Strong quake and tsunami hits Japan

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I disagree. Its not getting worse... we're just beginning to get better INFORMED about how bad it really IS.

As to the issue of heavy lift, BA... the issue there is that there just arnt THAT many HL capable helos period. And to carry that sort of load you take a hit on range and speed, normally heavy gear is moved by ground because its just not feasable to move it any other way.

Star Ranger may had hit this one on the nose. The head of the american NRC just issued a statement. I'm not going to announce this one. You folks can look it up. But I found distressing and interesting is that the bad news is all coming from foreign sources. Not the Japanese government. Not certainly TEPCO. There is a disturbing parallel between the start of the Gulf Oil disaster and BP's press statements in the beginning before the U.S government took over. Maybe it's the need for consensus of what to put out. Maybe it's the need to save face in front of Japan and the world. But it makes me wonder..just how bad it really is?
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