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Atomic Twister (2002)
Impossible? Tell that to Japan!!
While the premise of the movie - that a tornado can cause a nuclear reactor to go into a near meltdown - is a bit far fetched, I find it funny that so many of the reviewers (including some who confidently claimed they worked in the industry) thought the possibility of a reactor going unstable due to a natural disaster was "impossible".
I wonder what they would say today, with FOUR of Japan's nuclear reactors going hot. Obviously, cascading failures ARE not only possible, but under the right circumstances (or the most horrific collection of bad luck), probable.
Granted, it wasn't a tornado. Heck, it wasn't even the earthquake itself that caused Japan's nukes to go hot. It was the tsunami that followed the quake that led to the disastrous failure of not one, not two, but FOUR reactors. So far the Japanese are barely keeping the rods covered with water - sea water, because they have no pumps to pump in the fresh water that should be used (JUST like in the movie). Even so, 3 of the 4 plants have now suffered major explosions that blew the roof off - literally - and all are emitting unacceptable radiation levels just from the steam releases alone.
Turns out the writer of this script was a lot more prescient than anyone gave them credit for when the movie came out! Let's just hope that the ending of Japan's very real nuclear crisis is as good as the ending of the movie - or else it is not just Japan that will pay the price for our foolish arrogance.
Three Rivers: Alone Together (2009)
Song title from "alone together"?
Since my husband has a "triple A" , this episode really caught my attention. We just found out that he will need surgery to repair it in the very near future. Watching the procedure being done (even though it's not the real thing) helped me understand what they'll be doing, and feel a bit less nervous about it (even if there are complications).
I'm curious if anyone knows the name of the song that plays in the background near the end of the episode. I heard it once before, sung by a female, but this time it was a male vocalist. I really want to buy this song if I can find it. The lyrics are something about "I didn't know how little time there was", I think.