Typhoon Strengthens, May Hit Fukushima Nuke Plant

[robdogbucky]

By Aaron Sheldrick and Tsuyoshi Inajima - May 26, 2011 11:56 PM PT


Typhoon Songda strengthened to a supertyphoon after battering the Philippines and headed for Japan on a track that may pass over the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant by May 30, a U.S. monitoring center said.

Songda’s winds increased to 241 kilometers (150 miles) per hour from 213 kph yesterday, the U.S. Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center said on its website. The storm’s eye was about 240 kilometers east of Aparri in the Philippines at 8 a.m. today, the center said. Songda was moving northwest at 19 kph and is forecast to turn to the northeast and cross the island of Okinawa by 9 p.m. local time tomorrow before heading for Honshu.

The center’s forecast graphic includes a possible path over Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant, which has been spewing radiation since March 11 when an earthquake and tsunami knocked out cooling systems. Three of six reactor buildings have no roof after explosions blew them off, exposing spent fuel pools and containment chambers that are leaking.

“We are still considering typhoon measures and can’t announce detailed plans yet,” Takeo Iwamoto, a spokesman at Tokyo Electric Power Co., said by phone when asked about the storm. The utility known as Tepco plans to complete the installation of covers for the buildings by October, he said...


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-27/typhoon-strengthens-may-hit-fukushima-nuke-plant.html

[malaise]

1. Damn!

They don't need one more disaster

[meow mix]

2. eesh, what comes next struck by meteors?

:scared:

[Electric Monk]

6. Godzilla?

[MineralMan]

3. Not a good deal at all.

I'm not sure what they'll be able to do to prepare for this, given the current situation there.

[loudsue]

4. Now this is just getting fucking weird. WTF is going on at that spot on the planet?

This is just over the top.

[robdogbucky]

5. I think these natural conditions are predictable in their carnage

Japan is one of the most active earthquake zones on the planet. The word tsunami is a Japanese word, have been happening as long as quakes out to sea have been happening. Stormy season, happens every year.

The only real difference I can see it that some of us are watching and paying attention more closely, a the stakes have risen somewhat.



Just my dos centavos

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