"Women And Children First" - US Military Begins Evacuations From Japan
Unprecedented : American Military Families Told To Leave Behind Pets, Pack For "3 To 5 Days" And Leave Japan "In An Orderly Fashion"
By Darryl Mason
The US government and the Pentagon don't believe Japan's claims that they will be able to contain radiation from the tsunami-destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant and have released an extraordinary video for American military family members living in Japan, preparing them to get the hell out of Japan.
The key words are "Calm", "Don't Panic" and "Unprecedented".
Some quotes :
"Get your passports together, prepare for 3 to 5 days, and then wait and we will get more information as to when the first airplane will arrive....pack for 3 to 5 days, the diapers that you need, the baby food that you need, those sort of things, to work within those 3 to 5 days before you get to a place where you can settle down a bit."
"(Admiral of the 7th Fleet) believe it is best for all of us, that is the military, as far as mission readiness, to remove our families from the calculus."
"We don't know what the state of the final reactor will be...the president has gone ahead and allowed this voluntary evacuation of non-essential personnel.....have I covered everything?"
"What do I do with my car? What do I do with my pets? We don't have an answer for that yet."
"Get the things you need to get, pack, don't panic."
"Women And Children First."
There more are than 90,000 American service men and women and their family members in Japan. For the next 9 days, dozens of American airforce & commercial jets & cargo planes will be airlifting some 10,000 evacuees from Japan per day. They are only allowed to take the minimum they need to survive and pets apparently will be abandoned.
10,000 Americans per day will leave Japan, taking with them hundreds of millions of dollars in daily spending, rentals, shopping, with no set idea when, or even if, they will ever return.
Yes. Unprecedented is probably the right word.
Unnerving Headlines On The Japan Nuclear Disaster :
Japan Admits Disaster Is 'Level 5 Nuclear Emergency' - Severe Damage To Reactor Core, Release Of Large Quantities Of Radiation, High Probability Of Significant Public Exposure
Russia Says Japan In Throes Of Colossal Disaster
Passengers From Tokyo Landing In US Trigger Radiation Detectors
Japan Reaches Out To US In 'Race Against The Clock
US Warnings About Little Or No Water In Cooling Ponds Go Unreported In Japanese Media
Australia Urges Citizens To Leave Tokyo
UN Atomic Chief Calls For World To Help Japan
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