Everyone remembers the horrific earthquake and tsunami that clobbered Japan on March 11, and that the nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiichi were badly damaged. But some Japanese tour agents, who were quoted in Variety, assured readers that Japan would be back to normal in a few months, and that Japanese tourists would be returning to our islands.
Sadly, this is not true. The reactors continue to spew radioactive isotopes, and the fallout is spreading all over Japan and beyond. The CNMI, however, is too far south to be in the direct wind path from Japan; so we are OK, for now. But as physicist Michio Kaku, Ph.D., points out, “Each of us has a little of the Chernobyl radiation in our bodies.” And the disaster at Fukushima is, now, far worse than Chernobyl.
France’s CEREA (Centre D’Enseignement et de Recherche en Environnement Atmosphereique) has made a simulation map of ground deposition of cesium-137 from the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident on its Fukushima page. It not only shows Japan, but also the entire northern Pacific Rim, from Russian Siberia to Alaska to the West Coast of the U.S. to the entire U.S.
According to the radiation map, the U.S. — particularly the West Coast and California — may be more contaminated with radioactive cesium than the western half of Japan, and “hot particles” have been found in San Francisco.
Unfortunately, there is no way to stop the radiation emanating from the reactors. The white-hot cores have melted through the containment vessels, and continue to spew radioactive particles, contaminating the land, water, food crops, livestock and fish.
I read a heartbreaking story recently. It seems that in the many Japanese prefectures, school lunches with radioactive food were being served to the students:
“The girl doesn’t talk. She quietly eats her school lunch as it is served. Even if the vegetables are contaminated, she takes in the radioactive materials because she trusts the adults.
“The farmer, with the help of the governor and the board of education, shipped the contaminated vegetables that were sold as foodstuff for the school lunches, and he made his living. The government and TEPCO pretended they didn’t know, and the media was afraid to report.
“The girl who didn’t talk is now sick in bed. Who could have saved this girl who didn’t talk?” (http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/09/kunihiko-takeda-girl-doesnt-talk.html)
The end of the planet?
In 2006 a friend suggested I read a book entitled, THE MAYAN CALENDAR AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS, by Carl Johan Calleman, Ph.D. It was fascinating, once I got accustomed to the strange words and symbols. It is not easy to describe this calendar, because it does not deal in conventional, or linear, time. It describes various waves: the long count, the short count, from night to day, good to bad. In its 4,500 years of existence, it has been uncannily accurate in predicting events. Although many know of 2012 and the reported “end of the world,” the Mayan Calendar comes to an end on Oct. 26, 2011 — seven weeks from now.
Does this mean the world will end on that day? Probably not, but there certainly have been some highly unusual, unexplained, phenomena occurring since the beginning of the year: thousands of fish and birds in the U.S. suddenly dead, vast numbers of whales, turtles and dolphins beaching themselves; a record number of horrific storms, hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanic activity in Asia, the USA, Alaska, and South America. The numbers and frequencies of these occurrences are unprecedented: the earth has never experienced so many disruptions in one year.
Now there is talk of “Comet” Elenin, which is being tracked by NASA as well as thousands of astronomers all over the world. The reports conflict wildly, and yet, something called Elenin can be seen on the NASA site. The fear mongers would have us believe that “ELE” stands for “Extinction Level Event.” That, as Elenin approaches, the earth will experience enormous seismic disruptions, gigantic tsunamis and maybe even a pole shift. And it is sometimes “reputable scientists” that are making these claims. On June 10, 2011, Charles F. Bolden Jr., NASA administrator, sent a YouTube video to all of his employees, urging “family preparedness” for any kind of “unforeseen” event. Why would he do this? It’s on YouTube if you want to see it: search for “NASA warning to employees.” It’s chilling.
Another chilling report was prepared for Russian President Medvedev by Minister Serdyukov of the Russian Defense Ministry, on the building of an additional 5,000 underground “bomb” shelters in Moscow. Minister Serdyukov warns that, even though progress is being made, the appearance of Comet Elenin in our solar system means “additional resources” will have to be added “immediately.”
Elenin’s principle dates are Sept. 24-26, when it will pass between our earth and the sun; and late October, when earth will not only come closest to Elenin, but may pass through its tail — the date coinciding with the end of the Mayan Calendar.
So?
Do I believe this stuff? I’ll tell you w hat I believe: Japan has a real disaster occurring right now, and it has occurred since March 11. As for Elenin, I have no idea if it represents a danger, or if it was the cause of all of the earthquakes and volcanoes. But there sure has been a lot of crazy weather that defies explanation. In the meantime, I will continue to keep track of Japan’s nuclear situation, the global proliferation of earthquakes and volcanoes, and maybe look up at the sky once in a while, just in case. Last, I think (perhaps optimistically) that we in the CNMI will be OK.
RUSS MASON, M.S.
Oleai, Saipan
