"Japanese climbers caught in avalanche
TALKEETNA - Four members of a Japanese climbing team are presumed
dead after an avalanche swept them off a hill on Mount McKinley.
National Park Service officials said five people were traveling as one
rope team Thursday morning as part of a Miyagi Workers Alpine
Federation expedition. One team member, Hitoshi Ogi, 69, survived. A
Park Service spokeswoman said he fell 60 feet into a crevasse and
climbed out. The other four tumbled into the avalanche debris."
Related:
"While not a particularly tall peak by global standards, itslatitude
makes for far thinner air than is found in mountains closer to the
equator. That, combined with the weather and temperatures, makes it a
particularly dangerous climb....
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Which is what I'm doing to this post.
"2 nuclear reactors ordered to restart
TOKYO - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda
ordered the reactivation of two nuclear reactors at a plant in western
Japan on Saturday, making it the nation’s first plant to go back online
since the crisis last year in Fukushima. The decision to restart the Ohi
nuclear plant ends a temporary freeze of Japan’s nuclear power
industry, after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant
(AP)."
Yeah, to hell with what the people think.
Related: Japanese Power Plant Post Out of Order
Last fugitive in Tokyo gas attack arrested
Just expelling some hot air to distract from the continuing radiation leaks.
Also see: California Could Have Its Own Fukushima
