As the nuke crisis continues in Japan (I just read today that the "plutonium reactor" at Fukushima main be the one in the worst state, oh my!), the vagaries of the winds continue to insure that this disaster will remain hard to predict. The longer it goes on, especially a this season of shifting winds, it is almost a guarantee that a much larger area will be effected to one degree or another. - HLG
Richard Wakeford, a public health radiologist at the University of Manchester in Britain, blamed the spike in radiation on a shift in winds from the nuclear plant toward Tokyo. He predicted lower levels in coming days once the wind shifts back to normal patterns.
"I imagine that bottled water is now quite popular in Tokyo," he said.
Convenience stores around Tokyo began selling out of water soon after the news broke. At one downtown supermarket, clerk Toru Kikutaka said water purchases were limited to two, two-liter bottles per person, but the store still sold out almost immediately.
AP
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