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This is another clearinghouse diary for discussion and commentary about the ongoing nuclear disaster(s) in Japan. Previous diaries can be found listed in the Mothership.
Please be kind to Kossacks with low bandwith and avoid video and photos, but any info and updates, from whatever sources are available to you, are what these diaries are all about. But PLEASE provide links to the original sources!!
More Below the Fold...
I wanted to bring up a few health concerns that such a crisis may cause to the people in the affected areas. So below, you can read some information that I gathered for those who may wonder that the health implications of this could be.
Radiation Exposure? Eight signs & symptoms (with pictures): CBS News
U.S. Alarm over Japan Atomic Crisis: Covers immediate effects, dose related information, treatment information and more. BBC News.
Radiation Sickness: MedlinePlus
Radiation Emergencies: Emedicine
Here is a series of resources highlighted on the mothership and other ROVs to assist you in finding a variety of information regarding the crisis.
Crisis Mapping
OpenStreetMap Foundation Japan is using Ushahidi to map crisis information. Volunteers can submit reports through a form or by tweeting location information along with the hashtags #jishin (earthquake), #j_j_helpme (call for help), #hinan (evacuation), #anpi (safety status), or #311care (medical support). The hashtag for people working on the service is #osmjp.
Google Crisis Response Maps(Layers available)
Ushahidi Local Reports Color Coded for Trusted Sources (Japanese/English)
Satellite Imagery
Media Monitoring Japan's Humanity Road
Media Coverage
Japan Tsunami – Live Streaming:
NHK Japan Live:NHK Japan Live
Al Jazeera Japan Live: Al Jazeera Japan Live
Guardian UK:Updated every minute
France24 Live: France24 Live
Global Voice Online (Japan/English translation
CSM Timeline of the crisis
Twitter – Real Time Updates:
Twitter: IAEA
Twitter: WFP
Twitter #earthquake: Twitter #earthquake
Twitter #japan: Twitter #japan:
Twitter #tsunami: Twitter #tsunami
#EQJP #japanearthquake, #JPQuake, #japaneq, #japantsunami, #ynwa, #japaneq
#Meltdown #Fukushima
Facebook
Kossack Diary Highlights...
• akmk writes No Matter What, Fukushima 50 are Heroes
• TomTech posts The Community Progressive Radio Schedule
• Richard Cranium: What the Fukushima? 2.0 - Big 2X Update w/photos (UPDATED 2X)+
• Meteor Blades Scramble to end Japanese reactor risk continues, media coverage muddled and Open thread for night owls: Emergency preparedness in five parts+
• Pluto: On the Move in Japan: Voices of Suspicion, Uncertainty, and Invention+ and UPDATES: Chernobyl expert smacks Japan and mocks IAEA - GE reactor design flaw? Germany shuts down 7 Plants.
• Japan Nuclear Incident Liveblog Page has republished several other diaries. Please feel free to add diaries to the group page.
GlowZN: Japan Disaster Open thread (Focus on Earthquake & Tsunami disaster)
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