Several experts have confirmed the situation is very serious. You may have heard the US military are evacuating non essential personnel as of Yesterday. Check it out .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAo7YlU-eWk I know scientists over in Japan who are recoding dangerous levels of radiation in major cities like Tokyo. Radiation sickness has been reported in Chiba (not sure of the spelling). As for the original story your claim it is nonsense is ridiculous. Unless you have been unable to deny the claim Youtube was blocked in Japan. All I know is the US military has blocked it. Is that what your saying is nonsense that youtube was blocked in Japan? The original story is just about someone in Japan who has a family and is frightened they are in harms way. He and his family can't afford to get out of the city and he is scared and frustrated. Completely understandable. Radiation sickness is a bummer of a way to go. And if you survive it - the toll is for the rest of your short life. So it is understandable the man is concerned. It's the youtube issue that I'm curious about. Has youtube been turned off in Japan or is the proper story the US military turned it off for themselves. Thats what I suspect has happened. So many frightened non essential personnel are using too much bandwidth connecting to foreign news services on youtube. They are the only news services in fact reporting the dangers. The American and Japanese media are doing their best to confuse the issue instead of reporting the facts. It's like watching a genocide comedy. What a world ... regards joe baptista On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Izumi AIZU <iza@anr.org> wrote:
WHole nonsense.
I wrote this there.
Please be calm, and objective. There are many TV channels in Japan, picking up only one, only one program and extend as if it represents the whole situation is very dangerous. There are many reports from Japan to outside world. Use Google, for example. CNN and BBC are not the only sources. YouTube is just usual. No restriction known whatsoever.
izumi
2011/3/18 Joe Baptista <baptista@publicroot.org>:
Can anyone confirm this?
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