http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-160

It might well be within the range of blackjack bombers to go from venezuela to eastern bases in russia , it definitely is with air to air refueling practice .   So the only question is where would be the most advantageuos place for the plane / planes to have a catastrophic failure with full bays of hot weapons. to cause a earthquake tidal wave ?

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/09/15/315926/tupolev-tu-160-pair-make-first-transatlantic-flight.html

There is a very prescient book, written by the Wiccan, Starhawk, a number of years ago.

We talked about in on LATOC.  The book follows a group of Californians after the earth has been effectively destroyed by our idiocy.

The ocean is dead.

I honestly don't think we could live at all if the oceans were dead, but it's a fairly good doom tale.

How can you really prepare for this though, Emeline. If those reactors go into meltdown, the radiation will cover the whole northern hemisphere, and eventually to a lesser extent, the rest of the world. All the water and food will be contaminated. Even if we stock pile as much food and water as we could, we would eventually run out. The more I think about it, the more useless it seems. Am I the only one that feels like this?

You know how the hemispheres kind of divide the earth?  I'll tell you something that brings them all together:  the oceans.  There's no dividing the waters.  And when the oceans go, the planet is gone.

I really don't  know what to think.  At this point, though it makes me sick to think about the suffering that might happen, I'm just accepting it all.  There's absolutely NOTHING I can do about any of it.  Not one thing.  If this is the way it's supposed to end, then it is.  I have no control over stopping it.

Maybe I've just been reading about so much of this garbage for so long I'm just worn out with worrying about it, but as far as I can tell all the worry in the world hasn't changed one thing.  It's just gotten worse.  I'm going to just try to live as I can, and be at peace with whatever weird entity controls it all.  'Cause it sure ain't me or anyone I know.  We're all just part of the.....whatever it is.

I realy don't know what to think or do either, mtlouie. I look at my kids (12 & 15) and it breaks my heart

mgb, I understand how you feel.  I've read around about this a LOT and from what I can see the "experts" as usual can't agree on anything much.    Moreover there's a lot of shilling for the nuclear energy corporations, (downplaying it all), tech speak (which isn't especially helpful to we ordinary citizens right now) , some voices who seem to be knowledgeable and reasonable but are often more or less saying, "we don't know how this whole thing is going to play out and we're heading into a great unknown" and those who are in full panic mode.

I think we can conclude it's already bad and is going to get badder, but just HOW bad?   From what I have read no one knows for sure.

It becomes a question for me then of what CAN we do?

1.  We can store as much food and water as we can.

2. We can find covers for the doors and windows and duct tape in case we need to quarantine ourselves.

3. We can have on hand our basic necessities for at least several weeks, i.e. prescription medicines, hygiene items, pet food, matches, first aid kit, crank handle lanterns, touches etc.

4, We can get a small transistor and plenty of batteries.

5. We can have plenty of books and magazines to read if the electricity goes out. Games for the kids, cards and so on.  It can help combat the boredom of isolation and make the days more bearable.  Also I think the more you just "sit and think" the more fear tends to amplify.

6. Keep monitoring the news including alternative type news sites on the Internet, be vigilant about seeking out and finding information, stay alert.

7. Read widely for advice, especially from people who REALLY know what they're talking about (which to be clear is NOT me, I'm just suggesting what I personally would do).

8. Pray and meditate in whatever way is meaningful to you.  I think it would be good to focus on what the Taoists call that "powerful force for good in the universe".

I know how distressing this is, but don't let yourself freeze or panic.  Take calculated action.   Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

I don't really know what else ordinary people can do. 

I know it seems like it might be another "Balrog" - "this foe is beyond you all" and that's so intimidating but try to keep calm.  Really, it's the best thing you can do.  Try to stay calm anyway.

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.  ~German Proverb
 
Let's hope the wolf is smaller than we fear. 

TOKYO – Highly radioactive iodine seeping from Japan's damaged nuclear complex may be making its way into seawater farther north of the plant than previously thought, officials said Monday, adding to radiation concerns as the crisis stretches into a third week.
Mounting problems, including badly miscalculated radiation figures and no place to store dangerously contaminated water, have stymied emergency workers struggling to cool down the overheating plant and avert a disaster with global implications.

Radiation in seawater may be spreading in Japan

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110328/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake

I went across to www.rense.com to see what they were saying about Fukishima and the first thing I saw was this picture.   Green water hitting the SF Bridge.

What do you think it means?

mgb when I was having my "visitations" or "knowings" or whatever exactly it was in 2010 (at an intensity I had never experienced before or expected) I was very clearly "told" that "when the water turned green" - a very particular green - it was a dire situation.  It meant "cataclysm".

It would seem as if so much of the "foreknowledge" I somehow obtained last year is coming to pass.  If none of it had come true I wouldn't worry so much but so much of it HAS come true.

I've been warning for months that people should store food.  I've said several times I don't think they should actually RELY on their gardens.

I somehow "saw" that huge tsunami going from Japan all the way across the Pacific to the US West Coast and further out and then I said it triggered some other freaky event (that was probably the meltdown of the nuclear reactors because I thought it was something to do with fire falling into the ocean).    Then I saw that grim reaper going across the North Pacific Ocean from Japan to the US.

But I think what it means ultimately is that the whole world is in trouble.....the "green" in the water is the radioacitivity which is going to spread through the Pacific and go around the world.

I mean, God only knows what these maniacs have unleashed upon us.  It wouldn't be so bad if they wanted to play these high stake, high risk games with their own lives but they put everyone else's life on the line.  Whatever gave them the right to do that?  It's all so much greed and arrogance.

And what about all the marine life?

I don't think we ordinary mortals can really do much except keep storing as much food and water as we can.  Be vigilant. Take whatever action seems best to you after reading advice from experts, but I wouldn't trust the "official party line", that's for sure.

I was told the cataclysm would be "patchy", that some would die but many would live.  In other words it is a tragic but not a hopeless situation.

This week I've been given some strong feelings about "dappled sunlight". I think at this stage it might be trying to illustrate again how "patchy" this disaster will be.   Some places badly affected, some not so much, some escape....and it's in a dappled, "patchy" kind of pattern.

How can you really prepare for this though, Emeline. If those reactors go into meltdown, the radiation will cover the whole northern hemisphere, and eventually to a lesser extent, the rest of the world. All the water and food will be contaminated. Even if we stock pile as much food and water as we could, we would eventually run out. The more I think about it, the more useless it seems. Am I the only one that feels like this?

-mgb

No you are not.

I feel the same way too. Should I panic prep to prolong the inevitable? I went out and bought more bottled water today but I almost want to throw in the towel at this point. I'm late to prepping and I can only stock up so much. I've been so looking forward to my garden this year and now I don't know if that's even a good idea.

Thanks for your explanation Em. There is so much stuff going on right now that I feel overwhelmed. My kids go back to school tomorrow and it really is freaking me out. I look at the jet stream maps and our area (BC) is really getting slammed. They reported last week radioactivity in the rain and algae (nothing to worry about of course), and the milk in washington state was reported to contain radioactivity too (which means our milk is contaminated too). I have a lot of food and water at home, and we sealed all the vents and windows, so at home we are relatively safe (I think). I am really considering not sending my kids back to school. It rains here all the time (80% in spring), and I know the rain is the worse. We may end up leaving BC, which would mean abandoning all my preps, but I figure my kids health is worth more than that. It is funny how you think you are prepared for mosth eventualities, and then reality comes and you get hit with the one thing you didn't or couldn't prepare for.

I think this is the "ocean turns green" warning I was given.   No one really knows how this is going to play out but we have some idea.  I think we should all make sure we are prepared, "just in case". - Emeline.  Nuclear leak in Japan quake reactor causes radiation levels to rocket 1,250 times normal level in surrounding seawaterU.S. naval barges rush freshwater towards stricken Japanese plantSafety concerns in California as scare alert leaves West Coast at riskRadiation levels are soaring in seawater near the crippled Fukushima plant core, Japanese nuclear safety officials warned today.Read more: [url]

-emeline

http://io9.com/#!5728577/pranksters-dye-canadian-river-bright-green-turning-it-into-a-flow-of-alien-biliousness

Green water near vancouver , rightly pointed out as to who would spend  $5000.00 + on a "prank" on urban survival

http://urbansurvival.com/week.htm

just scroll down till  you find the relevant bits  ,

Some native americans  want a bit of their stolen land back to be safe from a west coast tsunami.
I wonder if anyone told them that surviving the wave only to be stranded with no prep items for days months perhaps forever with  no outside help in the event this occurs. Would most likely have a high suck factor 
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/26/135446505/u-s-tribe-cites-tsunami-twilight-in-bid-to-expand