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[qthewetsprocket]

*reads new reports of nuclear meltdowns in Japan*

*looks at current jet stream flow*

*makes flappy "shoo"-ing motions with hands*

It doesn't really help that the experts can't seem to agree how big the threat will actually be, but they're no longer denying that there will be radiation coming here soon anymore.

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[dreamer_easy]

I was just commenting to Jon that it's impossible for me personally to get any kind of reassurance on the situation, because any time the industry or its watchdogs tell me things are not so bad, I can't believe a word they say. :P

[qthewetsprocket]

Exactly. Their primary job is not to spread information; it's to keep people from panicking.

The shops here are already all sold out of iodine tablets. You?

[dreamer_easy]

I read an op-ed about how these plants are a different design to Chernobyl (fair enough, they are, thank fuck) and if the fuel melts down, it'll just safely sit inside its container of steel and concrete, which it could never get hot enough to melt through, therefore nuclear energy is the way of the future cheers cheers cheers. Unless, say, that unmeltable container is cracked open by, idk, !!'KN XPLOSIONS!!

I'm aware my distrust goes way beyond normal, healthy scepticism into pessimism and gloom, but I can't help it.

[qthewetsprocket]

I like the bit where they say that even if some harmless old radiation escapes from the plant (what, you mean, apart from the stuff that already has??) then it'll just dissipate into the atmosphere or fall as rain into the ocean.

:/

These people do understand where our weather actually comes from, right? And how the planetary food chain works? ...Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?