For awhile it seemed like the news kept bouncing between "things are slowly getting under control" to OMG! FIRE!.
Question: Will hiding in a cavern with stockpiled chocolate goods be any part of this plan?
Xander ,'Get It Done'
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.
Gudanov - Mar 16, 2011 8:47:04 am PDT #28681 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Ginger - Mar 16, 2011 8:49:16 am PDT #28682 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm starting to wonder again if reporters here are actually that confuddled about what day today is in Japan.
From the timing of some things, I think that's frequently what's happening. I guess it's no wonder they can't understand radiation, if they can't understand that Wednesday in Japan is not Wednesday in New York.
Hec, the fuel does cool down considerably, so while it will still need to be covered with water, it won't be boiling off nearly so fast and steam pressure will be less of a consideration.
Liese S. - Mar 16, 2011 9:06:33 am PDT #28683 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I would like to take a moment out from my morose mental state to note that Monday night I saw Saturn for the first time with my awesome telescope. Rings as clear as anything. Ridic.
sumi - Mar 16, 2011 9:27:16 am PDT #28684 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Wow. That is awesome, Liese.
sumi - Mar 16, 2011 9:40:24 am PDT #28685 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Loyal Brittney refuses to leave English Setter friend.
Beverly - Mar 16, 2011 9:45:10 am PDT #28686 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh Liese, that sounds wonderful. Perspective, huh?
Yay, Hayden's brother. What a relief for you and your family--and for him, of course.
Ginger, my additional appreciation for your astute and sense-making interpretation and presentation of the flurry of conflicting reports. The confidence of knowing what's what, rather than fearful attention to rumor is itself calming.
There was a fireman at Chernobyl who was caught in the initial explosion who said he would stay in there and try to shut off what he could because he knew he was dying anyway and was going to spend his last hours/minutes trying to save as many as he could.
There's a reason why The Green Hills of Earth, The Long Watch, and well, Spock become folk tales. Honest bravery and heroism are rare enough to deserve remembering--even if fictionalized. I guess nuclear containment people sign up for possible heroism at the outset.
Sue - Mar 16, 2011 9:47:39 am PDT #28687 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Strix - Mar 16, 2011 9:55:11 am PDT #28688 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Thank you, and backflung, bonny and Zenkitty!
Frankenbuddha - Mar 16, 2011 10:05:47 am PDT #28689 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Good news Hayden.
Also, since I don't think I got to say this at the time, YAY! Nilly-baby!
Atropa - Mar 16, 2011 10:16:58 am PDT #28690 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Thanks to all of your posts about bacon fat and bacon bourbon, I am now seriously considering sending Pete out to go get a package of bacon.
I am also craving a bacon Bloody Mary from Genie's in PDX. And while I'll BE in PDX next weekend, I promised Pete we wouldn't go there, because their food doesn't play well with his system. Dammit.