Japan: Massive Tsunami

[wannabegriffey]

Just amazing video footage. So terribly sad and overwhelming.

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[wannabegriffey]

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[B-Fly]

Radiation levels found in tap water in Tokyo that exceed the legal limits for infants.

Is radiation something that can be boiled out of tap water like other contaminants, or is bottled water the only viable alternative?

[bryanbutler]

boiling does nothing to radiation in water.

[Controller Jacobs]

I don't know why, but for some reason this Wikipedia entry specifically just crushes me.

When it existed, two weeks ago, it had nine elementary schools. It looks like this now:

[amcg]

I'd weigh in here and say that one huge, huge difference between this nuclear incident and Chernobyl is that we know about this one. We're not waiting for guys in Norway to radio in and say "guys, we've just detected a massive leap in radiation here... WTF?"

[joncarlos]

Sometimes we should listen to Tinfoil Hat Bhob.

Japanese officials and international experts have said they believe there's been a partial meltdown at three of the plant's six reactors, and Edano reported Monday that the No. 2 reactor's containment vessel may be leaking.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/29/japan.nuclear.reactors/index.html?hpt=T2