After the disaster trifecta in Japan-quake, tsunami, nuclear crisis-Californians are asking if they might be next. The state's two reactors sit near seismic faults, tsunamis are a risk, and evacuation plans are iffy. Did someone say 'prepared'? In this week's Newsweek Sharon Begley and Andrew Murr look at just how unprepared California is.
The earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis in Japan have filled airwaves, Twitter feeds, Facebook posts, and media reports with countless terrifying phrases, from "core meltdown" and "radiation cloud" to "9.0" and "10,000 dead." But for regions vulnerable to quakes and tsunamis-especially if, like Japan, they hit the trifecta of having nuclear plants in the crosshairs of those natural disasters-there have been no scarier words than these: Japan is the most earthquake- and tsunami-prepared country on the planet.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Human Fallout for Japan
This, we now know, is what "well prepared" looks like: total...
The earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis in Japan have filled airwaves, Twitter feeds, Facebook posts, and media reports with countless terrifying phrases, from "core meltdown" and "radiation cloud" to "9.0" and "10,000 dead." But for regions vulnerable to quakes and tsunamis-especially if, like Japan, they hit the trifecta of having nuclear plants in the crosshairs of those natural disasters-there have been no scarier words than these: Japan is the most earthquake- and tsunami-prepared country on the planet.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Human Fallout for Japan
This, we now know, is what "well prepared" looks like: total...
- 3/21/2011
- by Sharon Begley & Andrew Murr
- The Daily Beast
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