Special thank to Japan for their mishandling of Fukashima. Lying. Downplaying it. Under regulating it. Lying more to save face. Now the whole pacific is filled with radioactive fish. Already Ning caught all over CA. Riddled with radioactive isotopes. Mental note, don't let fish bump my legs while I'm the lineup. Also I should probably give up sashimi for a while. First thy introduce us to sushi, then they destroy the worlds supply. Thanks again Japanese government. Putting a nuclear reactor on a fault line in a city that has been completely eradicated 5 times over the past thousand years by Tsunamis. It in vet history book. What did u just cross your fingers? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp=47606855�
damn. whatever is left of the tuna populations is going to be affected for a long time. fish prices are gonna sky rocket on the west coast.
What about all the radiation America released into the ocean in the 50's with nulclear weapons testing? That's why they test the fish in the first place. Don't just blame Japan, chalk it up to everyone sucking.
Not to overly minimize this, but this story is more symbolic than anything else. The levels found in the fish (reported more thoroughly on every other news organization except msnbc) were at or below the naturally occurring levels of the naturally occurring cesium isotope. All in all, it's not really that bad--this just shows us that it could be much, much worse if a much larger fallout were to occur. Don't get me started on Asian and African commercial fishing vessels and UN enforcement (or lack thereof depending on what country you are from) of international fishery treaties.....
The coastline of Northern Japan was completely trashed with junk when I lived there. Bringing TP to the beach was a must. The water would have your guts inside out before you got to the truck. There is no comparison between our country and Japan on how we treat the ocean.
To sum it up humans f#$% up everything, despite country, race or anything...We might be able to adapt to situations but in the end we will be the ones to blame for our extinction...which sadly enough will be the best thing to happen to the earth
This is **%#$* up, but the desire of big business to make money, but not consider environmental and safety concerns surrounds us everywhere from the food we eat to the air we breathe.
I was disappointed too. I thought I'd get to see scenes of looting and social chaos on TV but unfortunately this isn't the US. Boring!
while i agree with you there, its 2012. The world as a whole did some pretty ridiculous things in the 50s. I mean, I am far more ashamed of the American South in the 50s than I am about the military. Im more concerned with us nuking thousands of innocent people than the weapons testing. Im more upset about the weapons "using" back then than the affect on fish. We killed a sh** load of people.... Thats war for you... Put point being, we pumped the brakes on nukes after that.... not worth any of the repercussions.
i feel you. For sure... We dont have all the data on the CA coast that we do for Japan... When this first happened, I did a simple Wiki search of Tsunamis in the town where Fukashmi and it was mind boggling. It showed that the place was literally wiped off the map a half dozen times... The exact same scenario... Huge quake... Town gone. Every time... So while it was stupid to put it there, it was even more ridiculous to not have proper safety procedures in order... If you simply cant shut off the fission of nuclear reaction within your facility for like 3 MONTHS????? You probably should operate one.... I was shocked when I really found out how that stuff all works. Yeah, the one by trestles works the same way, and it too would have to sit for months and cool off if that happened, so lets shut if down.... Ive heard INSANE sh** from guys that used to surf out there decades ago.... Feelings of almost being shocked in the water and having strange affects on your state of mind... I dont think that place has always been "safe" at all either... So we should all be addressing the truth of this.... They have facilities in the Tornado Alley as well, and they too would have similar issues... But come on... Lets learn from Japan... If that is the outcome, we need to be realistic about it...
Also, what I heard in the UT after the Japan Tsunami was that the difference in the regions are that the fault line in SD is on land and the faults off Japan are under water, thus eliminating the Tsunami issues with the dangerous zones out here... We could worry about Damage to San Onofre from a quake, but not a Tsunami... The fault line could damage it, but in a completely different way... Again, im not a master on the subject, but am i correct in those statements? They have a bunch of cool stuff about the fault lines and history down at the museums in Balboa... They do the free tuesdays for locals and you can check it out for free.. Pretty crazy.... Although, my Dad works for NOAA and he told me that the most dangerous north american fault line is the one that runs from Maine to Georgia... And although its less active, it was the most powerful and it will at some point show signs of life again...
japan gets hit with an eathquake, tsunami, and a nuclear disaster. killing thousands, and ruining the lifes of millions. but my heart goes out to the people in california whos sushi might be radioactive.
