# Nuclear meltdown! Holy Godzilla NOOOO!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 12, 2011, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389 "2011-03-12T08:19:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/501 "2011-03-17T06:07:47Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > [http://www.alternet.org/world/150268/nuclear\_experts%3A\_japan\_nuclear\_disaster\_unprecedented\_--\_no\_way\_to\_know\_about\_us\_impact/](http://www.alternet.org/world/150268/nuclear_experts%3A_japan_nuclear_disaster_unprecedented_--_no_way_to_know_about_us_impact/) You can see from this picture that the reactors are in tact and it is all hysteria. Hysteria is a sexist word, you pig! But you are quite correct. All the reports are not official government reports, the photos are photoshopped, the radiation has not made anything glow, the workers were sent home because they were tired and their work done. All the foreigners are leaving Japan because their governments told them to go home because they really trashed the place during their “Surf and Turf Party” and it will all be okay. We will get the official Truthspeak assurances over the official interwebs shortly. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/502 "2011-03-17T12:36:47Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I know what draining is. Draining and evaporation are the same thing in Japanese? Could be. You gotta be careful. People are often not terribly precise in their language in the first place. Then it gets translated, which is another chance to mess things up. And, even if its perfectly translated, different languages still have different nuances of meaning. So, in this case, there are about 4 ways for the discription of the situation to get a bit muddled. And to this English speaker, draining does not neccessarily mean leaking. I can certainly imagine somebody saying that if the water is dropping due evaporation rather than the pool leaking. Though I do agree saying draining is not inconsistent with possibly/probably meaning leaking. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/503 "2011-03-17T14:04:30Z")
> [@Klaatu](#): > > Sorry for the OT rant here. Construction. Do you even know what skilled trades do? > > You are a moron and we love people like you. (…) > > Many of us in the trades make two or three times as much as you do with your degree, you condescending asshole. Umm, I think **Try2B Comprehensive** was saying that poets and history majors often had trouble finding jobs in those fields. I didn’t see any condescension toward construction workers. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/504 "2011-03-17T14:09:59Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > [http://www.alternet.org/world/150268/nuclear\_experts%3A\_japan\_nuclear\_disaster\_unprecedented\_--\_no\_way\_to\_know\_about\_us\_impact/](http://www.alternet.org/world/150268/nuclear_experts%3A_japan_nuclear_disaster_unprecedented_--_no_way_to_know_about_us_impact/) You can see from this picture that the reactors are in tact Well, they don’t _seem_ tactless, so I’d agree with that. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/505 "2011-03-17T14:23:15Z")
> [@Klaatu](#): > > Sorry for the OT rant here. Construction. Do you even know what skilled trades do? > > You are a moron and we love people like you. We build stuff. We create your house. We charge you a hundred bucks an hour when your shitter backs up. We get big bucks when you let that roof leak drip for weeks. (because you are a moron) > > And on and on and on… > > Many of us in the trades make two or three times as much as you do with your degree, you condescending asshole. > > We LOVE people like you. What are you talking about? I think you have me confused with someone else. I am not condescending towards people who work in trades. I was just making a little joke. ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/506 "2011-03-18T01:59:47Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > What are you talking about? I think you have me confused with someone else. I am not condescending towards people who work in trades. I was just making a little joke. Yeah, I thought about that after I posted and it even bugged me today at work. Sincere apologies. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/507 "2011-03-18T04:22:39Z")
You got him mixed up with **Try2B Reprehensible**. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/508 "2011-03-18T05:33:25Z")
Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/509 "2011-03-18T17:49:36Z")
So? I’m counting on this thread to keep me updated on anything I need to know about whether a radioactive mushroom cloud is coming over from Japan or not. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/510 "2011-03-18T18:27:54Z")
Top Japanese officials announced that deadly radiation is coming from the plants, and expressed remorse that they should have told everyone earlier. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/511 "2011-03-18T18:40:38Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > So? I’m counting on this thread to keep me updated on anything I need to know about whether a radioactive mushroom cloud is coming over from Japan or not. Almost certainly not. Worst case at this point is that the spent fuel melts into a pool of horrible, which could burn, which could explode, but only in the same way that pouring lighter fluid onto a fire will “explode”: sudden, rapid expansion, yes, but not in any way like a bomb. The prevailing winds are seaward, so most of that will spread out over the ocean and dissipate, to a large degree. Canada and the western US will experience a measurable increase in radiation, but the irrational fear is more of a threat than the thing itself. However, the longer it burns, the less irrational that fear becomes. Prevailing winds shift, and it will, at some point, blow the shit inland, towards population centers. This would be bad. Yes. Bad. _On the Beach_, it ain’t. (Look it up, puppy Dopers, Granpa is busy.) ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/512 "2011-03-18T18:56:08Z")
Actually, Australia is looking pretty good right now. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/513 "2011-03-18T19:00:38Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > Actually, Australia is looking pretty good right now. Those gay-loving commies? Please. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/514 "2011-03-18T19:01:28Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > _On the Beach_, it ain’t. (Look it up, puppy Dopers, **Granpa** is busy.) Poor ole Grandpa… He is so old his d dun fell right off. He probably doesn’t even know its missing. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/515 "2011-03-18T19:08:25Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Poor ole Grandpa… > > He is so old his d dun fell right off. He probably doesn’t even know its missing. Old coot. Here, take one of my apostrophes. I alway’s seem to have extra. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/516 "2011-03-18T19:13:51Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > Top Japanese officials announced that deadly radiation is coming from the plants, and expressed remorse that they should have told everyone earlier. Do you have a cite for that? What I have seen is that they are apologizing for not being prompt with information and specially for the gross delay on giving information regarding the first hydrogen explosion, it has already been acknowledged that it is very likely to be deadly for the workers that could be risking their lives at this time. I will have to say it, we know the theater is on fire, but you are not like the people yelling fire on the only time one should do so in a crowded theater, you are like the one that is telling the crowd that also the emergency exits are locked when they are not. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/517 "2011-03-18T19:14:36Z")
> [@](#): > > …Poor ole Grandpa… Get off my LAN! ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/518 "2011-03-18T19:14:45Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > Top Japanese officials announced that deadly radiation is coming from the plants, and expressed remorse that they should have told everyone earlier. I really am getting bored of your constant pro-nuclear propaganda. For anyone who isn’t looking just to play a fun game of confirmation bias, world nuclear news have been doing a pretty good job of reporting actual information. The last update is pretty reassuring: [http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS\_Spraying\_continues\_at\_Fukushima\_Daiichi\_1803111.html](http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Spraying_continues_at_Fukushima_Daiichi_1803111.html) Which is nice, because frankly I couldn’t give a rats arse either way about pro/anti nuclear bickering, but really would like it if the people of Japan didn’t get more bad news. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/519 "2011-03-18T19:21:39Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > Actually, Australia is looking pretty good right now. An average of 44 people die there every year from the box jellyfish. Sounds worse than putting up with a reactor failure during a natural disaster. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/520 "2011-03-18T19:23:25Z")
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