# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/141 "2011-03-12T22:33:05Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Up to [160 may have radiation](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/12/us-japan-quake-radiation-idUSTRE72B3IY20110312) exposure in Japan nuclear accident. Holy shit, when are their funerals? ---
**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 12, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/142 "2011-03-12T22:37:29Z")
If only there was a way to measure radioactivity! ---
**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 12, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/143 "2011-03-12T22:38:13Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Up to [160 may have radiation](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/12/us-japan-quake-radiation-idUSTRE72B3IY20110312) exposure in Japan nuclear accident. > > From the article, I clicked and I don’t see that Hiroshi Nakamura quote in the article. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/144 "2011-03-12T22:46:47Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I clicked and I don’t see that Hiroshi Nakamura quote in the article. Mr. Nakamura had to leave in the middle of the quote so that he could go reorganize the police services. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/145 "2011-03-12T22:47:38Z")
I hope everybody realizes the following: a) the authorities are reacting seriously and (to this observer) effectively to protect the people in the surrounding areas, including measuring radiation levels, testing and caring for those who may have been exposed to radiation and communicating their actions and the possible dangers to the affected people and the world press; b) no one of any authority who’s been interviewed has been dismissive of the dangers; and c) no one with any experience in nuclear power or emergency management who has posted to this thread has been exactly cavalier about what’s happening. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/146 "2011-03-12T22:49:14Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > Holy shit, when are their funerals? Now they have to die? Keep moving those goal posts. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/147 "2011-03-12T22:55:06Z")
Would it be wrong to encourage people to take lizards, turtles and moths as close to the site as possible? ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/148 "2011-03-12T22:55:29Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Up to [160 may have radiation](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/12/us-japan-quake-radiation-idUSTRE72B3IY20110312) exposure in Japan nuclear accident. > > From the article, levdrakon, you’ve exhausted any novelty value you thought you had. Making up stupid quotes is a silly thing to do, especially given that your previous points have been indistinguishable from pitiful parody anyway. Never was a 😉 more lacking. Are you going to engage in an honest debate here? if not I recommend you let the big boys play. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/149 "2011-03-12T22:57:17Z")
Bulletin: nuclear meltdown is underway. That is according to the Japanese official. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/150 "2011-03-12T22:58:46Z")
Oh oh… ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/151 "2011-03-12T23:02:32Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I clicked and I don’t see that Hiroshi Nakamura quote in the article. He was killed by Hans Gruber. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/152 "2011-03-12T23:03:38Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Bulletin: nuclear meltdown is underway. That is according to the Japanese official. But a bigger one already started on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/153 "2011-03-12T23:04:01Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Are you going to engage in an honest debate here? if not I recommend you let the big boys play. Debate what? Is this a Japan earthquake nuclear power plant core overheating denier thread? ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/154 "2011-03-12T23:06:08Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Debate what? Is this a Japan earthquake nuclear power plant core overheating denier thread? No, but some seem to be pushing it toward a nuclear power is the unsafest activity EVAR thread… ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/155 "2011-03-12T23:08:12Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Bulletin: nuclear meltdown is underway. That is according to the Japanese official. Cite? I’m not seeing it anywhere except one reporter claiming he knows the explosion was caused by a meltdown. No official releases I could find. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/156 "2011-03-12T23:10:52Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > Cite? I’m not seeing it anywhere except one reporter claiming he knows the explosion was caused by a meltdown. No official releases I could find. Here: [ > [@CNN news blog](#): > > A meltdown may be under way at one of Fukushima Daiichi’s nuclear power reactors, an official with Japan’s nuclear and industrial safety agency told CNN Sunday. ]([http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/12/japan-earthquake-live-blog-death-toll-rises-amid-widespread-destruction/](http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/12/japan-earthquake-live-blog-death-toll-rises-amid-widespread-destruction/)) ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/157 "2011-03-12T23:21:28Z")
By the way, the quote itself is the link in the above post. Or just click [here](http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/12/japan-earthquake-live-blog-death-toll-rises-amid-widespread-destruction/). Note that it does say "may be’ underway, and not “is definitely” under way, but “may be” is a fair bit worse than “isn’t”. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/158 "2011-03-12T23:23:42Z")
[Coal plants emit more radiation into environment than Nuclear plants, says Scientific American.](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste) ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/159 "2011-03-12T23:27:31Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > By the way, the quote itself is the link in the above post. Or just click [here](http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/12/japan-earthquake-live-blog-death-toll-rises-amid-widespread-destruction/). > > Note that it does say "may be’ underway, and not “is definitely” under way, but “may be” is a fair bit worse than “isn’t”. Inside the article, the headline is actually “We see the possibility of a meltdown” which is something we already know. ---
**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 12, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/160 "2011-03-12T23:27:50Z")
It’s always a great idea to start promoting how safe something is, while the something you are promoting as safe is being fought tooth and nail to prevent it from melting down, and it is causing mass evacuations, worldwide concern, and a possible nuclear disaster. This shows everyone how concerned you are for safety, and reassures anyone who might be thinking, “Hey, that nuclear power plant thing can be dangerous”. If they aren’t convinced of how safe it is, call them stupid, or point out how dangerous other stuff is. By no means should you discuss what is actually happening. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389.md?page=9)