Comments on: Waiting to Exhale

By: karen

karen — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:14:54 +0000

Thank you Steve. We also have faith in what is happening, which is why we have not yet tried to leave Japan.

Geoff, the news channels here are full of scientists with blue peter like diagrams. We have been amused by how some of the props look but appreciate that so much effort is going into calming people down. Marty’s work also sent him to a briefing today on how nuclear reactors work – so lots if being down to try to prevent panic.

By: Geoff!

Geoff! — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:04:11 +0000

The press here are giving it everything they’ve got on the nuclear front. Catastrophe! Meltdown!!!!! Chernobyl!!! (not so much Windscale, though…) Not very much science though… for instance, I haven’t seen so much as a control rod in any of the graphics, just plenty of repeats of the outer shell of the building being blown off. Much better TV… and dare I say it, good campaigning material for those of a “renewable” bent, like the BBC…

By: Stephen R. Scaffidi

Stephen R. Scaffidi — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:37:25 +0000

I’ve been following the news and while it’s certainly scary I have faith that things will be under control soon. I have to say, your post about going to the tower for beans and then being on the observation deck during the main quake will make quite a story to tell people someday! Just remember, we’re all (I and many others who know you) thinking of and praying for you and Marty and your friends and colleagues.