Pull out your beach boxes...

[tcfifer]

Tomorrow should be good pickin' for all you beach boxers on the west coast.

TC

[bill-costa rica]

4 more hours to wait for the wave,hope its not big.

bill-cr

[russau]

Bill i hope all is well with you! at first i didnt realize the severity/imensity of this disaster. i would expect to see other "events" come as the summer gets closer.i just saw a few clips of what California/west coast expeirenced.i delleted my previous post cause i thought it was inapproprate !

[Hoser John]

HUGE mess up here along the coast but nuttn' compared to the nuclear meltdown going down in Japan!!!!!!!!John

[bill-costa rica]

well, the big wave was only 27 cm. we got real lucky here.

bill-cr

[tcfifer]

HUGE mess up here along the coast but nuttn' compared to the nuclear meltdown going down in Japan!!!!!!!!John

How do you write CHERNOBYL in Japanese???

As well prepared as that country was, it doesn't bode well at all for others who are less prepared. Just goes to show you..no matter how ready you THINK you re...SH!T still happens!!!!

TC

[Joe S (AK)]

TC,

A bit cold - don't you think?

Joe

[tcfifer]

What could possibly go wrong when you build multiple nuclear plants on an island created by not 1...not 2...but 3 subduction zones. And the geological gurus are saying the BIG one hasn't even hit yet!! LORDY

Cold?...no. Apocolyptic?...yes.

TC

[4theluvofgold]

the reason the problems with cooling are occurring is because of silly environmental policies that they follow. Engines only allowed so many miles... they don't have secondary cooling structures in place, only the primary. If the primary fails then the secondary cooling doesn't have the hopes if it isn't even there.

Trojan in Oregon was torn down because of the conflicting information with cooling and its vicinity to the river. Primary pools were on the sides where water was recirculated and holding pools allowed to cool... nothing in contact with the actual reactor itself. There were conflicts of information saying the water was being pulled from the river and ran back. Not the case. Occasionally cooler water would be pulled from the river, but it would be held in the cooling ponds.

Silly policies are all there is. So water touches a secondary. Big deal. Now look at the situation, I'm sure they are wishing the secondaries were in place now.

[Joe S (AK)]

"Tomorrow should be good pickin' for all you beach boxers on the west coast."

No, TC, I don't think so, just cold to the plight of others.

Joe