> > The situation in Japan looks dire. > My heart goes out to the Japanese people. > And it looks like two nuclear reactors are in trouble. > CNN here had somebody reporting cesium released. > Not good at all - melting fuel rods... > Regards, Bob S. >
There's an article about it on the BBC site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12723092. This is the paragraph that puzzles me: "To keep things in perspective, no nuclear accident has caused anything approaching the 1,000 short-term fatalities stemming from Friday's earthquake and tsunami. " What is a short-term fatality? Is it anything to do with the approach of Easter? B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
