Monday, March 28, 2011

More Radioactive Water in Japan

"Workers discovered new pools of radioactive water leaking from Japan's crippled nuclear complex, officials said Monday, as emergency crews struggled to pump out hundreds of tons of contaminated water and bring the plant back under control."  There are five pools so far but two are new from leaking reactors and three were already known about.

Its crazy how much radiation is in Japan right now.  The numbers seem to just keep growing and growing.  Yet they tell everyone that they are safe when they really aren't.  I think they should evacuate more people because they arent safe there.  I know they are doing everything they can but all these people are going to have major health problems later on...espacially if they stay.  And I dont think most of us realize what kind of a sacrafice the workers at the power plant are making.  So I'm saying thankyou to them.

link
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110328/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake

Monday, March 14, 2011

Devistation in Japan


There are millions of people facing a fourth night without water, food or heating in near-freezing temperatures along the northeast coast of Japan that was devastated by Friday's disasters.  A third reactor at a nuclear power plant lost its cooling capacity and its fuel rods are fully exposed, raising fears of a meltdown.
The official death toll rose to nearly 1,900, but the discovery of the washed-up bodies and other reports of deaths suggest that the real number is much higher than thought before. "In Miyagi, the police chief has said 10,000 people are estimated to have died in his province alone."
"We have already begun cremations, but we can only handle 18 bodies a day. We are overwhelmed and are asking other cites to help us deal with bodies. We only have one crematorium in town," Katsuhiko Abe, an official in Soma, told The Associated Press.

These people need our prayers desperatly.  I know most of yall arent Christians or any other religion but if anything just keep them in your thoughts.  The amount of people who have died is just...wow.  To me, the girl in this picture shows the loss people are facing and the devistation going on in Japan.  And its scary to think about the nuclear radiation in the air there.  I mean, like what if it spreads everywhere and puts the entire world into crisis mode.

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Monday, March 7, 2011

Boy drops dead after making winning shot

"Tragedy struck Western Michigan on Thursday when Fennville (Mich.) High basketball star Wes Leonard hit a game-winning shot in a 57-55, overtime victory over Bridgman (Mich.) High, then collapsed on the court while celebrating the victory and was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly thereafter."  Leonard was celebrating with his teammates when he collapsed to the ground.  Paramedics tried giving him CPR at the court and in the ambulance but he died right before they reached the hospital.  "Thirty seconds earlier, he was laying in the winning bucket," Fennville coach Ryan Klingler told the Associated Press. "And then 10 seconds later … everything’s pulled out from under you, from out of nowhere."  Fennville is still going to continue their season as planed but without their most important player. 
"On Friday, Ottawa County medical examiner David Start's autopsy determined that Leonard died of cardiac arrest due to an enlarged heart. While Start said that athletics could have played a role in causing that heart attack, he also said it would be difficult to prove that was the case."

Thats kinda scary that something like that can happen and you dont know that there is something wrong until something like this happens but by then its too late.  It can happen to anyone and if it does, are you ready?  If you die tomarow do you know where your goin?  I do, but imagine if one of your best friends died suddenly, would you continue to play for the rest of the season? I think that they are doin the right thing by continuing their season.  What do yall think about that?

the link  is
http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/Prep-star-hits-game-winning-shot-for-perfect-sea?urn=highschool-329684