Tokyo may be affected

[AnOhioan]

French embassy in Tokyo says weak radioactive contamination could reach Tokyo in 10 hrs from stricken nuclear plant


http://twitter.com/Reuters

[roamer65]

1. Expect panic if radiation starts to reach Tokyo.

[Taverner]

2. Oh Fuck

Hope with me...

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Wind direction is there for that

and yes, it could (will at this point)

[flamingdem]

4. I really feel for the elderly who remember WWII nt

[originalpckelly]

6. I know.

The firebombing of Tokyo, then the nuking of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was just so bad. They have got to be real fucked up, and this is probably just triggering some kind of PTSD.

[MelissaB]

5. My brother is flying there from Thailand to get to the US. Why in the hell don't they divert

the planes?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x646089

:scared:

[flamingdem]

8. I hope he's not staying there, I'd advise him to stay in the airport

and catch the next flight out.

[MelissaB]

14. It looks like he's only supposed to be there for a little over an hour.

I wish they'd just reroute flights. It seems things are spiraling out of control over there now.

[flamingdem]

15. No. 4 just had an explosion, things will be edgy in Tokyo

I'm glad he has a flight out.

[Teaser]

7. could be nothing

depends how weak "weak" is.

I mean, there is weak radiation all around us, all the time. Bumping the rads a bit, short term, isn't going to have much impact.

[flamingdem]

9. Problem is that you cannot know, in Tokyo people doubt what they're being told nt

[Teaser]

12. of course.

I don't think the government there has any clue. They are flailing.

Tokyo, I suspect, will be OK. That's part intuition and part geography and distance.

[kestrel91316]

10. I am so glad my client who was visiting her elderly mom in Tokyo when the

quake hit got the hell out of Dodge and returned to LA on Saturday.

[reorg]

11. Radiation of up to 9 times normal level briefly detected in Kanagawa

(greater Tokyo area)

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/index.html

[flamingdem]

16. I"ve been there, that's right near the center, yikes! nt

[corpseratemedia]

13. they should not have flights landing there

those poor people

now can we stop these non-winnable wars and divert everything towards developing an alternative energy grid and high speed rail? does CA have anything close to Japan (or better?) in regards to safety if a big one hits their with the plants there?

those poor people...

how many old energy disasters will it take..

[GReedDiamond]

17. Live webcam Tokyo geiger counter link...

...somebody else here at DU posted this yesterday, I don't have a link to the original post.

But here's the link to the webcam:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/geiger-counter-tokyo

As I understand this, 10-20 CPM is normal background radiation for Tokyo, so the current readings, in the 13-13.5 range as I post this, are still normal.

I'm particularly concerned about this, as my girlfriend, who was supposed to have returned home to Los Angeles last Saturday, is currently stuck in Tokyo at this time.

Below is the explanation of this web cam setup, I have emboldened the pertinent section regarding normal background radiation levels for Tokyo, and followed the original Japanese with the Google translation:

東京江東区の屋内で稼働しているガイガーカウンタをうつしています。単位は CPM<1分あたりのカウント量>ですが、(起動してからのカウント数)÷(起動してからの時間) で計算されているので、長時間動いている時には値が動きにくくなります。また、この数値のみで影響を測ることはできませんので、あくまで一つの"目安"としてご参照下さい。尚、音声はありません。

使用しているガイガーカウンタは以下の自作キットです。
http://strawberry-linux.com/catalog/items?code=53001
学習・実験用途に販売されているキットを元に素人が作成した機器であり、当然、プロ用の機材ではありませんので、正確性には欠けるとお考えください。
併せて以下のような公的データも参照ください。
http://www.houshasen-pref-ibaraki.jp/present/result01.html
http://www.k4.dion.ne.jp/~ngtl-rad/
http://gensiryoku.pref.aomori.lg.jp/atom/

普段は概ね10～20CPM程度です。
下の時間はカウンタが起動してからの時間を示します。PCの電源と連携しているので、PCが再起動したりするとリセットされます。起動してから間もない間は極端な値が出ることもあります。

※一般のPC環境ですので、停電、フリーズや回線の不調で切断されることがあります。昼間・深夜帯では復旧に時間がかかることもありますが、ご了承下さい。

Google translation:
She sees the Gaigakaunta is running indoors in Koto Ward, Tokyo. The unit is CPM , but (count from the start) ÷ (time from the start), so that is calculated when running long and difficult to move the value Masu. Also, these figures measure only the effect can not be, strictly a "measure" Please refer to as. In addition, there is no sound.

Gaigakaunta do-it-yourself kit to use is below.
http://strawberry-linux.com/catalog/items?code=53001
Equipment and kits based amateurs have created has been sold to use the learning experiment, of course, the equipment is not so professional, you think the lack of accuracy, please.
Please also see the following public data together.
http://www.houshasen-pref-ibaraki.jp/present/result01.html
http://www.k4.dion.ne.jp/ ~ ngtl-rad /
http://gensiryoku.pref.aomori.lg.jp/atom/

It is usually about 10 ~ 20CPM generally.
Time indicates the time from the bottom to start the counter. Because it works with PC power, PC is reset or when you reboot. Not long after starting between the extreme values ​​may appear.

※ PC environment because it is a general power outage, a malfunction may be cut or freeze line. But may take longer to recover in the late night the day, please understand.