http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:47:15 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:47:15 I guess in this part of Ibaraki we were relatively "lucky" in that external damage from the earthquake was mainly limited to road and roof damage (although many facilities experienced considerable interior damage) , and the radiation levels, though they were high for a while, were nowhere near as hi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Art_from_Ark/13 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:21:37 but it's really meaningless. The situation today is completely different from the situation in 1980.

They key players today are central banks, as well as nouveau riche in China, India and other countries. European central banks, which were in the gold price manipulation business in the 1980s, ha... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Art_from_Ark/12 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:10:45 March 14-- Fukushima Dai-ichi Unit #3 (which contains MOX uranium-plutonium fuel purchased from French company Areva) is engulfed in a huge explosion.
March 15-- Huge spike in radiation levels throughout the Kanto region (including Ibaraki and Tokyo prefectures), which leads to the formation of "ho... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Art_from_Ark/11 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:55:28 here's your chance:

"The day marks three months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster triggered by the earthquake and tsunami. The plants are still spewing radioactive　materials. No one wants such dirty electricity harmful to human and nature.

Join us on June 11th with million-people act... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Art_from_Ark/10 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:21:12 The city of Iwaki, outside the 30km zone, has launched a campaign to get people to buy its farm products THAT PASS RADIATION TESTS to counter the RUMOR MILLS that are saying that everything grown in the prefecture is unsafe. They had a campaign in the Shimbashi district of Tokyo, complete with geige... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Art_from_Ark/9 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:56:38 We've had some rockers recently, aftershocks they call them, but they are earthquakes in the truest sense. Sometimes they're just a rumble and a quiver or two, other times they have knocked stuff off my shelves and shaken the walls so much I think I have blurred vision.

For the first two or thre... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Art_from_Ark/8 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:06:30 Minami Sanriku is the actual site of this video

From the town's web site (updated yesterday), here are the goods the town especially needs:

Foods:

Fruits & vegetables (only if sent from within Japan), bottled water, rice (short-grain, unpolished if possible),
Spices, etc. (soy sauce, miso... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Art_from_Ark/7 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:04:58 Source: [b]Yahoo Japan[/b]

Information in Japanese

Read more: http://emergency.yahoo.co.jp/weather/jp/earthquake/2011-04-12-08-08.html

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Just a few minutes ago, there was a Magnitude 6.3 earthquake off the coast of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The earthquake, which was a 5- on the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Art_from_Ark/6 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:22:22 means that it was only about 60km (35 miles) or so from the Daiichi complex :scared:... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Art_from_Ark/5 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:39:28 both off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture

http://typhoon.yahoo.co.jp/weather/jp/earthquake/

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Art_from_Ark/4 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:09:35 WASHINGTON, Tuesday, March 29, 2011 — "The American Red Cross today announced that the public has generously donated $120.5 million to help the people of Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The announcement was made Tuesday at a press conference at the Japanese embassy with Japan’s ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Art_from_Ark/3 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:04:18 I was just watching a program on TV Asahi a few minutes ago that was discussing some of the indirect effects of the on-going nuclear problems. One of the topics was a 64-year-old organic farmer in Sukagawa City, Fukushima (about 50 kilometers from Dai-ichi) who apparently grew despondent after the h... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Art_from_Ark/2 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:19:17 I will be the first to admit that the nuclear situation here in Japan is VERY uncomfortable at this moment. I will also admit that it is very easy to get very worried about a situation if you are far away from it and all you hear are sensationalist media reports, or third-person anecdotes, or even o... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Art_from_Ark/1 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:13:58