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Originally posted by guessing
only question is where 30 million people will evacuate to?
really...
Originally posted by boncho
reply to post by Rockpuck
News on evacs
When the embassies are hightailing out of somewhere that is usually a good indication that things have gotten bad.
The wind is moving at a speed of about two to three meters per second, said the official with the Japan Meteorological Agency who is based in Fukushima Prefecture, the location of three troubled reactors.
The French embassy in Tokyo warned in an 0100 GMT advisory that a low level of radioactive wind could reach Tokyo in about 10 hours, advising its citizens to leave the city.
The German embassy issued a "general advisory" urging all Germans and their relatives to register on a "crisis list" and to consider leaving Japan, especially those with families.
edit on 15-3-2011 by boncho because: Clean up
Originally posted by larphillips
Originally posted by guessing
only question is where 30 million people will evacuate to?
really...
A great use for all of those empty "ghost cities" that China is currently building?
(Reuters) - Foreign firms set up evacuation plans in Tokyo and parts of northern Japan on Tuesday in a bid to distance staff from a quake-crippled nuclear plant while keeping their businesses running.
The planned exodus was already under way for several companies and involved both expats and Japanese workers. Others were still monitoring events. Some reported employees were opting to stay put despite concerns about their safety.
Originally posted by this_is_who_we_are
The Nikkei fell 11 percent to 8605.15 at the market close in Tokyo
www.bloomberg.com...
China's embassy in Japan today called for an orderly evacuation of Chinese nationals from the areas worst hit by the earthquake, tsunami and damage to nuclear reactors, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reports.
The embassy was organizing the evacuation "due to the seriousness of and uncertainty surrounding the accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant at present," Xinhua says.
"We hope our compatriots in the worst-hit disaster areas remain calm, listen to instructions, understand and cooperate with the evacuation operation," the embassy said.
The city of Iwaki, on the coast of northeastern Japan, struggled through the earthquake, then the tsunami. Now it has an even more pressing worry: radiation.
"We're talking about radioactive substances after all," says Iwaki public-relations officer Takahiro Kuboki. When you take into account how winds and rain can spread radiation over longer distances, "even areas that are outside the 18-mile radius may get affected."
Iwaki was warning its residents about radioactive rain on Tuesday.
Originally posted by rancher1
Market turning around Buyers everywhere,, Has the japan government gets this under control just watch all the buyers get back in...
Meanwhile, oil prices fell 2% as investors pulled back after its recent run, and gold prices fell 2%.
Originally posted by muzzleflash
Originally posted by rancher1
Market turning around Buyers everywhere,, Has the japan government gets this under control just watch all the buyers get back in...
I just googled the American stock indices.
They are all showing negative signs right now.
Also apparently the "stock advice gurus" are all saying "Sell sell sell" right now also.
There are some suggestions to buy into oil/natural gas/coal however.
Figures.
NASDAQ.com
7 Japanese Stocks to sell Now
Buy up them Coal Stocksedit on 15-3-2011 by muzzleflash because: (no reason given)