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(Daily Mail) Interesting Pictures from inside the exclusion zone around the Fukushima area...hey, is that a Nuke-cola truck?   (dailymail.co.uk) divider line 211
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2011-12-28 07:51:27 AM
Unreal series of photos. I've seen tons of before and after shots, but these are really gripping.
 
2011-12-28 08:23:58 AM
No, but there is a Coca-Cola truck in one of the photos. Nuke Cola is actually not a real thing. It's from a video game.
 
2011-12-28 08:50:41 AM
Pigzilla!
 
2011-12-28 08:54:40 AM
t2.gstatic.com
 
2011-12-28 09:14:49 AM
Looks just like Fallout
 
2011-12-28 09:23:02 AM
I'm expecting some Daft Punk music:

i.dailymail.co.uk
 
2011-12-28 09:25:11 AM
i.imgur.com
 
2011-12-28 09:30:13 AM
I always wondered why Omniconsumer Products (they're real, look it up) never did a tie in like this for Nuka cola or something.
 
2011-12-28 09:33:54 AM
potato_chip_eating_geek: I always wondered why Omniconsumer Products (they're real, look it up) never did a tie in like this for Nuka cola or something.

I just about pissed myself laughing when I noticed that the can of Brawndo I was drinking was made by OCP.

The ED -209 has what plants crave.
 
2011-12-28 10:05:24 AM
WaltzingMathilda: No, but there is a Coca-Cola truck in one of the photos. Nuke Cola is actually not a real thing. It's from a video game.

Thank you. You should be a writer on the next Austin Powers movie.
 
2011-12-28 10:09:19 AM
i41.tinypic.com
 
2011-12-28 10:20:50 AM
Why in the hell is anyone still supporting nuclear power at this point?
 
2011-12-28 10:27:27 AM
I saw some booty.
 
2011-12-28 10:34:59 AM
eddyatwork: Why in the hell is anyone still supporting nuclear power at this point?

Actually, this disaster changed my mind about nuclear power. I was reluctant to support it before for obvious reasons. But this disaster was about as bad as it could get and ultimately wasn't that bad. I'm not trying to belittle the tragedy, but many anti-nuke folks envisioned much worse consequences for a fact pattern like Fukushima.

Most of the world's energy comes from burning coal. How many miners die every year in mining accidents? Think how many die in the US. Imagine the number in China or other developing countries. What about the climate change consequences of relying on coal? Now, how many people have died from nuclear accidents? Too many, obviously, but certainly fewer than have died in mining accidents.

Ultimately, what everyone has to accept is that our energy use has consequences both in terms of immediate physical risks and environmental damage. I accept that. The availability of electricity is essential to our quality of life and is strongly correlated with raising people in developing countries out of poverty. But if Fukushima is as bad as it gets, then balanced against the dangers of the coal industry and the ongoing disaster of climate change, maybe nuclear is the lesser of two evils.
 
2011-12-28 11:18:29 AM
Just pop some RadAway for good measure.

/Bongo bongo bongo I don't want to leave the Congo.
 
2011-12-28 11:38:32 AM
Godscrack: I saw some booty.

I saw a guy who is quite probably Yakuza connected.
 
2011-12-28 12:03:07 PM
Why were the street lights on?
 
2011-12-28 12:07:52 PM
eddyatwork: Why in the hell is anyone still supporting nuclear power at this point?

Or skyscrapers
encrypted-tbn3.google.com

or bridges
encrypted-tbn1.google.com

or Pop Tarts?
farm1.static.flickr.com


Because shiat happens and then we work on making it better.
 
2011-12-28 12:09:32 PM
STALKER > fallout
 
2011-12-28 12:12:18 PM
Grables'Daughter: Why were the street lights on?

THAT'S IT.

/I'm done with Pop Tarts
 
2011-12-28 12:15:04 PM
Oh the humanity! That Pop-Tart exploded!
 
2011-12-28 12:19:18 PM
eddyatwork: Oh the humanity! That Pop-Tart exploded!

Please.

Let's work together and form the National Coalition Against Pop Tarts.

Maybe we can somehow prevent tragedies like this.
 
2011-12-28 12:28:24 PM
"IS THAT A NUDE 12-YEAR-OLD BOY? IT MUST BE MY BIRTHDAY!"
img.photobucket.com
 
2011-12-28 12:35:44 PM
Thanks for the child porn. BRB, somebody is knocking on my door, have to put the hard drive in the microwave.
 
2011-12-28 12:36:11 PM
eddyatwork: Why in the hell is anyone still supporting nuclear power at this point?

Because its much safer, on balance, than other alternatives.
 
2011-12-28 12:38:05 PM
Grables'Daughter: Why were the street lights on?

Good point. You don't need street lights when everything is all glowy.
 
2011-12-28 12:38:50 PM
Picture of abandoned town of Namie at dawn:

i.dailymail.co.uk

Why would they need streetlights in an abandoned town?
 
2011-12-28 12:39:58 PM
Ah it seems like it was just yesterday that the self proclaimed nuclear experts on FARK were telling us there wasn't going to be any major leak of radiation and that a meltdown was "impossible" and if we even asked question about other wise we were attacked about being stupid idiots that knew nothing about how nuclear energy worked.

What happened to those "experts"? Did they have other work to go back to in the nuclear PR firms they work at?
 
2011-12-28 12:41:09 PM
WaltzingMathilda: No, but there is a Coca-Cola truck in one of the photos. Nuke Cola is actually not a real thing. It's from a video game.

There is no Coca Cola truck in that photo.
 
2011-12-28 12:41:15 PM
MAYORBOB: Picture of abandoned town of Namie at dawn:

[i.dailymail.co.uk image 640x406]

Why would they need streetlights in an abandoned town?


I was thinking "what's powering them". Guessing there's some sort of automatic emergency backup power system for them.

There's some irony there I'm sure.
 
2011-12-28 12:42:12 PM
stpauler: Because shiat happens and then we work on making it better.

Yes but that "working to make it better" is very costly. Many modern plants are having 50% annual increase in prices. Nuclear energy becomes more and more expensive every year. Instead why not invest in power like solar that actually becomes cheaper every year.
 
2011-12-28 12:42:19 PM
i.dailymail.co.uk

Oh come on, they are already displaced from their homes, don't you think making them swim in the glowy nuclear water is adding radioactive insult to injury?
 
2011-12-28 12:42:32 PM
9beers: Thanks for the child porn. BRB, somebody is knocking on my door, have to put the hard drive in the microwave.

You keep using that word. I'm not sure it means what you think it does.
 
2011-12-28 12:42:48 PM
Corvus: Ah it seems like it was just yesterday that the self proclaimed nuclear experts on FARK were telling us there wasn't going to be any major leak of radiation and that a meltdown was "impossible" and if we even asked question about other wise we were attacked about being stupid idiots that knew nothing about how nuclear energy worked.

What happened to those "experts"? Did they have other work to go back to in the nuclear PR firms they work at?


I do believe those statements were made based off the information coming from the power company that ran the reactors. The fact that they were feeding the world misinformation on the state of the reactor was only discovered AFTER said previous statements were made.
 
2011-12-28 12:43:49 PM
stpauler: I'm expecting some Daft Punk music:

[i.dailymail.co.uk image 640x378]


I'm expecting 'Big Iron'. And those guards would have .44 rounds in their head. Because I felt like killing them.


/Japan is ripe for the NCR.
 
2011-12-28 12:44:07 PM
downstairs: eddyatwork: Why in the hell is anyone still supporting nuclear power at this point?

Because its much safer, on balance, than other alternatives.


No it's not. Uranium mining (which nuclear supporters always seem to magically forget about) is one of the most dangerous and environmental damaging forms of mining in the world.
 
2011-12-28 12:45:50 PM
i.dailymail.co.ukmimg.ugo.com

Fukushinarama
 
2011-12-28 12:46:07 PM
mavexe: Corvus: Ah it seems like it was just yesterday that the self proclaimed nuclear experts on FARK were telling us there wasn't going to be any major leak of radiation and that a meltdown was "impossible" and if we even asked question about other wise we were attacked about being stupid idiots that knew nothing about how nuclear energy worked.

What happened to those "experts"? Did they have other work to go back to in the nuclear PR firms they work at?

I do believe those statements were made based off the information coming from the power company that ran the reactors. The fact that they were feeding the world misinformation on the state of the reactor was only discovered AFTER said previous statements were made.


Really so these nuclear experts said the model of the these plants could not melt down not based on the current information. Are you saying the entire nuclear industry has been lying to us about the safety of these plants then?

They said it wasn't even a possibility.

So when people in the nuclear industry say things are safe they must be lying to us?
 
2011-12-28 12:47:02 PM
Grables'Daughter: Why were the street lights on?

No, it is not a street lamps.
Not a planes either, because it has been about in the same spot in the sky for awhile
 
2011-12-28 12:47:13 PM
stpauler: eddyatwork: Why in the hell is anyone still supporting nuclear power at this point?

Or skyscrapers
[encrypted-tbn3.google.com image 259x194]

or bridges
[encrypted-tbn1.google.com image 275x183]

or Pop Tarts?
[farm1.static.flickr.com image 500x333]


Because shiat happens and then we work on making it better.


Whee, the derp was strong with that. You're comparing random acts of malice and minor inconveniences against playing with something we know alarmingly little about that can fark shiat up for decades or even centuries after the shiatfarking event by itself. I guess in your universe, guavas and screwdrivers are the same thing?
 
2011-12-28 12:47:37 PM
Japanese men, do you shower bathe with young boys?
No, we are just teaching them how to properly bathe because they don't know how.

/the Sandusky defense
 
2011-12-28 12:47:58 PM
MAYORBOB: Picture of abandoned town of Namie at dawn:

[i.dailymail.co.uk image 640x406]

Why would they need streetlights in an abandoned town?


Who would stay behind to cut the power?
 
2011-12-28 12:48:19 PM
mavexe: Corvus: Ah it seems like it was just yesterday that the self proclaimed nuclear experts on FARK were telling us there wasn't going to be any major leak of radiation and that a meltdown was "impossible" and if we even asked question about other wise we were attacked about being stupid idiots that knew nothing about how nuclear energy worked.

What happened to those "experts"? Did they have other work to go back to in the nuclear PR firms they work at?

I do believe those statements were made based off the information coming from the power company that ran the reactors. The fact that they were feeding the world misinformation on the state of the reactor was only discovered AFTER said previous statements were made.


I think I remember you were one of them.


We were shouted down for even bringing up the possibility that things could get worse.

We were told that those plants could never have a melt down and saying others wise was "fear mongering". It had nothing to do with the information at the time. It was BS spin.
 
2011-12-28 12:48:33 PM
I'm following some volunteer animal rescuers on YouTube. They haven't done a video for awhile, so I'm not sure of their current status.

/Will never forget the video of a woman who was finally allowed to go back home to look for her cat and she had found it had died of thirst and/or hunger.
//I now have five gallon watering stations meant for big dogs in the kitchen and living room for my two little cats.
 
2011-12-28 12:49:32 PM
Get out of here, stalker.
 
2011-12-28 12:49:52 PM
One thing to think about is that disaster sites are almost always the best sources for archaeological investigation. Because residents were unable to make an orderly exit, they left behind a treasure trove of artifacts. Future archaeologists will discover countless Hello Kitty backpacks and tentacle porn comic books in nearly pristine condition, preserved for future generations by the gentle glow of radiation.
 
2011-12-28 12:50:21 PM
mavexe: Corvus: Ah it seems like it was just yesterday that the self proclaimed nuclear experts on FARK were telling us there wasn't going to be any major leak of radiation and that a meltdown was "impossible" and if we even asked question about other wise we were attacked about being stupid idiots that knew nothing about how nuclear energy worked.

What happened to those "experts"? Did they have other work to go back to in the nuclear PR firms they work at?

I do believe those statements were made based off the information coming from the power company that ran the reactors. The fact that they were feeding the world misinformation on the state of the reactor was only discovered AFTER said previous statements were made.


It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that when you have successive explosions like this, across multiple reactor containment buildings, within a couple hours, things are in fact, totally farked up:
i.dailymail.co.uk
At the same time, our self-proclaimed fark nuclear experts were doing their best to say that no way on Earth could anything ever breach reactor containment and radiaiton leaks were totally minor - and this is nothing like Chernobyl in scope.
 
2011-12-28 12:50:40 PM
eddyatwork


Why in the hell is anyone still supporting nuclear power at this point?

Because when the EPA mandates reduced mercury levels in emissions (there by driving up the cost of coal fire generators), enviros fight to stop the canadian pipeline, deep water drilling for natural gas is curtailed, etc etc etc. Nuclear will allow a few more people than the 1%er to afford electricity for their family.
 
2011-12-28 12:50:51 PM
I've worked for a radiation device maker for the last decade. The Fukushima headliners invited a team of us out to demonstrate some of our cutting edge devices. There was one uncompromisable rule - no visual or audio recording equipment of any kind. Once we got there, it was clear as to why they didn't want photographs getting out. It was worse than any apocalyptic zombie movie you've ever seen.

We were escorted by a dozen or so armed guards into the zone. We're not ten minutes in when a nude, terribly burned and decaying woman comes running at us, screaming. The guards cut her in half and then set her on fire. She was the first of about thirty kills we witnessed.

The animals are incredibly deformed. I saw an animal that had a brown bear's body but the head of horse. The fish walked on land. Even the insects were deformed - mosquitoes the size of dinner plates, which we sprayed with hydrochloric acid.

I still wake up screaming. If people really new what was going on there, the international courts would sanction Japan into the fourth world. Those people are animals.
 
2011-12-28 12:52:21 PM
Baloo Uriza: stpauler: eddyatwork: Why in the hell is anyone still supporting nuclear power at this point?

Or skyscrapers
[encrypted-tbn3.google.com image 259x194]

or bridges
[encrypted-tbn1.google.com image 275x183]

or Pop Tarts?
[farm1.static.flickr.com image 500x333]


Because shiat happens and then we work on making it better.

Whee, the derp was strong with that. You're comparing random acts of malice and minor inconveniences against playing with something we know alarmingly little about I know nothing about outside TV news and that can fark shiat up for decades or even centuries after the shiatfarking event by itself. I guess in your universe, guavas and screwdrivers are the same thing?


Let's be honest here.
 
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