tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post7745526233643309373..comments2024-03-14T07:32:30.141+09:00Comments on Marketing Japan: Always Question Motives of What People Say: Arnie Gundersonmike in tokyo rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-49728146471233037422012-09-24T19:11:41.405+09:002012-09-24T19:11:41.405+09:00Thanks Alan,
You bring up many points (some irrele...Thanks Alan,<br />You bring up many points (some irrelevant) like the UK nuclear industry. Gundersen said,<br />"Worse than Chernobyl"? Really? Within 6 months of Chernobyl, "203 people were hospitalized immediately, of whom 31 died (28 of them died from acute radiation exposure)." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster_effects#Short-term_health_effects_and_immediate_results.....<br />A year and a half after Fukushima? Hospitalized from radiation or deaths from radiation poisoning? ZERO. Case rests your honor. mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-31868084762308334752012-09-24T18:35:33.578+09:002012-09-24T18:35:33.578+09:001..If an remark about the weather turns out to be ...1..If an remark about the weather turns out to be untrue, so what? the best meteorological estimates have only a 60% success rate.<br /><br />2. Personal attacks on background etc are also irrelevant, you've uncovered no dirt except that "he is not to be trusted". Nuclear industry has lied over and over, from telling us the Uk programme was about producing electricity(it wasnt) to falsifying xray data (sellafield) ad nauseum.....are we not to trust them either? <br /><br />3 out of 10 for credibility. 7 for effort, Must try harder.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03147636815034121999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-29590253268277347252011-06-19T00:30:34.922+09:002011-06-19T00:30:34.922+09:00I know that 'Atomic Insights' is a pro-nuc...I know that 'Atomic Insights' is a pro-nuclear site, but it includes a post going through Mr. Gundersen's experience, raising a number of interesting questions:<br /><br />http://atomicinsights.com/2011/02/arnie-gundersen-has-inflated-his-resume-yet-frequently-claims-that-entergy-cannot-be-trusted.html<br /><br />For example, that "39 years of experience". And "licensed reactor operator".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-62412832548284294962011-06-11T10:16:46.956+09:002011-06-11T10:16:46.956+09:00Anonymous! WRONG! In about 5 minutes I will post a...Anonymous! WRONG! In about 5 minutes I will post again showing why you are wrong. You are not evil, you just:<br /><br />A) Haven't a clue as to what you are talking about.<br />B) Don't understand geography.mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-16263294797310348522011-06-11T09:04:34.080+09:002011-06-11T09:04:34.080+09:00I was just looking at the Tokyo weather report at ...I was just looking at the Tokyo weather report at weather-forecast.com. A couple of the wind balls are pointing southwest, from Fukushima to Tokyo. Whether 'prevailing' is an applicable word or not, it appears likely that sooner or later winds from Fukushima will pass over Tokyo. <br /><br />As for me, I have no expertise at all and my motives are pure evil. That said, a couple of the wind balls are pointing southwest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-70584885779342449482011-06-11T07:46:26.872+09:002011-06-11T07:46:26.872+09:00Dear Joel, Sanata Ana wind events in So. Cal: &quo...Dear Joel, Sanata Ana wind events in So. Cal: "Depending on how you classify a "Santa Ana" wind event, annual frequency of occurrence has been documented. Without much attention on how strong a Santa Ana wind event might be, most studies indicate an annual average of about 20 Santa Ana wind events per year, some of those being weak and short lived." http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/8_21312.html<br /><br />There might be this sort of wind phenomenon in Japan. It is so rare we have no name for it. I remember it twice in 30 years and it lasted for a day or two at most.<br /><br />No, the winds and the jet streams will not - and cannot - reverse direction. Calif has a Santa Ana phenomenon because of a mountains and desert effect. This is a sub tropical climate in Japan. The winds will always blow from south or east. It has always been that way and always will be. Read the other commenters who live in Japan. Millions of years of history do nt change and Gundersen is talking BS.... In spite of how much anti-nuke people wish him to be correct.mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-3433305055730750682011-06-10T10:33:57.789+09:002011-06-10T10:33:57.789+09:00I know crap about Japan's weather. I'm fro...I know crap about Japan's weather. I'm from California and most of the time, winds blow west to east. However, sometimes they DO blow east to west "Santa Anna Winds". Therefore, when he says MOST of the radiation was blowing out to Pacific was he lying then?! So could he be saying that maybe he read some report saying winds have shifted for a time? It don't sound like sensational to me. He just calls it like he sees it. He mentioned a possible meltdown way before Tepco admitted there was. Everything he has predicted has come true! And now Tepco is admitting they had all their numbers wrong and the radiation released is double what they said! This Fukushima incident is way worse than Chernobyl. Radiation poisoning the air and the Pacific Ocean! If that is not sensational but true news, what is?Joelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-10555937586750588932011-06-07T08:11:33.213+09:002011-06-07T08:11:33.213+09:00Thanks Anonymous and Richardw... Richard writes, &...Thanks Anonymous and Richardw... Richard writes, "Maybe you should check the actual weather reports before claiming someone is lying?" Uh, hello? I only live here and have lived here for nearly 30 years. Trust that I do check the weather reports everyday! Old people are that way, you know...<br /><br />Wall of Shame is now on this guy's case. He will be discredited, just like Michio Kaku was - just like guys like you who claimed he was the real thing too.... <br /><br />Wake up and see that the mass media is a tool for sales and you guys, without using critical thinking as a defense, are being used by it.<br /><br />"And quite frankly you attack an expert before realising he knows more than you seem to." No. He is 2000% percent absolutely wrong on the weather. The above commenters and in the article, from writer and folks who LIVE IN JAPAN show it.<br /><br />Sure, Fukushima might be bad, but he loses credibility when he makes outrageous and false claims about its effect on Tokyo which is, and always will be, upwind (unless, of course, the north pole becomes the south pole once again). Like, the excellent Japan Blogger Marc Sheffner points out, "He should be trounced for that."<br /><br />Two kicks to the shins of Mr. Gundersen for pulling made up weather reports out of his ass.mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-7891907405379949972011-06-06T23:09:47.774+09:002011-06-06T23:09:47.774+09:00Maybe you should check the actual weather reports ...Maybe you should check the actual weather reports before claiming someone is lying?<br /><br />Maybe you should also take into account that Arnie Gunderson is working from the NRC reports that are not public?<br /><br />Maybe you should realise that day by day more info comes out as to the understatements of the radiation releases?<br /><br />Quite frankly you are just defending an industry by shooting the messenger.<br /><br />And quite frankly you attack an expert before realising he knows more than you seem to.richardwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16179937547375396820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-15040230101839143982011-06-06T22:48:24.279+09:002011-06-06T22:48:24.279+09:00sadly, Arnie is right. he is the real deal. has e...sadly, Arnie is right. he is the real deal. has even testified before congress after TMI. He knows GE mark I bwr well and has so far predicted most of the damage at dai ichi before tepco informs the public.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-72479615315071608032011-06-06T16:14:47.329+09:002011-06-06T16:14:47.329+09:00Marc: 39 years in an industry does not make you a...Marc: 39 years in an industry does not make you an honest man either.Murasaki Shikibuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956944811391367016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-25611483696923854472011-06-06T12:57:06.300+09:002011-06-06T12:57:06.300+09:00You may be right. Gundersen may be distorting info...You may be right. Gundersen may be distorting information. Still <i>39-years of nuclear power engineering experience</i> is not to be sneezed at. He may have something valuable to say, and more usefully, do, if he can help decommission Fukushima. On the other hand, Japan does have experience in that area, too. Also, just because Gundersen is selling a producct/service does not per se make him dishonest, or what he is saying incorrect. He's wrong on Japan's weather patterns, tho, which severely dints his credibiility, and he should get trounced for that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com