Sunday, March 30, 2014

California : 5.1 Magnitude EQ with over 100 aftershocks and counting with possibility of a larger quake. Extensive coverage by L.A. Times

Overturned vehicle

( Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times / March 29, 2014 )
Caltrans workers and Brea police officers inspect a BMW that was overturned in a rock slide in Carbon Canyon after a magnitude 5.1 earthquake.

Cesar Zamora, night manager at the 99 Cent Only store on Imperial Highway, looks over aisles of fallen goods.
( Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times / March 28, 2014 )
Cesar Zamora, night manager at the 99 Cent Only store on Imperial Highway, looks over aisles of fallen goods.

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5.1 earthquake: Significant damage reported in some areas


A series of temblors, punctuated by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake Friday night near La Habra, did more than just rattle nerves a few miles away in Fullerton, where residents had to deal with no water service, property damage and, in some cases, finding other accommodations.
Throughout the city, crews were working to repair broken water mains, leaking gas lines and other damage.
At least seven 8-inch water mains were broken, leaving an estimated 100 homes and businesses without water Saturday morning, officials said.
PHOTOS: 5.1 earthquake rattles L.A., Orange County
In the middle of the intersection of Gilbert Street and Rosecrans, a crew armed with shovels, earth movers and massive stainless water main clamps labored in a 12-by-20-foot hole eight feet under the pavement.
“We have five leaks as big as this one in this area alone,” worker Ed McClain said. “None of us slept a wink last night. We’ll keep going until these problems are fixed.”
Swaths of Gilbert Street had also been undermined by gushing water, leaving bowl-shaped depressions in the roadway.
Among those left high and dry was Sarah Lee, director of a nearby college preparatory business.
“Let me show you what we’re dealing with,” she said, turning the handle of the bathroom sink faucet. “Nothing.”
Lee then tapped the toilet handle and frowned: “Nothing.”
In the nearby community of Brea, which is served by the Fullerton Fire Department, a broken water main caused "moderate to heavy damage" at City Hall, said Fullerton fire Battalion Chief John Stokes.
In all, more than 70 people remained displaced at midday Saturday -- 54 of them from an apartment complex in the 2600 block of Associated Road where 20 units were red-tagged after the building suffered a cracked foundation, Stokes said.


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Larger L.A. earthquake possible after 5.1 temblor, USGS says

Quake swarm
Map shows a swarm of earthquakes that hit the La Habra area on Friday. (Len De Groot/Los Angeles Times / March 28, 2014)
By Rong-Gong Lin II
March 28, 2014, 9:48 p.m.
The 5.1 magnitude earthquake that rattled Southern California on Friday night raises the possibility that a larger quake is on the way, seismologists said.
The swarm of earthquakes began at 8:03 p.m., when a 3.6 earthquake hit. That ended up being a foreshock of the largest earthquake to hit, a magnitude 5.1 at 9:09 p.m. At least two more aftershocks hit, a 3.4 at 9:11 p.m. and a 3.6 at 9:30 p.m.
U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Lucy Jones said the 5.1 quake has a 5% chance of being a foreshock of an even larger quake.

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LATEST QUAKES

5.1 earthquake causes damage; some flee from homes

5.1 earthquake causes damage; some flee from homes

Authorities were tallying damage from a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that struck Southern California on Friday night.
Quake swarm topped by magnitude 5.1 temblor rattles L.A. region

Quake swarm topped by magnitude 5.1 temblor rattles L.A. region

A series of earthquakes peaking with a magnitude 5.1 shaker struck the Southland on Friday evening, causing a rock slide, water main...
5.1 earthquake rattles Southern California; homes damaged

5.1 earthquake rattles Southern California; homes damaged

A magnitude-5.1 earthquake centered in northern Orange County rippled across the Los Angeles Basin, and preliminary indications suggest...
5.1 earthquake: Vin Scully calls it during Dodgers game

5.1 earthquake: Vin Scully calls it during Dodgers game

Vin Scully was calling the Freeway Series at Dodger Stadium when the 5.1 earthquake Friday night made some news.
5.1 earthquake hit on fault that caused deadly 1987 Whittier quake

5.1 earthquake hit on fault that caused deadly 1987 Whittier quake

Preliminary data suggest Friday night’s 5.1 magnitude earthquake near La Habra occurred on the Puente Hills thrust fault, which...
Larger L.A. earthquake possible after 5.1 temblor, USGS says

Larger L.A. earthquake possible after 5.1 temblor, USGS says

The 5.1 magnitude earthquake that rattled Southern California on Friday night raises the possibility that a larger quake is on the way,...
California maps will identify tsunami danger zones

California maps will identify tsunami danger zones

California officials on Friday announced that they were beginning to draw tsunami flood maps in Huntington Beach, Crescent City and other...
California maps will point to tsunami danger zones

California maps will point to tsunami danger zones

California officials on Friday announced that they were beginning to draw tsunami flood maps in Huntington Beach, Crescent City and other...

Earthquake: 3.4 quake strikes near Coalinga, Calif.

A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Friday morning 20 miles from Coalinga, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey....
Scientists, private firms wrangle over statewide quake alert system

Scientists, private firms wrangle over statewide quake alert system

Tom Heaton was sitting in his kitchen in Pasadena on Monday morning when an alert went off on his laptop warning him that an earthquake...
L.A. earthquake spawns more late-night mocking from Kimmel, Fallon

L.A. earthquake spawns more late-night mocking from Kimmel, Fallon

Mockery of Los Angeles' response to the magnitude 4.4 earthquake that struck earlier this week continued on the late-night talk show circuit...
Oil industry group: 'Irresponsible' to link L.A. quake, fracking

Oil industry group: 'Irresponsible' to link L.A. quake, fracking

An oil and gas industry association blasted a push by several members of the Los Angeles City Council to investigate...
Officials probe whether L.A. earthquake caused oil leakage

Officials probe whether L.A. earthquake caused oil leakage

Work crews continued to scramble Tuesday to clean up crude oil that seeped from the ground and forced the closure of a Wilmington...
Did 'fracking' play role in L.A. earthquake? Councilmen want to know

Did 'fracking' play role in L.A. earthquake? Councilmen want to know

Three Los Angeles City Council members want city, state and federal groups to look into whether hydraulic fracturing and other forms of...
11 aftershocks hit Westside after Monday's 4.4 earthquake

11 aftershocks hit Westside after Monday's 4.4 earthquake

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake that hit Brentwood at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday was 11th aftershock since a magnitude 4.4 temblor struck in nearby Encino...
Jimmy Kimmel mocks L.A. news anchors' on-air earthquake reactions

Jimmy Kimmel mocks L.A. news anchors' on-air earthquake reactions

To be a TV news anchor in L.A. is to be under constant threat of being mocked on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" -- most famously for how the anchors...
L.A. earthquake: Odds of a stronger follow-up temblor diminish

L.A. earthquake: Odds of a stronger follow-up temblor diminish

Any chance that Monday's magnitude 4.4 temblor was a prelude to a larger, more powerful earthquake was reduced to 1% Tuesday morning.
4.4 quake a wake-up call on L.A.'s unknown faults

4.4 quake a wake-up call on L.A.'s unknown faults

They are not as familiar as the freeways, but Southern California's major faults — such as the San Andrea

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Ebola Spread to Guinea's Capital Raises Fears. Experts Warn , epidemic could become global crisis.


Ebola Spread to Guinea's Capital Raises Fears


Image: Kjell Gunnar Beraas / Doctors Without Borders via AP
Healthcare workers from Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) prepare isolation and treatment areas for their Ebola operations in Gueckedou, Guinea on Friday.
CONAKRY, Guinea — Ebola, one of the world's most deadly viruses, has spread from a remote forested corner of southern Guinea to the country's seaside capital, raising fears that the disease, which causes severe bleeding and almost always death, could spread far beyond this tiny West African nation's borders.
In the first outbreak of its kind here, Ebola already has killed at least 70 people.
Health officials warn that the arrival of Ebola in this sprawling city of some 2 million people with an international airport could spell disaster. Among the poorest countries in the world, Guinea has severely limited medical facilities and a large population living in slums where the virus could spread quickly.
"Poor living conditions and lack of water and sanitation in most parts of Conakry poses a serious risk of this epidemic spiraling into a crisis," said Ibrahima Toure, country director for the aid group Plan International.
Panic already has grown among residents since the government announced the Conakry cases late Thursday on national television.


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Ebola epidemic could become global crisis, experts warn

8 confirmed cases in capital of Conakry, city of 2 million with an international airport

The Associated Press Posted: Mar 29, 2014 1:24 PM ETLast Updated: Mar 29, 2014 1:24 PM ET
Ebola, one of the world's most deadly viruses, has spread from a remote forested corner of southern Guinea to the country's seaside capital, raising fears that the disease, which causes severe bleeding and almost always death, could spread far beyond this tiny West African nation's borders.
In the first outbreak of its kind Guinea, Ebola already has killed at least 70 people including one man whose family brought him to Conakry, the capital, for medical treatment. Now six of his relatives and two others exposed to him are being kept in isolation at a hospital.
Health officials warn that the arrival of Ebola in this sprawling city of some 2 million people with an international airport could spell disaster. Among the poorest countries in the world, Guinea has severely limited medical facilities and a large population living in slums where the virus could spread quickly.
"Poor living conditions and lack of water and sanitation in most parts of Conakry poses a serious risk of this epidemic spiralling into a crisis," said Ibrahima Toure, country director for the aid group Plan International.
Panic already has grown among residents since the government announced the Conakry cases late Thursday on national television. While most days up to 300 patients seek treatment at Donka Hospital, less than 100 came on Friday as news spread that the Ebola patients were being quarantined there.
"My daughter is sick and coughing but I prefer to keep her at home. I wouldn't set foot inside Donka Hospital for anything in the world right now," said Djalikatou Balde, a teacher.

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Fukushima News 3/24/14: Radioactive Water Treatment Systems Restarts & Halts Again

     



Published on Mar 25, 2014
ALPS resumes partial operation after 6-day halt
Tokyo Electric Power Company has restarted a key water decontamination system at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after a 6-day suspension.
TEPCO resumed operations at 2 of the 3 lines of the Advanced Liquid Processing System, or ALPS, on Monday.
ALPS is said to remove almost all types of radioactive materials from wastewater. This is crucial equipment in dealing with the massive volume of radioactive water.

Fukushima water treatment system down again
Tokyo Electric Power Company has shut down a key water treatment system at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant only 6 hours after a restart.
TEPCO suspended the Advanced Liquid Processing System, or ALPS, on Monday as workers found water leaking from one of the storage tanks.
The system was developed to sharply reduce radiation levels of highly toxic water accumulating at the plant. Experts expect it to play a crucial role in dealing with huge amounts of radioactive water.

Fukushima fishermen to accept water release plan
A fisheries cooperative near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has decided to conditionally allow a scheme to release groundwater into the sea, bypassing the facility.
Monday's decision by the Somafutaba fisheries cooperative will be formally approved at a meeting of the regional Fukushima Prefectural Fisheries Cooperative on Tuesday.
The plan to have the groundwater bypass the facility was proposed by the government and Tokyo Electric Power Company as a way to reduce the volume of radioactive wastewater.

Govt. to consider accepting immigrants
The Japanese government says a newly established panel will discuss not only raising the country's birthrate, but whether to accept more immigrants for the labor shortage.

Huge conveyor belt to raise ground levels in Iwate
A city devastated in the March 2011 disaster has begun moving huge volumes of soil and sand on a giant conveyor belt. The work is part of a project to raise the elevation of its urban core to a safer height above sea level.

Top-rated Host of Top Talk Show Fired — Staff and higher-ups objected to me talking about Fukushima — "I mentioned Fukushima every chance I got" despite that (AUDIO)
http://enenews.com/top-rated-host-top...

Caldicott: Fukushima to be pouring radioactive water into Pacific "probably for the rest of time... forever more" — "There's simply nothing anyone can do about it" — "Nuclear industry is covering it up because they know if truth comes out it will be end of nuclear power" (AUDIO)
http://enenews.com/caldicott-fukushim...

PBS Reporter: "The whole world needs to pay attention" to what's going on at Fukushima — "Magnitude of mess is actually staggering" — "We really don't know how they're going to clean it up" — "Reminds me of the cartoon Fantasia" (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/pbs-reporter-the-w...

Video: "Pacific Ocean is under incredible threat... Americans are now starting to reap that on their West Coast" — Kamps: "An unprecedented catastrophe... should be independent monitors sent to Fukushima to try to get the truth as to how bad this is"
http://enenews.com/video-pacific-ocea...

"Radiation leaks could still be occurring" at WIPP — Locals worried since "no one knows anything" — Workers to use "military-like tactics... ready to risk everything" — "Event has changed WIPP" — "Life as we knew it is going to be different"
http://enenews.com/radiation-leaks-co...

Radiation Leak at New Mexico Nuclear Waste Storage Site Highlights Problems
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22599-...

The WIPP problem, and what it means for defense nuclear waste disposal
http://thebulletin.org/wipp-problem-a...

WIPP: Radiation leak investigation is a 'balance of risks'
http://www.currentargus.com/carlsbad-...

Some highly enriched uranium stored in places 'without armed guards'
http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/sh...



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Japan Stops Treating Radioactive Water


Can It Ever be Treated? Is it even Possible?

… by  Bob Nichols

(San Francisco) It is time to call it what it is: It’s a Scam. It’s a Con Job. There is no solution, never was and never will be. That’s the whole Con and you, like most people, probably fell for the notion hook, line and sinker that radioactivity can be removed from water.
He got that right.
Keep in mind that these pro-nuker monsters are including killing You to fulfill their sick plan for the Good Life for themselves. You croaking is just accepted as part of the Requirements – not a problem for the pro-nukers.

Fukushima world update

Japan decided to stop treating radioactive water at the Fukushima reactors; it was announced on Mar 18, 2014 through it’s electrical subsidiary TEPCO, the Tokyo Electric Power Company.
The Japanese government had previously announced that as much as 264,172 US Gallons of water a day flow through the derelict reactors and their abandoned reactor cores, then flows unhindered into the Pacific Ocean. That’s 5.2 Trillion Radioactive Drops of water a day poisoning the oceans, not than anybody is counting.
The fish in the Oceans, of course, absorb or eat the radioactive particles. The radioactive particles poison the fish and concentrate the poison as much as 1,000 Times more in the fish than in the water. Humans that eat the radioactive fish get a permanent case of radiation poisoning; it will probably kill them.
Around the world about two billion people (2,000,000,000 people) live on fish and other now radioactive products from the sea. As these people get progressively more severe radiation poisoning they will get sicker and die before their God given time is up.
These two billion people are not expected to die quietly and without some fuss. Food riots and so-called “civil unrest” are anticipated. Government propaganda outlets like the New York Times can be expected to gloss over the increased death rates as “natural” and as “something they ate.”
From a certain sick point of view, the radiation in the fish they ate that killed them was “something they ate.” Their “shortened life span” was entirely Unnatural and completely man made by pro-nukers. That is how the pro-nukers get away with “random premeditated murder,” normally a Capital Crime; which means it is punishable by the Death Penalty.
Governments will employ whatever means are necessary, including lethal force, to maintain a civil tone and public decorum. The government and corporate slugs that brought us this horror can thank their lucky stars the dying fish eating people don’t have much money to buy influence and their passing will not be televised.
Also, they are also mostly not White. They will just be – gone. Others, still living, will be thankful they are still alive.
The Times and other establishment “outlets” will interview scores of scientists on the issue who will say they are “befuddled,” amazed,” “surprised,” “stunned” and they “don’t know the cause.”

Is it possible to remove radioactivity from water?


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Riddled with problems since the beginning, TEPCO has called this system "key" to its clean-up strategy

- Sarah Lazare, staff writer
Workers at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station work among underground water storage pools on 17 April 2013. (Photo: Greg Webb / IAEA)At the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant, a defect has again forced the shutdown of the decontamination system that is central to the radioactive water cleanup strategy, owner Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced Tuesday.
According to TEPCO, the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) — designed to decontaminate the water used to cool melted reactors — was turned off after leaks were discovered by workers Monday night, Al Jazeera America reports.
At the time of the suspension, the cleaning system had just been restarted after being shut down for nearly a week, due to a glitch, Jiji news network reports. Just one example of the highly-criticized clean-up operation, this system has worked inconsisently since operations began a year ago, AFP reports.
The latest shutdown is a major blow to TEPCO's stated strategy, which "regards ALPS as a key facility to deal with contaminated water at the plant," according to Jiji.
The incident comes as the facility continues to produce huge volumes of radioactive water, with 436,000 cubic meters of contaminated water currently being stored in approximately 1,200 tanks — an amount that is constantly growing, according to AFP.
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Thursday, March 27, 2014

An outbreak of the Ebola virus has claimed at least 63 lives in the African nation of Guinea. Possible Cause ..... Bat Soup.

LiveScience


Bat Soup Blamed as Deadly Ebola Virus Spreads


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