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i like it when scientists say "the situation is under control" after the roof was bombed off.

• vog 16y ago
  You should have read the article which explains why this explosion wasn't nearly as dangerous as it seemed to be.
  • stewbrew 16y ago
    it's the first post on his blog and we are certain he is no lobbyist. citing foreign experts you happen to know personally somehow is commonly used in popular science literature. a catastrophe not as bad as chernobyl can still be pretty bad.
    • vog 16y ago
      There are many really dangerous things going on there, but the explosion was relatively harmless.
    • vog 16y ago
      > and we are certain he is no lobbyist Are we? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2319473 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2319473
  • adlep 16y ago
    And you should read this: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world/asia/14plume.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world/asia/14plume.html If the US Navy is fleeing for cover 60 miles away from the reactors, the situation is SERIOUS.
    • LaGrange 16y ago
      While I'm not really calmed by the original article ("my father has nuclear experience"), I'd suggest that it may be just a case of them not being really needed in the area, and moving just in case.
    • mzl 16y ago
      No, it doesn't have to be. The natural reaction to any nuclear threat is to over-react :)