nature strikes japan.

first and foremost:

i send my deepest, deepest condolences to all japanese people who lost ( or probably will lose ) someone important or close to them.
it's crazy what was and still IS happening in japan! ( super WCS CAN happen and i'm almost sure it WILL happen - and when it happens japan will be hell. ) i'm still in worries about all the people living there. a meltdown is just the most terrible thing to happen.
please, please, please, dear japanese government, quickly evacuate the people there and not just 20 km around the power plant but at least 100 km and more!
the japanese government KNOWS what's happening to people, animals and nature when this scenario takes place. they just have to look back in history when a-bombs were dropped down on hiroshima and nagasaki. or what happened in tchernobyl.
so... i can't understand that they are downplaying the fact that something seriously awful is happening there right now. i just can't. especially when they talk about a serious problem and right in the next moment they tell people they shouldn't panic. I WOULD be in panic right about the moment the news would come to my ears. i AM in panic right now.
yes. it can also happen here in germany. and our government should also debate about our power plants again. how can they still stretch the running time of our nearly 40 years old power plants? seriously?
i have experienced a small earthquake in wiesbaden before, it also can happen here! ( we have one of germany's oldest atomic power plant just 69 km away! ). and our government just passed a law that basically says they will stretch running times for 10 - 15 years! the power plant near us should've been switched off by 2010. now it will probably run until 2020, and that is just AWFULLY high-risk.

you know by now... i have a huge fear when it comes to atomic powers. it's just a terrible source to get electricity from.

so...
gosh, i'm in such worries about people there! i could cry when i see the pictures on tv.

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