An intense aftershock
Another big shaker in Japan a little while ago -- 7.1 or 7.4, depending on which authority one reads. It was late Thursday night over there at the time. The external power has gone out at at least one nuclear power plant as a result, but there has been no tsunami, and so if things work the way they're supposed to, emergency generators have switched on to cool the nuclear fuel and prevent another nuclear disaster.
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"if things work the way they're supposed to"? You're kidding, right?
Posted by Bill McDonald | April 7, 2011 10:00 AM
BTW, there was a 6.5 in southern Mexico that so far has escaped
the attention of the electronic media:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_earthquake
Posted by Gardiner Menefree | April 7, 2011 10:12 AM
GM, the newsbiz can only keep so many things in play at once. That is why a perfectly survivable tear in the skin of an airliner gets top shelf while an Airbus A320 losing all instruments after takeoff required radio verbal instruction from the traffic control radar operators to guide it back to the airport -- essentially a dead-stick landing at New Orleans -- is virtually ignored.
Oh, look! Bright shiny thing over here, looky, looky! Shiny! NO, look over HERE.
They are like sharks: they have to keep moving to keep the flow of revenue, er, I mean water flowing over their gills. It's in their nature.
Posted by Old Zeb | April 7, 2011 11:24 AM
With all the fear of radiation fallout from Japan we thought it might be useful to tell you about a cheap, effective, homemade radiation tester you can easily assemble and rely upon.
Just follow these simple instructions:
OPEN A BAG OF ORVILLE REDENBACHER MICROWAVE POPCORN
LEAVE IT ON YOUR KITCHEN COUNTER
IF IT STARTS POPPING, YOU’RE SCREWED!
Posted by AL M | April 7, 2011 12:10 PM