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I was watching this on the news just a little bit ago. They were talking about all the redundant systems employed in these plants by the Japanese engineers. Makes you wonder if there is ANYBODY involved who knows whether it's Tuesday or 9 O'Clock. (an old saying from the deep South).

It's amazing, CNN is reporting that Japan is now closer to the USA by 6 feet. They are also saying the Earth's axis has shifted 4 inches.
Mother Nature has no equal.

Keith

This is truly shocking..One of the first people I thought about was Joe jr and his wife,,being stationed over there,but it is tragic to watch this big quake strike and do so much damage..
Ya know,we have folks in Christchurch who have been through this,and still have no power in their homes...A lot of folk in Japan now have no homes... and I dont know how many have perished...Our prayers go out to these people,some,who,maybe came down here to help us,,they now are getting assistance from us..
I hope your family stay safe over there,Kurt,and I hope they get that nuclear plant shut down without too many hassles..
That video,Uncle Bob,was on our news a little while ago..One of the scariest things I have seen for a while..

Every time the tube shows that wall of water just rolling down those homes and farm buildings it give me shivers down my back. It's almost like those space invader films we liked to watch as kids, and ironically, many were Japanese movies - except there are real people dying there not special effects. The news is now saying there may be as many as 10K dead - and frankly, I think that might be understated, knowing the population of Japan's land. Those reactors are BWR's and are very old and actually were close to their closing. They have had some minor radiation leaks in the past - GE and Hitachi built them and there has been a lot of retrofitting, though in the end, TEPCO, the power plant operator/owner, had the final design responsibility for systems. It will be interesting - a few minutes ago the news said it was 210,000 evacuees, with possibly more coming. Wow!!!

Now, to change the subject - the US was moving toward building some more nuclear plants. Of course, the nay sayers immediately are saying "look at Japan". Of course, with the current oil situation - all those windmills and solar panels will take up the slack. They just forget how much energy it takes to build them. OK - the soap box is put away

Had a story in our paper today,of a guy in his 60s,who ran back into his house to get something,,and ended up being carried about 15 km out to sea on the roof,or part thereof,of his house,and has been rescued..hows that??

Even before this event,I remember seeing people wearing masks.Anyone know why??

they have a problem with pollution gary.

They have been doing that "forever". Many Japanese are fastidious about colds and germs so when they have to go out they either are protecting others or themselves: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programme...ent/354321.stm

As far as pollution - not so bad there as China where they wear them for that reason.

Heard last night's news some radiation reached Calli.Japan is a island about the size of Calli.Got me thinking what the Japanese Gov isn't telling it's people.

I fill so sorry for them, it's not good over there.
And it just seems to keep getting worse for them.
Firemen are going in now to try to put water on the rods.
I prey for them, but I fear the worst for the ones that can even make it out of the power plant. All the best planning in the world can't help them after what they have been thru over there. I am afaid they are gonna lose alot of good men trying to get every thing under controll.

they need to just incase the thing and kill it.

I agree with you Barb.

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. extended factory shutdowns through this weekend, while smaller Japanese automakers resumed limited production following the country's March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

Toyota and Honda, which together account for the bulk of the closed assembly plants, said today that parts shortages would keep their factories closed longer than previously forecast.

Toyota, which had originally suspended production through today, said it would shutter its 18 domestic assembly plants, including those run by affiliates, through March 26.

Likewise, Honda -- which has an assembly plant and r&d center in the disaster area -- said it would suspend production through March 27. It had earlier said operations would be shuttered through Wednesday.

The extended shutdowns will continue to stifle the output of some of those companies' main exports to the United States, including the Toyota Corolla, Prius, and RAV4 as well as the Honda Fit and CR-V. Affected vehicles also include the Nissan Rogue, Subaru Forester and Infiniti, Acura and Lexus models.

Other companies showed fitful signs of coming back to life, following across-the-board shutdowns in the wake of the killer 9.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on 11 days ago.

Nissan Motor Co., which still has five plants closed by the quake, said it is aiming for a March 24 restart of all of them. This would include the Tochigi assembly plant in the quake zone, which makes Infiniti products as well as the 350Z and GT-R sports cars.

Other carmakers resumed temporary production -- as long as part supplies last.

Mitsubishi had its three assembly plants in operation today. It was using parts that had already been made before the earthquake but couldn't be delivered sooner because of bad roads.

The company still has five or six suppliers in the quake zone that aren't operating.

As a result, Mitsubishi is suspending production indefinitely from Wednesday.

Mazda was also back online today -- but only temporarily. It resumed production of replacement parts and parts for overseas factories at its two assembly plants. It also resumed production of vehicles that could be completed with parts already in stock.

Mazda did not say what models it would build or how long the stock of parts would hold out. It was too early to say when full production would resume, Mazda said.

Suzuki, which only produces a trickle of cars for the United States, also resumed auto production today, though with a half-shift of downtime. It plans the same on Wednesday. Operation from Thursday is still up in the air, however.

Like Mazda, Suzuki was moving to complete vehicles already in-process with existing inventory of parts and component. Says Suzuki spokesman Hideki Taguchi: "That means it is not the 'resumption of production' in the real sense of the term."

Meanwhile, Subaru parent company Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. has suspended vehicle assembly until at least Thursday. It plans to resume parts production for overseas factories on Wednesday and spare parts production on Thursday.

Read more: http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dl...#ixzz1HLEqTioz

We have already started to experience a delay for critical electronic components - We have several clients that are being told cards for Cisco equipment will be back ordered a minimum of six weeks. I'm afraid that we've just seen the beginning of the total (global) economic impact this tragedy in Japan will spawn..