Hi everyone,
Don't read the mass media. They aren't experts and are fear-mongering. Yes, its bad. Yes, we will ALL get an increased radiation dose, proportional to our distance from Japan and the prevailing winds (those of us on the NA West Coast will get a bit more than Urp).
Japan needs HELP. Instead of focussing on the news, make a donation:
[url=http://www.ifrc.org/]IFRC.org - IFRC[/url]
[url=http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=2372&tid=032]Current Appeals- Canadian Red Cross[/url]
[url=http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.1a019a978f421296e81ec89e43181aa0/?vgnextoid=7c521079115ce210VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCR D]Response to Japan Earthquake Continues[/url]
If you insist on following the news, here are the most reputable sources/opinions I can recommend:
[url=http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/]World Nuclear News[/url]
[url=http://mitnse.com/]MIT NSE Nuclear Information Hub (http://web.mit.edu/nse/) | Information about the incident at the Fukushima Nuclear Plants in Japan hosted by http://web.mit.edu/nse/ :: Maintained by the students of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering a[/url]
And no, I'm not back but I thought I would check and see what the forum was saying about this. Take care, stay *rational*.
- Indi
Second thoughts can generally be amended with judicious action; injudicious actions can seldom be recovered with second thoughts.
--Cyteen by C.J.Cherryh