Chernobyl
and how we found out
that we on the door stoop
knew virtually
nowt
and how that came about
when a radio-
active
cloud was detected
in Finland's far north.
Now don't get me wrong
I'm not one to harp on
but Finland's
a land
up near the North Pole
and Chernobyl
is a long way
from there!
Then I remembered
that someone said "Trust us!"
and "We'll make doubly sure
the correct information gets out
in the unlikely event
of such a thing happening
again!"
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gw2011
Today the evacuation zone at Fukushima has been increased from 20km to 30km. Residents living between 20km and 30 km were previously advised "to stay indoors". The USA is advising its citizens not to go within 80km of Fukushima. A slight discrepancy then. Personally, I'd err on the side of caution. But then I've nothing to worry about - apart from depleted uranium being blown my way on the Mistral.
A WEATHER LINK WITH MAPS SHOWING THE PATHS AND ALTITUDES OF THE VARIOUS FUKUSHIMA CLOUDS IS NOW LINKED AT TOP RT. JUST IN CASE THEY 'FORGET' TO TELL US!
And the fish we might import from the Pacific (Salmon in tins for example) and the fact that only very recently have we decided that the grass in Wales in not affected by fallout from Chernobyl. I despair.
ReplyDeleteNuclear power is the height of hubris.
ReplyDeleteThe scientific case for or against it isn't the point. The historical and psychological case is the clincher. People set up and run these places and, though it's a cliché to point it out, the Titanic was unsinkable.
And this whole disaster has brought to the fore another argument against it that has not been given prominence before: the last thing you need when disaster strikes is one or more malfunctioning nuclear plants on your hands while you try to get to grips with everything else.
Pat, there's a nuclear meltdown involving plutonium taking place 50 yards from the sea. I hope the tins of fish are labelled correctly. I love my sardines. I want them from non-nuclear Portugal. A fisherman at Morecambe told me he was pulling monsters out of Morecambe Bay when Sellafield had its problems. And to think when I was a boy we ate everything from that sea without even a thought for our health.
ReplyDeleteDominic, yes that's it exactly. It's the old Titanic mentality. The unthinkable and the unsinkable coming together.