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Along with aftershocks, fire, floods, and lots of death, Japan is not reporting that they have a significant radiation leak at a plant where they have also witnessed an explosion. There are other plants, from at least last night’s reports, which are in danger of explosion as well.
Japanese authorities confirmed Saturday that radiation had leaked from a quake-hit nuclear plant after an explosion destroyed a building at the site.
The blast at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility occurred just hours after officials said they feared the reactor could melt down.
Footage on Japanese TV showed that the walls of one building had crumbled, leaving only a skeletal metal frame standing. Its roof had also been blown off. Plumes of smoke spewed out of the plant, 20 miles from Iwaki.
via Blast, radiation leak at Japanese nuclear plant – World news – Asia-Pacific – msnbc.com.
Let us keep the Japanese people in our prayers today, as well as those who will be giving humanitarian aid.
Joel Landon Watts is a Masters of Theological Studies student with a focus in Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific ideals of the past century. Currently, he is a TA for Old Testament at United Theological Seminary under Dr. Vivian Johnson, Associate Professor of Old Testament. His first book, Rhetorical Strategies of the Evangelist: Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark, is expected to be published by Wipf and Stock early next year. He is currently co-editing a book on moving from Fear to Faith (Energion, 2013).
This is so terrible, I see this happening in the USA .prepare,,, Abba is trying to get our attention…