Showing posts with label japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label japan. Show all posts

March 27, 2011

March 14, 2011

What's a meltdown?


With all this talk about a possible meltdown in Japan, it's pretty probably that there are folks out there who don't know just what a meltdown really would be.

Sure, I could explain it to you, and you'd understand it marvelously because I'm just that awesome a teacher. I've got a few other things to do, though, so let me recommend the NYTimes's outstanding interactive infographics specifically about the Japanese reactors.

Damn, Nature, You Scary

With apologies to TheDailyWh.at and thanks to Mainichi Shimbun and Itsuo Inouye of Reuters and AP, respectively, I present these two photos of the Japanese tsunami as collected by The Atlantic...






Update: I can't find a way to embed these, but I'll also recommend viewing two videos in particular, both showing the tsunami as it rolls inland.