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[aaronjb]

Our faith in nuclear power must never be shaken as it is the only viable way forward until new discoveries and technology in 50, 100, 200 years time gives us an alternative

Oh I agree entirely .. unfortunately, just try persuading the great unwashed of that after they've had their morning fill of "OMG NUCLEAR EXPLOSION IN JAPAN WE'RE ALL DOOMED!" from the tabloids

[Shimmy]

Yup, plus we don't have mega earthquakes to contend with or the possibility of a tsunami hitting either really.

I'm all for nuclear power, makes so much sense.  Main reason we haven't converted earlier is political imo.

[aaronjb]

Yeah - I was talking to my mum today (I'm a good son like that ) and we commented how lucky we are in the UK really; no real risk of a life changing earthquake, no poisonous animals to speak of (snakes, spiders, scorpions etc) ..

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Yeah - I was talking to my mum today (I'm a good son like that ) and we commented how lucky we are in the UK really; no real risk of a life changing earthquake, no poisonous animals to speak of (snakes, spiders, scorpions etc) ..

Now I'm more scared of those than anything else!!

[cem_devecioglu]

if you play with fire , soon your hands will burn, without exception

some may not accept but as I said earlier, I'll stay without electricity in case necessary and even in cold..

some years ago electricity was cut in the middle of winter and the combi didnt work.. And I passed 2 nights in a cold home.. I'll always prefer this instead of facing radiation..

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Our faith in nuclear power must never be shaken as it is the only viable way forward until new discoveries and technology in 50, 100, 200 years time gives us an alternative

Oh I agree entirely .. unfortunately, just try persuading the great unwashed of that after they've had their morning fill of "OMG NUCLEAR EXPLOSION IN JAPAN WE'RE ALL DOOMED!" from the tabloids

Oh yes the gutter press may have a go at that Aaron, but thank goodness the UK is set on a course of new nuclear power station as our government know that really is the way forward no matter what other "green satisfying schemes" some come up with.   The public are currently learning about the high price of oil and coal fired power stations v. nuclear, and the nonense of so called 'alternatives' that are being ridiculed, being politically non-viable in the long term

[hotel21]

Setting aside the nuclear power/will we-wont we argument, have the Japanese found the missing train yet?  The end butchers bill will undoubtedly be immense, let alone what else adds up from the other lesser islands in the Pacific rim.

Makes a bit of snow and foul weather quite bearable, to my eye....   

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Setting aside the nuclear power/will we-wont we argument, have the Japanese found the missing train yet?  The end butchers bill will undoubtedly be immense, let alone what else adds up from the other lesser islands in the Pacific rim.

Makes a bit of snow and foul weather quite bearable, to my eye....   

I believe they have, as I have noted film shot from a helicopter that showed the remains of a train that I doubt anyone could have escaped from

[aaronjb]

Setting aside the nuclear power/will we-wont we argument, have the Japanese found the missing train yet?  The end butchers bill will undoubtedly be immense, let alone what else adds up from the other lesser islands in the Pacific rim.

Makes a bit of snow and foul weather quite bearable, to my eye....   

I heard there were not one but two trains completely missing  :-/

[Dishevelled Den]

Setting aside the nuclear power/will we-wont we argument, have the Japanese found the missing train yet?  The end butchers bill will undoubtedly be immense, let alone what else adds up from the other lesser islands in the Pacific rim.

Makes a bit of snow and foul weather quite bearable, to my eye....   

I heard there were not one but two trains completely missing  :-/

I think the full horror of this disaster will only become apparent over the coming weeks and months.

The scenes of devastation are heart-wrenching and even though they depict a factual event, these surreal images defy understanding and appear unreal to the point of almost belonging to one's vision of what Hell must be like.

[aaronjb]

I think you're right there, Z. The videos of the tsunami 'sludge' marching across the land were truly mind blowing - a relentless, relatively slow moving, churn of mud, debris, cars, (probably people) that didn't even seem to skip a beat regardless of what obstacles it met.

It looked truly alien and not of this world.

What I find amazing is how folks I know in Tokyo are just .. getting on with it. There is clearly a gentle undercurrent of worry, but by and large they're just putting things back together and getting on with life..

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Setting aside the nuclear power/will we-wont we argument, have the Japanese found the missing train yet?  The end butchers bill will undoubtedly be immense, let alone what else adds up from the other lesser islands in the Pacific rim.

Makes a bit of snow and foul weather quite bearable, to my eye....   

I heard there were not one but two trains completely missing  :-/

I think the full horror of this disaster will only become apparent over the coming weeks and months.

The scenes of devastation are heart-wrenching and even though they depict a factual event, these surreal images defy understanding and appear unreal to the point of almost belonging to one's vision of what Hell must be like.

I wish you were wrong Zulu, but I know that the 1300 stated as being dead currently must be a terrible under-estimation   One coastal town had a population of 10,000, and today we have seen pictures of it after being totally destroyed apart from the hospital, but even that had water up to the fourth floor!!

Death toll total?   God only knows!

[Mysteryman]

To be perfectly honest, I'm kind of becoming immune to this kind of thing. I can't look at the news these days without seeing disaster, savagery or terrorism. Sad, but true I'm afraid.

[hotel21]

To be perfectly honest, I'm kind of becoming immune to this kind of thing. I can't look at the news these days without seeing disaster, savagery or terrorism. Sad, but true I'm afraid.

Sadly, I agree.

I think that a number of years viewing death and the emotional aftermath of my previous employ does dull the 'buds somewhat and makes you use the thick skin/black humour medication more.

Now that i no longer see such grief as intimately as previously, I can now react in a very surprising way (according to my close family) to that of years gone by.

I blame that big fella with the dungarees in The Green Mile, personally....      

[Dishevelled Den]

This is indeed a very obvious example of the immense power of this living planet and of our tenure here at its pleasure.

Appalling as it is, this disaster would be inconsequential if Lizzie's Yellowstone caldera breaches.