I'm going to believe she did. Otherwise, she's THE PRETENDER.
BTW, Ginger your calm assessments are keeping me from freaking the fuck out. Thank you.
You're talking to Serenity. And, Early... Serenity is very unhappy.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
le nubian - Mar 14, 2011 7:33:22 pm PDT #28318 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Ginger - Mar 14, 2011 7:37:17 pm PDT #28319 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
A tiny bit of good news: it does look like they've gotten the Unit 4 fire out.
I wouldn't want to second guess anyone in such a situation, but I wish they had accepted help from other countries when it was first offered.
Ginger - Mar 14, 2011 7:42:01 pm PDT #28320 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I worked eight years for a nuclear utility and eight years for the industry-funded watchdog group. I've been part of dozens of emergency drills. In order to get to this level of emergency in a drill, we used to have to make up all kinds of unlikely things: a plane hit the plant, and 10 valves failed, and a worker was trapped and, and.... It's just surreal to see all these things actually happening.
Trudy Booth - Mar 14, 2011 7:47:46 pm PDT #28321 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Ginger, I should probably know this, but...do you/did you used to work in nuclear science?
So who else went "I love my classes/Got a crazy teacher/He wears dark glasses..."
le nubian - Mar 14, 2011 7:49:55 pm PDT #28322 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
on second thought, maybe I do need to be freaking the fuck out.
Vortex - Mar 14, 2011 7:55:24 pm PDT #28323 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Ginger, you should be blogging somewhere and sharing your knowledge. Also, drumming up business. If you just took your posts here and cobbled them together into a guest blog, I'll bet that the Journal would publish it.
Ginger - Mar 14, 2011 8:01:02 pm PDT #28324 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm not worried about radiation here. We didn't get any appreciable amount from Chernobyl, and the good thing about radiation is that you can't hide it. I'm just sick about adding this to an already horrendous situation.
I don't know if this makes any sense, and it's a tiny thing compared with people who have relatives and roots in Japan, but it's really a blow to me personally. I've put a lot of my life into this, and I've spent a lot of time with the people who work in nuclear plants.
I'd better go to bed.
Lee - Mar 14, 2011 8:28:45 pm PDT #28325 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
It does make sense, Ginger, and I am sorry you are going through it.
javachik - Mar 14, 2011 9:41:00 pm PDT #28326 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Yes, thank you, Ginger. And I understand your anguish.
Calli - Mar 15, 2011 1:07:58 am PDT #28327 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Thank you, Ginger.
Kathy, I hope they can get the filter out with minimal drama.