Twitter Stream with updates from Japan

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http://twitter.com/TheTokyoPost/japa...quake-coverage

A couple of recent tweets of import:

Electricity restored at Fukushima reactor No. 2
36 minutes ago

Rain may force Tepco to cut power
23 minutes ago

[Xeth]

Rain may force Tepco to cut power

Although scheduled weekend power outages were averted, rain may cause some in the Kanto region to spend a few hours of Monday's national holiday without electricity, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday.

Tepco Executive Vice President Takashi Fujimoto said there would be no blackouts Monday morning, but that there might be cuts in the afternoon. "There is a chance that demand for power may rise (Monday afternoon)," Fujimoto said, adding that the company will decide by noon whether to go ahead with blackouts.

Tepco projected that supply will match demand at 34 million kw between the peak time of 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, when rain is expected to increase the use of electrical appliances.

Tepco said it received about 7,200 calls Sunday from customers asking about the outages, with some complaining that their power was cut twice a day last week.

Rolling blackouts will start as scheduled between Tuesday and Friday, he said.

Meanwhile, Tepco said it is not planning to add Chiyoda, Chuo and Minato wards to the list of blackout areas in the capital because those central districts are home to key government offices and other important facilities.

[Haglaz]

Requesting a mod to lock this thread, to avoid it being cluttered by trollers, and @sshats.

Also, heres a good site from the TEPCO power company to keep a watch on: http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp...e/index-e.html

[viion]

Requesting a mod to lock this thread, to avoid it being cluttered by trollers, and @sshats.

Also, heres a good site from the TEPCO power company to keep a watch on: http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp...e/index-e.html

thank you for site

[Wataruryu]

Ilax this thread has a lot to do with FFIX .The power shortage is whats keeping the servers down, and we as the players wanna keep informed of the situation; Seeing as that when the power is stable then the servers can come online (That answers your question on what this has to do with FFXI). BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY stable power and warmth to the people of Japan' we play with these people online everyday and have made connections ....friends with them and we as a community wanna know whats going on and keep each apprised of the situation. That is what FFXI is supposed to be about community and friendship. Your negative comments are very counter productive to those of us concerned for our friends and family there, yes I have family there and would ask politely for you to stop the negativity. thank you

[Ilax]

Ilax this thread has a lot to do with FFIX .The power shortage is whats keeping the servers down, and we as the players wanna keep informed of the situation; Seeing as that when the power is stable then the servers can come online (That answers your question on what this has to do with FFXI). BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY stable power and warmth to the people of Japan' we play with these people online everyday and have made connections ....friends with them and we as a community wanna know whats going on and keep each apprised of the situation. That is what FFXI is supposed to be about community and friendship. Your negative comments are very counter productive to those of us concerned for our friends and family there, yes I have family there and would ask politely for you to stop the negativity. thank you

As much i agree, i think you avoiding my main concern about it, this is a new thread that promote "http://twitter.com/TheTokyoPost/japa...quake-coverage", that could been done in one of the current 20 thread, there no point to create a new thread for this, not at all.

Saying i am wrong on that is like telling me it would be acceptable i post a thread that promote CNN, CBS, RDI, LCN and so on.

[Thuggin]

Requesting a mod to lock this thread, to avoid it being cluttered by trollers, and @sshats.

Also, heres a good site from the TEPCO power company to keep a watch on: http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp...e/index-e.html

Requesting you to find something better to do then troll. Troll!

[Alhanelem]

If they lock the thread it will just drop off the front page and no one will see it.

Preepmtively locking threads because you THINK an "@sshat" will post in them is a bad idea, as well.

All that aside, it's good to find some actually useful resources for information. Though with the situation @ the nuke plant appearing to be improving, I'm more concerned about the 400k people displaced by the tsunami.

[Haglaz]

maybe i was thinking more of a sticky, then?

[RAIST]

01.10 TEPCO have succeeded in connecting a new external power cable to units 1 and 2. They will undergo inspection today (20th) to check the pump and valves in order to ensure they function. TEPCO is also aiming to restore power to units 3-6 after March 20th. They are calling it their ‘trump card’ in the battle to cool the troubled reactors. However, it is still unknown whether or not the cooling systems can be restored due to the damage they have sustained from the seawater. NISA has said that after restoring power, work will first begin on the meters and gauges, followed by the reactor cooling system and finally the spent fuel pool cooling system.

not progressing as quickly as we had originally hoped, but progress is progress