Japanese Fire Fighters tell families "We won't be coming home"
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A great many cultures, and individuals, have a great sense of discipline and self-sacrifice. Which is NOT me saying "don't admire these brave Japanese people"; they deserve nothing but the utmost respect and adoration.Ruwrak said:
if there was a safer way do you think they would be doing this??? Not to be mean but there is no "safe" way to deal with what has happenedGeneric Gamer said:
I cried Q _Q
My dad's a firefighter, and I got a similar message during the 2003 firestorms in California.
He called us and told us that he won't be coming home for awhile and he's doing his best to save lives and homes. He made it back, but I can't help but remember hearing horror stories of the field and the numb fear of what was happening.
I hope they are duly honored by their country and their families.
My dad's a firefighter, and I got a similar message during the 2003 firestorms in California.
He called us and told us that he won't be coming home for awhile and he's doing his best to save lives and homes. He made it back, but I can't help but remember hearing horror stories of the field and the numb fear of what was happening.
I hope they are duly honored by their country and their families.
pour a thick layer of concrete on it, evacuate 50 km's finda way to make an artificial cloud, make sure it keeps hangingover a concetrated spot around the reactio so as to wash all the crap downwards so it wond spread, declare at LEAST 50 square miles no-mans land XD?Generic Gamer said:
not that this will help much in any case, they are sacrificing themselves in vain if im any judge, those reactors WILL pop, they might jsut buy themselves hours..
Lol, radiation suites...Jabberwock xeno said:
Actually, what they wear is CONTAMINATION suits. The goal is to keep particles that are radioactive from entering the body and doing internal harm. Radiation penetrates all matter. You can use fixed and portable shielding sources to lessen it, but it takes heavy materials to really do this. Wearing several inches of lead, for example, would quickly fatigue any worker past any useful ability.
Robots are cool and all, but very specialized in purpose and extremely expensive. We are years away from Androids doing all our work for us.
But all they need to do is move around water right?gim73 said:
We wave robots that can drag around injureid people in warzones, can they not just cary bucket of water, then knock the over wherever it is needed?
Jabberwock xeno said:
They don't just need water, they need alot of water moving over the reactor. Generally, they have water moving over the core with large pumps, and that water is being cooled by another source. Dumping buckets of water won't really cut it. We need fire hoses to get enough of a steady supply to cool the reactor.
Oh, and we have known about radiation for over a hundred years.
Oh. Great. First my mom's aunt dies yesterday and now this.
Giving your life to save the future of your country. Dying slowly from the inside out from rads. Something you can't even see. Hardcore just reached a whole new level. I finished ME2 a couple of days back and cannot think of a better anthem for these people, these modern day samurai.
I mean, honestly, how often do you come across something like that, individuals thinking their life is worth less than that of others? I really hope they survive this ordeal. We do not need more good men gone, we already lost about 6 thousand from this fucking catastrophy. The odd thing about this form of communication is that I am talking about people I have never seen and that it kind of hurts me knowing I never ever will. Japan didn't deserve this. By now, I can only hope that death counter will stop going up...
Giving your life to save the future of your country. Dying slowly from the inside out from rads. Something you can't even see. Hardcore just reached a whole new level. I finished ME2 a couple of days back and cannot think of a better anthem for these people, these modern day samurai.
I mean, honestly, how often do you come across something like that, individuals thinking their life is worth less than that of others? I really hope they survive this ordeal. We do not need more good men gone, we already lost about 6 thousand from this fucking catastrophy. The odd thing about this form of communication is that I am talking about people I have never seen and that it kind of hurts me knowing I never ever will. Japan didn't deserve this. By now, I can only hope that death counter will stop going up...
"When a man becomes a fireman his greatest act of bravery has been accomplished. What he does after that is all in the line of work."
Firefighting is not a job. It's a life. It's not a career picked for the money. Those that join fire departments for money or to pick up women quickly find the door. Firefighters are not in the job to become heroes. They do the job to help as many people as they can. These are the men who run into burning buildings when everyone is running out. Every firefighter knows that when they go into work they may not come home. Every firefighter knows the reality of responding to their "last alarm." FFs work long hours. Most paid departments work 24 hour shifts during which they face the possibility of death from vehicle accidents responding to scenes, being hit by cars on scene, as well as backdrafts, flashovers, BLEVEs, rollovers, flameovers, structure collapses, smoke inhalation, and getting lost in a fire and running out of air. FFs perish everyday walking "the thin red line."
These men put everything on the line to help those in need. Every effort should be made to support them. While it's true FFs spend 95% of their time sitting on their asses, the other 5% is spent doing hard, tiring, grueling, and dangerous work. FFs deal with a lot of issues from different scenes. It's not easy to see people burned up, dismembered, and die. Personally, I remember every death and cardiac arrest I've seen. It stays with you. Pray for these men in Japan that they make it out safe and pray for the firefighters at your local department that they can go home safely to see their wives, husbands, and children.
Firefighting is not a job. It's a life. It's not a career picked for the money. Those that join fire departments for money or to pick up women quickly find the door. Firefighters are not in the job to become heroes. They do the job to help as many people as they can. These are the men who run into burning buildings when everyone is running out. Every firefighter knows that when they go into work they may not come home. Every firefighter knows the reality of responding to their "last alarm." FFs work long hours. Most paid departments work 24 hour shifts during which they face the possibility of death from vehicle accidents responding to scenes, being hit by cars on scene, as well as backdrafts, flashovers, BLEVEs, rollovers, flameovers, structure collapses, smoke inhalation, and getting lost in a fire and running out of air. FFs perish everyday walking "the thin red line."
These men put everything on the line to help those in need. Every effort should be made to support them. While it's true FFs spend 95% of their time sitting on their asses, the other 5% is spent doing hard, tiring, grueling, and dangerous work. FFs deal with a lot of issues from different scenes. It's not easy to see people burned up, dismembered, and die. Personally, I remember every death and cardiac arrest I've seen. It stays with you. Pray for these men in Japan that they make it out safe and pray for the firefighters at your local department that they can go home safely to see their wives, husbands, and children.
