11/4/2013 Island of debris the size of TEXAS from 2011 Japanese tsunami is headed straight for the U.S.

Source: MailOnline via TruNews 
Date: 22:41 EST, 4 November 2013 | UPDATED: 05:32 EST, 5 November 2013

Gigantic: A floating island of debris the size of Texas is floating toward California coast after washing into the Pacific in Japan's horrific 2011 tsunami  Photo Credit: MailOnline

• Part of the over one million tons of debris dispersed in the Pacific, the trash island is located northeast of the Hawaiian Islands
• The first documented tsunami debris to reach California arrived in April 2013
• Boats, a dock, a soccer ball, and motorcycle have all been identified on the West Coast as confirmed tsunami debris

A floating island of debris the size of Texas has been crossing the vast Pacific Ocean to the western shores of the Americas since a devastating tsunami inundated Japan in 2011, says a new study.
 
Five million tons of wreckage - the remains of homes, boats, and other remnants of shattered lives in eastern Japan - were swallowed by the ocean that day in March, and more than one million tons of flotsam continues to head towards the west coast of the US.
 
While the first documented debris from the tragedy has already been found in California, scientists fear these new findings mean there could be a lot more to come and it might arrive all at once.
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7/9/2012 [VIDEO] Fukushima: MAN MADE DISASTER (NOT Tsunami OR Earthquake) & update for last week

Source: MsMilkyTheClown
Date: 7/9/2012

Video Description

I've been out of town and my power went out before going out of town. Trying to catch up on Fukushima updates. I admit it, I didn't miss doing these updates at All. In fact, this may be my last update, just FYI, but this one was an important one to end on if I do stop my reports. I'm just about as "done" as a spent fuel rod - in a "safe" cooling pool.

A Japanese Government DIET panel investigation states that neither the Tsunami NOR the Earthquake caused the triple nuclear meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi. Lots of blame in many directions... but here's the update from July 5, 2012. Added to this video, I should have noted that Jelly Fish have invaded the intake valve in the Ohi (Oi) plant they started up last week, clogging the intake to the cooling water. *sigh*
http://enenews.com/ Headlines for the last week and a halfish.

"Radiation-contaminated prefectures such as Chiba (near Tokyo) should also start a serious health damage survey as soon as possible"

New photos of tsunami hitting Fukushima plant released by Tepco

Report: Mortality rising in contaminated regions of East Japan — "Very likely the number of cases of disease and death increased associated with radiation"

Posts mentioning 'leukemia' get deleted says Japanese man diagnosed with acute leukemia after 3/11

Study: Contaminated water from Fukushima reactors could double radioactivity levels of US coastal waters in 5 years — "We were surprised at how quickly the tracer spread" (PHOTO & VIDEO)

Documentary: We're still in danger from Reactor No. 4 because Tepco can't get their act together -Fukushima Resident (VIDEO)

Bacteria vs. Nuclear Waste: Scientists finding microorganisms may threaten storage of radioactive waste

Gundersen: Essentially Northern Japan is Contaminated (VIDEO)

Failed power supply at No. 4 fuel pool shows evidence of fire — Tepco says it's "covered with soot" (PHOTOS)

Nuclear Engineer Concerned About Unit 4 Support Structure: Is it going to just punch through the floor and through cracks? — What is the load transferred to? Something that's also flimsy? (VIDEO)

Incredibly contaminated house dust nearly 100 miles from Fukushima Daiichi — Gundersen: We're getting a lot of Japanese sending us their vacuum bags (VIDEO)

Large outbreak of jellyfish swarm Japan's only restarted nuclear plant — May delay full operation of reactor

Caldicott: "We're talking about a disaster of unbound proportions" from Fukushima Daiichi — 2.5 to 3 million deaths a possibility (VIDEO)

Gundersen: We just tested an air filter that has highest radioactivity seen in North America after Fukushima Daiichi — Found in Seattle HEPA filter used since 3/11 (VIDEO)

Watch: Police clamp down in Tokyo streets — "We're not allowed to get anywhere near protest" (VIDEO)

Gov't Report: Reactor 3 may have had second meltdown a week after first

Japanese journalist's call for evacuating children from Tokyo causing controversy

Gundersen: Latest probe at Unit 1 indicates nuclear fuel has left containment (VIDEO)

Remaining portion of Spent Fuel Pool No. 4 seen from Kyodo helicopter (PHOTOS)

Asahi: 150,000 join Tokyo protest organizer says — Reporter Eyewitness: "There are more than 100,000 people"

and so on...

4/11/2012 Massive 8.6 then 8.2 magnitude quakes occur close together near Indonesia

Source(s): Wall Street Journal (First Video), USGS, Dutchsinse
Date: 2012-04-11 03:38:37 AM CST (M8.6) and 2012-04-11 05:43:09 AM CST (M8.2)

Two massive quakes have occured in the Indian Ocean near indonesia:  a M8.6 and M8.2 very close together. The details are below.

3/4/2012 Japan earthquake and tsunami anniversary: the television reporter who filmed as she ran

Source: UK Telegraph
Date: 5:36PM GMT 04 Mar 2012
by: Glen Milner, Video Journalist

Ayumi Yanagisawa, a correspondent for the Japanese broadcaster NHK, was working in a tiny seaside town when the earthquake hit. Her first instinct was to pick up her camera.

By Glen Milner, Video Journalist
5:36PM GMT 04 Mar 2012 

Stationed at the national broadcaster's Ishinomaki headquarters in Miyagi prefecture, the reporter was working in Ogatsu on the north east coast of Japan when disaster struck on March 11 2011.
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2/29/2012 Japanese Government Softened Tsunami Warning 8 Days Before One Hit Fukushima

Source: AllGov.com
Date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012

At the behest of nuclear power companies, government officials in Japan softened language relating to the threat of earthquake-produced tsunamis only eight days before last year’s disaster.   In early March 2011, representatives of Tokyo Electric Power Co., Tohoku Electric Power Co. and Japan Atomic Power Co. asked the secretariat of the Earthquake Research Committee to amend a draft document discussing the possibility of a huge tsunami striking the northeast part of the country. ... Read the rest here

8/17/2011 Honest Japanese return $78million in cash found in earthquake rubble

Source: UK Mail Online
Date: 6:54 PM on 17th August 2011
by: David Gardner

Japanese citizens have shown incredible honesty in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that brought the country to its knees.
It emerged yesterday that the Japanese returned almost $78million in cash found in the quake rubble.
In the five months since the disaster struck, people have turned in thousands of wallets and purses found in the debris, containing nearly $30 million in cash.

Amidst the rubble: Police officers in protective suits searching for victims after the tsunami hit Fukushima Prefecture in Minamisoma City in March

More than 5,700 safes that washed ashore along the coastline have also been hauled to police stations by volunteers and rescue crews.
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8/9/2011 Japan Tsunami Broke Off Icebergs in Antarctica

Source: Wired Science
Date: August 9, 2011 11:54 am
by: Dave Mosher


New space-based images show the same tsunami that devastated Japan also caused a series of giant icebergs to break off halfway around the world in Antarctica.
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7/21/2011 A pro diver who survived tsunami passes on his lessons

Source: Asahi Shimbun
Date: 7/21/2011
by: By YUMI NAKAYAMA

Jun Abe, a professional diver who survived the March 11 tsunami, discusses his experiences with sketches he drew in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture. Hanging in the background is a diving suit he donned when he was drifting in the tsunami. (Kenta Sujino)

A professional diver who survived the horrendous tsunami after drifting for 7 kilometers on top of a floorboard from his office along with his wife shared his sketches and his experiences with college students in Tokyo, in what he hopes could save their lives someday.
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A sketch by Jun Abe shows how he tried to drag himself on to the floorboard after being thrown into the water in the March 11 quake and tsunami. Only a floorboard of his office in Higashi-Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture remained when the drifting structure smashed into a bridge, shearing off the building's roof and walls. His wife, Shimako, was also aboard the board, boosting his spirits. (Sketch provided by Jun Abe)

Jun Abe tries to grab the hand of his wife, Shimako, who was in their house about 30 meters from his office when it, swept by the tsunami, came alongside his office building. (Sketch provided by Jun Abe)

7/15/2011 Sharapova, Wozniacki, Li Na to Help Japanese Disaster Victims

Source: 10sBalls.com
Date: 15th July 2011
by: Erin Frauenhofer



Caroline Wozniacki, Maria ShaCaroline Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova, and Li Na will soon begin working to help tsunami and earthquake victims in Japan. The three tennis talents will participate in charity events before headlining the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo in September.
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7/13/2011 Fukushima plant site originally was a hill safe from tsunami

Source: The Japan Times
Date: 7/13/2011
by: REIJI YOSHIDA and TAKAHIRO FUKADA
 
Ground zero: Bulldozers (top) take the top off a 35-meter bluff to prepare the site for the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in 
the late 1960s in this image taken from the documentary "Reimei" ("Dawn"). Left: The construction site is seen after the leveling 
work. Right: An excavated area where the emergency diesel generators were installed is seen at the construction site.  
TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER CO.

First of Two Parts

The March 11 monster tsunami that hit the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant destroyed the critical backup power system and triggered the meltdown of hundreds of fuel rods in reactors 1, 2 and 3.

Video of the appalling damage and reactor building explosions led many — from regular people to nuclear and quake experts — to ask: Why wasn't the coastal nuclear plant built in a location safe from all tsunami threats?
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6/23/2011 AST | Japan issues tsunami advisory after strong 6.7-magnitude quake

Source: NewsCore via thetelegraph.com.au
Date: June 23, 2011 8:21AM (Australia time)

A TSUNAMI advisory was issued for part of Japan's north-east coast after a 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck offshore this morning local time, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

The meteorological agency said today the latest jolt hit at 6.51am (7.51am AEST) about 50km off the east coast of Miyako, Iwate prefecture, at a depth of 20km in the Pacific.

The north-east coast of Japan's main Honshu island was ravaged by a 9.0 magnitude quake and monster tsunami on March 11, which left more 23,000 people dead or missing.

The disasters also crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, triggering the world's worst atomic accident since Chernobyl in 1986 and forcing hundreds of thousands of residents to leave their homes.

If there is a tsunami, its height is only expected to be around 1.6 feet (0.5m), and it would likely affect coastal regions of Iwate prefecture, the JMA said.

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6/12/2011 JST | 90,000 in shelters; most debris still uncleared 3 months on

Source: Daily Yomiuri Online
Date: June 12, 2011 JST

More than 90,000 people are still living in shelters three months after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and only a fraction of the debris dumped by the ensuing tsunami has been removed, according to official figures.
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6/1/2011 JST | Cleanup effort enters new phase

Source: The Japan Times
Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 JST
by: NATSUKO FUKUE
 
Providing relief: Volunteer workers move aid supplies last week in tsunami-hit Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture. KYODO

As volunteers dwindle in Tohoku, companies and NPOs step in

Since the Golden Week holidays in early May, fewer volunteers have gone to the Tohoku region to help it clean up from the devastation caused by the March 11 quake and tsunami.
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5/28/2011 | Foul-smelling fish and seaweed plague survivors of earthquake and tsunami

Source: The Mainichi Daily News
Date: May 28, 2011

OTSUCHI, Iwate -- Mountains of rotting, foul-smelling fish and seaweed are causing March 11 disaster survivors here and in fishing communities all along Japan's northeast coast serious headaches.
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5/22/2011 | Photographs show moment tsunami struck Fukushima

Source: StoryfulNews
Date: 5/22/2011

From: tepco

As TEPCO announced a $15 billion loss that could spell the end of the Japanese energy company, new pictures emerged showing the moment the Tsunami hit its nuclear plant at Fukushima Daiichi.
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5/19/2011 | Japan’s Fukushima Reactor May Have Leaked Radiation Before Tsunami Struck

Source: Bloomberg
Date: May 19, 2011 5:21 AM CT
by: By Yuji Okada, Tsuyoshi Inajima and Shunichi Ozasa

A radiation alarm went off at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima nuclear power plant before the tsunami hit on March 11, suggesting that contrary to earlier assumptions the reactors were damaged by the earthquake that spawned the wall of water.
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