Tacos Digest, Vol 97, Issue 22

[Chip Fetrow]

Well, until now.

They have been running out of food.

Things were good, but now -- not so much.

--chip

On Mar 14, 2011, at 6:31 PM, tacos-request at amrad.org wrote:

> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:08:56 +0000
> From: Philip Miller Tate <Philmt59 at aol.com>
> To: Tacos AMRAD <tacos at amrad.org>
> Subject: Re: FYI, the correct info on the Japanese nuke plant.
>
> You mean, we're not all going to die of radiation poisoning next week?
>
> The main problem is that the media cannot describe the scale of the
> disaster to the general public. In Britain, the general public (of
> which I am a member only at weekends) can only measure things in
> "London buses" or "Nelson's columns". Areas have to be referred to as
> "x times the size of Wales". Unfortunately, big disasters can only be
> measured in terms of "so many Hiroshimas" and it's not politically
> correct to use that particular unit in the present situation.
>
> It's more encouraging to hear the stories of human resilience and
> citizenship out there. Some members of my close friend's family had
> to walk home from Tokyo centre for seven hours. The temples all
> opened their doors; people were out on the streets offering food and
> drink to strangers walking home. Sure, they'd do that in London, but
> only in exchange for your Rolex or iPhone.
>
> The account below highlights one major problem of disaster planning:
> whatever you plan for, it's just a matter of time before a bigger one
> comes along. Meanwhile, I must dig out my old "Nuclear Power, Yes
> Please" badge that I proudly wore as a Physics undergraduate in the
> late 1970s.
>
> Phil M1GWZ