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- More than 1700 likely dead in Japan quake, tsunami
- Huge Blast At Japan Nuclear Power Plant
- Japan says nuclear reactor intact but confirms radiation leak
- 9,500 unaccounted for in Japanese port city of Minamisanriku (...JFC.)
Bear with me as I try to add pertinent info! I'm on and off-line multi-tasking errands, but do continue discussing the crisis.
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RT @markmackinnon: Wow. RT @limlouisa Fukushima No 1 was scheduled for permanent retirement on 26 March 2011.
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by gakuranman
This is an explanation of the "Shindo" system Japanese use to measure quakes - good reference to keep handy http://ow.ly/4d4SK
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11:25pm Al Jazeera's Taymoor Tabili, reporting from Japan, tells us that more than 215,000 are spending a second night in shelters, unable to return home. Some 50,000 Japanese troops have been deployed to help in relief efforts
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10:59pm Of 90 people from within the 10km exclusion zone around Fukushima nuclear power plant tested, three have given positive results for radiation exposure, says Japanese public broadcaster NHK. That's just over three per cent.
Some 45,000 people who live within the 10km radius were told to evacuate their homes in the early hours of this morning, when pressure inside reactors was building rapidly.
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10:54pm Japanese authorities are making plans to distribute iodine to residents near the Fukushima nuclear plant. This helps to protect against radiation poisoning of the thyroid gland.
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10:49pm As many as 10,000 people remain unaccounted for in the port town of Minamisanriku - total population 17,000 - in the quake-hit Miyagi prefecture, says Japanese public broadcaster NHK.
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10:39pm Police wearing respiratory eqipment patrol near the Fukushima nuclear plant
Also, the evacuation zone is 20 kilometers of plant No. 1 now. Plant 2 is still at 10 km, but nearly all of that is within No. 1's 20 km.
This Exists: Online Game Lets You Run Your Own Nuclear Power Plant http://mediaite.com/a/tzhmv FM
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In quake zone, mortifying scenes of epic devastation http://ow.ly/4d4XB
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/@TimeOutTokyo: NHK reports that 5,000 homes in Rikuzentakada City, Iwate Prefecture, have been flooded. In Arahama, 2,700 homes are missing
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by markmackinnon
FLASH: More than 1,700 people likely dead or missing from Japan quake, tsunami - Kyodo
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NHK reports that 5,000 homes in Rikuzentakada City, Iwate Prefecture, have been flooded. In Arahama, 2,700 homes are missing.
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http://www.samuelrubenfeld.com/post/380
Read and post queries and details about the status of loved ones in Japan -- lots of Misawa AFB messages here http://tinyurl.com/5vze5s7
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AP-US: Japanese-Americans seek news of quake back home http://apne.ws/hwxCQf #news
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by gakuranman
@ @shibuya246 Latest #seismic events ( #earthquake ) in #Japan using #TrendCompass: http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/japan-e
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Japan nuclear alert + earthquake - live updates http://gu.com/p/2nyd4/tw #japan #jpquake
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So basically. It is still within control of the scientists...just not 100% safe. So just be aware of the situation.
3.23pm: More than 300,000 people have now been evacuated from their homes in northern Japan and that number will rise as the exclusion zone around the Fukushima nuclear power plant is widened, Kyodo News reports.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0312/ja
Also, right now, it is going to be VERY hard to contact anyone in Tohoku--all the major cell phone carriers are having outages and the internet is also very, very spotty up there.
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TimeOutTokyo
Hanamaki Airport, Sendai Airport - both now open for bringing in supplies. Not for passengers.
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RT @AnnCurry The good news: "We've confirmed that the reactor container was not damaged." Japan's Chief Cabinet Sec Yukio Edano
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