japan new it was a level seven long ago coverup to maintain calm

Japan’s new assessment was based largely on computer models showing very heavy emissions of radioactive iodine and cesium from March 14 to 16, just after the earthquake and tsunami rendered the plant’s emergency cooling system inoperative. The nearly monthlong delay in acknowledging the extent of these emissions is a fresh example of confused data and analysis from the Japanese, and put the authorities on the defensive about whether they have delayed or blocked the release of information to avoid alarming the public.

my thoughts "this makes me sick as i sat on west coast these f#cks were surppresing info unreal and the us gov is so in on this coverup"

“Some foreigners fled the country even when there appeared to be little risk,” he said. “If we immediately decided to label the situation as Level 7, we could have triggered a panicked reaction.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/world/asia/13japan.html?_r=1&ref=asia

If you had brushed up on

If you had brushed up on your history and done some research on Chernobyl you would have expected this.

Yes. They did. Many of us

Yes. They did. Many of us already knew it was a 7 from the first explosion.
Frankly I think they need to add a new number to the scale.

pick a bale of cotton, pick a bale of hay

That last line tells me that

That last line tells me that these governments have ZERO credibility.

"We don't want anyone to panic, so shut up and eat your fallout!"

This is the same reason we

This is the same reason we are being told that these are safe levels.

We could just change some of these words around
"“If we immediately decided to tell the people of North America the seriousness of this fallout, we could have triggered a panicked reaction and that would cost us some serious dough”

coverup u judge

my thoughts "this makes me sick as i sat on west coast these f#cks were surppresing info unreal and the us gov is so in on this coverup let me clarify my position so
march 17 ny times
Strapped onto a plane and a helicopter that the United States flew over the site, with Japanese permission, the equipment took measurements that showed harmful radiation in the immediate vicinity of the plant — a much heavier dose than the trace levels of radioactive particles that make up the atmospheric plume covering a much wider area.

also this

http://www.uasvision.com/2011/03/21/japan-tv-shows-global-hawk-over-fuku...

so data was there but us and japanese didn't want to create 'panic" u be the judge... the problem i have is if university's or independent agency's had data they can make more accurate forecast maps of fallout and spread so why didn't theses gov want this u be the judge...i can only guess and i hate that....