After the Great Quake

SUBHEAD: Living precariously on the surface of a volatile planet is the norm.By Verlyn Klinkenborg on 28 March 2011 in Yale Environment 360 -(http://e360.yale.edu/feature/after_the_great_quake_living_with_earths_uncertainty/2387)Image above: A survivor is given a helping hand getting of a boat on arrivel to Banda Aceh after Indonesian earthquake and tsunami in 2004. From (http://bop.nppa.org/2006

Not Chernobyl or China Syndrome

SUBHEAD: What the Japanese, and the world, face is a long and protracted struggle to minimize the health risks posed by escaping radioactive materials from Fukushima.By Juan Wilson on 15 March 2011 for Island Breath - Image above: The Fukushima nuclear power station after multiple hydrogen gas explosions. Note Reactor buildings #1 and #3 destroyed with smoke being emitted from #4. The wind blows

Rock Me On The Water

SUBHEAD: So many things are shaking loose now in this world-wrapped-too-tight that it is hard to track where they all overlap.By James Kunstler on 14 March 2011 for Kunstler.com - (http://kunstler.com/blog/2011/03/rock-me-on-the-water.html)Image above: Vessels float on oil spilled water in Fudai, Iwate, northern Japan Monday, March 14, 2011. From (http://photos.oregonlive.com/photo-essay/2011/

State of Japan's Nuclear Reactors

SUBHEAD: No. 3 nuclear reactor located in the Fukushima prefecture exploded late Monday morning. No. 2 in danger now.By Tsuyoshi Inajima, Yuji Okada & Shigeru Sato 14 March 2011 for Bloomberg News -(http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-14/hydrogen-explosion-occurs-at-nuclear-power-plant-135-miles-north-of-tokyo.html)Image above: Fukushima Dai Ichi Nuclear Station before tsunami (l. to

Macondo and the Reactors

SUBHEAD: Society has reached limits to complexity along with the ability of our space ship to 'carry' toxic overloads such as this nuclear disaster.By Steve Ludlum on 13 March 2011 in Economic Undertow - (http://economic-undertow.blogspot.com/2011/03/macondo-and-reactors.html)Image above: Paste-up of BP Macondo blowout and aftermath of Japanese tsunami by Juan Wilson.This updates the monumental

One meter tsunami hits Hawaii

SUBHEAD: Update on minor tsunami waves that hit Hawaii after devastating Japan coast.By Allison Schaefers on 11 March 2011 for Bloomberg News - (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-11/hawaii-hit-by-1-meter-tsunami-spurring-coastal-evacuations-closing-ports.html)Image above: A photo of damage to Kona, Big Island. From (http://horsesmouth.typepad.com/hm/2011/03/

Tsunami reaches Hawaii

SUBHEAD: Kauai westsiders ride out tsunami with ohana. In Port Allen marina the water was five feet above the catwalk.By Dennis Fujimoto on 11 March 2011 for he Garden Island News - (http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/article_cb639e72-4c87-11e0-9c1c-001cc4c002e0.html)Image above: This high, said Chad Kubo, skipper of ‘Que Sera,’ indicating the level of water above the Port Allen, Kauai, marina

Japan's economy in melt-down

SUBHEAD: The cost of recovering after the earthquake, tsunami and failure of several nuclear facilities will be too much for Japan's economy to bear.By Steve Ludlum on 12 March 2011 in Economic Undertow - (http://economic-undertow.blogspot.com/2011/03/death-knell-of-waste-based-economy.html)Image above: Disappearance of #1 nuclear containment building in Fukushima Japan. From (http://