Friday, March 11, 2011

Kyodo News Agency says 2,000 residents near Fukushima nuclear plant urged to evacuate.





IAEA says it has received information from Japan about heightened state of alert at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant



The ring is on fire





Not good news

Japan declares ‘nuclear emergency’ as attempts to cool reactor ‘not going as planned’



Good!

'Not going to be a major damaging event, but there's going to be scattered damage,' says Pacific Tsunami Warning Center about Hawaii

No reports of radioactive leaks..

But the AP is reporting an urgent: Miyagi prefecture nuclear plant fire update: Smoke seen at building separate from reactor; no reports of radioactive leaks, injuries



AP reports: Utility reports fire at turbine building at nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan





Up to a 33 foot wave slammed Japan.. I can only believe that no image, not even this one, does any justice in showing the horror.. More images from Boston.com

Some of the destruction in Japan

URGENT: Abnormality reported at Fukushima nuclear plant | Kyodo News

pantslessprogressive:





The operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant reported an abnormality Friday following a powerful earthquake which hit a wide area in northeastern Japan including Fukushima Prefecture, the industry ministry said.


The system to cool reactor cores in case of emergency stopped at the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors of the plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co., it said.





Anyone mind explaining what this means? Is it as horrific as it sounds?




URGENT: Abnormality reported at Fukushima nuclear plant | Kyodo News

The force of nature

Cars, trucks, and ships swept away in life altering tsunami..

200 to 300 bodies reportedly found in Japan

200 to 300 bodies reportedly found in Japan

Good luck in the islands

Tsunami waves slam Hawaii

Up to 33 feet of water washed over parts of Japan after the 8.9 quake

UK Sky News reporting...

Tokyo Electric Power Co confirms a “falling trend” in the water levels inside reactors at Fukushima nuclear plant.

To my Hawaiian readers

Find higher ground now.. Don’t panic. Whatever will be will be, and the rest if the world is hoping for you .. And praying for lost lives in Japan after the tremendous natural disaster we will never forget

A Friday in March..

…at the mercy of nature

Reports: 6 to 7 foot wave may hit Hawaii--a 23 foot wave slammed Japan

Smaller after shocks 'in the hundreds' hitting Japan

But about 20 or so large quakes hit after the 8.9

Earthquakes, tsunamis, and nuclear emergencies

The world has not held its breath like this in quite some time

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