Anti-nuke protest in Sofia
The second fallout from Fukushima-1 in Bulgaria just happened today in Sofia. The first was a week or so ago, when a highly radioactive cloud jumped out of a stupid newspaper article, almost flew over Burgas, and sent people buying useless iodine from the pharmacies. In Sofia, feelings were a bit more subdued, and resulted [...]
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simoivanov.com will most likely go offline for some time – it has just been announced that large-scale power outages are going to be enforced from today due to the cold weather.
Don’t forget the quake victims because of Fukushima-1
It seems that the foreign press coverage of the aftermath of the Tohoku/Sendai earthquake has shifted from the earthquake, the tsunami and the plight of the more than 450k people there to the OMG!!111!! scary nuclear disaster looming. While I’ll be the last person to downplay the seriousness of the accident, and the criminal lack [...]
Kyodo station, wed. morning
(Either JavaScript is not active or you are using an old version of Adobe Flash Player. Please install the newest Flash Player.) I have never seen people crowd in the huge station hall. To my huge surprise there was also a thick, long line outside the station as well. I hope the service recovers sooner, [...]
Сряда сутрин, малко на запад
Вече не съм в Токио и не знам какво става там, но вчера следобед положението беше леко хаотично. Имаше огромни опашки за бензин, но повечето бензиностанции са затворени, а някои продават само на полиция, пожарна и линейки. Повечето големи магазини са затворени, влаковете вървят на 50% от капацитета, останалият обществен транспорт също е претоварен – [...]
Вторник сутрин – въртене, сучене и паника.
Днес пак се събудхиме от здрав трус, в 5 сутринта. Оказа се слабо земетресение, но близко. Тъкмо навреме да пусна телевизора и да видя пресконференция на японското правителство. Премиерът Кан, в работни дрехи ни каза: “Ще се борим да не се разраства тая авария. Ще се борим някак си да прескочим тая криза”. И несъзнателно [...]
