tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post367494303353263913..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: March 15 2011: The Fukushima Fallout FilesIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-38051741792452944172011-03-17T20:07:08.109-04:002011-03-17T20:07:08.109-04:00Could the intensity of fallout likely reaching the...Could the intensity of fallout likely reaching the western americas cause acute radiation sickness in the worst hit areas?<br />If enough exposed fuel in those pools and the exposed/exploded reactors vented fumes extensively into the atmosphere, and the heavier fallout was spirited away over the pacific, this would certainly increase long-term carcinogenity in the exposed population to some Supergravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16330259051452619245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-86963240869171411372011-03-17T19:52:35.854-04:002011-03-17T19:52:35.854-04:00New post up.
When the Lights Go Out
.New post up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/03/march-17-2011-when-lights-go-out.html" rel="nofollow"><b>When the Lights Go Out</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-50386326279459362842011-03-17T19:06:27.362-04:002011-03-17T19:06:27.362-04:00Guest Post: Currency Wars: RIP Shadow Banking Syst...<a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/article/guest-post-currency-wars-rip-shadow-banking-system-long-live-qex" rel="nofollow">Guest Post: Currency Wars: RIP Shadow Banking System, Long Live QEx!</a><br /><br /><i><b>CONCLUSION</b><br /><br />The collapse of the Shadow Banking is not resulting in the degree of asset deflation you might expect because the assets deflating are what has been referred toNassimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014132282872515690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-77723573011584708412011-03-17T17:16:38.085-04:002011-03-17T17:16:38.085-04:00Stoneleigh - I'm curious if you think the big ...Stoneleigh - I'm curious if you think the big downturn in the markets has begun over the last week or so.<br /><br />Investor sentiment seems to be neutral (rather than bullish) for the first time in a while, and some folks are saying this is just going to be a 10% correction after which we go back to churning higher. (Of course there are minor counter-moves, like today's bounce.)<br /><Drafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06476204907199270127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-13282908737151590332011-03-17T15:37:00.150-04:002011-03-17T15:37:00.150-04:00It's all under control over there. Nothing to ...It's all under control over there. Nothing to see. Move along...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/article/tokyo-passengers-set-ohare-radiation-detectors" rel="nofollow">Tokyo Passengers Set Off O'Hare Radiation Detectors</a>soundOfSilencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13710900939537685362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-54912962937434321212011-03-17T13:52:23.823-04:002011-03-17T13:52:23.823-04:00Special report: Why Japan will avert a fiscal melt...<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/17/us-japan-quake-debt-specialreport-idUSTRE72G4QS20110317" rel="nofollow">Special report: Why Japan will avert a fiscal meltdown</a>.<br />Don't bother reading the report, it basically states clearly that going fully biblical on one's country is a guaranteed financial and economic success in the years to follow.<br />How fscked is that?!<brp01https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396562841580952642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37955840523744259132011-03-17T13:31:59.725-04:002011-03-17T13:31:59.725-04:00Frank said...
@Kate
1. Because KD, for all his b...Frank said...<br /><br /><i>@Kate<br /><br />1. Because KD, for all his blind spots, is still a member of the reality based community...</i><br /><br />That's probably open to debate.<br /><br />ZH is reporting that both the US and UK are pulling search teams out Japan. TEPCO has evidently said "the situation is severe."<br /><br />I haven't been over to see what thoughts if anysoundOfSilencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13710900939537685362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39642171009209401752011-03-17T13:17:35.616-04:002011-03-17T13:17:35.616-04:00Meltdown to the right of them,
Meltdown to the lef...Meltdown to the right of them,<br />Meltdown to the left of them,<br />Meltdown in front of them<br />Volley'd and thunder'd;<br />Storm'd at with sea and shell,<br />Boldly they corrode and well,<br />Into the jaws of Death,<br />Into the mouth of hell<br />Rode the six reactors.<br /><br />Flash'd all their sabres bare,<br />Flash'd as they turn'd in air<br />Sabring theSupergravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16330259051452619245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37432422529144549652011-03-17T13:11:03.182-04:002011-03-17T13:11:03.182-04:00ZH says,
Earlier today we received an email fro...ZH says,<br /><br /><i><br /><br />Earlier today we received an email from one of our readers aboard the aircraft carrier group off Japan performing evacuation efforts for US citizens in Japan, that it had turned around and is now going back. While we are trying to validate this, we have just noticed breaking news from Sky News that US and UK search teams are pulling out of Japan tomorrow. We Ashvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692970226443206815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22160960927745537542011-03-17T12:21:29.575-04:002011-03-17T12:21:29.575-04:00How much money has BOJ been putting into the marke...How much money has BOJ been putting into the market?<br /><br />http://www.zerohedge.com/article/todays-nikkei-plunge-protection-invoice-¥5-trillion <br /><br />Today's Nikkei Plunge Protection Invoice: ¥5 Trillion (For Now) <br /><b>03/16/2011</b><br /><br />It appears the earlier speculation by PTI that the BOJ would inject ¥13.8 Trillion in the market to preserve asset prices was a little jalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-5606434862951928082011-03-17T11:37:20.402-04:002011-03-17T11:37:20.402-04:00@Kate
1. Because KD, for all his blind spots, is ...@Kate<br /><br />1. Because KD, for all his blind spots, is still a member of the reality based community, unlike for instance most of the Austrian whack jobs who cannot accept that a market economy can be taken over by a colluding oligopoly.<br /><br />2. Because the link vault is very very stale. The Kunstler link has gone to an abandoned site for over 2 years, and is now totally brokenFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752307987743035281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-78449884663330397482011-03-17T11:09:48.703-04:002011-03-17T11:09:48.703-04:00Greece is Not Alone
Europe's Austerity: a Grim...<a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/" rel="nofollow">Greece is Not Alone<br />Europe's Austerity: a Grimm's Fairy Tale</a> or, news from PIGS. <br /><br />You may as well live off grid on the farm. You'll fare much better.ogardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062788838505530416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-73929882612997331262011-03-17T08:53:02.830-04:002011-03-17T08:53:02.830-04:00The Druid on the limits of incantation
Enjoy anoth...The Druid on the <a href="http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2011/03/limits-of-incantation.html" rel="nofollow">limits of incantation</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfzKwXYNN0k" rel="nofollow">Enjoy another (pagan invocation this time)</a> in Romanian.(youtube masterful prog-rock)<br /><br />Regards,<br />Paulp01https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396562841580952642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-66756046681249789502011-03-17T08:07:40.987-04:002011-03-17T08:07:40.987-04:00Walk in the Woods Wrote:
"But no wait, this ...Walk in the Woods Wrote:<br /><br />"But no wait, this whole thing has taken on a surreal divine comedy quailty, the 21st century engineering equivalent of a booger joke."<br /><br />It brings to mind this scene from the 1979 Nosferatu:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjK22UFiToEThe Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10891095083924427554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-29628154301559578832011-03-17T06:57:26.921-04:002011-03-17T06:57:26.921-04:00I'm just wondering, not being a veteran to the...I'm just wondering, not being a veteran to these comment sections...If everyone is so down on Karl Denninger, including Ilargi, is there some exculpatory reason his site is still linked from the link vault? Or is it just broad-mindedness?Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017959421018964001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-52193086859567056882011-03-17T03:13:49.556-04:002011-03-17T03:13:49.556-04:00“For want of a nail, the shoe was lost.
For want o...“For want of a nail, the shoe was lost.<br />For want of a shoe, the horse was lost.<br />For want of a horse, the rider was lost.<br />For want of a rider, the battle was lost.<br />For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost,<br />And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.”<br /><br />I guess this old proverb sums very well the hazards of highly complex and "just on time" societies.<br Biologique Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05410194284794713409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34230563545391323482011-03-17T02:57:06.992-04:002011-03-17T02:57:06.992-04:00@A Walk in the Woods
Close enough ...you may cal...@A Walk in the Woods <br /><br />Close enough <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b7qaSxuZUg&feature=fvsr" rel="nofollow">...you may call me a dreamer...</a><br /><br />And on that note as you point out... it's quite late.soundOfSilencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13710900939537685362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-54606162122670522692011-03-17T02:45:25.180-04:002011-03-17T02:45:25.180-04:00Botched the human nature link. Hopefully I get it ...Botched the <a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/article/guest-post-nuclear-japan-stock-market-holding-pictures-reactor-3-and-4" rel="nofollow">human nature</a> link. Hopefully I get it right this time round.soundOfSilencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13710900939537685362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-64684664937686140072011-03-17T01:50:37.651-04:002011-03-17T01:50:37.651-04:00Well, it's bedtime and after a couple of stiff...Well, it's bedtime and after a couple of stiff drinks, I let my mind's eye wander as I'm watching Japanese Defense Force helicopter pilots, undoubtedly bundled head to foot in radiation resistant moon suits, fly buckets of water over the Fukushima FUBAR and trying to score 'baskets' by 'dropping their load on the Giant Toad' and hopefully managing to get the seawater Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-44058441289116253432011-03-17T01:44:46.940-04:002011-03-17T01:44:46.940-04:00The larger article that DIYer mentioned (includes ...The larger <a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/article/detailed-look-spent-fuel-rod-containment-pools-fukushima" rel="nofollow">article that DIYer mentioned</a> (includes a number of other graphics).<br /><br />Another article over on ZH discuses <a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/article/guest-post-nuclear-japan-stock-market-holding-pictures-reactor-3-and-4%22" rel="nofollow">human nature</a> in soundOfSilencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13710900939537685362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81892205740334760682011-03-17T01:28:50.196-04:002011-03-17T01:28:50.196-04:00For what it's worth, I think it will turn out ...<i>For what it's worth, I think it will turn out quite a bit worse than we care to think right now.</i><br /><br />All the articles out there describing one of the cores as 30% damaged and one of the others as 70% damaged (those seem to be the two popular percentages bandied about) are almost amusing. Except in the end they are not amusing.<br /><br />It's almost as if they are talking soundOfSilencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13710900939537685362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-3002891598099056632011-03-17T00:13:07.334-04:002011-03-17T00:13:07.334-04:00Given that zirconium is pyrophoric, as demonstrate...Given that zirconium is pyrophoric, as demonstrated by the 1954 zirconium fire at the Albany Bureau of Mines site, the melting of the Japanese reactor rods would be fairly sudden. Such rapid melting is analogous to reactions in graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy. Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Pye Unicam, and Varian all publish atomic release of all elements into a vapor stage (krollchemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453538766877316614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-18790041595135187652011-03-17T00:01:58.893-04:002011-03-17T00:01:58.893-04:00Tyler has posted a nice roundup of the pools over ...Tyler has posted a nice roundup of the pools <a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/article/detailed-look-spent-fuel-rod-containment-pools-fukushima" rel="nofollow">over on ZH</a>. <br /><a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/von%20havenstein/Spent%20Rds%202.jpg" rel="nofollow">www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/von havenstein/Spent Rds 2Jim Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419179432204743768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-84371342858812207202011-03-16T23:41:57.930-04:002011-03-16T23:41:57.930-04:00"At that time everyone from the guy emptying ..."At that time everyone from the guy emptying the engineer's wastebaskets to the chairmen of GE and the AEC sincerely believed that those pools would hold at most one set of rods at a time, for 6 months to a year, after which they would be cool enough to be shipped off for reprocessing."<br /><br />Yes, the (civillian) hubris of a few decades ago was very different than the Cheney/The Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10891095083924427554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-45634031926392535162011-03-16T23:01:24.651-04:002011-03-16T23:01:24.651-04:00Paul (p01):
No. This is not what TEOTWAWKI looks...Paul (p01):<br /><br />No. This is not what TEOTWAWKI looks like.<br /><br />This is full-on TSHTF.<br /><br />Especially when (and I do believe it's a "when") that plant goes blammo, a large swath of Japan will become abjectly uninhabitable.<br /><br />The only reason Japan isn't already burning to the ground is the culture of Japan being so much more organized and honorable Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.com