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NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#251: Mar 14th 2011 at 7:28:59 PM

Then, what's the status on Gosho Aoyama? I had heard he was feared dead.

Thenamelesssamurai from Atlanta, Georgia Since: Nov, 2010
#252: Mar 14th 2011 at 7:32:07 PM

[up] I think his status is up in the air too.

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Signed Always Right Since: Dec, 2009
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#253: Mar 14th 2011 at 7:34:30 PM

No solid sources, but from what it looks like, it sounds like Aoyama is still alive...although it might just be people being optimistic.

Still no word on Kaworu Watashiya  *

and Kenjiro Hata  *

edited 14th Mar '11 7:35:10 PM by Signed

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AJC46 Since: Aug, 2010
#254: Mar 14th 2011 at 8:13:18 PM

man i hope aono is ok because one not only would his death potentially effect rebuild of eva it could also make it so that Eva disappears from SRW because after all it pretty much only got into SRW because he wanted it their when the others didn't.

Scherzo09 Revy Gonna Give It To Ya from Roanapur Since: Jul, 2010
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#255: Mar 14th 2011 at 8:29:33 PM

Ok, more bad news. A FOURTH reactor has apparently been involved in an explosion, and the japanese officials are clueless as to what's going on in Unit 2. The Nikkei tumbled 14% upon opening Tuesday.

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Sackett Since: Jan, 2001
#256: Mar 14th 2011 at 9:59:52 PM

Seems that their dials that measure water levels were damaged in the earthquake, resulting in them not discovering that water levels were falling until too late to take more effective preventative measures.

The really scary thing is that reactor 2 had the explosion inside the containment shell and they are worried it might be broken (at least it seems to be leaking water).

That means they have to stop the meltdown, or else we got the bad stuff happening, not just the scary stuff that probably isn't that bad, but the real bad stuff. (Which is why the nuclear company was apologizing- in Japan, if the nuclear power company starts apologizing you know something bad is happening.)

Of course, maybe the containment shield is not cracked in which case even if we get a full meltdown we should all still be okay. Cross your fingers.

Of course, even in the absolute worse case scenario the tsunami is still going to be the big killer of this disaster. Nuclear meltdown with catastrophic containment failure won't come even close to matching the death toll or destruction of water. Lots and lots of water.

edited 14th Mar '11 10:00:08 PM by Sackett

INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#257: Mar 14th 2011 at 10:13:16 PM

Okay, for the record regarding the nuclear thing, before people start panicking, heed this: Chernobyl-style stuff is not physically possible with reactors other than the incompetently-designed one at Chernobyl. The worst-case scenario is a Three-Mile Island sort of thing, and you can get that kind of radiation dose by standing near a microwave.

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Sackett Since: Jan, 2001
#258: Mar 14th 2011 at 11:07:07 PM

Oh yeah, nothing like Chernobyl is possible, but it could be worse then Three Mile Island, since the containment at Three Mile Island worked mostly.

So it's more like a really bad Three Mile Island is possible. Maybe dozens of deaths in the absolute worse case possible (full on meltdown with the containment barrier breached).

Like I said, dwarfed by the effect of the tsunami.

And that's the worse case. Most likely case is that we have some radiation leakage, some people get really sick from it, the immediate area has to be evacuated and abandoned for a few years for clean up (oh well, the tsunami destroyed everything anyway), and the company has to pay out a lot of damages. Maybe 20 years down the road some people get cancer, which could possibly be related, maybe at a statistically insignificant level, to the radiation leak.

I just tend to prefer assuming the worst is going to happen. That way I don't have any more unpleasant surprises on top of the horrible disaster- and sometime I get some nice relief when the bad thing I was assuming doesn't happen.

It's just my way of dealing with disaster.

edited 14th Mar '11 11:13:27 PM by Sackett

INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#259: Mar 14th 2011 at 11:21:48 PM

Yeah, fair enough. It just just bugs me when people get paranoid about nuclear stuff. And like you said, the tsunami is the big deal.

The pessimism is a pretty sensible attitude. Not the one I choose, but I can't fault you for it.

edited 14th Mar '11 11:22:03 PM by INUH

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Drakyndra Her with the hat from Somewhere Since: Jan, 2001
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#260: Mar 15th 2011 at 1:19:16 AM

[up][up][up]One of these things that I found up when looking up info on the Nuclear situation in Japan is that Chernobyl wasn't just the result of incompetent design - they were actively testing it to see how it coped when they fucked around with it.

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Musicalcroc Since: Nov, 2009
#261: Mar 15th 2011 at 1:59:31 AM

I just woke up and this.

Here are some live facts compiled by Matt_Alt on Twitter.

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#262: Mar 15th 2011 at 2:49:55 AM

I don't know if this was posted yet but wow.

GUNDAMU GUNDAMU
Nexus Since: Jan, 2001
#263: Mar 15th 2011 at 3:45:38 AM

[up]Man, and I thought The Fundamentalist bastards over here were bad...

MalagasyParrot Wh'joo lookin' at? Since: Apr, 2010
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#264: Mar 15th 2011 at 3:59:43 AM

[up][up] He's mentioned in the last page, but his quote does verify that he didn't resort to pinning the blame on lolicon.

KousakaKirino Otaku Surrogate Since: Jan, 2011
#265: Mar 15th 2011 at 4:33:34 AM

To whoever asked, both Yukarin and Mizuki Nana are safe.

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Ardiente I won't kill you. Since: Jan, 2011
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#266: Mar 15th 2011 at 4:44:11 AM

Aaaaand it's leaked... according to my Twitter at least.

As for that potician... I saw many of them in Manga, always thought they were strawmen. Turns out they really employ that sort of rhetoric in real life...

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tennessean Since: Jan, 2001
#267: Mar 15th 2011 at 5:01:38 AM

[up]So Art Imitates Life after all.

Anyway, that jerk needs to go. He's quickly becoming a major embarassment, which Tokyo (and Japan in general) doesn't need right now.

Musicalcroc Since: Nov, 2009
#268: Mar 15th 2011 at 5:07:55 AM

[up][up]Could you please post the tweet that says so?

With regards to Ishihara's remark, Twitter says it best #ishihara_damare

edited 15th Mar '11 5:08:39 AM by Musicalcroc

Shota Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
#269: Mar 15th 2011 at 6:01:59 AM

IT'S SIMPLE EARTH DYNAMICS. IT IS SCIENCE. NOT A HARD THING TO GRASP.

Gilbert Godfried was fired from voicing the AFLAC duck after he made a joke toward the tsunami. Apparently, the president of AFLAC is in great terms with Japan and they do most of their business there.

Tokyo Disneyland is temporarily shut down.

Many movies have been canceled or pulled from theaters in Japan due to the tsunami, including The Rite, Clint Eastwood's HEREAFTER, and AFTERSHOCK. Toei Animation has decided to cut a tsunami scene from its film PRETTY CURE ALL STARS DX 3.

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#270: Mar 15th 2011 at 7:56:54 AM

I think Mr. Ishihara should be made to go help with the relief efforts, and then he can decide for himself whether or not it's really "divine punishment" after he's seen how people were affected by the disasters. That's my general opinion on anyone who says that a group of people "deserved" to be caught in some natural disaster.

Hopefully those remarks of his will offend people in Tokyo so they won't vote for him to have another term in office.

edited 15th Mar '11 7:59:05 AM by Rainbow

MrW from some place Since: Sep, 2010
#272: Mar 15th 2011 at 8:18:44 AM

I don't know if this was posted yet but wow.

He was already slipping, now I can't even consider him a human being.

edited 15th Mar '11 8:19:10 AM by MrW

GuyInWhite Morgan Freeman is God. from Dry Cleaning Since: Jan, 2011
Morgan Freeman is God.
#273: Mar 15th 2011 at 9:10:16 AM

How does this guy keep getting elected again?

Why I am afraid of fences.
Raso Cure Candy Since: Jul, 2009
Cure Candy
#274: Mar 15th 2011 at 9:15:46 AM

Every one else running is always much worse. This time they have a Yes-Man who will will agree with anyone, a communist, a guy who says all video games create murders in a time where the murder rate is 5% of what it was before video games, and this guy.

edited 15th Mar '11 9:19:43 AM by Raso

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Musicalcroc Since: Nov, 2009
#275: Mar 15th 2011 at 9:26:27 AM

At least the Cabinet Secretary Edano is a decent man. Seriously, according to some Twitter accounts I follow, the Japanese are appreciating his effort to keep up with the crisis.


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