Thread: JAPAN UPDATE: Store Shelves Emptying; Basic Goods, Water

UPDATE: Video: Store Shelves Emptying; Basic Goods, Water, Snacks, Meats, Frozen Food Disappear First; Millions Without Power

Author: Mac Slavo
March 12th, 2011
Comments 66
UPDATE: March 12, 2011 15:30 CST

…Japanese officials say nuclear disaster averted; but new reactor is now in danger http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/ ... 2D20110312

…Millions currently without power, gas

…Report from Mito, Japan:

In Mito, another town in the area, long lines formed outside a damaged supermarket as hundreds waited for medicine, water and other supplies. Supplies ran low as people stocked up, not knowing how long it would take for fresh goods to arrive.

“All the shops are closed, this is one of the few still open. So I came to buy and stock up on diapers, drinking water and food,â€

Yes, radiation from these meltdowns can reach America.

No, you are not going to see radiation sickness and early death from it.

Yes, it can raise cancer and leukemia rates along with birth defect rates at lower levels.

If those reactor cores burn and get exposed to Earth's atmosphere, the normal background radiation levels for most of the planet will rise.

But you are not going to see 750 rads in Alaska and California.

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Hoax Map

Fake image of nuclear meltdown risk going around the Internet



(TheWeatherSpace.com) -- A hoax is going around the Internet about a nuclear fallout map, which kills people in the Western United States.

The hoax is going around and has caught a few off guard. The Australian Radiation Services did not issue a fallout map that reaches the Western United States, including Canada.

There is not much to say about this other than it is a hoax. TWS has corrected and pulled the article.

http://www.theweatherspace.com/news/TWS ... image.html