The whole damn country...

The storm will be rapidly weakening and transitioning into a temperate system by the time it gets to northern Japan.

Japan is so vulnerable now. They sure don't need radiation swirled around in a wide circle.

The waters around Japan are still too cool to sustain a tropical system

I appreciate the facts, thank you.

...a cooling pond with over 1500 fuel rods exposed to air and below that one is another one with in excess of 11,000 fuel rods in it. A leak in the #2 reactor that they can't figure out where it is and which now only has a few centimeters of water in the ''containment'' vessel. The latest radioactivity readings of which were over 880 milliseverts per hour.

- But yeah, you're right. What's to be scared of???? A storm with hurricane level winds will probably cool things off quite a bit......

And you're right, this storm is going to weaken once it gets over land, and the waters in northern Japan are still relatively cool, so it will be nowhere near as strong in eastern and northern Japan as it is in the subtropical waters between Okinawa and Kyushu.

predicts heavy rain and strong winds for the reactor area (Fukushima Hamadori) late tonight and extending into tomorrow:

http://www.jma.go.jp/jp/yoho/313.html

for Reactor Four... so no, it is not that scaremongering. The structure is greatly weakened.

Those "monsters" are metaphors about things like atomic bombs, earthquakes, tsunamis and typhoons.

as well as any spare cash I have to send for disaster relief. I hope it weakens exponentially as soon as it hits land.
Japan, you may be the home of some of the most insane things to ever be invented, but damn it I love you.

Poor Japan

At least it's weaker....

Give China a soaking instead of Japan.

It was always talk of quakes, not of this!

Are you still keeping vigilant track of the happenings in Fukushima? I read a bit but
have to admit that I have tuned out. I know...I'm weak. We're still off milk for the
most part and I am still very concerned.

The media blackout is just unbelievable. Hang in there!

Can't deal with Almond milk in my coffee! It's hard to be vigilant when we can't get reliable information.

I guess the current amounts pale in comparison to what will waft our way if fuel pool 4 goes.

Thanks for the thread, stockholmer.

THe typhoon has made landfall on Honshu at about the spot shown on the map (follow the dotted line). Strong winds with waves up to 9 meters / 30 feet in height.

and a few people have had to be evacuated, but no known fatalities. The eye is passing over my area as I write this (1:00 a.m. Japan time), so the winds and rain have died down somewhat but they will be picking up again.

Sid

Powerful typhoon Guchol slams into Japan

http://news.yahoo.com/japan-braced-powerful-typhoon-guchol-101132571.html


http://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/1204l.html

according to Yahoo Japan and NHK

One confirmed fatality-- a man died when the prefabricated building he was in collapsed. 55 confirmed injuries. 61 houses partially damaged, more than 100 partially flooded in scattered parts of the country. No reports of injuries or major damage from Fukushima.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20120620/k10015958081000.html

This storm is simply known as Typhoon #4 in Japan. There is also Typhoon #5 which is currently affecting western Japan.

Winds reaching up to 65 mph, up to 10 inches of rain, some intensive lightning-- but none of that came to pass around here, 30 miles from the Pacific Ocean. It was more like a moderately intensive thunderstorm, without the thunder. Just after daybreak, I looked around the neighborhood and saw a few branches and leaves scattered in the streets, a few bicycles were knocked over, but nothing major. The air seemed particularly fresh, hoverver, and now the day seems especially bright and hot.

And looking at the local Fukushima news, it seems as though there was no major damage there, either, and the only news regarding the Daiichi nuclear complex that I have found is that sea-based containment work has been cancelled for today, presumably due to choppy waters.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/e-japan/fukushima/news/20120619-OYT8T01194.htm