Despite trying to be optimistic, Toyota has now admitted that the parts supply problem is so bad that it will have to close ALL its North American plants.
Toyota spokesman Mike Goss, said the shut downs will take place later in April. At least 25,000 employees will be affected. How long the shut downs last […] Continue Reading…
You wouldn’t believe how much we use petroleum products (oil & natural gas) in our everyday lives. The people of Japan are finding out the hard way.
The 11 March 2011 quake/tsunami has resulted in several petroleum plants closing down, due to damage and power cuts. Those plants turn oil and natural gas into everyday […] Continue Reading…
According to The Daily Yomiuri, lack of food is not the only reason for bare grocery store shelves. Even food that is abundant is not making it to the Japanese grocery stores because of a lack of packaging.
The problem is a lack of plastic, and plastic wrap, used for food packaging. The 11 March […] Continue Reading…
After blasting Tokyo Electric Power Company for the leaking water from Reactor 2, the Japanese national government has given the go ahead to release radioactive water from reactors 3 & 4!
Chief Cabinet secretary, Edano Yukio, said the intentional release of contaminated water from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is to maintain operational safety!
University of Tokyo Associate Professor Yoshinobu Tsuji, along with others, have surveyed damage at the coastal city of Miyako.
They’ve concluded that the height of the March 11 tsunami, in that area, was 38 meters (125 feet) high, and swept 200 meters (656 feet) inland.
The wave height was due to the geography of the coast […] Continue Reading…
Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, has order its own ban on Shitake mushrooms after a sample tested positive for contamination.
Iodine and cesium were found on mushrooms grown outdoors in the city of Iwata. No contamination found on indoor grown mushrooms. Iwata is 40 kilometers (24.8 miles) from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The radiation levels are higher […] Continue Reading…
The predominant winds from Japan are bringing radiation spread into the air, to North America. The radiation is, so far, lower level isotopes, and the air disperses it over the long distance.
Now there is highly radioactive isotopes spilling into the Pacific Ocean, in higher concentrations, and the currents could eventually bring it to the […] Continue Reading…
Chief Cabinet Secretary Edano Yukio, has demanded that Tokyo Electric Power Company stop the leak of highly contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean.
TEPCo has failed at two attempts to stop the leak. They have admitted that they don’t even know where it’s coming from. It’s pouring into a pit connected to Reactor 2, at […] Continue Reading…
Dengue fever is spread by Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes, and thanks to the extra rain South America is getting, those mosquitoes are breeding like flies. Even Hawaii, in the Pacific Ocean, is reporting cases.
Brazil is the hardest hit, so far, already more than 30,000 cases, just in the state of Rio alone, and at least […] Continue Reading…
I watched an economic forum on what will happen to the Asian region, economically, on NHK. During the introductions, one of the representatives talked about how well behaved the Japanese are after their March 11 disasters. She used an example of “no looting going on” as proof.
Well, guess what, looting is taking place. Hiroshi […] Continue Reading…