Only in Japan: Radiation checked food at your local store

A bunch of Maitake Mushrooms go on sale in Chiba, Japan.

The label claims that these mushrooms have been inspected for radiation and deemed safe.  You can use the QR code to check the website with your cell phone, if you really want to. Mushrooms are rich in minerals making them that more toxic when radiated with isotopes.

Nearly two years after the ill fated March 11th meltdown in Fukushima many are still normally living in the aftermath.  Most people have forgotten, few are really concerned over the amount of radiation in the food, water, or air they intake.

And to be honest, there is some reason to be.  In some areas the radiation clearly has gone down.  Even independent sources show radiation levels almost half of what they were last year.( I apologize, usually I would have a source link but please take my word for it.  I don`t have the internet resources I need available to me for various reasons).



Needless to say some of indepent radiation monitoring shows other areas doubling in radiation from what they were last year.  This is clear evidence that hotspots are getting hotter with radiation while other areas are experiencing the breakdown or half life of their radioactive elements.

Strawberries from the Ibaraki Prefecture known to have radiation hotspots from Fukushima fallout. It was almost impossible to find a regular shaped strawberry in any of these baskets.  Are mututations this common in strawberries?

So what does this really mean? It is a tale-tell sign that the fallout radiation from Fukushima is real and not imagined.  Such dramatic changes in radiation levels for better or for worse should make people think about the long term effects of radiation exposure could be on their communities.  This should cause people to be even more vigilant in checking radiation levels are ensuring a safe environment for sake of public health, espeically children.



It is not time to panic, but to have resolve and determination to come up with methods and ways to combat this potentially harmful situation.

U.S. West Coast: How Ready are We for a Great Earthquake or Tsunami?

A tsunami evacuation sign posted in Southern California 2012

As the world continues to spin and the earth continues to move we find ourselves facing the reality that we are just here for the ride.  The earth is wild and not tame.  Though man with every generation gains knowledge and grows in population and culture, it seems we can only attempt to lessen the inevitable damage and loss of life that comes from the disasters of the earth.
With the disastrous event that was clearly seen by the entire world, people around the world most certainly will be asking,

"What if that were to happen to us?"

In no other time in history have we been able to see the horrible and awesome wrath of the tsunami upon humanity.  March 11th combined with the Fukushima meltdown and on going crisis has awoken humanity to the realization that safety is an on going battle, and with all our ingenuity, it perhaps can easily be forgotten.

Over the past year many experts raised valid concerns that the San Onofre Nuclear power plant located near San Clemente would not be able to handle a massive earthquake or tsunami like what was seen in Japan.  This would be a population of millions of people at risk for a catastrophic nuclear event.

Personally I have serious doubts that the U.S. could handle such a combined disaster very well.  That being said I did make the observation that there is a tsunami evacuation route posted along the roads to beaches that seem to ease concerns most likely brought about by the impact of 3/11.

Below is an amazing video that shows exactly what it feels like to be caught up in a tsunami.  It is almost surreal I encourage you to watch and share it and ask yourself what would you do? or even would you be ready for such an event.



Ultimately worry is counter productive but discussion about such disaster scenarios and improvements that could be made is absolutely necessary to preserve life.  When it happens, you will not have time to plan only time to react and try to do your best to survive.  This is coming from a person who lived in Japan when it all happened on that fateful day.

God bless and be ready in your heart for any circumstance.  How great the gift of faith is in times of trouble!

Tales from Japan: Depopulation of Eastern Japan

New suggested government evacuation zone if Fukushima meltdown problems were to worsen

The 2012 new year arrived with a large earthquake in Japan. See here NEW YEAR'S QUAKE


Not long after this M7 trembler, the area of East Japan saw a sudden increase in radiation levels across several prefectures. Some areas as far as Tokyo reading twice as high as before. Fears that trouble in the number 4 reactor pool which may lead to another potential critical situation has many citizens and watchdogs concerned.


Link about criticality in Reactor 4 which had a broken pipe that dried up the fuel pool.
http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/01/reactor-4-spent-fuel-pool-boiling-without-water-after-112012/


As more and more data continues to pile up it is becoming clear to even skeptics that this radiation contamination and extremely hazardous situation is beyond government and TEPCO's control. The media is now beginning to take a more critical tone on the situation and come to embrace the harsh reality.

Many people have begun to realize that they are risking their health and lives by staying in areas even 250km from the Fukushima power plant. In the suburbs of Tokyo there are increasing reports of children testing positive for fallout radiation from Fukushima.

http://enenews.com/acro-homes-significantly-contaminated-tokyo-suburb-results

It is no longer an issue of possibility, the data is slowly coming out to testify to the truth of the matter and time is crucial.  The longer people are exposed to this radiation, especially as it gets closer to the one year mark, the higher the risk, the more real the danger becomes for people living in the entire area of East Japan.

It seems that the public has been responding to the data as this map from the Asahi Shimbun shows:

The pink areas are towns that reported a decrease in population compared with October of 2011. 

There is no doubt that as more signs and symptoms manifest in the coming months that even more people will leave, many without money or support of the government or compensation from TEPCO.

Indeed a great evil is being done here. One can only hope for divine retribution for such an atrocity.

It brings to mind the messages I have heard about the future of Japan.

Message for Japan's Future