live nhk english

[Hannah Bell]

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/

[Hannah Bell]

1. 7 pm, 74 meters away from the plant

23 microsieverts/hr reading

[Hannah Bell]

2. fire in similar area as previous fire, missed the time noted

also, there was the mayor of one of the towns in the area, minami-? (didn't catch second half) who said:

- the news had it wrong, they do have access to water & power, but
- they need gasoline & daily supplies - no gas whatsoever, so can't evacuate even if they want to -
- they want authorities to come and see the situation of the people

[Hannah Bell]

3. fire in 4th floor of reactor building #4

[suffragette]

4. Thanks Hannah

Tried to go to NHK, but had too many windows open and computer froze.
Just got back online.

Very bad news on not having gas to evacuate.

[Hannah Bell]

5. it was my impression that those folks were in the 20-30 km area --

but too fast to listen, process & type everything that was said, so can't be sure.

but definitely said they needed supplies for the shelters, just not water & electricity as previously reported by media.

[suffragette]

6. The only town I found on a quick search was

Minamisanriku, which is much farther north, though the description would fit it in terms of urgent need.


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703566504576202351979717640.html



Otherwise, I found a wikileak that states: Minami (kanji 南, hiragana みなみ) is a Japanese word meaning "south".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minami

It lists quite a few neighborhoods that are in southern parts of towns.