Tuesday, March 15, 2011

What's in The News Today

Four Japanese Reactors in trouble one exploded releasing radiation levels of 11.9 MSV per hour. Safe levels of exposure is 2.4 MSV per year. Reports out of Japan states that they did get the levels down to .6 MSV.  The questions that many are asking is the Prime Minster Naoto Kan down playing the severity of  the nuclear crisis and are they moving too slow to get in under control? Should they start dropping sand bags on the reactors and create a cement barrier around each reactor like they did with the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Russia?  Could the radiation reach the U.S. yes, if there is a major explosion and it would take 6-10 days it would reach the Alaskan Islands then the coast.

abc Good Morning America (March 15, 2011). Japan Fears Nuclear Meltdown. Third Explosion at Fukushima stirs panic among residents near power plant.  Retrieved March 15, 2011, from http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/


A Dolphin weighing 600 pounds playing near a sightseeing boat in Florida flipped and landed right into the boat. It took 10 men to get the dolphin on a board and safely place him back into the water. One of the men that aided in helping the dolphin stated " that the dolphin remained calm as if he was aware what was happening." A women on the boat did suffer a sprained ankle.

abcNews. (March 15, 2011). Dolphin Lands on Boat, Hits Woman. A 600-pound interrupts a Florida sightseeing cruise. Retrieved March 15, 2011, from http://abcnews.go.com/us/video/jeffrey-maxwell-arrested-alleged-abduction-assault-13139585&tab=9482931&section=1206833


A  62 old women held captive for 13 days was rescued in Texas she was tortured and held in a place designed for seclusion and torture. He pestered the woman prior to kidnapping  her. He appeared to have been a neighbor of hers a few years back. The woman is not doing well mentally and was released from the hospital and is receiving mental support in Texas. They are not sure if he has done this before to anyone else  they are currently checking missing persons reports.

abcNews. (March 15, 2011). Man Arrested for Alleged Abduction, Assault. Texas police say Jeffrey Allen Maxwell held a woman captive for 13 days. Retrieved March 15, 2011, from http://abcnews.go.com/us/video/jeffrey-maxwell-arrested-alleged-abduction-assault-13139585&tab=9482931&section=1206833

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