Japan N-plant getting destroyed

Could there be some light after the very long, dark tunnel this week in Japan’s nuclear crisis?

Engineers working at the Fukushima nuclear plant, which was crippled by last Friday’s earthquake and tsunami, have been working to restore power in an effort to get pumps working again so water can be used to cool overheating fuel rods.

Reuters reports officials saying that they hope to have power at at least two reactors sometime today, although these efforts were to be suspended to allow fire engines and Self-Defence Force helicopters to continue pouring water over the reactors to help cool them. About 30 tonnes was dropped by helicopters yesterday.

According to Reuters: ‘Yukiya Amano, head of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, was due back in his homeland later on Friday with an international team of experts after earlier complaining about a lack of information from Japan.

‘Graham Andrew, his senior aide, called the situation at the plant “reasonably stable” but the government said white smoke or steam was still rising from three reactors and helicopters used to dump water on the plant had shown exposure to small amounts of radiation.’

Meanwhile, Bloomberg quotes US Pacific Command as stating that the US military, which is flying unmanned surveillance drones over the site at Japan’s request, is ‘cautiously optimistic’ the damage can be contained.

It continues: ‘Tokyo Electric’s failure to end the threat of radiation from the six-reactor Fukushima plant has prompted the US to advise its citizens to consider leaving Japan and start airlifting some out of the country, while Australia has advised against travel to Tokyo. About 2.3 trillion yen ($29 billion) has been wiped from Tepco’s market value since the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and a series of explosions devastated the 40-year-old power station about 135 miles north of Tokyo.’

Dr Roger Musson, of the British Geological Survey (BGS), explained that the devastating earthquake occurred because the Pacific Plate is plunging underneath Japan.
He said: 'The cause of this earthquake is that the Pacific Plate, which is one of the largest of the tectonic plates that makes up the crust of the Earth, is plunging deep underneath Japan.

'It's being pushed down and it can't slide down smoothly so it sticks.
'It sticks for tens of years and then eventually it breaks and moves very suddenly down and as it does so it buckles and gives the seabed a sudden kick over areas of hundreds of square kilometres and that displaces an enormous volume of water.
'That water just races away in the form of this enormous wave in all directions.'
Last month's New Zealand quake was caused by the Pacific Plate being forced under the Indo-Australian Plate.

A lunar perigee occurs once a month. However, next week's perigee coincides with a full moon - a combination of events that happen just once every two or three years.
John S Whalley, geoscience programme manager at the University of Portsmouth, agreed there was no correlation.

'There is no established correlation between variations in the orbit of the moon and either the number or magnitude of earthquakes.
'It is all too easy, with hindsight, to link major earthquakes to variations in all sort of parameters.
'The real test is to look at the vast numbers of earthquakes of all magnitudes that occur on a daily basis worldwide.
'Any correlation with the lunar orbit would have to be established on the basis of this population of earthquakes, not on individual high magnitude events. In need hardly add that no such correlation has been established.'

However, despite this wall of doubt there is a small and vocal minority of astrologers that insist a supermoon or 'lunar perigee' does exist.
In his ABC interview Mr Nolle added: '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.'

Earthquakes and Tsunamis Devastate Japan

A magnitude 9.0 quake ravaged Japan Friday, shaking buildings in Tokyo for several minutes. Japanese officials confirm at least two thousand dead, with thousands more injured or missing. Within the same 24-hour period more than 150 aftershocks of magnitude greater than 4.5 occurred.

latest news tsunami in Japan

Tokyo: An earthquake 8.9 Richter scale shook part of Tokyo, Japan, Friday (11 / 3) afternoon. The tsunami waves struck six to ten meters in northeastern Japan at once an earthquake occurs.

Earthquake shocks felt in some areas. Some of the areas under water from the tsunami wave flow. Many people are trapped debris-rise buildings in Tokyo. Had been a fire at some point. Citizens increasingly panicked.

The flow of water quickly spread out the beach. Operational shinkansen trains stopped completely. The rush of water destroy city facilities.According to Al Jazeera News Agency, the quake was also felt in the 160 km coast of Tokyo.

Previously reported strength of 7.9 Richter scale earthquake. Parties to revise Japan’s meteorological magnitude earthquake reaching 8.8 magnitude. Japan issued warnings of aftershocks in the vicinity of Taiwan.

However the 'supermoon' date is still eight days away. But those that adhere to this particular belief could claim that this was still close enough for there to be some kind of effect.
Two days ago, in an interview with ABC radio discussing the potential impact of the March 19 supermoon, astrologer Richard Nolle, who first coined the term in 1979, said he was convinced that lunar perigees cause natural disasters on Earth.

'Supermoons have a historical association with strong storms, very high tides, extreme tides and also earthquakes,' he said.
However, scientists dismiss this as utter nonsense and that although it makes a good photo opportunity for astronomers it has no impact on Earth.
Dr David Harland, space historian and author, said: 'It's possible that the moon may be a kilometre or two closer to Earth than normal at a perigee, but it's an utterly insignificant event.'

Professor George Helffrich, a seismologist at the University of Bristol was equally dismissive.
'Complete nonsense. The moon has no significant effect on earthquake triggering.
'If the moon triggers "big" earthquakes, it would trigger the many of millions of times more "small" earthquakes that happen daily. There is no time dependence of those; hence no moon effect.'
The moon's orbit around Earth is not a circle, but an ellipse. At its closest approach - the perigee - the moon appears brighter and larger in the sky. When it is furthest away - the apogee - it is smaller and dimmer.

Is natural disaster to have been caused by a 'supermoon'?

The moon is supposed to be at its closest in 20 years, within days of an 8.9 quake and tsunami that kills possibly may be hundreds in Japan.

This, weeks after another earthquake kills hundreds in New Zealand...

This seems to be to convienent for it all to be coincidence.

Who wants to bet that seismic events will be higher than average for the month of March?? There is no way that the Moons gravity isn't having an effect on the Earths natural systems.

Check this out. An article typed up yesterday by theweek.com....
What exactly is a "Super Moon"?
The term refers to the unusually large new (or full) moon that earthlings see when the moon travels almost as close as it can to Earth. An "extreme Super Moon" occurs when the moon reaches its absolute closest point. On March 19, the moon will be only 221,556 miles away — the first extreme Super Moon in nearly 20 years.

Should we be concerned?
Those who believe in horoscopes might be. Some astrologers (not astronomers) say this natural wonder signals the beginning of a "moonageddon," coinciding with enormous storms, earthquakes and floods. Kit Karson at Psychic Cosmos further predicts that the financial markets could collapse as prices surge into "panic mode."