Fukushima Cover Up Unravels

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18 pointsafterburner3 comments

With all due respect to the severity of the issue questioning whether it was the Earthquake or the Tsunami is a pointless debate.

The Earthquake struck at 2:46 while the first Tsunami hit at 3:27. In a crisis situation you could not make an accurate assessment of the situation in such a short span of time. Meaning the only way to answer the question is to look at the evidence and surmise what happened after the fact.

But as the various quoted articles point out it's in TEPCO and the Government's best interest to stick to their story. Meaning you'll never get enough information to create an accurate picture of events.

Again it's a question we absolutely should get the answer to but the answer is permanently obscured. Asking a question you can never get the answer to is a waste of time.

This is a case of Japanese industry sadly living up to its stereotypes regarding secrecy and regard for 'face' over lives.

there is nothing "Japanese" in such cover ups. It is a common trait in the society developed by this human species. I'm pretty well remember surprise of very strange, untypically intensive "sunburns" we as children got while playing outside in the days after Chernobyl when we didn't know about the scale and area of the fallout.

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