Massive Quake Hits NE Japan

[Berzerker]

I hope not, I'm not one of the good people

[Thorn]

We're all going to die.

Minus vampires(with exceptions) and some supernaturals = yes.

[Lancer]

The good, the bad and the ugly too Berzerker.

Thorn, in 4 billion years the sun will turn into a red dwarf that will expand past the orbit of the Earth. Are you telling me that vampires can survive that?

[Thorn]

The good, the bad and the ugly too Berzerker.

Thorn, in 4 billion years the sun will turn into a red dwarf that will expand past the orbit of the Earth. Are you telling me that vampires can survive that?

Actually it will just ignite jupitar and we'll have a different sun.

[Berzerker]

red giant

and then the Earth will look like the cover of Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf

well, before the red giant swallows the Earth

[Thorn]

trust me sun number 2, then when it burns out there will be an alignment for another sun by then, so the world isn't going to end, people might, but the planet will still be here. Less we make a black hole in switzerland in one of those werid tests.......of course....

[Lancer]

Giant, thanks.

The new planet out past Jupiter, even though perhaps 4X the size, is still too small to be a sun. Sorry A.C. Clarke.

[Thorn]

Not with my super deluxe star creating photaxandilometric device. <--- it will be finished by then, go ahead wait around i dare you.

[notyoueither]

The Beeb is saying all staff withdrawn.

Let it burn?

[Asher]

The Beeb is saying all staff withdrawn.

Let it burn?

globeandmail reports this also.

NYTimes reports:

Japan’s nuclear crisis intensified again Wednesday, with Japanese authorities announcing that a containment vessel in a second reactor unit at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant in northeastern Japan may have ruptured and appeared to be releasing radioactive steam. That would be the second vessel to be compromised in two days.

The vessel had appeared to be the last fully intact line of defense against large-scale releases of radioactive materials, but it was not clear how serious the possible breach might be.

The announcement came after Japanese broadcasters showed live footage of thick plumes of steam rising above the plant.

[Barnabas]

Sorry for the probably big fat stupid question

Could Tokyio, the biggest city in the world, become uninhabitable? is there a 1% chance of something like that happening?

[Asher]

Sorry for the probably big fat stupid question

Could Tokyio, the biggest city in the world, become uninhabitable? is there a 1% chance of something like that happening?

No.

Even if it were as bad as Chernobyl, it's far enough away.

[Barnabas]

Here our tv channels are having interviews through Skype with quite paranoid japanese people who think that the Gov is lying or "not saying everything" and want to escape to the south, some cant find fuel.

[notyoueither]

No.

Even if it were as bad as Chernobyl, it's far enough away.

How far is it to Tokyo?

[Asher]

Bit over 200km IIRC