I can't see straight enough to drive right now.
That's my girl, large and in-charge. Okay, teensy-weensy and in charge.
Gunn ,'Just Rewards (2)'
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.
§ ita § - Mar 15, 2011 6:37:13 am PDT #28349 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Daisy Jane - Mar 15, 2011 6:38:20 am PDT #28350 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Is there somewhere to duck out and lie down for a bit? Ugh, sorry you're having to deal with that.
Trudy Booth - Mar 15, 2011 6:50:42 am PDT #28351 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
At any rate, the World Health Organization estimates that the people in living in the highly contaminated zone near Chernobyl received about 33 millisieverts (mSv) of exposure, or the equivalent of three to five cat scans. Those people's cancer rate is maybe 3 percent higher than the general population. Acute radiation syndrome, from as much as 1,000 mSv, was diagnosed in 134 people who worked at the plant and only 28 died. Most of the rest are still around today.
And made about eleven hundred square miles uninhabitable -- though people snuck back in. And of course the borders aren't magical, there are increased radiation and its accompanying issues on the other side of it. The 5,000 people who work there are strictly monitored for contamination, but obviously that isn't a fool-proof scenario. Those deaths will go on for a while.
I'm glad to hear Japan isn't in for that.
le nubian - Mar 15, 2011 6:54:00 am PDT #28352 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Experts are going to Japan.
Noriyuki Shikata, Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Public Relations and Director of Global Communications at Prime Minister's Office of Japan, tweeted this morning that the Japanese Government is planning to receive a team of experts from the IAEA, and on March 15, eight experts of the U.S. NRC.
"They will give technical advice to respond to Fukushima I," said Shikata. "In our utmost efforts to resolve the situation of Fukushima Daiichi, Japanese Government will closely collaborate with these U.S. experts. Japan truly appreciates the U.S. assistance of dispatching nuclear experts to Fukushima in addition to help by US Forces in Japan and USAID."
Ginger - Mar 15, 2011 7:05:09 am PDT #28353 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
At worst, Trudy, there could be a swath of land that's contaminated with radioactive particles and it would take a lot of work to clean up. The problem is that there are some long-lived isotopes you wouldn't want to live with for years or, in particular, ingest. I don't want to downplay the magnitude of the potential problem, but the "we're all going to die" scenario coming from some media is not helping.
§ ita § - Mar 15, 2011 7:07:21 am PDT #28354 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My boss doesn't fully seem to understand what going home sick entails, but I'm going to go lie down in my car and then go home.
Ginger - Mar 15, 2011 7:07:44 am PDT #28355 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Experts are going to Japan.
The experts offered when this first happened.
Cashmere - Mar 15, 2011 7:08:13 am PDT #28356 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
ita, I hope you get some relief.
hippocampus - Mar 15, 2011 7:08:42 am PDT #28357 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
but the "we're all going to die" scenario coming from some media is not helping.
this. I much prefer the interpretation we're getting on the Buffista Private Channel. With many thanks Ginger.
Get home safe ~ma ita.
I am moving glacially today. it's annoying.
Cashmere - Mar 15, 2011 7:10:44 am PDT #28358 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Hyperventilating. I just scheduled an on-air radio interview for a roller derby event. Tomorrow at 8:15 am.
Meep.