My town has been destroyed - gaming cancelled

[GandalfMithrandir]

what I like best about America (I'm being sarcastic here) is that people in Grand Rapids, more than 6500 miles from the nuclear plants, are getting the potassium whateveryacall it radiation protection stuff, after Experts said that there was an extremely low chance of radiation reaching us.

*facepalm*

overreactions, I tell you

 

[Scott DeWar]

I have heard that the west coastis panicing where they are taking iodine and potassiumblahblah

 

[DumbPaladin]

Yeah, but I had a reason to wonder if it was going to affect me, here on Los Angeles, on the Pacific Coast.

What in the world are people in Milwaukee and New York worrying about!? All the citizens of CA, OR, and WA will have absorbed the Japanese radiation up before it ever gets to them!

Oh, and I will pass on the KI. It only stops you from getting thyroid cancer. I'm pretty sure being bombarded with radiation -- if that ever were to happen -- will kill you in more than just one way.

Meanwhile, New Zealand hasn't been mentioned on my news for 13 days now ...

 

[Rabbitbait]

Meanwhile, New Zealand hasn't been mentioned on my news for 13 days now ...

I'm not really surprised. There's not much news value. "Next Up, Christchurch still destroyed. We cross live to the same place we crossed to last time for Phil Phillipson with the same information as yesterday"

Plus the fact that the Japan situation is far more serious and scary.

In all honesty, I doubt you'll see Christchurch on the news again - anything from now on will be slow moving - it will be probably a generation before we have a functioning city again.

Disaster recovery doesn't really fit the 'shock' imperative of modern news reporting.

 

[Rabbitbait]

Here's a link to videos of some of the central city:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbXJJN9ZSFc&feature=player_embedded#at=20

It's very strange for me, especially because the city is now deserted (except for rescue workers). Turn the sound on loud and listen to the winds blow through the empty streets.

 

[jonesy]

Turn the sound on loud and listen to the winds blow through the empty streets.

It's quite eerie. There's a couple of birds, some sirens in the background, a helicopter at one point. And nothing else, but the wind.

 

[Scott DeWar]

creepy to see what is the equivilant of a modern day ghost town.

 

[Rabbitbait]

Keep in mind that that video was taken after 3 weeks of cleanup. The roads have all been cleared so that emergency vehicles can get through.

My friend managed to get his car back from the central city today - after a month. It still had his groceries in it - fish, meat and vegetables. Yuk.

 

[Scott DeWar]

OMG> that has to be bad. Were the windows up or down?
*eyes water at the very thought of the smell*

 

[DumbPaladin]

Hey, Mr. [MENTION=60100]Rabbitbait[/MENTION] .... Just checking in on how you and yours are doing after another week has passed us by ...