gjcc Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 6.9 magnitude earthquake earlier. They've put out an evacuation warning. Hopefully not much comes of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottish_chicP Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Sirens going now as the waves hit land. Got to hope it's nothing like last time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redm Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Been watching footage and the size of the waves coming in behind the nuclear plant look pretty big. The reporter speaking over the live footage seems to be trying to reassure viewers. The camera is panning around and she's all "the nuclear plant seems to look okay" meanwhile there's wee rivers of water flowing into spaces between the buildings and stuff. [emoji52] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Been watching footage and the size of the waves coming in behind the nuclear plant look pretty big. The reporter speaking over the live footage seems to be trying to reassure viewers. The camera is panning around and she's all "the nuclear plant seems to look okay" meanwhile there's wee rivers of water flowing into spaces between the buildings and stuff. [emoji52] Can you provide a link as been trying to get some footage but the stuff on fb is rubbish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redm Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/live/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redm Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 They're showing a port where there's not much happening most of the time, but when they occasionally show you coast area beside plant it's looking pretty feisty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Thanks. Think its the same link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redm Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Oh, and the cooling system has failed in one of the reactors but the nuclear folk say it's nothing to worry about. A quick look at Twitter suggests a good number of Japanese people aren't completely comfortable with taking their word for it at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibrahim Tall Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Oh, and the cooling system has failed in one of the reactors but the nuclear folk say it's nothing to worry about. A quick look at Twitter suggests a good number of Japanese people aren't completely comfortable with taking their word for it at this point. TEPCo are full of shit at the best of times so that's unsurprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trotter Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 At this point it's probably worth mentioning a slightly overlooked point from before. The Fukishima plant done exactly what it was designed to do when hit by an earthquake and shut itself down. If memory serves it wasn't even designed to withstand an earthquake that big, but it still did. The problems started when the electrical systems (and cooling pumps) failed when the water came in because the backup generators where below sea level. Not brilliant design of the facility, but the reactor itself would've been fine had the water not arrived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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