Yep.

1305: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Japanese authorities are making preparations to distribute iodine to residents in the area of both the Fukushima nuclear plants. The IAEA has reiterated its offer of technical assistance to Japan, should the government request this.

We're talking about coastal towns of 70 thousand being washed out to sea.

So, in what may be my last act of "advising", I'll advise you to cut the jargon. -- My old PhD advisor, to me, 26/2/11

Yea, but after the flood is gone, you can rebuild the town and start again. But Pripyat is still uninhabited and uninhabitable, 500 sq miles of agricultural land have been abandoned as unlikely to be safe for all probable values of the length of civilisation.

Oddly, nobody in their right mind would build a large dam in an earthquake zone, but apparently it's perfectly sensible to build nuclear reactors.

Some sensible people aren't safe with scissors

keep to the Fen Causeway

In fairness to the Japanese government, they did start evacuating before things went boom.

- Jake

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