I remember months ago, when i first heard how much water was being pumped into the reactors, I was shocked at the sheer quantities of radioactive water that were being pumped into the sea whilst the Japanese barely battered an eyelid. It hasn't stopped. It continues daily. I believe the only reason Japan would poison the Pacific is to avoid a much bigger catastrophe. My calculator no longer has enough digits to tell me how many litres of radioactive water has been dumped into the Pacific by the Japanese. That is scary.

I dread the rain. Here in the Pacific Northwest it rains a lot. My sister says she would not want to live if everyone else is dieing of some cancer or poison. I feel helpless, lied to, lead by a scared, and dishonorable group of politicians. I wonder how many others feel this way. Is anarchy our future? Democracy is based on truth, and a sense of safety. I feel neither.

Japanese spokespeople (government and utility) from the beginning were engaged in giving out partial information, and interpreting data to suit the moment.  It was rather obvious to anyone who followed the news carefully.  The explosions at the very beginning caused multiple damages.  The finessing of information was at times comical.  It really did not matter if the containment was breached or not.  The system of pipes that circulate water from/to reactor is not strong enough to withstand the blast, and the radioactive matter had come out right there, and kept on coming out ever since.  The thousands of tons of sea water being put into reactors has disappeared, and obviously, gone underground and into the sea through cracks.  The explosions and steam spread radioactivity into atmosphere, circling the globe many times over.  Limit to fishing within a certain range is another farse. The currents that collide in the ocean right at the Fukushima, insured that the water is taken by the North Pacific Current, and split off into spurs towards Alaska, and southward along US and South America.  Good luck telling fish to stop migrating.  Scores of nuclear scientists have damaged their reputation by giving testimonials that things are under control, when it was clear to lay people that it could not be.    ; I miss Soviet Union --- it was good for the environment.  Imagine what kind of investigations would have been mounted it that happened to be a Soviet nuclear plant?   This would have been a global crisis.  But good old corporate buddies need to be protected, and the Japanese Government is doing great job.  Mr. Kan will take responsibility?  ; And then what?  He will keep droning on and on about economy, taxes and usual stuff.  And the nuclear disaster is looming.