People outside the immediate Fukushima evacuation area, are being told that if they must go any where do so inside a vehicle. Also they should wear clothing so that it covers all their body. People are being told to stay out of rain or snow.
A concrete spraying truck, a type similar to that used at Chernobyl, is being brought in to be used to spray water. When spraying water it has greater range and accuracy than the fire trucks. The trucks are made in Germany.
The tsunami destroyed most sea walls in the ground zero areas. The sea walls were ten meters tall.
Sea walls also controlled periodic flooding by the rising of normal tides. This means the areas that have lost their sea walls will suffer tidal flooding in the near future.
A nuclear safety expert in Japan admitted that no one prepares for more than one reactor failure. Multiple reactor failures have always been considered highly improbable.
NHK obtained video of last year’s emergency training at a nuclear plant in Japan. It is obvious that they did not expect anything but a low level emergency involving only one reactor.
Japan government officials announced that efforts will be made to get stranded patients out of hospitals in the evacuation zone, as well as other people who did not have a way to self evacuate (remember Hurricane Katrina?).
Local city governments are now joining together to help each other, now that it has become clear the national government is not prepared to help them.
Just like people in the United States are justified in questioning their government’s ability to help after a natural disaster (Hurricane Katrina), the Japanese have every justification to lose faith in their government.
I’ve said this before, it is clear that the most prepared nation in the world was NOT prepared.
Russia will begin airlifting up to 6,000 Russians out of Japan, according to Russian Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Offically there are 2,000 Russians in Japan, but it is admitted that there are actually 6,000+.
Every now and then, a new law enforcement officer in Idaho mistakenly arrests someone for OPEN possession of a gun. As well, sometimes a citizen freaks out and calls in the police after seeing someone in OPEN possession of a gun.
In Idaho OPEN CARRY of guns is legal. Open carry, as opposed to concealed carry, means you can carry a gun in public as long as it is visible.
Idaho Constitution, Article I Section 11: “….No law shall impose licensure, registration or special taxation on the ownership or possession of firearms or ammunition….”
Of course they are limits to Idaho’s open carry law, like being a convicted felon, being intoxicated and being under the age of 18.
As far as Idaho’s concealed carry licensing, it seems it applies only to handguns.
“The Saudi’s should know for a fact that Tehran will use all the power and potentials at its disposal to halt the oppression of the people of Bahrain.”said Iranian lawmaker Hossein Naqavi.
Majority Sunni Arab countries invaded majority Shia Arab Bahrain, in order to protect the Sunni rulers there from the Shia revolution. Iran and Bahrain are majority Shia Muslim countries.
Iran has asked the UN to take action. The United Nations, pushed by France, U.K. & U.S., has authorized military force against Libya, supposedly to protect the revolutionaries there.
A Bahraini women, who is Sunni, is supporting the Shia rebels; “The government is making this a sectarian issue. I see the way my [Shia] friends are treated and I came here to show solidarity.”
The headquarters of the U.S. 5th Fleet is in Bahrain.
A Japanese newspaper (Sankei Shimbun) has named the workers fighting the nuclear disaster ‘Kesshitai’. It means ‘unit that expects to die’.
A daughter of one of the workers says her father told the family that he will die. The wife of another worker received a message that said: “Please continue to live well, I cannot be home for a while.”
So far, at least 20 people are confirmed to have radiation contamination.
Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa announced that Libya will accept a ceasefire with rebels.
Libyan officials believe the UN Security Council resolution allows the Libyan government to use force in order to protect civilians.
France and United Kingdom say they are preparing for military action. Spain and Norway announced they are prepared to join the enforcement of a no fly zone.
President Obama will make an announcement this afternoon. It is expect that two Arab nations will be named as taking part in the no fly zone operation, Qatar is expected to be one of those countries.
The United States, United Kingdom, France are members of the UN Security Council, and voted for the no fly zone. China, Russia, Germany, India and Brazil are also members, but abstained, they will not help with the no fly zone.
NHK reported that for the first time since the quake/tsunami disaster the JSDF (Japanese Self Defense Force) will help supply survivors with food, water and other necessities.
They will begin by sending out helicopters to shelters to determine what is needed. This action is being taken after more than 6 days since the 9.0 quake/tsunami struck.
Until now, the JSDF was involved only with rescue/recovery operations.
This is another example of how unprepared the Japanese government is.