacuation of Ukrainians ...
Interfax - ‎3 hours ago‎
According to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, two Ukrainians left Japan in recent days. The embassy has not currently received requests from Ukrainians wishing to be evacuated from Japan. The Ukrainian Embassy in Japan is continuing to operate in ...
China to evacuate citizens from Japan quake areas
Jerusalem Post - ‎5 hours ago‎
By REUTERS BEIJING - China will evacuate citizens from areas worst affected by Japan's earthquake and subsequent damage to nuclear reactors, but has detected no abnormal radiation levels at home, the government said on Tuesday. China's embassy in Japan ...

YLE News
Foreign Ministry Advises Against All Travel to Japan, Evacuations Pondered
YLE News - ‎4 hours ago‎
The Finnish Foreign Ministry recommends avoiding travel to Japan, especially to Tokyo and the northeast. Families with children are advised to leave the country if they have no pressing reasons to stay. Crisis group in Japan considers evacuations, ...

Democracy Now
"Get the Children Away From the Reactors": Japan Urged To Expand Evacuation ...
Democracy Now - ‎34 minutes ago‎
Japanese anti-nuclear activist Aileen Mioko Smith and nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen question whether Japanese officials are doing enough to protect civilians from radiation, including proper monitoring and widening the evacuation zones. ...

ABC Online
Japan nuke crisis 'worst since Chernobyl'
ABC Online - ‎24 minutes ago‎
Officials in protective gear check for signs of radiation on children who are from the evacuation area near the Fukushima nuclear plant. (Reuters: Kim Kyung Hoon) Japan's nuclear safety agency is maintaining its level four rating of the accident at the ...
What Is a Full Meltdown? Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone
TheDC Links TheDC Morning Daily Caller
Nuclear Emergency Is Worst in Decades New York Times
Teatro Naturale
all 144 news articles »
Japan's nuke crisis raises radiation fears
San Jose Mercury News - Eric Talmadge, Kelly Olsen - ‎9 hours ago‎
... to know if the radiation will have wider impact than Japan. A diplomat based in Tokyo called The Associated Press to ask if journalists had any more information because his embassy was unsure if an evacuation for the staff should be planned. ..

Some Expats Head for Exits
Wall Street Journal - Chester Dawson - ‎51 minutes ago‎
The US Embassy directed inquiries today to a statement Monday by US Ambassador John Roos, who urged Americans in Japan to follow the advice issued by local authorities. He noted that Japan has advised evacuation only for those within a 20 ...
In Japan Reports Of Meltdown, Fukushima Evacuation
Forbes (blog) - Neil Weinberg - ‎12 hours ago‎
Here is a description of the scene around Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. It was reported by phone by Hitoshi Katanoda, a photographer on the scene, who minutes ago called Forbes contributor Yas Idei in Tokyo. ...

al.com (blog)
Watts Bar evacuation highly unlikely, TVA says
WVLT - Angela Starke - ‎18 hours ago‎
(WVLT) - The threat of radiation exposure in Japan has some in the US wondering how an evacuation would be enacted at one of the 100-plus nuclear plants across the country . One of those plants is here in the East Tennessee region - Watts Bar in Spring ...
Amid Japan nuclear crisis TVA reaffirms its belief in nuclear power al.com (blog)
TVA says reactors designed to handle big earthquakes istockAnalyst.com (press release)
all 55 news articles »

Doctors Without Borders
Japan: MSF Working in Isolated Community Devastated by Quake
Doctors Without Borders - ‎1 hour ago‎
On Tuesday, members of the 11-person Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team in earthquake-battered northeast Japan worked in evacuation centers with local medical staff in a small, isolated community in Miyagi prefecture. ...
Japanese earthquake: MSF works in isolated community devastated by quake MSF UK (press release)
Japan: race to supply water and medicine as bodies wash up Channel 4 News
Japan: Significant needs in remote quake and tsunami-hit areas ReliefWeb (press release)
Medecins Sans Frontieres
all 19 news articles »

CTV.ca
Massive rescue, cleanup efforts underway in Japan
Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
Itsuo Inouye / AP A baby is tested for radiation in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima prefecture in northern Japan. A woman reacts after she was informed of the death of her relatives at an evacuation center in Kesennuma Town, Miyagi prefecture in northern Japan. ...
Japan's humanitarian crisis unfolds Stuff.co.nz
Japan nuke plant may spray reactor by helicopter Albany Times Union
Recommended: Tales of hope and despair in Japan msnbc.com (blog)
CTV.ca - Mainichi Daily News
all 571 news articles »

NJ.com
Evacuation of area near Oyster Creek reactor would be challenging
Asbury Park Press - Todd B. Bates - ‎14 hours ago‎
Authorities, faced with a disaster similar to what is playing out now in Japan, would have to evacuate an estimated 320000 people on roadways that become clogged almost every Friday night when just a fraction travel to the resort areas surrounding ...
NJ nuclear power plant, less than 70 miles from Staten Island, uses same ... SILive.com
all 27 news articles »

Peace FM Online
Jimmy Kimmel Recounts Evacuation Following Tsunami Warning In Tahiti
Peace FM Online - ‎2 hours ago‎
Jimmy Kimmel has revealed that his evacuation in Bora Bora last week, after the now officially 9.0 earthquake in Japan sent a tsunami warning across the Pacific, was the realization of one of his worst nightmares come true. In a new blog entry for The ...

The Hindu
Radiation level soars after Japan nuke plant fire
Contra Costa Times - Eric Talmadge, Shino Yuasa - ‎14 minutes ago‎
AP A woman reacts at the news of her relative's death in an evacuation shelter for survivors of Friday's earthquake and tsunami Tuesday, March 15, 2011, in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. ...
Meltdown threat rises at Japanese nuclear plant Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
Second Explosion in Three Days Injures Eleven Workers WDEF News 12
all 372 news articles »
40 Thais in disaster-torn Japan's Miyagi demand for evacuation
People's Daily Online - ‎13 hours ago‎
Virasak Futrakul, Thai ambassador to Japan, said on Monday that there had been so far 40 Thais wanting to be evacuated from the hard-hit Sendai, the capital city of Miyagi, to Tokyo. Thai embassy has already arranged a 60-seater bus for the evacuation ...
Fate of 250 Thais near nuclear site not known Bangkok Post
all 4 news articles »
JAPAN: EVACUATION COMPLETE
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - ‎5 hours ago‎
(AGI) Tokyo - The evacuation of people living within a 20 kilometre radius of the Fukushima nuclear plant has now been completed. Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, exhorted everyone living within 20 to 30 kilometres of the plant to remain inside, ...

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[crikkett]

Where's the peasant mob with torches and pitchfork smiley?

I found a site with about 12 good smiles I ganked a bit ago, they'll get added eventually, fukoshima willing.

Any chance that even one of those would be a not-a-group hug?

[Avalon]

I believe the image with the big yellow and orange radiation blobs on the video (now removed from You Tube) that Laodicean posted a couple of posts up from here is one that has been described as being fake.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/fallout.asp