Fukushima Typhoon raising radioactive water levels in contaminated buildings.

[Octafish]

Preparing a high-tech patch for one hole where the rain will come in.



Typhoon increases level of radioactive water in Reactor No. 1 basement by 17 inches in a day — Likely to continue rising

[bananas]

1. k&r nt

[Octafish]

2. The devastation is almost unimaginable.

A photo of Reactor 3 (top of image) and Reactor 4 from a few months back:



When people say, "It could be worse," they're talking about rain.

[Rex]

3. I still haven't fully processed the magnitude of what is happening in Japan.

My heart goes out to each and every person on those islands right now! Over in the States we are talking about 'sacrifice' from the working class to cut funding for social programs - over in Japan they are fighting not just for their lives, but for their country to get control over a nuclear monster everyone has feared since the day we all watched the 'China Syndrome' as kids.

The devastation in unimaginable. :(

[Octafish]

4. Even the pictures are deceiving...

...below, it looks like something manageable...



For a more accurate idea of scale, please not the red arm reaching up to dump water on top of the building is stretched about 120-feet.



At its base, the vehicle to which it is attached is something along the size of a semi-truck and tractor trailor.