On the evening of March 28, about a dozen people gathered in Pritchard Park for a quiet time of support and solidarity — particularly for those in Japan — but also remembering those closer to home from past radiological emergencies, on the anniversary of Three Mile Island.
Photo by Jerry Nelson. www.journeyamerica.org
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Funny they’re concerned for radiation victims but not tsunami victims. How does that work?
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The focus of the vigil was the accidents at the nuclear plants, but expressions of concern for all the victims of the natural disasters were included. It’s really all part of the same picture – the degradation of the natural world is leading to both natural and human caused disasters…the disasters lead to more degradation of the human and natural world and we spiral toward an uninhabitable planet.
A hotdog supper would have been a better tribute.
Several thousand times more people died in the tsunami than will ever die of radiation poisoning from Fukushima.
Here is a handy dandy radiation chart that shows just how little radiation was released by Fukushima: http://xkcd.com/radiation/
[i]Several thousand times more people died in the tsunami than will ever die of radiation poisoning from Fukushima. [/i]
What bout those who don’t die, but merely experience severe health problem, as is often the case with nuclear issues?
[i]Here is a handy dandy radiation chart that shows just how little radiation was released by Fukushima: http://xkcd.com/radiation/%5B/i%5D
Considering NEPCO’s track record for honesty isn’t exactly reliable (and the Japanese Gov’t has obvious reasons for downplaying the severity), I think we might have to wait before we can pretend we have any real figures to link willy-nilly.
I am for nuclear power! I agree that tsunamis are much more dangerous than nuclear power plants!
Amazing! When there’s a shooting tragedy, righties hold a rally for guns. When there’s a nuclear disaster, they rally to support nuclear power. Are you all totally impervious to observation based learning, or is it that to be conservative means to be so anchored in the past that even a tsunami can’t move you? I agree tsunamis are more dangerous than power plants, and volcanoes triggered by meteorites that anger super-powered radiated grizzly bears in f-16’s are WAY more dangerous than tsunamis.
I am not a rightie … just pro-nuclear power.
Not sure about the rest of your rant!!
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