Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 LMAO at Bagdad Bob!!! I forgot about that nutjob but the comparison is quite apt!
Originally Posted By Mr X ***For crying out loud. I NEVER SAID THAT*** For crying out loud. IT WAS A JOKE.
Originally Posted By barboy2 ///I said if people in Japan had the wherewithal they should go. PERIOD./// This is getting silly, fast.
Originally Posted By Mr X Nor sarcasm either, apparently. I specifically wrote "Asia" as a means of humorous exaggeration.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "LMAO at Bagdad Bob!!! I forgot about that nutjob but the comparison is quite apt!" I had posted a link to Kevin Bacon in Animal House telling everyone to remain calm and Malin took great offense at that, too. Matter of fact, why not again? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDAmPIq29ro" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...mPIq29ro</a> And since Japan's nuclear agency just announced they're considering raising the threat level to a 7, putting it on par with Chernobyl, sadly not only is my "I'd get out if I could" looking more prescient but Malin's unique inability to appreciate nuclear issues becomes more glaring, if that was possible. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/11/japan.nuclear.reactors/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/...iref=BN1</a>
Originally Posted By Mr X Not considering, they just did it. They're calling the entire crisis a 7 now, but each reactor is still a 5 (for now). If TDR makes an announcement today, I suspect they'll receive some backlash over it.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***I had posted a link to Kevin Bacon in Animal House telling everyone to remain calm*** Now THAT's funny.
Originally Posted By DlandDug And today's 6.6 (if that's what they've stayed with) was just outside CHIBA. How close to the Resort is that? If they had hurried to reopen, there would be thousands of people today being evacuated from Tokyo Disneyland! BUT... it would be, like, really important for the economy, right?
Originally Posted By Mr X I doubt they would've needed to evacuate the parks. The trains were only delayed for a short time (including the Keiyo line that runs to the parks). Granted, the possibility of other sizable aftershocks remains extremely high. But if you're going to base reopening the place on whether or not an earthquake might hit, you might as well keep them closed forever. At the moment, I'm more concerned about the fact that so many of these large tremors are occuring near Fukushima, certainly hindering efforts at the reactors and leaving open the constant possibility that conditions could deteriorate up there. I'm concerned about that, and Mt. Fuji (March 15th 6.2 quake was located right under the monster). The last time Fuji got angry, it was 49 days after an 8.6 quake (which was previously the largest in recorded Japanese history til this year). Er...yikes.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< And today's 6.6 (if that's what they've stayed with) was just outside CHIBA >>> According the USGS site, the 6.2 today was the one just off the coast of Chiba Prefecture, not the 6.6.
Originally Posted By Mr X Although looking at videos from up North, they are sizable and scary. We haven't had any "knock stuff off the shelves" quakes since March 11th, but they sure have.
