Winter always seems to linger & linger. The long awaited spring now upon us is enough to lift anyone’s spirits, especially here in the Northeast, where winters in general, the past one in particular, tend to be brutal. There seems to be a feeling of relief looking forward & hope of better days to come.
I’m trying! As the disaster in Japan, directly affecting the lives, safety & well being of its residents & neighbors, as well as the far-reaching & world-wide implications of unknown proportion become an aside & moved to the back page by msm, it cannot be ignored, at least by me.
News of Fukushima disaster all but vanishes leaving few lines to read between in favor of the typical frivolous fare (no, I didn’t watch the wedding). Our daily news, the important information we need, marginalized by mainstream media, scrubbed, sanitized, spun then spoonfed to the sheepled masses & gullible public.
We know this to be the standard. Nothing new & no surprises here. But when important news events are not being covered & information deliberately withheld, it becomes more noticable.
The msm news of continuing disaster in Japan which does reach us is delivered with the matter-of-fact calmness of a weather report. If not for the Gundersen’s regular & trustworthy reports we would be in the dark. We’re missing something but unsure of what that might be. We are aware this can’t be good, but how bad is it?
Four nuclear reactor containments, all in a neat row, looking like artillery-riddled bombed out buildings in a war zone from the explosions, fires, floods & resulting meltdowns serve to show the magnitude. What we do know of what is going on, is that it is still far from over. The latest report from Arnie shows the plan to cap the damage & contamination is inadequate & will probably not work.
Searching for other accurate & informed sources I stumbled upon “COTO Report”, my kind of news, hardhitting & edgy.
Recent claims regarding the time frame supplied by Japanese officials supposedly necessary to bring the present situation in Japan under control is nine months. A link to a website, blogger Lucas Whitefield Hickson, “Information Architect” out of Chicago provides a resource including many related links & information.
A recent blog post, first of three-part series, is an in-depth look at the first three of the next nine months. By analyzing the information & extrapolating from these sources he gives his take on what could be expected during this time frame.
Spotting Arnie Gundersen in his ‘tags cloud’, who he uses as a resource in other work, I knew I was on the right track.
Surviving Planet Earth in the Next 90 days…
April – July 2011 (3 Months)
Thanks to Rubicon Decision and SEH, without them this investigation wouldn’t be possible.
Earlier this week, TEPCO released its two step plan for bringing the Fukushima Daiichi emergency under control. The plan is already in motion, and it has been stated that it will be completed within 9 months.
For everyone else, the question remains:
How will the world look in 9 months?
Japan undoubtedly will experience many more earthquakes, monsoons, and volcanic activity during the time required to bring the situation back under control. It is unclear still how much radiation has been released, and an exact list of the radioactive isotopes that have been introduced to the environment is still not forthcoming.