{"id":9382,"date":"2011-09-03T18:47:09","date_gmt":"2011-09-03T09:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=9382"},"modified":"2011-09-03T18:47:09","modified_gmt":"2011-09-03T09:47:09","slug":"a-perfect-compass-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=9382","title":{"rendered":"A Perfect Compass Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/aads.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/aads.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"314\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9384\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwhen the nuclear plant exploded, the government marked off a 20 km radius surrounding the plant as an evacuation zone.  and a 30 km radius as a voluntary evacuation zone.  going through and meeting people in these &#8220;so called&#8221; evacuation areas made me think about something.  &#8220;who the heck decided this?  and with what kind of facts did they come across?&#8221;  how could a perfect line decide where&#8217;s safe and where&#8217;s not?  yes, some places in the area had high levels of radiation, but at the same time, some places didn&#8217;t.  anyway, i just read an article of a man who is living in the 20 km radius and is refusing to leave.  here&#8217;s his comment.  a comment which i have to totally agree with.<br \/>\n&#8220;We have invested millions in developing a system to measure radiation,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But it is like the whole thing is being decided by someone behind a desk with a 500 yen ($5) compass.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/afads.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/afads.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"465\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9385\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwe&#8217;ve been right to the 20 km line about 4 times.  our counter was reading low levels in minami soma, but as soon as we left the 30 km area, it started beeping and the readings went way up.  i feel sorry for some of the people that got kicked out of their homes which are totally safe to live in.  and i also feel sorry for the people that live outside the evacuation zone that are breathing in radiation for the past 6 months.<br \/>\nexperts are saying it will take decades, or even centuries before some places will be safe again.  that&#8217;s got to be really frustrating!!!!!<br \/>\nthe next time somebody wants to build a nuclear plant, i&#8217;m going front row to protest it!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>when the nuclear plant exploded, the government marked off a 20 km radius surrounding the plant as an evacuation zone. and a 30 km radius as a voluntary evacuation zone. going through and meeting people in these &#8220;so called&#8221; evacuation areas made me think about something. &#8220;who the heck decided this? and with what kind [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[497],"class_list":{"0":"post-9382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs","7":"tag-no-nukes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}