this was sad !!

I believe it was revealed that the media got it wrong. The mass salt buying was due to a fear of shortages not radiation protection. In a similar vein, certain mushrooms also sold out.

Here's an interesting statistic:

Deaths caused by nuclear power plants: 0.04 per terawatt hour
Deaths caused by coal power plants: 161 per terawatt hour.
Deaths caused by rooftop solar power: 0.83 per terawatt hour

Speaking of shortages, and in a similar note, the demand for iodine pills locally are going up.

http://www.theprovince.com/news/dema...779/story.html

about the salt sell out

my family there also went to buy salt but they tell us its because they heard salt was in short supply and selling out; they didn't even know about the nuclear reasoning that we heard about on the news



and

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/0...72K3DG20110321

http://cheezfailbooking.files.wordpr...in-one-man.jpg

:facepalm:

^it really shows how many idiots are out there....=.=

That's the reason it was sold out though. Your parents didn't hear the rumor, and thankfully didn't fall for it :)

But the idiots who did kinda screwed it up for them :lol

Hes probably just trolling

Yeah, it sounds like a joke to me. Unless he is REALLY that stupid...
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The difference being that the other two kills you pretty much right away, where as god knows how long radation will take to kill you or affect/cripple your offspring.
Does being deformed make it better than being dead?

oh yeah? so it just happened to sell out? bad season for the salt manufacturers eh? or the inventory forecasters were too busy watching the earthquake news unfold to pay attention to their STABLE demand figures? or perhaps japan was china's biggest export of salt? when has salt production ever had a bad season? (in before you go and google some article referencing a salt factory fire back in the 60's)

Good point,
Do wonder what the true reasoning is for the shortage of salt. Clearly there must have been some sort of effect that resulted in higher salt consumption.
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Radiation won't deform you. Educate yourself before speaking again.

time to soak some up and become the hulk :fullofwin:


/s

wow...


http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3...aper968050.jpg


ballsy, stupid?, heroic

all of the above. selfless culture is key here. from the orderly lines to get food, to these rescue workers, and to the nuclear power plant technicans. selfless.

Why would that be stupid? Perhaps they are in void spaces, when if that were to collapse, they would still be ok.

Not sure if this has been posted but this video explains what is going on with the nuclear plant in Japan

from page 55

Friend posted this on Facebook, and I thought some people here would like to contribute:

Our tourist newspaper "Japan-i" is going to publish a page of messages from folk around the world to all those affected by the recent Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami. If you can share a message please comment below or send to "mark@tsunago.net" with first name and family name initial (ie. Bob D.).

Thanks for your help!

norishikata Noriyuki SHIKATA
TEPCO has restored lighting in the control room for the No. 3 reactor. All 6 reactors reconnected to external power. http://bit.ly/efaVio
4 minutes ago

people bying salt cuz it has iodine added. if the Radiation don't kill you , you can enjoy your stroke in comfort.

stupid people

Breaking news! it wasn't the earthquake that caused reactor no. 3 to explode...