Yesterday, Japanese firemen aimed water hoses at overheating nuclear reactors, that are in danger of core melt downs. For a rather brief period, according to the NHK report, they were able to send 80' streams of water, but soon the radioactivity forced them to retreat. Later they noticed some steam coming up from the site so they concluded that it must have helped somewhat. Helicopter water drops had done little by comparison.
Towards the end of WWII NAZI SS divisions had recently created tunnels (dug btw by slave laborers) in Northern France, that were, designed for the purpose of setting up super cannons, that they believed could aim at targets in England, that were at least 25, (perhaps up to 50) miles away. http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=31248 shows a U.S. cannon firing atomic shells (bombs) 20 miles off, and these, exploding and resulting in familiar mushroom clouds. The video is quite old. Have we really not in our astounding history of technical glory, created water cannons that can send streams of water (in this case probably sea water - as the reactors are located at the Japanese coast) a sufficient distance, onto sites of impending nuclear catastrophes? Rick Conrad---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
