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Never Kick a Sleeping Dragon

2011-05-29T20:27:29Z

Never Kick a Sleeping Dragon
Bilbo Baggins may be the only person I ever met who got away with waking up a dragon. Of course he had that weird ring that made him invisible when he did it. I knew it would never fit me or I might have tried some slight of hand.
Unfortunately the sleeping dragon at Fukushima was awakened on March 11th and the Japanese were not in possession of the ring.
The Fukushima dragon did not present the world with "the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl" (as (…)

- contributions / Nuclear, International, Catastrophes

Fukushima - How Many Chernobyls Is It?

2011-05-29T19:15:58Z

Dr Scampa's Lethal Doses Count Increases Dramatically
(San Francisco) – The world's second big nuclear disaster occurred at Chernobyl Reactor No. 4 in the Ukraine on Apr 26, 1986. Simply tagged as “Chernobyl,” it is what the next big and well known nuke disaster, after the American Three Mile Island, on March 28, 1979 came to be called. “Chernobyl” ejected 30% of one 192-ton, three-month old reactor core. That's 57.6 radioactive tons thrown into the air by fire and explosions.
The tiny (…)

- contributions / Nuclear, International, Catastrophes

Japan's 9.0 Earthquake Equal to One Million Kiloton Nuclear Weapon

2011-03-18T05:32:23Z

USS Ronald Reagan SuperCarrier Turns Tail and Runs
(San Francisco) - The Japanese nuclear reactor killing Earthquake March 11, 2011 had the Energy of a 1,000,000 Kiloton Nuclear Weapon. The earthquake measured 9.0 on the Richter Scale. The two Atomic Bombs that vaporized much of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan “only” totaled about 32 kilotons. The deadly 9.0 earthquake was the energy equivalent of 31,250 combined Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bombs.
Famous former Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab (…)

- contributions / Nuclear, International, Catastrophes

Japan's Tragedy Provides Us All An Opportunity To Show That We Have A Heart

2011-03-16T04:01:31Z

The severe blow from nature with which the Japanese people were struck with on Friday, March eleventh purportedly took the lives of over ten thousand people while forever altering the lives and emotional well-being of hundreds of thousands more. The need to address the multifaceted nature and ongoing complexity of Japan's disaster is evident with each day's news updates. Within minutes after the 9.0 earthquake, northeastern Japan was engulfed by a tsunami that has done more damage then the (…)

- contributions / Humanitary, Nuclear, International, Solidarity, Catastrophes, Brian McAfee

Note from US Navy to the Japanese: Be sure to wash up with soap and water!

2011-03-14T16:41:46Z

Note to the people of Japan: Just wash up with soap and water.
The US 7th Fleet is the largest forward-deployed US Navy fleet, with 50–60 ships, 350 aircraft and 60,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel.
The 7th Fleet was deployed, to assist the Japanese, in the wake of Japan's extreme weather cocktail of a 33 foot tsunami wave and the fifth biggest earthquake (8.9 Richter) in recorded human history.
At a distance of 100 miles from Japan, to the Northeast, the fleet was ordered to find (…)

- contributions / Nuclear, International, Catastrophes, USA

Millions Of Flood Victims In Pakistan Now Face Harsh Winter

2010-12-18T19:59:41Z

Reports indicate that the hardships from Pakistan's earlier monsoon floods have been exacerbated by the onslaught of winter. The floods impacted 20 million of Pakistan's population of just over 180 million people. As the temperature dips, hundreds of thousands of displaced children and adults are susceptible to pneumonia and other cold related diseases. According to Director of the National Institute of Child Health (Pakistan), Professor Jamal Raza states that the flood victims becoming ill (…)

- contributions / International, Catastrophes

Pakistan Hit By Worst Flood In 80 Years

2010-08-06T03:23:06Z

Reports out of Pakistan now indicate that about 1,500 people have lost their lives and tens of thousands have been left homeless. This years monsoon, which began July 28, is said to have affected 3.2
million people in northwest Pakistan. The most urgent need is clean drinking water followed by food, shelter and sanitation and medicines. Homes, bridges, roads and agricultural land has been swept away
leaving scores of families with no homes or livelihood.
The potential for disease is (…)

- contributions / International, Catastrophes, Brian McAfee

Toxicologists: Corexit “Ruptures Red Blood Cells, Causes Internal Bleeding”...

2010-07-18T06:21:04Z

Toxicologists: Corexit “Ruptures Red Blood Cells, Causes Internal Bleeding”, "Allows Crude Oil To Penetrate “Into The Cells” and “Every Organ System"
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/07/toxicologists-corexit-ruptures-red.html
As I have previously noted, Corexit is toxic, is less effective than other dispersants, and is actually worsening the damage caused by the oil spill.
Now, two toxicologists are saying that Corexit is much more harmful to human health and marine life than we've (…)

- contributions / Health, Catastrophes, Environment

Gulf BP catastrophe reaches Mexico

2010-07-14T18:51:47Z

The elite will need to find another vacation spot. Cancun will be affected soon. New Satellite Images of Gulf: Oil reaches Mexico's Yucatan, near Cancun (PHOTOS)
Envisat Wide Swath VV, University of Miami, CSTARS, July 11, 2010:
July 11 (CSTARS, U. of Miami)
Analysis of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Area, Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting System, July 12, 2010:
The water south of the Deepwater Horizon site now appears to be moving more southward toward 88°00-90°30'W between 28°30'N (…)

- contributions / Catastrophes, Environment, South/Latin America

Chile Remains An Area Of Concern And Interest. by Brian

2010-03-17T01:38:44Z

Chile Remains An Area Of Concern And Interest.
The massive earthquake that struck Chile February 27 continues to have a heavy impact on the Chilean people. The 8.8 magnitude earthquake and the
subsequent tsunami has killed at least 497 people while about 500 remain missing. Considering the numbers injured and rendered homeless from the Initial
earthquake and the numerous aftershocks Chileans will continue to need assistance. Numerous countries and aid organizations have offered and (…)

- contributions / Catastrophes, South/Latin America, Brian McAfee