8.9 earth quake + tsunami in Japan

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Angrist

I quickly scanned that article and all I read was MELTDOWN! MELTDOOOOOOOOOWN!!!

Yeah, you're right. Media likes to make it look worse. Well maybe not the death toll... it took them days to admit that probably more than 10.000 died.

I think the entire situation is horrible, but the media is concentrating on the nuclear power plant when that is the LEAST of Japan's worries. The fact is no one is going to die or even get sick if the plant melts down because it is completely contained. Water shortages and sanitation are the real threats right now.