Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Miami Shootout
May 30th, 2011Via: Miami Herald: Three police officers are in the hospital Monday after emptying several rounds of bullets on a driver who opened fire on South Beach. The driver was killed; four bystanders were injured. The police officers involved are in non-life-threatening condition, said Miami Beach Police Sgt. Alejandro Bello.
Fukushima: Tepco Admits That Stabilizing Reactors by Year’s End May Be Impossible
May 30th, 2011Via: Japan Times / Kyodo: Stabilizing the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant by the end of the year may be impossible, senior officials at Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday, throwing a monkey wrench into plans to let evacuees return to their homes near the plant. The confirmation of core meltdowns hitting […]
Greece: Massive Outside Intervention Over Bailout
May 30th, 2011Via: Financial Times: European leaders are negotiating a deal that would lead to unprecedented outside intervention in the Greek economy, including international involvement in tax collection and privatisation of state assets, in exchange for new bail-out loans for Athens. People involved in the talks said the package would also include incentives for private holders of […]
Dangerous Debris, Evidence, Left in Abandoned Detroit Police Crime Lab
May 28th, 2011Via: Detroit Free Press: Thousands of rounds of live ammunition, sealed evidence kits and case files — some containing Social Security numbers of rape and assault victims — lay amid rubble in a crime lab abandoned by Detroit police two years ago. The Free Press discovered the ruins this week. Judicial experts expressed shock that […]
China: Yangtze River Drought Crisis Forces Government to Release Five Billion Cubic Meters of Water from Three Gorges Reservoir
May 26th, 2011More iPads! *BOOM* *CRASH* Via: Guardian: The Yangtze – Asia’s biggest river – is experiencing its worst drought in 50 years, forcing an unprecedented release of water from the Three Gorges reservoir. The drought is damaging crops, threatening wildlife and raising doubts about the viability of China’s massive water diversion ambitions. Between now and 10 […]
Demand for Personal Geiger Counters Soars in Japan
May 26th, 2011Via: Reuters: With a nuclear plant just 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo still leaking radiation, demand for personal Geiger counters has skyrocketed in the Japanese capital and manufacturers are struggling to keep up with the demand. Engineers are battling to plug radiation leaks and bring the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant under control more […]
Soil Contamination from Fukushima Crisis Comparable to Chernobyl
May 25th, 2011Via: Japan Today: Radiation released by the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has caused soil contamination matching the levels seen in the Chernobyl disaster in some areas, a researcher told the government’s nuclear policy-setting body Tuesday. ‘‘A massive soil decontamination project will be indispensable before residents in those areas can return,’’ said Tomio Kawata, […]
Zimbabwe Considering Commodity Based Currency
May 23rd, 2011Via: MineWeb: Zimbabwe’s central bank governor Gideon Gono on Thursday proposed the introduction of a gold-backed local currency, which was destroyed by hyperinflation and replaced by multiple foreign currencies in January. A unity government formed by rivals President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in a bid to end a political crisis introduced multiple […]
Fukushima: Workers Suffer from Internal Radiation Exposure
May 23rd, 2011Via: Mainichi: The government has discovered thousands of cases of workers at nuclear power plants outside Fukushima Prefecture suffering from internal exposure to radiation after they visited the prefecture, the head of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said. Most of the workers who had internal exposure to radiation visited Fukushima after the nuclear crisis […]
Tornado Destroys Joplin, Missouri
May 23rd, 2011Via: Missourinet: Emergency responders from throughout Missouri have descended on Joplin after a mile-wide tornado devastated the Southwest Missouri town. Twenty four are confirmed dead, dozens are still missing.
