Flotsom From Tsunami After a Year at Sea

Hello debrakcarey I have been keeping up with this flotsam as well. It is amazing that something so massive as that concrete dock was washed ashore so far away. The radioactive sealife is, of course, disturbing. I am of the opinion that of course we should be alarmed, even if not a single piece of flotsam, radioactive or otherwise, made it to our shores. Even if the radioactive sealife did not make it into our waters, I am still alarmed. Fellow Earthlings are suffering from the Japan natural disaster. People are hurting and suffering. The Japanese people are looking at a threat to their way of life for years to come. I am alarmed when I hear of the suffering of people, no matter if they are not my own nationality, and no matter if their problems have anything to do with my life. Of course, as we know, the world is not as big as it once seemed, and we are all of us affected by decisions or catastrophes that take place all over our planet. This, too, is alarming and all the more reason for us to care for each other without regard to nationality. Peace.

I think we should be alarmed about the debris, its size and volume - but not about the radioactivity. Even in Japan, there are no reports of massive deaths due to radioactivity from the nuclear plant - except for those workers who bravely were inside the plant, working to avert disaster. The same can be said of Chernobyl, where the only deaths directly attributable to the disaster were the workers inside the plant. Although there is much speculation about possible long-term effects, there is no hard evidence available from past accidents, even those as dire as Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. Do we know that the milk on the east side of America gave milk that didn't test positive for radioactivity before the earthquake in Japan? Is milk regularly tested for radioactivity? And always remember that what we know or don't know is often manufactured by those who want to shape opinion. So some scientists, organizations and news outlets will paint a very dire picture because they are anti-nuclear. Ann Coulter will go to the other extreme and tell you that radiation is actually good for you. The truth lies somewhere in between. The most disturbing fact is the one that no one is talking about and no one seems worried about. And it is not the number of nuclear plants in the US. It is the high concentration of nuclear power plants built along the fault lines in California. Have a look at the map: http://www.iwatchnews.org/2011/03/18/3700/regulators-aware-years-understated-seismic-risks-nuclear-plants If regulators allow nuclear reactors to be situated on or near seismic faults, are they really worried about a meltdown? Is it all a scare tactic to work towards preventing us from switching to nuclear power? Or is it part of some conspiracy to actually destroy large parts of the country and reduce our surplus population? Or are they just stupid? Given that they are government employees, I opt for the last possibility.

We probably should be alarmed.. about this and so very many other things.. at least with food, I believe we can say a prayer of thanks and there's a promise it is "cleansed"..

These things are sometimes hard to predict.But authorities have to assume such kinds of disasters which would have occurred in the past.radio activity is really a biggest hazard.I guess all related regions should be on high alert.

i think that is somewhat alarming for sure. what can be done about this?

Hello. I did see this, but thought that since I live about 2 hours away, I should just go and take a look myself. But, I saw the pictures, and that is good enough for me. I have never been to the coast here and this would have been a great excuse to, but, I would have just wasted money I dont really have. But I dont think that we should worry yet. I think that we have some percentage point of radioactive something or other, (the technical term) that we ingest. Isnt that right? That is what I heard anyway. It may be that I heard that because I was raised just 5 miles from the INL in Mud Lake, Idaho.