Pegasus Research Consortium

Greetings:

Have you seen this debris (http://www.google.com/search?q=tsunami+debris+photo&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvnsu&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Jn-cTsDoEIS4tge456X3Dw&ved=0CB8QsAQ&biw=786&bih=970)?

16 October 2011
Tsunami Debris Found 3,000 km Out To Sea (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-16/tsunami-debris-spotted-far-from-japan/3573498)

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PHOTO: Houses, cars and boats were swept out to sea in the tsunami that engulfed Japan in March (Yomiuri: Reuters)

Coming soon to a beach near you?

Probably not, unless you live on the West Coast of North America.

Evidently, TPTB seem to have misplaced/lost/forgot about/intentionally buried this information.

QuoteA crew onboard a Russian ship has spotted debris from Japan's tsunami floating 3,000 kilometres out into the Pacific.

It is believed to be the first confirmed sighting of tsunami debris so far out into the ocean.

Yeah, right.

Too many qualifiers in that statement for starters... first - confirmed - so far out...

Accepting the term "first," leaves confirmed - have there been unconfirmed reports of this ecological disaster?

And so far out - meaning that there may have been/were sightings/reports closer in?

They would like to have one believe that NOAA, EPA, Navy Space Command, Dept. of Fisheries, etc. have no clue of where this/these thing/s is/are.

Let's help our country!

We propose a "treasure hunt" - find the debris island/s - and perhaps name them yourself - just like comets.

Just think: Debris Island #2 - (your name here) or something like that.

We propose this naming contest of this and future debris islands to commence now.

We propose this for this first one:

American Resource Island One

Wouldn't want them Commies sneaking in and stealing OUR island - after all, Japan sent it to US.

Perhaps we can track it/them like satellites and the military will grant us access to float paths and ETA America - and where.

Since this debris might be radioactive to some degree, (Gee, Wally, will the EPA/USGOV release this information before Christmas?), it might not be prudent to launch the The Raging Queen to sail out and claim such island for recycling just at this moment.

Claim it & Name it!

Besides, if you wait, the island will continue to come closer so as to make the return trip with ships laden with those valuable recyclables less costly. You just pull up along side an island with your sea-worthy MRF on barges, claim it, name it and go to work.

Just think of the possibilities!

FREE resources... just look at what you may find:

[uote]Among the wreckage was a television set, a refrigerator and a small boat registered in Fukushima.

The crew of the Russian ship recovered the boat and is now trying to trace its Japanese owner.[/quote]

QuoteMembers of the US Navy's 7th fleet, near the coast of Japan, say they've never seen anything like it. Houses, cars, even tractor trailers bobbing in the ocean have become a threat to shipping traffic.

"It's very challenging to move through these to consider these boats run on propellers and that these fishing nets or other debris can be dangerous to the vessels that are actually trying to do the work," Ensign Vernon Dennis said. "So getting through some of these obstacles doesn't make much sense if you are going to actually cause more debris by having your own vessel become stuck in one of these waterways."

source (http://abcnews.go.com/International/japan-tsunami-debris-disaster-heading-us-west-coast/story?id=13315991)

Wonder what a salt-encrusted Peterbilt is worth "offshore?"

Is this another elephant in the room that has been merely overlooked or simply swept under the rug?

With the collective intellect and investigative talent of the members here on ATS, it shouldn't be too hard to track this/these looming disasters?

Wonder if a satellite-based thermal imaging system would be of any help here?

zorgon (http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/mem/zorgon), what about those milsats you hacked and/or were granted access to? Any thermal imaging technology out there available? Care to provide any of those pics you're hoarding, just waiting to be asked for?

What about access to those satellites that got those great hi-res photos of Fukushima Dai-ichi?

Although, one might postulate that there already have been tracking devices implanted on these floating islands of death - after all, wouldn't that have been the prudent thing to do once they knew these blobs existed?

But then, if one began back-tracking and connecting the dots on this wriggling tentacle and were able to prove that these tracking devices are, in fact, in place, and/or information - (other that released here by ABC (Australian Broadcasting Company) News - exists that proves this story just another spin within a spin) that would indicate another conspiracy (within a conspiracy - how many layers does this particularly odiferous onion have ?), designed to disenfranchise the world populace of potentially significant information that might mean the difference in life as we experience it now or a poisoned landscape and a slow, agonizing death by continual radiation poisoning from the multiple melt-throughs at Fukushima Dai-ichi 24/7/365.


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Read more of our October 2011 story here...

Fukushima Tsunami Debris Found 5,200 km From San Francisco - ETA America When? (http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread765830/pg1)

Oh joy.  I had been hearing of debris floating up on Our shores that were attributed to Fukushima.  But nothing like this.

I want to name that one in the pic, Amatarasu's Fire Island.

If the Navy saw this stuff, why not fire off a few rounds as target practice and sink it. They love to blow stuff up. They do it all the time. Bring in a few super carriers and let the fly boys at it too.

Posting to be on the subscribe list for future posts.

Deuem

Originally posted by thorfourwinds 7 December 2011
Debris Island (http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread672665/pg1)

Greetings:

Perhaps an update/recap on this impending environmental crisis is due.

Let's review some MSM coverage in chronological order to understand what is being foisted upon an unsuspecting public...

From over a year ago:

8 April 2011
Japanese tsunami debris to reach West Coast in 2014 (http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/08/bc-japan-tsunami-debris-drift.html)

Quote...According to modelling by Nikolai Maximenko and Jan Hafner at the International Pacific Research Center at the University of Hawaii, the trash could reach Hawaii's main island by March 2013, before eventually washing ashore on the West Coast in 2014...

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11 April 2011
Japan tsunami debris headed towards U.S... (http://www.huliq.com/12079/japan-tsunami-debris-field-headed-towards-us-may-offer-grisly-finds-shore)

Quote...The huge mass of an ocean debris field from the tsunami in Japan is headed towards the West Coast and Hawaii. The ruins of houses, cars, trees along with human remains are just some of the things contained in this floating island.

When the debris field hits the U.S. shores, some very disturbing and grisly findings could be among the garbage that floats in, according to NPR. (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/04/08/135232738/cars-houses-human-remains-debris-from-japan-is-headed-toward-u-s)

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This U.S. Navy photo shows, from above, debris in the coastal waters off Japan on March 13. Tires and parts of buildings are among the things floating. (MC3 Dylan McCord/AP)

QuoteVancouver News (http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Tsunami+debris+heading+West+Coast+causes+chaos+Pacific/4584062/story.html) reports that a floating island, of bodies and debris is causing chaos in Pacific shipping lanes.

This island is approximately 70 miles long and just one of the many islands of floating debris in the Pacific right now headed toward the US coast.

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QuoteThe debris mass, which appears as an island from the air, contains cars, trucks, tractors, boats and entire houses floating in the current heading toward the U.S. and Canada, according to ABC News. (http://abcnews.go.com/International/japan-tsunami-debris-disaster-heading-us-west-coast/story?id=13315991&page=2#.Tt-ded0qMp8)

Over 200,000 buildings were washed away by the tsunami with their debris included in this field of garbage floating towards the U.S. and Canada.

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30 June 2011
Floating debris washed out to sea from the Japanese tsunami is expected to reach Hawaii's albatross islands next year (http://www.acap.aq/latest-news/floating-debris-washed-out-to-sea-from-the-japanese-tsunami-is-expected-to-reach-hawaiis-albatross-islands-next-year)

QuoteThe effects of this debris on the albatross populations of the North Pacific will only become known in time.

Already, they are at risk from ingesting small floating plastic items (such as cigarette lighters, toothbrushes and toy soldiers) which they mistake for food. 

These items are then regurgitated to their chicks, causing deaths among Laysan Phoebastria immutabilis and Black-footed P. nigripes Albatrosses at such breeding sites as Kure and Midway Atolls.

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Black-footed Albatross. Photograph by James Lloyd


15 October 2011
Floating Japanese Boat Picked Up near Midway Islands (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2793399/posts)

Quote...The boat of about six meters long was found among an array of debris such as home appliances about 3,200 kilometers away from Japan on Sept. 22, about six months after the disaster, according to the University of Hawaii's International Pacific Research Center.

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QuoteThe boat, picked up by a Russian ship while in training, had a Japanese word reading Fukushima written on its body, according to the research center.

The boat had a "normal" radiation level, posing no imminent threat to human health, according to the research center.

The debris is expected to reach the shore of Hawaiian islands as early as January.

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24 October 2011
Floating Island of Debris Headed to the West Coast (http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/Floating-Island-of-Debris-Headed-to-the-West-Coast-132500953.html)

March 11, 2011
Tsunami waves crash over Japan, wiping out entire communities, sweeping everything that isn't nailed down out to sea: 200,000 houses, cars, boats, refrigerators, furniture...

You name it...

And this is where it all is today...

Giant fields of floating debris in the middle of the Pacific Ocean...

Coming to a beach near you?


Peace Love Light
tfw
Liberty & Equality or Revolution

24 October 2011
Floating Island of Debris Headed to the West Coast (http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/Floating-Island-of-Debris-Headed-to-the-West-Coast-132500953.html)

Giant fields of floating debris in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

U.S. Navy ships have had to steer around the islands of garbage, and now the discovery that it's moving faster than scientists had expected.

They now project some of it will hit the Midway Islands by January.

Currents would sweep it to the U.S. west coast in 2013, and back to the main Hawaiian islands in 2014 and 2015...


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25 October 2011
Tsunami Debris Floating Fast Toward Hawaii : Discovery News (http://news.discovery.com/earth/tsunami-debris-floating-fast-towards-hawaii-111025.html)

Quote..."Different objects are moving at different speeds. Lighter objects are positioned higher in the water and are more influenced by wind," Hafner said. "Our model is more suitable for heavy objects."

A chunk of Styrofoam sits so high above the water, it acts as a sail and is whisked along by the wind, whereas a piece of wooden furniture is only moved by the ocean currents.

The new estimate is that lighter objects like Styrofoam will surf onto Midway's beaches this coming winter. Japanese debris won't hit Hawaii until early 2013, a few months earlier than expected.

The West Coast still probably won't see debris until approximately five years after the tsunami originally struck...

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4 November 2011
SPECIAL REPORT: Tsunami Trash: Adrift to Hawaii - Hawaii News ... (http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/15957620/special-report-tsunami-trash-adrift-to-hawaii)

QuoteMore than 20 million tons of trash was deposited into the Pacific Ocean last March when a tsunami ravaged coastal areas around Japan, a mind-boggling amount considering that's around ten times the amount that usually winds up in the Pacific each year.

Scientists believe some of that trash is floating towards the Hawaiian Islands, and concern for Hawaii's environment and our maritime industry is growing...

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Quote"Does it make sense to go out and get it and handle it at sea?

People are asking, industry folks are asking.

Or is it like some folks have said, and just wait until it hits us."

Intensifying the problem is the fact that this is just the beginning of this story.

Maximenko believes the tsunami trash will hit us more than once...

22 November 2011
Tsunami Debris Could Hit Mid-Pacific Island Soon (http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/east-pacific/Tsunami-Debris-Could-Hit-Mid-Pacific-Island-Soon-134312748.html)

Quote...The researchers say it is a common misconception that the debris is in a compact area, which would make it easy to track via satellites in space or other monitoring equipment.

Instead, oceanographers estimate the debris field is approximately 3,700 kilometers (2,300 miles) long and 1,800 kilometers (1,100 miles) wide.??

Officials of agencies responsible for the Pacific Ocean environment say they are still grappling with how to formulate mitigation plans after learning some of the mess could begin accumulating on west-facing beaches of the Hawaiian islands as soon as March, 2012...

'This influx of tsunami debris, it's hard to tell right now exactly the beginning and the end.

But based on our kind of statistical predictions we expect to see the tsunami debris for less than one year from about September, 2013 on the West Coast,' Hafner said...

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Marine debris on the Hawaiian coast (Image Credit: NOAA)


May we pose this question?

Are we going to sit idly by and wait until these debris islands invade the Hawaiian Islands and then the West Coast of North America all the way from San Diego to Vancouver, B.C.?

Hell no, we won't glow!

Damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead!


Peace Love Light
tfw
Liberty & Equality or Revolution

Quote from: Amaterasu on May 25, 2012, 06:36:46 AM
Oh joy.  I had been hearing of debris floating up on Our shores that were attributed to Fukushima.  But nothing like this.

I want to name that one in the pic, Amaterasu's Fire Island.

Greetings:

So be it.

Here is a plan to develop your newly-acquired real estate...

Are we going to wait until these debris islands invade the Hawaiian Islands and then the West Coast of North America all the way from San Diego to Vancouver, B.C.?

Or, are there any ideas to meet this challenge on the high seas before possible irreparable damage is done to the fragile eco-culture that now flourishes on the West Coast of America?

We thinks it was perhaps a few pages back where we suggested a floating materials recycling facility (MRF). Replace the dump truck with a few purpose-fitted tugboats (that towed the MRF-on-a-barge to Amaterasu's Fire Island.), pull up alongside the resource debris island, and go to work.



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Here's a MRF for the recycling of domestic waste.

Materials recovery facility - Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materials_recovery_facility)


Or something like this:

QuoteThe Materials Recovery Facility uses single stream technology to automatically sort the paper, plastic, cans and glass collected at curbside in San José.

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1.   As incoming material moves along a conveyer belt, workers pull out large items, cardboard and plastic bags and toss them into bins. Unusable trash is thrown away.

   2.   The recyclables move into a double-deck screening machine that separates newspapers, mixed paper and containers into separate streams. Material bounces over rows of square wheels spinning 1,000 times per minute. Blasts of air dislodge cans and bottles from newspapers. Gaps between rollers allow smaller items to fall onto conveyer belts.

   3.   Workers again pull out any trash and discard it.

   4.   Next is the trommel-mag - a large, rotating tube with small holes in the sides and an electromagnet at one end. Small items such as bottle caps fall through holes. The electromagnet snags tin cans. Then it's on to the air classifier, where a powerful fan blows lightweight aluminum and plastic onto one conveyer, and heavier glass falls onto another. Workers sort glass and plastics.

   5.   An electromagnetic device diverts aluminum cans into a storage bin.

Garbage & Recycling - Materials Recovery Facility (MRF (http://www.sjrecycles.org/residents/mrf.asp)

Or even just a few balers for plastic and process the bales back on the mainland.



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Let's suppose you can get $0.30/Lbs for Scrap Plastic.

A 10" cylinder baler would produce at the minimum 1,400 lb. bales of LDPE @ $420/bale; 1,000 bales = $420,000.


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and probably 1,000+ lbs. bales of HDPE; @ $300/bale; 1,000 bales = $300,000.

2,000 mixed bales = approximately three-quarters of a million dollars.

$750,000.00

One would be willing to bet that there are some very big players thinking about this with that kind of money on the table.

Wonder what the legal aspect of a venture of this type would be.

Can one just "claim" all or part of a debris island?

Do the laws of the high seas apply and it can be claimed as salvage?

Can one even find it?


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How big is your transport ship?


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How many bales fit in a container?

How many containers fit on your transport ship?


Something... anything pro-active.

How about a team of like-minded individuals to look into this as an opportunity to provide a much-needed service that should actually be more than self-sustaining?

After all, we start with (free) resources being delivered closer to our shores everyday.

By natural selection, won't these islands will have "organized" themselves into like-masses, if you will?

Please add your ideas here in this thread so that others may see the light and help to implement THE PLAN TO SAVE AMERICA FROM FUKUSHIMA (again).


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Peace Love Light
tfw
Liberty & Equality or Revolution

I like all of Your ideas, Thor.  I wish I was in a position to implement them on Amaterasu's Fire Island.  [sigh]

Nice...free land, come one and all! Bring a bucket!
Its pretty obvious as with any tsunami there will be a floating debris patch, but what isnt on top is on the bottom and in the entire water table. Think of the heavier than water items that have been strewn along the bottom as these items sink and biodegrade.
Heavy metals, toxic waste, and a whole host of things that have ended up on the bottom are down ther, and spread far and wide!
Also, what about all the oil based products like plastic and such? They will be around forever, and will never biodegrade in our lifetime.
Of course, one has to wonder...what part of the debris is actual radioactive material, and not just radiated junk? If there is a lot of radioactive material mixed in, will the rest of the debris keep it afloat until it reaches here?
I picture a block of exposed plutonium, in a rusted barrel, floating over to me while Im at the beach, and saying, Hello, let me kill you! Argh!

I guarantee some of that floating pile is actual radioactive fuel and waste, whether in barrels, or kept afloat by the other stuff around it, to be delivered to our coasts, and Hawaii as well.

Geiger counters? Get em if you can!

Heres what we do with our trash in Pinellas County, Fl. it wont save the world, but it is a definite way to make a difference.
http://www.pinellascounty.org/utilities/wte.htm

Cheers!
Littleenki

Quote from: Littleenki on May 26, 2012, 09:44:42 PM
Nice...free land, come one and all! Bring a bucket!

Its pretty obvious as with any tsunami there will be a floating debris patch, but what isnt on top is on the bottom and in the entire water table. Think of the heavier than water items that have been strewn along the bottom as these items sink and biodegrade.

Heavy metals, toxic waste, and a whole host of things that have ended up on the bottom are down ther, and spread far and wide!

Also, what about all the oil based products like plastic and such? They will be around forever, and will never biodegrade in our lifetime.

Of course, one has to wonder...what part of the debris is actual radioactive material, and not just radiated junk? If there is a lot of radioactive material mixed in, will the rest of the debris keep it afloat until it reaches here?

I picture a block of exposed plutonium, in a rusted barrel, floating over to me while Im at the beach, and saying, Hello, let me kill you! Argh!

I guarantee some of that floating pile is actual radioactive fuel and waste, whether in barrels, or kept afloat by the other stuff around it, to be delivered to our coasts, and Hawaii as well.

Geiger counters? Get em if you can!

Heres what we do with our trash in Pinellas County, Fl. it wont save the world, but it is a definite way to make a difference.

http://www.pinellascounty.org/utilities/wte.htm

Cheers!
Littleenki

Greetings:


Originally posted by zworld
reply to post by thorfourwinds (http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread765830/pg2#pid12997054)

This from our friend zworld:

Interesting discussion.

I'd forgotten about that stuff.

And yes, it is highly radiated, even the stuff that came out with the first tsunami waves and far removed from Fukushima. It was radiated by the atmospheric plumes that emitted continuously since March 12th and that researchers believe carried 90% of Fukushima's radiation away from Japan and over the Pacific Ocean.

The path that these plumes followed mirrored the path of the current dispersion patterns that the debris is taking east into the Pacific. This debris in fact could be the most radiated debris on the planet right now.

Picture the plume that came out of Fukushima on March 18th and 19th. It was a massive surge that dispersed with the winds directly over the top of the debris fields heading east from the tsunami. And it was raining lightly at the time. Much of this plume dispersed on top of that debris field. How much stuck we will probably never know.

The debris field is simulated to be the size of California. Its headed straight for the British Columbia-sized Garbage Patch.

Will one stop the other, side swipe, miss completely, or push both towards the West Coast?

No one knows.

http://beachcombersalert.blogspot.com/

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OSCURS (Ocean Surface CURrent Simulator) computations showed the locations of the debris field as of October 31, 2011.

OSCURS, as well as independent simulations from the University of Hawaii, showed the debris field stretched over an area the size of the state of California.

Winds and currents had pushed the leading edge of the debris field, the flotsam closest to America, half way across the Pacific to a position north of Hawaii.

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However, all of this debris has to first make it past America's frontline defense for this type of invasion, our Garbage Patch. It is more massive than the debris field that is approaching, and is locked in position it seems.

(http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/newsletters/newsletter_sections/iprc_climate_vol8_2/tracking_ocean_debris.pdf%5Bsource%5B/url)

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The two regions where most drifters collect or converge are in the eastern North and South Pacific. In the North Pacific this place lies between Hawaii and California and has been recently identified as the location of the Great Floating Garbage Patch, a huge cluster of partly defragmented plastic and ghost nets and other flotsam endangering marine life.

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Good grief, Charlie Brown!

tfw

I feel like a piece of cheap bologna sandwiched between two garbage patch slices of stale bread! Good grief is right!

What troubles me, is the willingness of our leaders to accept the fact that a garbage patch even exists at all.
I mean, damn folks, doesnt that show us our ways of disposal and sanitation are wrong and half assed?

Radiation aside, how long can our fineleaders ignore these insnae anomalies of our current world? How can they justify the status quo, as the piles grow bigger and bigger?

Have any of you ever heard of this place , in West central Florida, where we have a cutting edge refuse to energy plant?
http://www.pinellascounty.org/utilities/wte-diagrams.htm
Its the new era for garbage disposal, and the tech is a must for us as humans.

We must learn to return the mass we create as garbage to the environment in a safer way, and recycle the rest with a near lunatic level of passion for such ideas.
Tell your local leaders about this tech and how you want it for your city! We did, and lo and behold, they built it!

Cheers!
Littleenki

Dave...  You ask, "how long can our fineleaders ignore these insnae anomalies of our current world? How can they justify the status quo, as the piles grow bigger and bigger?"

The leaders We see are puppets.  The hidden TRUE leaders WANT this.  They don't care about Us and the planet as a whole - not in the short term.  They want to eliminate most of Us, enslave the rest, scour the planet, reseed it with the seeds in the Norway seed bank, and start something They control completely.

Whether any "leader" We sees cares or not...Their hands are tied to the puppet master's strings.

Quote from: Amaterasu on May 28, 2012, 02:32:20 PM
Dave...  You ask, "how long can our fineleaders ignore these insnae anomalies of our current world? How can they justify the status quo, as the piles grow bigger and bigger?"

The leaders We see are puppets.  The hidden TRUE leaders WANT this.  They don't care about Us and the planet as a whole - not in the short term.  They want to eliminate most of Us, enslave the rest, scour the planet, reseed it with the seeds in the Norway seed bank, and start something They control completely.

Whether any "leader" We sees cares or not...Their hands are tied to the puppet master's strings.

Yep! Right you are, Amy, but we as people have only so much we can do to make a difference, so we are destined to become dinner for those puppets one day.Nope, not me!

I truly feel leaders are thrust into positions they have no experience for, or clue, as to how to achieve anything to benefit their constituents,and enter public service as a result of the collective desire of all of us to find a savior. We vote for the least evil option, and usually get the most after all is said and done.

They get molded into our worst fears.

As an advocate for free thinking and the collective conscious, I see the use of leaders as a set of tools to shape us and allow us to build and create infrastructures that have no use to any of us, but do to the PTB. We are the sheep and they are the shepherds, and as the Bible said, we should follow the shepherd, right? NOT!

As far as an illuminati or another group of humans or even EBE's, it seems something horrible is trying to destroy us from the inside out, and use us against ourselves like the two chaps in the rockem sockem robot game. Watching us kill and murder our neighbors with impunity and all the while thinking..."I should make some popcorn for this big show"

We are the leaders and we are the PTB when it comes to our minds, and for us to give up and roll over for them to control such, is unacceptable. We have the sharpest tool in the shed, with our collective, and should start using it right away.

Our Friday Flight was successful on a tiny level, but could grow to an exponentially greater course of action if we try. I challenge everyone who reads this, to join Amy, myself, and the others who have silently joined into the FF trip at midnight EST, and ask yourself what you want from you world and fellow man.And while there, tell it what you want!

If we begin to change the collective mindset, it would be the proverbial snowball rolling down the mountain. if we attempt to do something with the tools we have, our minds, we can make a change. Overwhelm the bad and negative thoughts with good and pure ones, and see the difference a little effort makes.

Stop pushing the stalled lawnmower through the grass, and let's start the damn thing and get the lawn mowed!!!!

I know youre with me, Amy, and each friday so far, Ive felt a presence of many with me as I enjoy the peaceful time together in that big room full of murmurs, and maybe everyone here can see what weve seen on that midnight run!

If we try to take back our minds and fail, it's ok, because we tried, and thats the name of the game...dont be a sheep, and dont become the next meal for the PTB and their wicked dinner plan!

Cheers!
Littleenki

I have good expectations that others will join Us, Dave.  [smile]  And I expect We will win.

Quote from: Amaterasu on May 28, 2012, 03:16:10 PM
I have good expectations that others will join Us, Dave.  [smile]  And I expect We will win.

BIG SMILE!
We will win, and it's that positive power that will be our rolling thunder, over the evil entities we so have become oppresed by!

Taking back the collective, one thought at a time!
Littleenki

Beach crews will hunt tsunami debris beginning Monday (http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120624/news/306249990/beach-crews-will-hunt-tsunami-debris-beginning-monday)

QuoteOLYMPIA — The state Department of Ecology on Monday will begin its first efforts to locate and remove debris that has arrived on the coasts since the March 11, 2011, Japanese tsunami — but only on southern Washington beaches.

Ecology will deploy three six-member crews from the Washington Conservation Corps to some of the beaches where possible tsunami debris has been reported.

Those beaches include North Beach from Moclips to Ocean Shores, South Beach from Westport to Washaway Beach, and the Long Beach Peninsula.

"It's the first volley," said Linda Kent, spokeswoman for Ecology.

We're going to see what we can do and what we encounter."
...

The crews have been contracted for four days to assess the extent of the debris and need for further removal efforts.

The Conservation Corps' AmeriCorps members and staff will work with community volunteers and staff from the state Parks and Recreation Commission to identify and remove debris.

The state Department of Health believes it is highly unlikely any tsunami debris is radioactive, but it is considered possible that containers with hazardous materials such as oil drums or fuel canisters will wash ashore.

In such cases, those who discover the items are urged to refrain from touching or trying to remove them.


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Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5070, or at arwyn.rice@peninsuladailynews.com.

Last modified: June 23. 2012 5:23PM



Contact phone numbers

Instead, anyone encountering oil or hazardous materials on state beaches should phone 800-OILS-911 (800-645-7911).

Other numbers are the National Response Center at 800-424-8802 and the state Military Department Emergency Management Division at 800-258-5990.

If boaters encounter large debris items still in the water, phone the National Response Center at 800-424-8802.

Members of the public are requested to report debris sightings to NOAA at disasterdebris@noaa.gov.

Ecology's guide for what to do when encountering tsunami debris is at http://tinyurl.com/debrisguide (http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2012/itn01_debris.html).

For details on marine debris, visit www.marinedebris.noaa.gov/tsunamidebris (http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/tsunamidebris/).




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Tsunami Debris Cleanup: Everybody do your share (http://enformable.com/2012/06/tsunami-debris-cleanup-everybody-do-your-share/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Enformable+%28Enformable%29)

QuoteGoshi Hosono, the Japanese Environment Minister announced that Japan will send a team of experts from JEAN, a Tokyo-based non-governmental organization that deals with ocean waste problems, to the United States to study and monitor the impact of debris from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami as it reaches shores on the west coast.

Hosono said addressing the issue of tsunami debris hitting overseas coasts is quite important, and the government will help affected areas to tackle the problem.

QuoteAccording to modelling by Nikolai Maximenko and Jan Hafner at the International Pacific Research Center at the University of Hawaii, the trash could reach Hawaii's main island by March 2013, before eventually washing ashore on the West Coast in 2014.

Observers in the region have already seen whole buildings, boats and cars floating off the coast of Eastern Japan. Experts say storms will likely break apart more fragile debris, but that sturdier items, like boats, could reach the beaches intact.

"In a year, the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument will see pieces washing up on its shores.

In two years, the remaining Hawaiian islands will see some effects," the researchers said in a statement on their website.

In three years, the plume will reach the U.S. West Coast, dumping debris on Californian beaches and the beaches of British Columbia, Alaska and Baja California.

The debris will then drift into the famous North Pacific garbage patch, where it will wander around and break into smaller and smaller pieces," they said.

"In five years, Hawaii shores can expect to see another barrage of debris that is stronger and longer lasting than the first one.

Much of the debris leaving the North Pacific garbage patch ends up on Hawaii's reefs and beaches."  source (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/04/08/bc-japan-tsunami-debris-drift.html)



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The Japanese Tsunami Debris Field

QuoteOfficials estimate about 5 million tons of debris was carried away in the tsunami.

Currently, the bulk of the debris is north of Hawaii, it is estimated that 70 percent of the 5 million tons sank near Japan, whatever is washing up now is only a reminder of the pending arrivals which should peak sometime in late 2013 or even later.

It is estimated that over 1.5 million tons of debris is still drifting in the Pacific, recently a portion of a destroyed house was washed up near the northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula, about 120 miles west of Seattle on the Makah Indian Reservation, the most recent bizarre offering of the sea.

Didn't the Makah just get $25 million (http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120624/NEWS/306249997/0/news/tribes-start-receiving-settlement-money-makah-are-beneficiaries-of) from the USGOV? (We, the people)?

Mayhaps they want an investment opportunity.
 

QuoteOther notable objects have included a boat, which was sunk, another boat which washed ashore at Cape Disappointment State Park, a freight container containing a motorcycle, a 66 foot dock (which cost over $80,000 to have the structure removed from the beach), the list continues to grow.

Somebody got over on that one. The salvage value of the steel alone is more than that.

Seems to us that 'beach clean-up and recovery' just might be a booming business... how about funding from the Makah Indians?

QuoteBut new scientific models from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have some debris passing near or washing ashore the Hawaiian Islands as early as this winter, then approaching Canada's coast in 2013 before circling back to the mid-Pacific.

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Tsunami debris threatens NW Jobs and Wildlife (http://lutetimes.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/tsunami-debris-threat-to-nw-jobs-and-wildlife-cleanup-difficult/)

QuoteOcean debris is an ongoing problem for marine life around the world. Debris from the Japanese tsunami in March is amplifying the problem and is headed toward the Northwest.

By 2014, an incalculable amount of debris will arrive near Washington State.

Sen. Maria Cantwell says that the debris is a threat to jobs and economic security in Washington State. She urged the Senate to help fund tsunami debris cleanup.

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The kind of debris potentially on its way across the Pacific Ocean.

QuoteScientists and activists have been working for years to rid oceans of toxic marine debris.
Groups like NOAA and Andrea Neal's Blue Ocean Science have been heavily involved in marine debris cleanup. But, even without tsunami debris from Japan, expeditions to clean debris have difficult to fund.

Maria Cantwell's plea to the Senate was successful, in part.

"From her efforts, funds have been allocated to NOAA to be given to other organizations," said Neal.

"Those funds have not been allocated yet, and it's a long lengthy process."


Sounds like the usual feet-dragging...
so let's go look at 'our' representatives at work:


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NOAA Habitat Conservation (http://www.habitat.noaa.gov/funding/marinedebris.html)

Marine Debris

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Through NOAA's Marine Debris Program, the NOAA Restoration Center administers the Community-based Marine Debris Prevention and Removal Grants Program. This funding supports locally driven, community-based marine debris prevention and removal projects that benefit coastal habitat, waterways, and wildlife including migratory fish.

With this grant program, NOAA has funded 64 marine debris removal projects and removed more than 3,200 metric tons of marine debris from our oceans since 2006.

About Marine Debris

Marine debris is a global problem that affects the environment, human safety, and commerce. It includes any material that is disposed of or abandoned in the marine environment, ranging from a plastic bottle thrown on the beach, to a ship that has been abandoned on a sand bar, or fishing gear trapped under the sea. The debris can be found on shorelines and beaches around the world, near the coast where most fishing is done, and floating in the open ocean, thousands of miles from its point of entry.

Marine debris can scour, break, smother, and otherwise damage important marine habitat, such as coral reefs. Many of these habitats serve as the basis of marine ecosystems and thus they are critical to the survival of many other species. Wildlife can also ingest or become entangled in marine debris.

Together with our partners, NOAA is working to research, prevent, and reduce marine debris, as well as educate the public to become better stewards of our oceans.

The deadline to apply for this funding opportunity is November 1, 2011.

For more information, click on the links below:

Federal Funding Opportunity (http://www.habitat.noaa.gov/pdf/marine_debris_2011_FFO.pdf)

Submit proposals online at Grants.gov (http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=876QTVXVDdJG5jgpGQ4splXrvwbDl73HtHQNJ7fyYygj6KpHynhY!1527577127?oppId=116793&mode=VIEW)
Supplemental Instructions (http://www.habitat.noaa.gov/pdf/marine_debris_2011_supplemental_instructions.pdf)



Well, so much for that.

QuoteNeal says that government funds can take up to a year to be allocated to groups, so they often rely on donations and private funding.

Regardless of funding, efforts are underway to start cleaning tsunami debris now.

Groups like NOAA and Blue Ocean Science (http://www.blueoceansciences.org/) are working together, developing a plan to tackle the threat of tsunami debris throughout the Pacific Ocean. There are also groups on the land, preparing to address debris as it washes up on the coast.

However, the cleanup effort has yet to begin.

QuoteLittle is known about the tsunami debris.

Estimates put the size of the debris anywhere from 26-200 million tons.

Very little is known about debris toxicity and types of debris.

WHY?

QuoteSmall plastics and chemicals are difficult to clean. Small plastic particles are big enough for fish to consume, but too small for nets and other standard items used in cleaning marine debris.

Chemicals can be dangerous to marine life and those cleaning it.

If some objects are radioactive, this makes it even more difficult to clean because of the danger to those cleaning it.

Why wasn't this disaster-in-the-making addressed months ago by our 'authorities?

Why would any right-thinking individual wait until this mess in on the homeland beaches?

What's really the agenda here?

QuoteNeal and Sen. Cantwell both agree that something needs to be done quickly. Tsunami debris is expected to begin arriving on the Washington coast in 2014.

But, Neal says that people shouldn't worry excessively about this problem.

The debris is being monitored, and wildlife and fish are heavily monitored by the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the fishing industry.

Quote...people shouldn't worry excessively about this problem.

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This is the source of our concerns about the debris...


New Unbelievable Pictures of Fukushima (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb5zT8D-Ppc&feature=plcp)


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Thor, thank you for the update!

While I was looking, I found this!
Just a bit of garbage on the Oregon Coast!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px8k8kQziMo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px8k8kQziMo

It looks unoccupied...  Maybe I can live there!

Quote from: Amaterasu on June 24, 2012, 09:14:34 PM
It looks unoccupied...  Maybe I can live there!

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Liked that did Ye? [grin]

Quote from: Amaterasu on July 01, 2012, 01:22:02 PM
Liked that did Ye? [grin]

Happy Sunday, Sweetheart.

Tom arrives up here today and we'll have him over on the 4th for a grilling, errrr... a BBQ and fireworks (we get our stuff from the factory in TN and it's barely legal) - we're known to put on a pretty good show... which you will be a part of soon.

Stay focused, happy and positive.

Love
Thor

Chin is up, smile on My face, and anticipation grows in My garden.  [smile]

SOOO looking forward!  Can hardly wait to meet the cats!

Hey guys!

Ill be in Tally, on the 4th Thor, so Ill look Northeast for those big ones from TN!

Happy Sunday to y'all, and hey Amy you dont want to live on that radioactive floating dock! (very funny though!!!!)

Although it could be the world's largest microwave oven....

Cheers!
Dave

Ya think, Dave?  [grin]  [wink]

And we thought government weather manipulation was going to be the big story of the summer...





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A 132-ton concrete dock from Japan has washed ashore at Oregon's Agate Beach State Park. Ripped loose from Japan during last year's tsunami, it's now drawing thousands of gawkers to the shoreline.

Fishermen and other boat operators met Saturday with officials to talk about the dangers of debris floating in the Pacific Ocean from the last year's tsunami in Japan, such as this dock that washed up at Agate Beach on the Oregon coast early in June. .


Fishermen, Oregon officials discuss dangers of tsunami debris at sea (http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/06/fishermen_oregon_officials_dis.html)

Published: Saturday, June 30, 2012, 9:33 PM

Commercial fisherman Mark Schneider said he watched a refrigerator float past his boat, Sea Princess, while he and his crew were salmon fishing on Thursday near Newport.

The refrigerator was presumably part of a wave of debris coming into the Oregon coast in the aftermath of Japan's 2011 tsunami.

Quote"If I had hit that (refrigerator) it might have put a big chunk in my boat," said Schneider, who works out of Newport.

He was part of a group of fishing and shipping representatives who met Saturday morning in Newport with Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Kurt Schrader, both D-Ore., to brainstorm possible solutions to the dangers of tsunami debris. The meeting included 20 representatives from steamship and tugboat operators, as well as commercial and sport fishermen.

Schneider and many other fishermen share the same concern:

How to stay safe in the water.

Although most of the debris is small, (remember this statement) the massive dock with Japanese lettering that washed ashore on Agate Beach early in June has prompted worries that similar debris will continue to arrive.

You mean like this?


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Debris is strewn across the shore of Montague Island near Seward, Alaska, in this June 6, 2012 photo provided by Chris Pallister. (Chris Pallister/AP Photo)



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The japanese dock, part of the debris from the tsunami, hit the shore just south of Yaquina Head. Here State Park rangers are burying everything scraped off the dock to prevent contamination from invasive species.

Wait just a freakin' second.

We, the people, were assured by these same agencies that the debris would not arrive until 2014!


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And this "official" map from NOAA.



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Quote"I own a wooden boat and if we hit that dock ... we'd be calling the Coast Guard to come bail my butt out of the water," Schneider said. "And hopefully I'd have time to get to my life raft, but if you hit that thing at night, it's over."

No, you would not be calling the Coast Guard - you would be dead!

A 132-ton concrete dock being hit by a boat at speed would cause the boat to completely disintegrate and most likely kill all in it.


This is insanity!



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More

The Oregonian's continuing coverage of the debris washing up on the Oregon and Washington coasts from the Japanese tsunami.

Fishermen have limited access to technology while out in the open sea, which makes it hard to remain constantly updated about incoming debris. Not knowing what exactly is floating near the coast poses a potential threat to their safety.

However, satellite phones make it easy for them to access the Internet. While several ideas were brought up at the meeting, the most popular approach was to create a central alert system on a website that fishermen can access online from their vessels to stay as up-to-date as possible on what type of and how much debris is floating around in the water.

Quote"Our eyes and ears are the fleet -- the major shipping fleet as well as the fishing fleet," Schrader said.

"They can, at no cost to any taxpayer, identify a lot of the stuff that's going on, how and where to report that to, and what are the things we can realistically expect the Coast Guard to deal with."

Before Saturday's meeting, it wasn't clear how to coordinate what happens with debris between the beach and the outer ocean, Schrader said.

It's not like nobody knew it was coming.


Check this out:

Computer models originally estimated the first of the debris wouldn't reach Midway Island until spring 2012, but a training ship, the STS Pallada, encountered tsunami debris near Midway in September.

Quote"They saw some pieces of furniture, some appliances, anything that can float, and they picked up a fishing boat," said Jan Hafner, computer programmer at the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) in Hawaii, on KITV.com, a Hawaiian news outlet.

The 20-foot fishing boat had "Fukushima" written on it, making it the first confirmed report of tsunami debris, said Hafner.

Really? What are the odds on that?
You just can't make this stuff up, folks...


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NOAA has run a model using OSCURS (Ocean Surface Current Simulator), similar to that of the IPRC (NOAA, Courtesy of J. Churnside).

Hafner assisted Nikolai Maximenko, head researcher of the IPRC, in designing the computer models. He explained to Discovery News why the debris was arriving ahead of schedule.

Quote"Different objects are moving at different speeds.

Lighter objects are positioned higher in the water and are more influenced by wind," Hafner said.

"Our model is more suitable for heavy objects."

So the NewSpeak definition of 'light' is 132 tons...

QuoteRep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., recently asked the Coast Guard to clarify its role in handling tsunami waste.

"The Coast Guard only removes debris from the ocean if it poses a hazard to navigation or is made of hazardous materials such as oil," said Capt. Bruce Jones, Columbia River sector commander for the Coast Guard.

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Tsunami Debris Heading for US
watch video (http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/japan-tsunami-tons-debris-headed-us-14808553)


For the Coast Guard to remove debris, it must also be in either a widely traveled shipping area or a port. "The vast area of the ocean is not a shipping lane, so we wouldn't necessarily go and remove a piece of debris that's just out in the ocean if it's not near known shipping traffic," Jones said.

Quote"Some of the comments here today seem to suggest that if there's debris in the water the Coast Guard ought to get it. There's no agency that removes debris from the water except when it's a clear hazard to navigation," Jones said.

Wyden said he plans to recommend the central alert system idea at a meeting with other agencies next week.

About friggin' time.

Here's NOAA's take on the subject:

QuoteThere is no reason to avoid beaches. Radiation experts believe it is highly unlikely any debris is radioactive, and the debris is not in a mass.

Beach-goers may notice a gradual increase in debris near-shore or on the coast, adding to the marine debris that washes up every day.

The public should continue to visit and enjoy our coasts—and help keep them clean.

If citizens come across disposable or recyclable items, she said, they can help by picking them up and putting them in an appropriate place.

NOAA is also working with commercial shipping companies who notify them when they spot potential debris and the Japanese consulate so that items of great monetary or personal value could potentially be returned to their owners.


Ebbesmeyer does not think the efforts are enough, calling them "generic."

Curtis Ebbesmeyer, an oceanographer is Seattle who has been tracking ocean debris for most of his 40-year career, is unsatisfied with the government's response to the impending influx of debris.

Quote"There's no plan," Ebbesmeyer told ABCNews.com. "Plans are being talked about, but
they're fairly generic and they're basically all business as usual,
and

one thing that's clear is that this tsunami debris is unprecedented in recorded history."

Ebbesmeyer predicted that the bulk of the debris will reach the U.S. coast from Northern California to Alaska in October, with more to follow.

Ebbesmeyer was having a difficult time wrapping his head around the sheer enormity of the debris and wanted to give others a relatable way to think about the mass. One of the items he likes to work with is yellow rubber ducks.


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Based on Ebbesmeyer's calculations and the conservative estimate of 1 million tons of debris, the weight of the debris floating in the Pacific is equivalent to the weight of 50 billion rubber ducks.


(Ed. note: Or a few less really big ones like we have here on Loch Rabun.)

Quote"We've got three months until we're deluged," he said.

"It's past time for business as usual.

We need to come up with some simple directives."

"They need specific community plans.
They need to work with the citizens," he said.

"Which landfills can they take [the items] to in their communities?"

For 2012, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has $4.6 million devoted to marine debris and $618,000 of that amount is dedicated to the cleanup of the Japanese marine debris, according to NOAA.

"Marine debris has been an everyday problem long before the tsunami," NOAA spokeswoman Keeley Belva told ABCNews.com.

"It's not a new problem."



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14 April 2011
Island of remains (http://www.toowacky.com/island-of-remains/)

U.S. Seventh Fleet says that this large-scale "island of remains" is as long as 111 km covering an area of more than 20 million square meters, the Fleet is closely monitoring the movements of this floating "island".

Specialists estimate that the floating tsunami debris will drift to Hawaii in 2 years, after 3 years to the West Coast.

The U.S. Navy is currently working with Japan's construction companies to try to clear these floating remains and garbage on the sea.


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Who do they think they're kidding?

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Dear Reader, we have been sounding the alarm since 3/11/11.

This may be the other radioactive elephant in the room regarding the ongoing worldwide environmental catastrophe called Nukushima (http://i1073.photobucket.com/albums/w400/thorfourwinds/Nukahhimanukedcity.jpg)


It was bad enough that the world governments, the mainstream media, and the very agencies assigned to protect, we, the people, have sold out the world's citizens to the nuclear proponents and continue to ignore the pleas of humanity for a rediation-free environment.



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Now, we have an impending crisis of unprecedented proportions approaching our shores and the government is doing what it usually does in a crisis that concerns the safety of its citizens - NOTHING!


But it gets worse.

One certain threat is invasive species.

As a result of the March 2011 tsunami that struck Japan, a large amount of debris washed into Japan's waters. Experts predict that a portion of that debris will reach U.S. shores over the next several years. 

Some of it may contain invasive species that could pose a serious threat to Oregon's marine environment and native species through competition, crowding and predation.

Scientists from Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center confirmed the presence of dozens of species native to Japanese coastal waters—including barnacles, starfish, urchins, anemones, amphipods, worms, mussels, limpets, snails, solitary tunicates and algae—that were on a large floating dock in Japan that washed ashore at Agate Beach near Newport, Oregon in June 2012.


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In June 2012 a dock from Japan washed up on Oregon's Agate Beach in Newport. It had a thick layer of living organisms on it.
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According to researchers, the 66 foot long dock contained some 13 pounds of organisms per square foot, and an estimated 100 tons of living matter overall. While there is no evidence to date that anything from the float has established on U.S. shores, researchers fearing the worst but hoping for the best are continuing to monitor the situation.

Scientists at Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center said the cement float contains about 13 pounds of organisms per square foot. Already they have gathered samples of 4-6 species of barnacles, starfish, urchins, anemones, amphipods, worms, mussels, limpets, snails, solitary tunicates and algae – and there are dozens of species overall.

Quote"This float is an island unlike any transoceanic debris we have ever seen," said John Chapman, an OSU marine invasive species specialist.

"Drifting boats lack such dense fouling communities, and few of these species are already on this coast. Nearly all of the species we've looked at were established on the float before the tsunami; few came after it was at sea."

Of course, what worries researchers more is that the dock may just be the tip of the iceberg, so to speak, in regard to what else might wash ashore.

Quote"I think that the dock is a forerunner of all the heavier stuff that's coming later, and amongst that heavier stuff are going to be

a lot of drums full of chemicals that we won't be able to identify,"

says Chris Pallister, president of the non-profit Gulf of Alaska Keeper, a group dedicated to cleaning marine debris from Alaska's coastline.

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He worries that the onslaught of debris will be

"far worse than any oil spill ...
or any other environmental disaster
we've faced on the West Coast"

as a result of the sheer amount and variety of debris and the wide geographic scope it is likely to affect.


Officials at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) believe the Japanese tsunami debris has already spread over an area of the Pacific Ocean
roughly three times the size of the contiguous United States.


Wait just a freakin' second.


NOAA/USGOV says they 'lost track' of the debris isand a couple of days after it was sighted near Midway Atoll.


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Ocean currents - specifically the North Pacific Gyre - will carry the floating debris from Japan to the U.S. West Coast and back again. Image Credit: NOAA

QuoteWhile some of the debris has already made landfall in the U.S., the bulk of it will take several more months to make it across the Pacific.

Seattle-based oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer, who has been tracking huge gyres of trash in the ocean for two decades and runs the Beachcombers' Alert website, thinks the majority of tsunami debris will reach U.S. shores as early as October 2012.

Another concern:

Researchers were "startled" to find detectable levels of radioactivity from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in bluefin tuna, a favorite sushi fish, off the coast of California.


Of course, we are all over that fish story.


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"NukaTuna" - The Last Fish in the Ocean (http://www.thelivingmoon.com/forum/index.php?topic=1442.0)

QuoteWhile the levels of radioactive cesium were some 10 times higher than the amount measured in tuna off California in previous years, it is still below safe-to-eat limits in both Japan and the U.S.

The researchers are continuing to study more bluefin tissue samples to see if elevated radiation levels persist, and are also looking into radiation levels in other long distance migratory species including sea turtles, sharks and seabirds.

sources:
NOAA (http://www.noaa.gov)
Beachcombers' Alert (http://www.beachcombersalert.org.)
Hatfield Marine Science Center (http://www.hmsc.oregonstate.edu)


USEFUL INFORMATION

Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife has prepared a fact sheet that details best practices for handling debris that has living organisms attached and who to contact to report your findings.

Marine Invasive Species and Japanese Tsunami Debris Fact Sheet (http://www.dfw.state.or.us/conservationstrategy/invasive_species/docs/ODFW_JTMD_invasive_species_fact_sheet.pdf) (pdf)

Oregon Park and Recreation Department:  Tsunami Debris FAQs (http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/PARKS/tsunami_debris.shtml)


News and Timeline of Events

June 22, 2012: Tsunami Debris and Marine Invasive Species: What to do, who to call (http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/June/062212.asp) news release

June 19, 2012: Through a competitive bidding process and consultation with ODFW, Oregon Parks and Recreation District chose to demolish the Agate Beach dock, rather than tow it to another location, increasing the risk of spreading invasive species.

June 8, 2012: Buoys and other debris related to Japan Tsunami have been washing up on Oregon's north coast for the past week. (No tsunami-related debris has been reported to ODFW in Lane, Douglas, Coos or Curry Counties.)


More news

Reporting marine debris

   •   If you find marine debris that has living organisms attached, send photo along with details (location, county, date found, description of item, what you did with the item) to beach.debris@state.or.us. Then, please dispose of the item in the nearest garbage can or move to dry land.
   
   •   If you find other large Japan tsunami marine debris (you are unable to move it or dispose of it in a garbage can), send an email with details to: beach.debris@state.or.us
   
   •   Never move marine debris with living organisms on it to other bodies of water – this may lead to the spread of invasive species
      
   •   See the fact sheet (http://www.dfw.state.or.us/conservationstrategy/invasive_species/docs/ODFW_JTMD_invasive_species_fact_sheet.pdf) (pdf) for more information.

More Information
   •   NOAA marine debris (http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/)
   •   NOAA Modeled Movement of Marine Debris (http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/tsunamidebris/debris_model.html)
   •   Oregon Invasive Species Council (http://www.oregon.gov/OISC/about_us.shtml)
   •   Oregon Invasive Species Council 100 most dangerous invaders (http://www.oregon.gov/OISC/most_dangerous.shtml)


Contacts
Meg Kenagy, Meg.B.Kenagy@state.or.us, (503) 947-6021;
Rick Boatner, Rick.J.Boatner@ state.or.us, (503) 947-6308


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Wakame kelp (Undaria pinnatifida) was attached to the Japanese floating dock that arrived In Newport, Oregon.

This nonnative golden-brown seaweed from Asia has the potential to become established along the coast where it may spread quickly and become a fouling nuisance on docks, ship hulls, nets, fishing gear, moorings, ropes and other marine structures.

In sheltered waters, the Wakame kelp can quickly form large beds that block out sunlight essential for the survival of native kelps, seaweeds,and other marine algae.

Although the Wakame kelp is valued as a food item in its native range in Japan, it is included on the global list of 100 worst invasive species outside its natural habitat.
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- Hatfield Marine Science Center photo -

Northern Pacific seastars (Asterias amurensis) were found alive on dock that washed ashore on June 5, 2012.

These seastars are native to China, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and Russia.

If these seastars become established in Oregon they could cause widespread ecological and economic harm. Voracious feeders, and they will prey on native marine organisms.

Eradication efforts are thought to be ineffective because once-established the planktonic larvae are free-swimming for periods of several weeks and can be transported to new locations in the ballast water of ships.


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Great job, Thor!

What has me steamed is the organisms in general on the dock, and on the rest of the debris.
As that crap floats across the ocean, it will pick up every known type of barnacle and mussell, etc etc that it floats by the regions of.

Its not just whats on it from Japan...but every mile, and every critter along the way!

Damn sad, amigo, and good work on the post!

Littleenki

Quote from: Littleenki on July 02, 2012, 05:25:48 AM
Great job, Thor!

What has me steamed is the organisms in general on the dock, and on the rest of the debris.
As that crap floats across the ocean, it will pick up every known type of barnacle and mussell, etc etc that it floats by the regions of.

Its not just whats on it from Japan...but every mile, and every critter along the way!

Damn sad, amigo, and good work on the post!

Littleenki

Greetings:

Thank you for the kind words.

We can only try...

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tfw

I see by the NOAA map it is headed for me after you're done. South China Sea.

The locals will think it's a field day and run for the beach to get the recyclables! Big pay day!

By the time they are done with my garbage, I have no garbage. Every ounce of trash gets filtered out every day by 20 to 30 different people. In the States with the bigger stuff, I have to pay to have things taken away, here they pay me! Almost everything has some value. So I would think this would be like Christmas in Ch1na...

Free stuff from the sea that glows at night!  New toys headed your way next year!

Great post and I would love for you to continue as you can....

Deuem

Quote from: deuem on July 03, 2012, 06:16:37 PM

Free stuff from the sea that glows at night! 

New toys headed your way next year!

Great post and I would love for you to continue as you can....

Deuem

And just in time for the 2012 Holiday Shopping!


A recap of some 2011 'highlights':


9 April 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPgreOZzXlo


Japan debris field swirls towards Canada, U.S. West Coast (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPgreOZzXlo&feature=fvwrel)

Cars, whole houses and even severed feet in shoes: The vast field of debris from Japan earthquake and tsunami that's floating towards U.S. West Coast,

'If you put a major city through a trash grinder and sprinkle it on the water, that's what you're dealing with.'

Some of the debris to hit the West Coast may be radioactive following the devastation at Japanese nuclear power plants.

A vast field of debris, swept out to sea following the Japan earthquake and tsunami, is floating towards the U.S. West Coast, it has emerged.

More than 200,000 buildings were washed out by the enormous waves that followed the 9.0 quake on March 11.

Scientists say the first bits of debris from Japan are due to reach the West Coast in a year's time after being carried by currents toward Washington, Oregon and California.

They will then turn toward Hawaii and back again toward Asia, circulating in what is known as the North Pacific Gyre,



17 October 2011

Tsunami Debris Spotted In The Pacific (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIBNPDYbOEo&feature=relmfu)


Months after Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, debris was spotted in the middle of the Pacific.



18 October 2011

"We don't want to create a panic, but it's good to know"

— Radioactive tsunami debris coming to Hawaii "much earlier" than predicted (http://enenews.com/tv-we-dont-want-to-create-a-panic-but-it's-good-to-know-radioactive-tsunami-debris-coming-to-hawaii-much-earlier-than-predicted-video)

HONOLULU, Oct. 18 — KITV Honolulu is reporting on the first official discovery of tsunami debris from Japan nearing Hawaii.

And the debris, possibly contaminated with radiation from the Fukushima meltdowns, is coming to Hawaii "much earlier" than the two years researchers expected it would, according to KITV.




said University of Hawaii computer programming researcher Jan Hafner.

Soon after passing the Midway Islands on Sept. 22, a Russian ship hit the edge of the tsunami debris.

"We projected it would hit Midway in spring of next year, but based on the [Russian's] finding, the debris seems to be moving faster. We don't want to create a panic, but it's good to know it's coming," said Hafner.

KITV finishes up by noting that the debris field may hit Hawaii a second time in around five years

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7 December 2011

Gundersen: If in Oregon, Wash., Calif. you need to demand officials test how Fukushima fallout has affected rivers and fish — Significant radiation hit west coast and settled in on Cascades (VIDEO)  (http://enenews.com/gundersen-if-in-oregon-wash-calif-you-need-to-demand-officials-test-how-fukushima-fallout-has-affected-rivers-and-fish-significant-radiation-hit-west-coast-and-settled-in-on-cascades-video)


EcoReview - the Impact of the Fukushima Radiation on the Ocean


The Impact of the Fukushima Radiation on the Ocean, EcoReview, Community Television of Santa Cruz County, Dec. 7, 2011:

Interview with Arnold Gundersen, Chief Engineer, Fairewinds Associates, Inc; Nuclear Engineering, Safety, and Reliability Expert; Federal and Congressional hearing testimony and Expert Witness testimony; Former Senior Vice President Nuclear Licensee; Former Licensed Reactor Operator; 39-years of nuclear industry experience and oversight

At 53:35 in:

"I think if you're on the west coast and the Cascades you need to demand more of your — you know Oregon, Washington State, California — of your local officials, or of the federal government, to look into what's in the fish.

Not just the saltwater fish [...] but also what's rained out on the land and is now in the local rivers."

At 55:10 in:

It was a wave... significant radiation hit the west coast and sort of settled in on the Cascades.




15 December 2011

Report: First debris from Japan tsunami reaches West Coast | www.kirotv.com (http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/report-first-debris-japan-tsunami-reaches-west-coa/nF3mS/)

Posted: 8:45 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011

Report: First debris from Japan tsunami reaches West Coast

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Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Jim Ingraham

Debris from Japan tsunami


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Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Jim Ingraham


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Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Jim Ingraham


PORT ANGELES, Wash. — Two Seattle oceanographers say a large black float that was found two weeks ago at the northwestern tip of Washington is the first piece of debris identified as coming from the tsunami in Japan, the Peninsula Daily News reports.

The researchers who have tracked wind and water currents in the Pacific since 1970 had predicted that the first debris to appear would be something like the large, 55-gallon sized float because it is lightweight and sits well above the water. They said about a fourth of the 100 million tons of debris from Japan should reach beaches up and down the West Coast.

"It's just a monstrous debris field coming our way," said Curt Ebbesmeyer, one of the oceanographers.
 
Just how monstrous?


according to Ebbesmeyer's estimation.

While the bulk of it is still in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, at least 10 black buoys with Japanese markings, commonly used in fish farming, have washed up on beaches from Ocean Shores to Neah Bay. Similar ones have been found wedged into a debris field north of Hawaii.

"That's about as good as the evidence gets for first arrivals," Ebbesmeyer said.

He said computer models by his partner, Jim Ingraham, predicted that the first flotsam would arrive in Washington by last Halloween. The buoys are relatively light and ride high on the water, where the wind can carry them 20 miles per day -- about three times faster than the majority of the debris is moving.


"We're at the beginning of the beginning,"


Ebbesmeyer said.


He added that he hopes beachcombers will treat the debris with respect because some of it will contain human remains and personal belongings. He advised anyone who finds debris to call police if they spot it, so it can be secured, inspected and that loved ones in Japan can be notified. He also said he thinks it would be prudent to check the debris for radioactivity.

People can report debris at http://flotsametrics.com/

More information can be found at http://beachcombersalert.org/



16 December 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSTeQIP80bk

CBS: New photos from west coast show large amounts of tsunami debris — Field the size of Calif. headed toward US, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSTeQIP80bk)


Our question in all of this:

Where is the MSM and USGOV/NOAA/EPA ?


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9 March 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZdAY7zeZQk


US West Coast Prepares For More Of Japan's Tsunami Debris (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZdAY7zeZQk&feature=related)

Ever since the March 11th Disaster in Japan, it has been the subject of intense research: What happened to all that debris?


16 March 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eh4nBVJTsw


We use a Lagrangian particles dispersal method to track where free floating material (fish larvae, algae, phytoplankton, zooplankton...) present in the sea water near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station plant could have gone since the earthquake on March 11th. THIS IS NOT A REPRESENTATION OF THE RADIOACTIVE PLUME CONCENTRATION.


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However, field monitoring by TEPCO showed concentration of radioactive Iodine and Cesium higher than the legal limit during the next two months following the event (with a peak at more than 100 Bq/cm3 early April 2011 for I-131 as shown by the following picture).


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Assuming that a part of the passive biomass could have been contaminated in the area, we are trying to track where the radionuclides are spreading as it will eventually climb up the food chain.

The computer simulation presented here is obtained by continuously releasing particles at the site during the 2 months folllowing the earthquake and then by tracing the path of these particles.

The dispersal model is ASR's Pol3DD. The model is forced by hydrodynamic data from the HYCOM/NCODA system which provides on a weekly basis, daily oceanic current in the world ocean. The resolution in this part of the Pacific Ocean is around 8km x 8km cells. We are treating only the sea surface currents.

The dispersal model keeps a trace of their visits in the model cells. The results here are expressed in number of visit per surface area of material which has been in contact at least once with the highly concentrated radioactive water.


Read the report here (http://www.asrltd.com/japan/plume.php)

QuoteAbout ASR: ASR, a global coastal and marine consulting firm, is changing the way the world's coasts and oceans are managed. ASR's team includes experienced Ph.D. scientists, accomplished environmental business leaders, engineers, and dedicated research and programming staff.

1 May 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znT3BetIQUY


Tsunami Debris (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znT3BetIQUY&feature=related)

Ted Land reports from Kayak Island, Alaska, where suspected Japan tsunami debris is washing ashore.?www.TedLandOnline.com



8 May 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1djkM-pDixI


Japan Tsunami Debris Reaches Alaska Headed For West Coast Beaches (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1djkM-pDixI&feature=related)

"It's safe to say that tsunami debris is here," said Merrick Burden, director of the Juneau-based Marine Conservation Alliance Foundation.??

Since January, the MCA has been tracking where and what kinds of debris is coming ashore, and whether it is radioactive (none so far) at Kodiak, Yakutat, Sitka and Craig, where wreckage was expected to hit first.??

"What we're finding are wind- driven objects like buoys, Styrofoam and large containers, some of which contain materials that are potentially toxic," Burden said. "We're finding drums full of things that we don't know what they are yet. So we're looking at a potential large-scale environmental problem, and what we're dealing with now is just the start of it."??

Debris has been found in every area checked, Burden said, and mysterious sludge is washing up on some beaches, apparently from opened containers.

Just days ago, an enormous amount of floating debris was spotted off the southern reaches of Prince William Sound, making national headlines.


But the worst is yet to come.


"Next year is when we expect the larger debris that is driven by currents rather than wind," he cautioned.

"That should be composed of entirely different types of materials, and it might even follow a different trajectory through the water and end up in different locations."



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9 May 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-Z1F9VccZc


Harley from Tsunami Comes to Shore - Shaw TV Victoria - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-Z1F9VccZc&feature=related)

It was a devastating tsunami that hit Japan in 2011 washing away houses, boats and even motorcycles. And now, after a Harley Davidson that was swept out to sea washed up in Haida Gwaii, Shaw TV's Nikki Ewanyshyn reports on how it's been moved to a local business in Langford.


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US Senator:



Listen up, people.

The USGOV/EPA/NOAA, etc. have a vested interest in keeping the horrific truth from we, the people.


6 June 2012

Giant piece of tsunami debris washes up in Oregon — Biologists shocked by what they found — "This makes us rethink everything" (VIDEO) (http://enenews.com/giant-piece-of-tsunami-debris-washes-up-in-oregon-biologists-shocked-by-what-they-found-video)


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Japanese officials have confirmed that a huge dock that washed ashore on the Oregon coast is debris from last year's tsunami.

[It originated] in Misawa, a northern Japanese city.

The 66-foot-long structure — 7 feet tall and 19 feet wide — was first reported offshore Monday and made landfall late Tuesday or early Wednesday morning.



7 June 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E73xK32Nbw


Dock from Tsunami in Japan Washes Ashore near Newport - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E73xK32Nbw&feature=related)

A dock, confirmed to be from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan, washed up on Agate Beach just north of Newport.



8 June 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vGAUBjuw8E


Japan Tsunami Debris: Body Parts and Tons of Radioactive Trash coming to a Shore near You - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vGAUBjuw8E&feature=fvwrel)

The Japanese government estimates that 1.5 million tons of debris is floating in the ocean from the catastrophe. Some experts in the United States think the bulk of that trash will never reach shore, while others fear a massive, slowly-unfolding environmental disaster.??


"I think this is far worse than any oil spill that we've ever faced on the West Coast or any other environmental disaster we've faced on the West Coast"


in terms of the debris' weight, type and geographic scope, said Chris Pallister, president of a group dedicated to cleaning marine debris from the Alaska coastline.??

David Kennedy, assistant administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Ocean Service, told a U.S. Senate panel last month that in most cases debris removal decisions will fall to individual states.

Funding hasn't been determined.??U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, and other West Coast political leaders, have called that scenario unacceptable, saying tsunami debris poses a pending national emergency.


"If this was a one-time event all at once, we'd declare it an emergency and we'd be on the ground like that,"


he said, during the hearing he led.??

One astonishing example of how the unexpected can suddenly appear occurred Wednesday in Oregon when a concrete and metal dock that measured 66 feet long, seven feet tall and 19 feet wide, washed ashore a mile north of Newport.

A Japanese consulate official in Portland confirmed that the dock came from the northern Japanese city of Misawa, cut loose in the tsunami of March 11, 2011.




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12 June 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBwSd_VKL0E


Agate Beach Tsunami Debris - Aerial Views of Japanese Fishing Dock Washed Up in Oregon! - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBwSd_VKL0E&feature=related)

Went FPV flying at Agate Beach near Newport in Oregon yesterday. Took the Skywalker up and was surprised to see a bunch of people milling around a large concrete block which had washed ashore.??

"A nearly 70-foot-long dock that floated ashore on an Oregon beach was torn loose from a fishing port in northern Japan by last year's tsunami and drifted across 5000 miles of Pacific Ocean, washing ashore at Agate Beach.??

The 165-tonne structure made of concrete, metal and tyres, and studded with starfish and barnacles has tested negative for radiation, but scientists say a host of invasive marine species may have hitched a ride.??

A commemorative plaque on the dock showed it was one of four owned by Aomori Prefecture that broke loose from the port of Misawa on the northern tip of the main island.??

It has taken 15 months to drift across the Pacific to Agate beach since the earthquake and resulting tsunami shook it loose. Two other docks from the same port are still missing."


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Tsunami debris smartphone app developed (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/11/29/bc-tsunami-debris-smartphone-app.html)


A new smartphone app developed in Victoria will enable people to help track debris from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan as it gets within sight of British Columbia's shores.

Software specialist Murray Leslie developed the app he's called Coastbuster (http://www.oceannetworks.ca/coastbuster).




"It's designed for somebody who's walking their dog or kayaking — a casual user — who can very quickly see something on the beach, take the picture and report it," Leslie told CBC News.

Researchers at the University of Victoria's Ocean Networks group will receive the pictures and pass them on to scientists at U.S. and Canadian agencies tracking the debris.

The information will help them track the potential 1.5 million tonnes of debris (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/09/25/bc-tsunami-debris-committee.html) slowly making its way on ocean currents toward North America from Japan.

The app should help with the cleanup of all the stuff headed this way, said Cara Lachmuth, of the Surfrider Foundation (http://www.surfrider.org/) on Vancouver Island.



"I think it's amazing. It's super easy to use and makes you want to do it more because there is this big push from governments to see what's out there and categorize it and do something about it," Lachmuth said.

The app is ready for use on android phones, but Leslie said he's still waiting for approval from Apple for use on the iPhone and iPad.




Naturalist George Sirk stands with some of the tsunami debris collected from the beaches of Thornton Island, off the west coast of Vancouver Island. (Submitted by Jim Palmer)



Japan offers United States sympathy money for disposal of tsunami debris (http://enformable.com/2012/11/japan-offers-united-states-sympathy-money-for-disposal-of-tsunami-debris/#T2CsR5Fi02pVyPm0.99)

30 November 2012

Japan's Foreign Ministry announced their decision to offer a $5 million donation to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Friday. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda informed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of the plan during a meeting in September on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. 

The US government plans to use the money for disposal, detection and the monitoring of debris.

Large volumes of debris have washed ashore along the US west coast and the Pacific Islands. In June, a floating pier from Japan's Aomori Prefecture arrived ashore in Oregon. US state authorities are mainly responsible for removing the waste.




"Marine debris is an ongoing problem, especially around the Pacific," NOAA spokesman Keeley Belva told GlobalPost. "It can damage marine habitats and entangle wildlife, it can become a navigational hazard for vessels, and can be an eyesore on our beaches."




Recent estimates show the potential for over 1.5 million tons of debris to make its way to North America, easily overshadowing the pittance from Japan. Oceanographers have been supposing one-third might hit Hawaii, one-third get caught up in the Great Garbage Patch, and one-third journey on to the U.S. coast.  Depending on ocean and wind currents, large quantities of debris could wash ashore as early as this winter, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

In Washington state, one expert has warned that a floating field of debris measuring about 2,000 miles in length and 500 miles from north to south now lies just 400 miles from the coast.

In Hawaii, Kamilo Beach on the southern tip of Hawaii's Big Island has long been a dumping ground for debris sent by ocean currents — an estimated 20 tons wash ashore each year.  The tsunami debris is expected to dramatically add to the impacts to the beach and wildlife, from seabirds to fish.

In Canada, a new smartphone app developed in Victoria will enable people to help track debris from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan as it gets within sight of B.C.'s shores.

"It's designed for somebody who's walking their dog or kayaking — a casual user — who can very quickly see something on the beach, take the picture and report it," Software specialist Murray Leslie told CBC News.

Source: NHK
Source: CBC
Source: Global Post
      


Debris floats in Keehi Boat Harbor on March 11, 2011 in Honolulu, Hawaii, after a tsunami swept through the area. Tsunami waves rolled thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean after a massive earthquake off Japan. (Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images)



Tsunami watch: Japan's floating junkyard approaches (http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/japan/121121/japan-tsunami-debris)

Japan's environment ministry expects about 33,000 tons of tsunami debris to reach the western coast of North America by next June.

26 November 2012

TOKYO, Japan — What do an empty fishing boat, a Harley-Davidson, and a soccer ball have in common?

For residents of the West Coast of the US and Canada, they are all reminders of the devastation unleashed on the other side of the Pacific Ocean by last year's Japanese tsunami.

The March 11 disaster, which killed almost 20,000 people, generated tens of millions of tons of wreckage, most of which remained on land. But it also swept an estimated 5 million tons of debris out to sea, 70 percent of which later sank. The fate of the remaining 1.5 million tons is causing concern in communities from Alaska to California, amid warning that the trickle of debris arriving on US shores could soon turn into a deluge.

Japan's environment ministry says it expects about 33,000 tons of debris washed away by the tsunami to reach the western coast of North America by next June.

Depending on ocean and wind currents, large quantities of debris could wash ashore as early as this winter, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The other possibility, it added, was that much of it will be swallowed up by the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a gyre of marine litter in the central North Pacific.

More than 1,400 reported sightings of tsunami junk have been made along the coast since the disaster on March 11 last year, but only a handful have been linked to the disaster, the NOAA said.

They include lumber, buoys, plastic barrels, fishing nets and equipment, and Styrofoam. The expected increase in the volume of objects reaching the end of their 5,000-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean presents coastal communities with a potential environmental nightmare.

"Marine debris is an ongoing problem, especially around the Pacific," NOAA spokesman Keeley Belva told GlobalPost. "It can damage marine habitats and entangle wildlife, it can become a navigational hazard for vessels, and can be an eyesore on our beaches."

In Washington state, one expert has warned that a floating field of debris measuring about 2,000 miles in length and 500 miles from north to south now lies just 400 miles from the coast.

more (http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/japan/121121/japan-tsunami-debris)
More from GlobalPost: After the tsunami, a multimedia series (http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/japan/120308/after-the-tsunami-webdoc)





Tsunami debris turning British Columbia beaches into 'landfills' (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/06/21/bc-tsunami-debris-haida-gwaii.html)

Styrofoam, propane tanks, barrels, and gas cans littering Haida Gwaii beaches

A surge of debris washing up on the shores of B.C.'s Haida Gwaii and believed to be from the 2011 Japanese tsunami is prompting calls to launch possibly the biggest beach cleanup Canada has ever seen.




Countless pieces of Styrofoam now dot beaches on the north shores of Haida Gwaii, formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands, about 800 kilometres northwest of Vancouver.





"It's a lot now, and it's just the beginning," said Haida fisherman Bruce Stewart Burton.

"I'm kind of afraid what we're going to see in the near future."

There's no proof much of the suddenly appearing and unmarked debris was washed away from Japan in the March 2011 tsunami, but among the flotsam there are also many bottles with Japanese writing.




The beaches are also in the same general area where a Harley Davidson from Japan washed ashore in April. One part of the beach is so cluttered with new junk that it looks like a landfill, with rusty propane tanks, barrels and plastic gasoline cans, some with fuel still in them.






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Volunteers found a deteriorating toy cat during an International Coastal Cleanup event in Waikiki, HI. (Credit: Carey Morishige)


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By: Dianna Parker, Communications Specialist, NOAA Marine Debris Program

This toy robot cat took home the prize for strangest (creepiest?) item found during NOAA's 2012 International Coastal Cleanup event last weekend. We're pretty sure it will haunt our dreams forever.


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Has anyOne measured the radioactivity of this debris?

The US Army Corps of Engineers do have debris recovery vesselsthat cn remove heavy debris.  The debris recovery covers anything from small debris to boats and even ships.  I think they need to get on it.

I would think that none of this junk had time to get radiated,
the readiated water should be a few days behind it and geting worse every day from then on.

If you get junk, you might be in the same path for the radiated water.
Junk is also subject to the winds blowing it around on the surface.

Deuem

Quote from: Amaterasu on December 13, 2012, 07:10:07 PM
Has anyOne measured the radioactivity of this debris?

Zero most likely :D The Tsumami washed it away BEFORE the plants went into meltdown

Quote from: deuem on January 12, 2014, 01:27:37 AM
I would think that none of this junk had time to get radiated,
the readiated water should be a few days behind it and geting worse every day from then on.

what he said :P

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NOAA Tsunami Debris Modeling (http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/tsunamidebris/debris_model.html)

When will the debris from the tsunami in Japan reach the U.S.?

Many variables affect where the debris will go and when. Items will sink, disperse, and break up along the way, and winds and ocean currents constantly change, making it very difficult to predict an exact date and location for the debris' arrival on our shores.

A NOAA modeling effort shows that some buoyant items first reached the Pacific Northwest coast during winter 2011-2012. More debris is likely still dispersed north of the Main Hawaiian Islands and east of Midway Atoll.

The model gives NOAA an understanding of where debris from the tsunami may be located today, because it incorporates how winds and ocean currents since the event may have moved items through the Pacific Ocean. This model is a snapshot of where debris may be now, but it does not predict when debris will reach U.S. shores in the future.

It's a "hindcast," rather than a "forecast."

The model also takes into account the fact that winds can move different types of debris at different speeds. For example, wind may push an upright boat (large portion above water) faster than a piece of lumber (floating mostly at and below the surface).

2.5 years later, a Texas-sized debris island from the Japanese Tsunami is coming to the U.S. West Coast (http://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/25-years-later-texas-sized-debris-island-japanese-tsunami-coming-us-west-coast.html)

Michael Graham Richard?Science / Ocean Conservation

November 5, 2013

Update: Good news, bad news: It looks like our sources for this story were mistaken about the nature of the debris floating in the direction of the U.S., so the situation is actually much better than we thought. Salon has a piece about it here. This doesn't mean that there's no problem and that debris and invasive species from Japan won't wash up over the next months and years (some already have), though, but it's not quite the 'floating island' initially feared. Apologies for our mistaken coverage.

Carrying invasive species from Japan...
As can be seen in the dramatic footage from the 2011 Tsunami in Japan, a gigantic quantity of debris were washed out to sea. Some of those formed a floating island of junk about the size of Texas, and that island has been pushed by ocean currents for the past couple years, slowly making its way toward North America. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the debris island is about 1,700 miles off the U.S. West Coast.



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New footage of the Japan Tsunami, I own the video and its copyrights, a friend sent it to me while he was living there.?This is the ORIGINAL footage of this specific occurrence and location.?This took place in Kamaishi City.

While tests on debris that have made their way to the U.S. shows they're not contaminated by radiation, they do carry various organisms that could potentially become invasive to the local ecosystems of North Ameirca's Pacific coast. The Oregon State University looked at what was found on a 185-ton dock that washed up and found all of this:


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It's easy to imagine that there would be many more species on the Texas-sized junk pile.
Via NOAA, QZ






What has happened to the tsunami debris from Japan? -- ScienceDaily (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140221103959.htm)

21 February 2014

Source:
University of Hawaii - SOEST

Summary:
The amount of debris in the ocean is growing exponentially, becoming more and more hazardous and harmful to marine life and therefore to our ocean food source. Measuring and tracking the movements of such debris are still in their infancy. The driftage generated by the tragic 2011 tsunami in Japan gave scientists a unique chance to learn about the effects of the ocean and wind on floating materials as they move across the North Pacific Ocean.




The amount of debris in the ocean is growing exponentially, becoming more and more hazardous and harmful to marine life and therefore also to our ocean food source. Measuring and tracking the movements of such debris are still in their infancy.

The driftage generated by the tragic 2011 tsunami in Japan gave scientists Nikolai Maximenko and Jan Hafner a unique chance to learn about the effects of the ocean and wind on floating materials as they move across the North Pacific Ocean.

Shortly after the tsunami struck, Maximenko and Hafner used the IPRC Ocean Drift Model to predict where the debris from the tsunami would go. Their computer model is based on trajectories of real satellite-tracked drifting buoys and satellite-measured winds.

The model has now been charting the possible paths of the tsunami driftage for nearly 3 years. The scientists have made a major improvement to the initial model: it now accommodates objects of different shapes and buoyancies that expose different amounts of surface to the wind and travel at different speeds and different trajectories. The model therefore now includes different levels of wind-forcing, simulating the movement of different types of floating debris.

No formal marine debris observing systems exist to verify the model simulations. The model paths for tsunami debris, however, agree with reports of such debris washing up on the shores of Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and the Hawaiian Islands, as well as with observations by sailors crossing the North Pacific.

The first physical evidence of tsunami driftage far from the coasts of Japan, for example, came in September 2011 from the Russian sail training ship Pallada. The captain had been forewarned that the ship might run into a tsunami debris field on its voyage from Honolulu to Vladivostok. Sailors, alerted and on the lookout, sighted much debris just northwest of Midway, and picked up a little fishing boat later confirmed lost in the tsunami.

The model predicted both the timing and the type of material that has washed up along windward shores of Hawaii: the first tsunami driftage came in August -- September 2012, about 1½ years after the tragedy. These were very buoyant pieces, for example, oyster buoys, crates, small fishing boats like the one picked up by Pallada, and parts of small refrigerators.

Then 2½ years after the tsunami, materials sitting lower in the water and less buoyant than the previous driftage arrived: poles and beams with mortise and tenon features. Experts on lumber, who have analyzed cross-cuts of several of these wood pieces, agree that it is Sugi, a species of cypress endemic to Japan. One piece of wood is of very old timber and must have been cut 100 or more years ago.

The IPRC Ocean Drift Model has recently shown to be useful in another dramatic event at sea: validating the El Salvadoran castaway's ordeal. In January 2014, Jose Salvador Alvarenga washed ashore in the Marshall Islands after enduring a 13-month journey from the shores of southern Mexico. The paths of floating objects in the IPRC Ocean Drift model, driven with the currents and wind conditions, lend strong support to this rather improbable odyssey.

Details are at http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/news/marine_and_tsunami_debris/2014/14_02_Maximenko_fisherman.pdf.



Scientists track debris from 3-year-old Japan tsunami | More Local News - KITV Home (http://www.kitv.com/news/hawaii/scientists-track-debris-from-3yearold-japan-tsunami/24930752)

11 March 2014

Debris may break up into tiny particles and be ingested by sealife, experts say


More than one year after a devastating tsunami struck, a blue bin found near Rabbit Island marked the first tsunami debris to arrive on the islands.??Nikolai Maximenko and his team from the International Pacific Research Center developed a model to track the tsunami debris. He said lighter objects driven by the wind like the blue bin were the first to reach Hawaii.

"In 2012 the front edge of the tsunami recirculated south the California current and pushed by trade winds to Hawaii," Maximenko said.

In 2013, a wave of heavier objects like boats washed ashore including a 20-foot skiff near Kawela Bay.?Some of the heaviest debris like large lumber is now making it to the shorelines.

"Currently, most of the reports that we're receiving are about wood from broken Japanese houses, poles -- electrical and telephone poles -- and broken trees," Maximenko said.??Maximenko said because the wood is so heavy, most of the pieces are still suspended in the middle of the ocean.

"We estimate there may be up to 1 million beams and logs, poles, still floating in the ocean," Maximenko said.??After the wave of wood, scientists said what washes shore will be smaller and smaller as it gets worn down by wind, waves and currents. The debris could break down to microparticles and microplastics which could be detrimental to sea life.

"These tiny particles are mistaken for food and ingested by ocean life and seabirds," Maximenko said. "Virtually every seabird in the Pacific Ocean had some particles in their guts."

The Department of Land and Natural Resources reported that it has 17 confirmed reports of tsunami debris.

Still my favorite piece of Fukushima Debris :D

Looks like it will make a nice California beach House

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Fukushima Radiation Reaches Waters Off the Coast Of Canada, Expected To Reach U.S. In April (http://www.ibtimes.com/fukushima-radiation-reaches-waters-coast-canada-expected-reach-us-april-1557857)

Fukushima may have reached North American shores. Water samples collected off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia, had trace amounts of radionuclides associated with the disastrous 2011 radiation leak at the Japanese nuclear plant, according to research presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting on Feb. 24.



Published on Jan 28, 2014
Radioactive contaminants from Fukushima are carried across the Pacific Ocean by currents, the strongest of which is the Kuroshio, and spread along the West Coast of North America by complex coastal processes.

Models predict that radionuclides from Fukushima will begin to arrive on the West Coast in early 2014, mainly in the north (Alaska and British Columbia) and then move further south in coming years before appearing in Hawaii in small amounts.

The concentration of contaminants is expected to be well below limits set by the U.S. EPA for cesium-137 in drinking water (7,400 Bq/m3) or even the highest level recorded in the Baltic Sea after Chernobyl (1,000 Bq/m3).


The levels of radioactive cesium isotopes are well below safe limits and researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (http://www.whoi.edu/) will monitor the shores of Canada and the United States throughout 2014 as Fukushima fallout is expected to arrive in the coming months. Ken Buesseler, senior scientist at WHOI, has been performing tests and collecting samples from 24 different costal locations and presented the research at the Ocean Sciences Meeting Monday.

WHOI scientists detected cesium-134 and cesium-137, radioactive isotopes that have more neutrons, reports LiveScience (http://news.discovery.com/earth/oceans/fukushimas-radioactive-ocean-water-arrives-at-west-coast-140222.htm), but the levels are below safe limits in drinking water.

Radioactive isotopes leaked from Fukushima include cesium-134, cesium-137 and iodine-131. Cesium-137 has a longer half-life than cesium-134 and can be found in the ocean as the result of past nuclear tests.

The scientists are looking to find cesium-134 as it has a half-life of only two years and would be definitive proof of Fukushima radiation reaching North American shores.
Cesium-137 has been found in eight testing locations but no evidence of cesium-134, reports LiveScience.
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According to the WHOI plume prediction, Fukushima radionuclides will reach Alaska and British Columbia in early 2014, traveling south along the coast over the course of two years with trace amounts arriving in Hawaii. WHOI says the levels will be below the safety limit set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA limit for cesium-137 in drinking water is 7,400 Becquerels, the radioactive decay per second, per cubic meter.

Buesseler said in a statement (http://www.whoi.edu/news-release/our-radioactive-ocean-website-update-release), "We expect over the rest of 2014, levels will become detectable starting first along the northern coastline. But the complex behavior of coastal currents will likely result in varying intensities and changes that cannot be predicted from models alone."

The radioactive plume has not reached the United States coast yet and experts believe the radiation levels will not pose a threat to humans or to marine life.

The San Francisco Chronicle (http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Fukushima-radiation-could-reach-Pacific-coast-by-5264277.php) reports that, based on ocean circulation patterns, the first traces of the Fukushima radiation plume will be seen in April.

News - 2011 Japanese tsunami debris? Barnacle-covered boat turns up ashore Washington state - The Weather Network (http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/2011-japanese-tsunami-debris-barnacle-covered-boat-turns-up-ashore-washington-state/26312/)


Wednesday, April 30, 2014
The massive tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan in 2011 washed about five million tons of debris out to sea.

About 70 per cent of it eventually sank off the Japanese coast, while the remaining 1.5 million tons was dispersed by waves and ocean currents.


This barnacle-covered boat turned up along Ocean Shores, Washington earlier this week and authorities believe it may be from the 2011 tsunami.




If so, it would have traveled over 8,000 km across the Pacific Ocean from Japan.




The boat was turned over to the U.S. Coast Guard and Grays Harbor County authorities.




The State Department of Ecology was expected to inspect if for invasive species and officials were expected to ask the Japanese Consulate in Seattle for help in identifying the boat.