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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: tiger101 on March 11, 2011, 05:25:40 PM
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Just came on the tv then. holy poo looks bad. Smoke coming out of port of tokyo building.
tsunami warning for Russia Hawaii and japan
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Just saw that - hope not as bad as it looks :help
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Got upgraded from 7.9 to 8.8 magnitude.
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Got upgraded from 7.9 to 8.8 magnitude.
Got friends on a cruise ship in the area :help
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Turn on 601 , the tsunami's taken out towns and everything! :'(
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CNN just had footage of the tsunami wave taking out farming fields from the look of it.
Also showing the wave going through the streets.
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7th largest recorded earthquake in Japan. Herald-Sun now saying it's a 8.9 :o.
10m wall of water hitting coastal towns in Japan near the earthquake epicentre.
Tsunami warnings have been extended and are now in place for Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, Philippines, Guam, the entire coast of Central and South America, Hawaii, the US West Coast, Japan, Russia, Marcus Island and the Northern Marianas.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/japan-on-tsunami-alert-after-another-quake/story-e6frf7jo-1226019884379
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im trying to post this video my cousin sent me who is in Japan now. Helicopter footage of the Tsunami ripping into towns.
unbelievable devastation.
what is the world coming to. Some will say the end is near.
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There certainly appears to be an increase in natural disasters in recent times. A lot of sudden mass extinctions too.
I'm no bible basher, nor am I religious, but gee, I get the sense that something seems to be unfolding...
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It gets worse.... :-\
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Japan declares Nuclear emergency
THE Japanese Government has declared an atomic emergency and told thousands of residents living near a nuclear plant in Fukushima to evacuate, warning a small amount of radiation could be released.
The amount of radiation has reached about 1000 times the normal level in the control room of the No. 1 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said.
The discovery suggests radioactive steam could spread around the facility operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/japan-declares-nuclear-emergency-following-huge-earthquake/story-e6frf7jo-1226020058265
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9/11
Asia tsunami
Libya
Iraq
Japan Tsunami
Bushfires
Landslides
Floods
Earhquakes
It just feels like its getting worse and worse.
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9/11
Asia tsunami
Libya
Iraq
Japan Tsunami
Bushfires
Landslides
Floods
Earhquakes
It just feels like its getting worse and worse.
I don't think you can link libya and iraq to natural disasters.
The nuclear plant issues sounds pretty serious. releasing radioactive steam.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/12/3162223.htm?section=justin
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I don't think you can link libya and iraq to natural disasters.
On a humanitarian scale you can
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I don't think you can link libya and iraq to natural disasters.
On a humanitarian scale you can
But Libya issue is due to a old man willing to murder his own people that want to be free and have a choice in who runs the country.
Natural Disasters is out of humans control.
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9/11
Asia tsunami
Libya
Iraq
Japan Tsunami
Bushfires
Landslides
Floods
Earhquakes
It just feels like its getting worse and worse.
No it's just the saturation of media coverage that gives this impression. If you watch natural history docos you will see that natural distars are common, and that weather related ones in particular go in cycles. '74 was the last bad la nina pattern that bought much flooding to eastern Australia for example ( which are related to cyclones getting drawn south).
There is evidence that the earth has been through some 'natural distasters' of a scale that is simply frightening, at various stages of its history. Humans' time on this planet is a mere blip in time,( yet we have done so much damage to it in this time) so even what we have seen since records were kept is not the bigger picture, let alone what we have seen in our individual lives.
Sometimes i wonder though, if the earth is trying to rid itself of the scourge called humans in the same way we try to rid ourselves of parasites that do us harm.
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I don't think you can link libya and iraq to natural disasters.
On a humanitarian scale you can
But Libya issue is due to a old man willing to murder his own people that want to be free and have a choice in who runs the country.
Natural Disasters is out of humans control.
I know the difference.
I think he's talking about everything in general that's happening
The fact that we're seeing it happen as it happens is quite destructive mentally and emotionally on some people (me included). Would hate to think what it does to kids
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The fact that we're seeing it happen as it happens is quite destructive mentally and emotionally on some people (me included). Would hate to think what it does to kids
So soon after the scarring from the unnatural disaster of the skunks winning the flag as well.
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The fact that we're seeing it happen as it happens is quite destructive mentally and emotionally on some people (me included). Would hate to think what it does to kids
So soon after the scarring from the unnatural disaster of the skunks winning the flag as well.
Oh you and MT are on the same wavelength today :wallywink :rollin ;)
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LOL FNM.
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Japan and NZ are on the major fault lines where tectonic plates meet so major earthquakes are expected sadly.
(http://microvitasuperlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Tectonic_Plates.gif)
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Anyone for a conspiracy theory? This published before the quake
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/i-see-a-supermoon-rising-but-do-i-see-trouble-on-the-way-20110311-1bqrw.html
A "supermoon" is coming and conspiracy theorists believe it will cause a moonageddon.
While astronomers and other scientists suggest everyone just take a chill pill and enjoy the prospect of a larger moon on March 19, US astrologist Richard Nolle believes it heralds disaster.
Supermoons are closer to Earth and occur every 10 to 20 years - the most recent being in 1955, 1974, 1992 and 2005.
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On March 19, the moon will be 356,577 kilometres from Earth, the closest it has been since 1992.
The lunar perigee, or supermoon - a term that Mr Nolle said he coined in 1979 - takes place because the moon does not orbit the Earth in a perfect circle, but in a slightly elliptical manner.
"Supermoons, in fact, have a historical association with strong storms, very high tides, extreme tides and also earthquakes," Mr Nolle told ABC Radio this week.
"Supermoons are like eclipses. We have roughly five to six per year ... and so it can be very close to Earth but we don't have to have one at the maximum close approach to have a notable effect."
Mr Nolle said the most recent supermoon on February 18 had an impact on Earth from February 12 to 21. He drew a link between the lunar phenomenon and the Christchurch earthquake, which hit New Zealand on February 22.
He also linked the 1948 Ashgabat earthquake in Turkmenistan, the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991 and 2005's Hurricane Katrina in the United States to periods of supermoon activity.
But Mr Nolle's theories were dismissed by astronomers and seismologists, who said natural disasters happen regardless of whether there's a supermoon or not.
"I would say that the chances of disaster from this supermoon is as great as the chances that the world will end on December 21 next year," said Australian Astronomical Observatory's research astronomer Simon O'Toole, citing interpretations of the Mayan calendar that suggest December 21, 2012 is the day when the world ends.
"So, basically, zero."
Dr O'Toole said there was only a 1 to 2 per cent difference in the distance of the moon from Earth when a perigee (closest) or apogee (furthest) occurs, and so, instead of encountering a bad moon on the rise on March 19, we would only experience a "slightly higher tide" and of course, a larger-looking moon.
"The gravity of the moon is tugging on the Earth and causing a slight sort of distortion as the moon orbits the Earth and that leads to tides eventually.
"But I think that the main thing that we will expect to see [on March 19] is that the moon will look very slightly bigger ... and we may not even be able to perceive that it is bigger."
Clive Collins, a senior seismologist at Geoscience Australia agrees, said that, while many scientists have studied whether there is a link between lunar cycles and seismic activity, none have found any clear connections.
"You get tidal effects which do cause changes in the stress on the Earth but it's not shown that you can predict that earthquakes occur at certain lunar cycles," he said.
"There have been some indications and some circumstances when you get small earthquakes during high tides where you've got lunar and solar gravitational effects occurring at the same time ... but there is no clear correlation, particularly with large earthquakes."
Conspiracy theory or not, Dr O'Toole is certain that the supermoon event will generate assumptions about its impact.
"I think what will most likely happen is the supermoon will come and go next week and then people will look back and say, 'Ah-ha! On March 18 or 19 or 20, all of these things happened and it must have been caused by that.'
"And of course if you look back a couple of weeks ago, you had a giant earthquake in Christchurch. And that was not related to anything like that. It just happened.
"The Earth is a dynamic system - you get all sorts of events independent of the moon and the sun."
Further reading:
The links between astronomy and tides (The US's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
When do lunar perigees and apogees occur? (Geoscience Australia)
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in theory it's all plausible however,i think the fact that the country is in/on the seismically unstable archipelago, located on the "Pacific Rim of Fire".
I mean as sad as it is,it's really just a game of time.
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Reported 14 mins ago...
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-reports/japan-declares-nuclear-emergency-following-huge-earthquake/story-fn7zkbgs-1226020058265
UPDATE 7.39pm: FOUR people have been injured in an explosion that occurred at the No. 1 reactor of the quake-hit effushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday.
The explosion was heard at 3.36 pm following large tremors and white smoke was seen at the facility in effushima Prefecture, the company said.
The four workers were working to deal with problems caused by a powerful earthquake that hit northeastern Japan on Friday. However there is no word on injured worker's condition, Jiji news agency says.
effushima prefecture says TEPCO'S no.1 reactor ceiling has collapsed, Jiji reports.
Radioactivity at the plant was 20 times over the normal level, and Japan's Nuclear Safety Commission has said it may be experiencing meltdown.
Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) says explosion may have been hydrogen used to cool effushima plant, Kyodo reports.
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TV reports have confirmed the Tokyo fire department is sending special nuclear rescue team to effushima.
Pressure has reportedly been growing at the plant, with Japanese officials racing against time to cool the reactors that were disabled by yesterday's massive earthquake and tsunami or face a nuclear meltdown.
TEPCO is racing to cool down the reactor core after a highly unusual "station blackout" - the total loss of power necessary to keep water circulating through the plant to prevent overheating.
Daiichi Units 1, 2 and 3 reactors shut down automatically at 246pm local time yesterday due to the earthquake. But about an hour later, the on-site diesel back-up generators also shut, leaving the reactors without alternating current (AC) power.
That caused TEPCO to declare an emergency and the Government to evacuate thousands of people from near the plant. Such a blackout is "one of the most serious conditions that can affect a nuclear plant," according to experts at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a US based nuclear watchdog group.
"If all AC power is lost, the options to cool the core are limited," the group warned.
TEPCO also said it has lost ability to control pressure at some of the reactors at its Daini plant nearby.
The reactors at effushima can operate without AC power because they are steam-driven and therefore do not require electric pumps, but the reactors do require direct current (DC) power from batteries for its valves and controls to function.
If battery power is depleted before AC power is restored, the plant would stop supplying water to the core and the cooling water level in the reactor core could drop.
Radiation release
Officials are now considering releasing some radiation to relieve pressure in the containment at the Daiichi plant and are also considering releasing pressure at Daini, signs that difficulties are mounting. Such a release has only occurred once in US history, at Three Mile Island.
"(It's) a sign that the Japanese are pulling out all the stops they can to prevent this accident from developing into a core melt and also prevent it from causing a breach of the containment (system) from the pressure that is building up inside the core because of excess heat," said Mark Hibbs, a nuclear expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
While the restoration of power through additional generators should allow TEPCO to bring the situation back under control, left unchecked the coolant could boil off within hours. That would cause the core to overheat and damage the fuel, according to nuclear experts familiar with the Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania in 1979.
It could take hours more for the metal surrounding the ceramic uranium fuel pellets in the fuel rods to melt, which is what happened at Three Mile Island. That accident essentially froze the nuclear industry for three decades.
Seven years later the industry suffered another blow after the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine exploded due to an uncontrolled power surge that damaged the reactor core, releasing a radioactive cloud that blanketed Europe.
The metal on the fuel rods would not melt until temperatures far exceed 1000 degrees F. The ceramic uranium pellets would not melt until temperatures reached about 2000 degrees F, nuclear experts said.
The Government declared an atomic emergency amid growing international concern over its reactors after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake, the biggest in Japan's history, unleashed tsunamis that swept all before them.
The US Air Force, which has many bases in Japan, delivered coolant to a Japanese nuclear plant, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday, without specifying which plant.
The two nuclear plants affected are the effushima No.1 and No.2 plants, both located about 250km northeast of greater Tokyo, an urban area of 30 million people.
Tokyo Electric Power vented radioactive vapour at five reactors between both plants to release building pressure.
"We are not in a situation in which residents face health damage," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters today, according to Jiji.
However, the evacuation area was expanded. A total of 45,000 people living within a 10km radius of the No.1 plant were told to evacuate.
Officials today ordered the evacuation of people living within a 3km-radius of the second plant, with those up to 10km away told to stay indoors.
When Friday's massive quake hit, the plants immediately shut down, along with others in quake-hit parts of Japan, as they are designed to do, but the cooling systems failed, the Government said.
The major fear is that fuel rods, which create heat through a nuclear reaction, could become exposed and release radioactivity.
When reactors shut down, cooling systems must kick in to bring down the very high temperatures. These systems are powered by either the external electricity grid, backup generators or batteries.
This is key to prevent a "nuclear meltdown" and major radioactive release.
Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan early today left on a helicopter to effushima to assess the situation at the plants operated by Tokyo Electric Power, and other areas in the disaster zone.
Military personnel have been dispatched to effushima, including a chemical corps and an aircraft on a "fact-finding mission".
The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Japanese officials had kept it informed of their efforts to restore power to the cooling systems while monitoring a pressure build-up.
Early in the crisis Prime Minister Kan said no radiation leaks were detected among the country's reactors after the quake.
According to the industry ministry, 11 nuclear reactors automatically shut down at the Onagawa plant, the effushima No.1 and No.2 plants and the Tokai No.2 plant after the strongest earthquake ever to hit the country.
As an industrial powerhouse nation poor in energy resources, Japan also draws about 30 per cent of its total power from its 53 nuclear plants.
Earlier today the Tokyo Electric Power, which runs the plants, had released some radioactive vapour at the plants in a bid to relieve building reactor pressure.
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He will save us all!
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Confirmation of major explosion now on HS website
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Don't worry about it.
Sensationalist headline.
Wankers.
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I just checked and the HS website is still intact. :P
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Just watching the news they haven't said anything about an explosion they are monitoring the winds though they are currently blowing south and they don't want it to blow south west cause it could carry over Tokyo the reporter said.
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so they would prefer it to blow out to sea and invariably,other countries-lol
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so they would prefer it to blow out to sea and invariably,other countries-lol
They was more talking about the steam. If it blew out to the pacific it would break down before reaching any land.
Footage looks pretty amazing though.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/DHfR_wybvw0
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Rupert is making a packet.
I've seen bigger explosions come out of my ars after a week on the Lois.
Humbug.
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Japan and NZ are on the major fault lines where tectonic plates meet so major earthquakes are expected sadly.
(http://microvitasuperlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Tectonic_Plates.gif)
I guess with all these earthquakes around the Pacific, people on the San Andreas would be feeling nervous. It'll happen one day, just a matter of time I'm sadly thinking
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9/11
Asia tsunami
Libya
Iraq
Japan Tsunami
Bushfires
Landslides
Floods
Earhquakes
It just feels like its getting worse and worse.
it's all prophesied in the Bible my friend gospel of Mark chapter 13 for a start.
http://mobile.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark13&version=NIV (http://mobile.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark13&version=NIV)
And according to the bible especially the book of revelation, it's going to get worse and worse.
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:lol
Didn't god make man in his own image?
Yet last week you told us in his eyes all of mankind were sinners?
Now he is going to unleash Armageddon on those he made in his own image?
He must be one stuffed up dude.
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it's all prophesied in the Bible my friend gospel of Mark chapter 13 for a start.
http://mobile.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark13&version=NIV (http://mobile.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark13&version=NIV)
And according to the bible especially the book of revelation, it's going to get worse and worse.
Wow. Does this mean the earth is still flat too?
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:lol
Didn't god make man in his own image?
Yet last week you told us in his eyes all of mankind were sinners?
Now he is going to unleash Armageddon on those he made in his own image?
He must be one stuffed up dude.
God gave man a choice. Man chose and continues to choose self interest.
The bible tells who has sinned: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,Romans 3:23
The bible tells us what are the consequences of sin: For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Geez Geez our Lord.Romans 6:23
The bible tells us the way to escape the consequences of sin: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.John3:16
Are there many roads to God? According to the bible the answer is NO: For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Geez Geez,1 Timothy 2:5
and And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."Acts 4:12
Geez said it Himself: Geez said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.John14:6
Choose Him and Live.
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it's all prophesied in the Bible my friend gospel of Mark chapter 13 for a start.
http://mobile.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark13&version=NIV (http://mobile.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark13&version=NIV)
And according to the bible especially the book of revelation, it's going to get worse and worse.
Wow. Does this mean the earth is still flat too?
Where in the bible does it say the world was flat??
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:lol
Didn't god make man in his own image?
Yet last week you told us in his eyes all of mankind were sinners?
Now he is going to unleash Armageddon on those he made in his own image?
He must be one stuffed up dude.
Each to their own I say whether u believe or not, but there's no need for that rubbish talk
Everyones entitled to an opinion weather your Muslim, orthodox or Christian
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I know it's Sunday, but do we need Bible lessons?
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I know it's Sunday, but do we need Bible lessons?
I don't know but if you got a question about it I'll try my best and answer.
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Nuclear plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) says radiation levels around the quake-damaged plant have risen above the safety limit, and the government is warning that meltdowns may have possibly occurred at two reactors.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/13/3162752.htm?section=justin
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I know it's Sunday, but do we need Bible lessons?
I don't know but if you got a question about it I'll try my best and answer.
You could start another thread and then those that are interested in the happenings in Japan, will be able to come to this thread and be updated.
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:lol
Didn't god make man in his own image?
Yet last week you told us in his eyes all of mankind were sinners?
Now he is going to unleash Armageddon on those he made in his own image?
He must be one stuffed up dude.
Each to their own I say whether u believe or not, but there's no need for that rubbish talk
Everyones entitled to an opinion weather your Muslim, orthodox or Christian
Not sure how pointing out perceived contradictions is rubbish talk but i agree that everyone is entitled to an opinion, just as any post on any subject by any person opens itself up for a reply. It wasn't me that dragged religion into this, I just voiced my opinion in reply.
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:lol
Didn't god make man in his own image?
Yet last week you told us in his eyes all of mankind were sinners?
Now he is going to unleash Armageddon on those he made in his own image?
He must be one stuffed up dude.
Each to their own I say whether u believe or not, but there's no need for that rubbish talk
Everyones entitled to an opinion weather your Muslim, orthodox or Christian
Not sure how pointing out perceived contradictions is rubbish talk but i agree that everyone is entitled to an opinion, just as any post on any subject by any person opens itself up for a reply. It wasn't me that dragged religion into this, I just voiced my opinion in reply.
and I replied to your opinion. Thankyou.
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I know it's Sunday, but do we need Bible lessons?
I don't know but if you got a question about it I'll try my best and answer.
You could start another thread and then those that are interested in the happenings in Japan, will be able to come to this thread and be updated.
I began by replying to what Dan had said about how everything is getting worse.
I then replied to Al's question and opinion of God.
I'm sure this isn't the first or last time a thread has gone slightly off topic. But I will consider your idea on a dedicated Bible thread if you like. :thumbsup
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:lol
Didn't god make man in his own image?
Yet last week you told us in his eyes all of mankind were sinners?
Now he is going to unleash Armageddon on those he made in his own image?
He must be one stuffed up dude.
Each to their own I say whether u believe or not, but there's no need for that rubbish talk
Everyones entitled to an opinion weather your Muslim, orthodox or Christian
Daniel, Orthodoxy or Eastern Orthodoxy or Eastern Christianity is still Christianity. There aint alot of real difference between the Catholics and those of us in the Orthodox churches. Just clarifying it because the Prime Minister has also lumped us in with others and its factually incorrect and gives a wrong impression.Thats all. :cheers
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FFS :banghead
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Of course Ramps I know I just threw it in there
My brother is married to a Greek.
Just making a point
Ooh and al your points are valid just no need for the stuffed up dude
Moving right along
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If you believe these things are linked in a theory that means end of the world I think that can be separate thread topic.
anyways back to the topic.
Japan is struggling to contain a growing crisis at two nuclear power plants damaged in Friday's huge earthquake and tsunami, as officials revealed that the emergency cooling system at another reactor had failed, raising fears of a serious accident.
Government officials said the negligible radioactivity levels near the plants in effushima prefecture posed no threat to human health. Screening centres were being set up for people worried about exposure.
Tokyo Electric Power [Tepco] decribed the situation at the effushima No. 1 power plant as an emergency after the cooling system failed at a second reactor at the plant.
Tepco said radioation levels at the plant had exceeded the legal limit on Sunday morning. Hourly radiation at the site was measured at 882 micro sievert, in excess of the allowable level of 500, Japan's nuclear safety agency said. The government's chief spokesman, Yukio Edano, said the level had briefly risen 1,204 micro sievert.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/13/japan-second-nuclear-reactor-threat-effushima
Hopefully they can get these reactors under control.
It sounds like they could be having to move to flooding them with sea water to cool them down more time goes pass though.
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FFS :banghead
and I didn't read ANY complaints when Dookie told us of the moon theory. What was it called "moonageddon"?
I will be sure to make a mental note of how many times you stear every thread back on topic in the future FNM. Thanks for the headbang.
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:lol
Didn't god make man in his own image?
Yet last week you told us in his eyes all of mankind were sinners?
Now he is going to unleash Armageddon on those he made in his own image?
He must be one stuffed up dude.
Each to their own I say whether u believe or not, but there's no need for that rubbish talk
Everyones entitled to an opinion weather your Muslim, orthodox or Christian
Not sure how pointing out perceived contradictions is rubbish talk but i agree that everyone is entitled to an opinion, just as any post on any subject by any person opens itself up for a reply. It wasn't me that dragged religion into this, I just voiced my opinion in reply.
and I replied to your opinion. Thankyou.
:cheers
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FFS :banghead
and I didn't read ANY complaints when Dookie told us of the moon theory. What was it called "moonageddon"?
I will be sure to make a mental note of how many times you stear every thread back on topic in the future FNM. Thanks for the headbang.
Why would I complain about something I haven't read ::)
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FFS :banghead
and I didn't read ANY complaints when Dookie told us of the moon theory. What was it called "moonageddon"?
I will be sure to make a mental note of how many times you stear every thread back on topic in the future FNM. Thanks for the headbang.
Ok.
Regarding the moon theory I posted -
1. I pre-empted my post with the words 'anyone for a conspiracy theory?'. In effect asking for permission before I put it out there for general consideration. Compare that to your sledgehammer of a first post that the world is going to end and you should all believe it because the bible says so.
People don't like to have things rammed down their throats, especially when it's related to lifes bigger picture things like beliefs, politics etc.
2. I won't be offended or upset if people say the moon theory is rubbish. Others can correct me if im wrong, but i think it would be fair to say that this is not the case with yourself from what you have posted. Which leads me to my next point.
3. I'm not trying to convince others of the moon theory. Again, I think the perception is that you are trying to convince others. To the non-religious, when people talk about religion which they believe in, it's like a someone who works for brand x saying their brand makes the best product because it they simply do.
So what are your motives? If it's just putting a viewpoint forward, im sure nobody has a problem with that.
But giving you are introducing religion into a topic which is based on the deaths of hundreds of human beings, you should at least try to be a bit more subtle, respectful, and tolerant.
Like your god and good book tells you to, no less.
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FFS :banghead
and I didn't read ANY complaints when Dookie told us of the moon theory. What was it called "moonageddon"?
I will be sure to make a mental note of how many times you stear every thread back on topic in the future FNM. Thanks for the headbang.
Ok.
Regarding the moon theory I posted -
1. I pre-empted my post with the words 'anyone for a conspiracy theory?'. In effect asking for permission before I put it out there for general consideration. Compare that to your sledgehammer of a first post that the world is going to end and you should all believe it because the bible says so.
People don't like to have things rammed down their throats, especially when it's related to lifes bigger picture things like beliefs, politics etc.
2. I won't be offended or upset if people say the moon theory is rubbish. Others can correct me if im wrong, but i think it would be fair to say that this is not the case with yourself from what you have posted. Which leads me to my next point.
3. I'm not trying to convince others of the moon theory. Again, I think the perception is that you are trying to convince others. To the non-religious, when people talk about religion which they believe in, it's like a someone who works for brand x saying their brand makes the best product because it they simply do.
So what are your motives? If it's just putting a viewpoint forward, im sure nobody has a problem with that.
But giving you are introducing religion into a topic which is based on the deaths of hundreds of human beings, you should at least try to be a bit more subtle, respectful, and tolerant.
Like your god and good book tells you to, no less.
sorry DD. I didn't mean to offend you. All I was trying to do was highlight to FNM that the frustration with off topic discussion may be warranted but I would equally expect it from all off topic discussion in any thread. After all we do see it time and time again. Personally I enjoyed reading the conspiracy theory you posted. I wasn't bagging it just using it to make a point to FNM.
Of posting the first reply to Dan's post in which he stated things seemed to be getting worse all I did was agree with it and state the bible says it's going to get increasingly worse. How is this ramming it down anyones throat? I didn't ask anyone to believe it I was just stating what I've read.
In the second post was a reply to Al. He asked a question and all I did was post an answer. I see nothing wrong with this as I don't think Al or Dan did either by their reply to me.
At no time was I offended or did I rubbish an opinion. I assure you I pray for all people in Japan effected by this tragedy and I don't believe God is responsible for these current events.
I don't think there is anything wrong with debate or questioning a theory or belief. I enjoy the banter and debate on the political threads and the Richmond rant.
I don't understand the angst when anything from the bible is mentioned. I'm not asking anyone to believe it. You have your free will and all can choose his or her life.
Anyway if I offended anyone I'm sorry. It wasn't intentional.
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Not offended.
No problem :thumbsup
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Armageddon lmfao
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Two more reactors at the troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan have lost cooling functions as the plant's operators struggle to contain what threatens to become a meltdown.
Radiation levels rose to harmful levels at the facility earlier today following two reactor blasts and a fire at a spent fuel storage pond.
But government spokesman Yukio Edano says radiation levels have since fallen at the plant, 250 kilometres north-east of the capital Tokyo.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/15/3164827.htm
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The age are reporting that radiation has reached Tokyo :-\
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20 times the normal levels of radiation being found. :help
It's like another atom bomb hitting the country.
Hopefully the nuclear fall out won't affect generations of Japanese as it did post 1945.
Chernobyl in the Asia Pacific Rim.
God bless them all. :pray
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...and on the day bishop comes out spruiking that we should be going down the nuclear path.
Has a politician ever displayed a worse time to put forward a controversial view? :wallywink
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Rescuers in Japan have reportedly pulled two survivors, a woman and a man, from underneath the rubble four days after a powerful earthquake and devastating tsunami.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/15/3164857.htm
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The aftershocks just keep on happening and are being felt in Tokyo as well. :help
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20 times the normal levels of radiation being found. :help
It's like another atom bomb hitting the country.
Hopefully the nuclear fall out won't affect generations of Japanese as it did post 1945.
Chernobyl in the Asia Pacific Rim.
God bless them all. :pray
Its all good :cheers
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It gets worse.... :-\
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Japan declares Nuclear emergency
THE Japanese Government has declared an atomic emergency and told thousands of residents living near a nuclear plant in stuffushima to evacuate, warning a small amount of radiation could be released.
The amount of radiation has reached about 1000 times the normal level in the control room of the No. 1 reactor of the stuffushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said.
The discovery suggests radioactive steam could spread around the facility operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/japan-declares-nuclear-emergency-following-huge-earthquake/story-e6frf7jo-1226020058265
48% of the kids have cancer
http://ecowatch.com/?s=fukushima