Numerous earth tremors began to shake the northeastern coast of Japan on March 9, 2011. Two days later on March 11, a violent 9.0 quake plus aftershocks set off a chain reaction of tsunamis and nuclear power meltdowns that has created a humanitarian crisis not experienced by that nation's citizens since the end of World War II.
More than sixty-five years have passed since the atomic bombing and destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan is again thrust upon the world stage as the focal point of yet another wake-up call regarding the continued use of nuclear energy, where traces of radiation from the damaged nuclear reactors at Fukushima have already been carried by the jet streams to the West Coast of North America.
While we cannot turn back the hands of time, we do have other options besides deploring the tragedy and fearing the worst possible outcome. Each of us has been given the gift and power of individual thought, and by joining together as one collective force for right action, we can directly influence the aftermath of this human calamity and heal the staggering wound that threatens the lives of millions of people on this planet.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki taught humanity what to expect when a civilian population is subjected to large doses of nuclear radiation. Saving Ground Zero survivors requires an immediate response that includes a concerted action plan to distribute treatment information as quickly as possible. Japanese officials, unfortunately, have been slow in communicating the severity of the radiation problem to its people.
SAMPLE ARTICLES
The moment nuclear plant chief WEPT as Japanese finally admit that radiation leak is serious enough to kill people.
Daily Mail UK
Mar. 19, 2011
http://bit.ly/hTM2B9
71,000 people in the city next to the Fukushima nuclear plant "We've Been Left to Die"
GlobalResearch.ca
Mar. 19, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/4fnsret
Modern society is dependent upon petroleum resources and nuclear energy. Both types use raw materials hazardous to personal health. Alternatives such as free-energy devices are actively suppressed, while solar, wind, and hydropower generators play a limited role.
A paradigm shift is needed at this critical juncture, where global decisions are made for the good of ALL, not for the benefit of a FEW.
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Hiroshima, August 1945...
First city to experience effects of an atomic bomb...
Loss of life and property damage were horrific...
Many who survived after the bomb was dropped, later became ill and died from radiation poisoning...
Rebuilding would take years...
Eventually, Hiroshima would recover from its near destruction...
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Fukushima, Miyagi, and Ibaraki Prefectures, March 2011...
Large sections of land are destroyed and flooded by powerful earthquakes and tsunamis...
The dead and missing are measured in the tens of thousands...
Basic communication, transportation, food, and shelter have become difficult and scarce...
And now, survivors face the additional threat of radiation exposure due to damage suffered by their country's nuclear power reactors...
BACKGROUND MUSIC
Sendo Kawai Ya / The Boatman's Song (trad. Japan)
Performed by Kikutaro Takahashi
Melody - Yuji Koseki
Yume mo nuremasho shiokaze yokaze
Sendo kawai ya
Ye sendo kawai ya
nami makura
Senri hanaryoto omoi wa hitotsu
Onagi yozora no
Ye onagi yozora no
Tsuki o miru
Hitori naryakoso makura mo nureru
Semete misetaya
Ye semete misetaya
Waga yume o
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Hiroshima vs. Detroitby oldgrumpyguy19273,969 views
@analyzingfunny GEET Does sound like a good alternative to these modified and glorified "Steam Engines" we call nuclear reactors. Lets just hope the wind doesn't blow, and i it does blow, blow into the Pacific Ocean xD
htfkid2000 11 months ago
@htfkid2000 Really, you are so mis-informed. 50,000 (the entire population) people in Chernobyl died. And if they dont evacuate the 12 mil in Tokyo they will soon die as well. A burning reactor is not "under control" and this far worse than Chernobyl in many ways. It will take 15,000 men all dying one shovel of plutonium at a time to clean up the reactor. Then it will takes another few thousand to build a containment.
If us humans used GEET fuel processors, we wouldnt need nukes anyway.
analyzingfunny 11 months ago
@analyzingfunny Cirnobyl (yes touhou reference) was an extremely worse disaster then this will cause, they have much of it under control! unlike Chernobyl
htfkid2000 11 months ago
But this is not Hiroshima. This is "Chernobyl" and Tokyo is the next Prypiat..a ghost town. So toxic with tons on plutonium. Use GEET engines.
analyzingfunny 11 months ago