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Of radiation with massive particles carried high in the atmosphere, it would make it all the way here. but you got to remember what happens with this stuff is the radiation hits the particles above and those particles have to be carried to the west coast. that is a lot to ask. by the time that happens a lot of disbursement. you think about chernobyl. that radiation got into the atmosphere and traveled the globe a couple times and by the time it got over the u.s. it was nothing and less than a ch...

>> well have a nice forecast today in the northeast and much of the country. an update on the winds in japan, across the region of concern, theyre still out of the northwest and everything is blowing out to sea. so whatever is happening and being leaked out there, as of today and into tomorrow it will be heading out to sea. on sunday the winds could shift a little bit and send some of the wind direction back on shore. none of those winds are sending anything toward tokyo. thats a great concern. ...

Ago, and that changed the wind direction to a northwesterly direction, which is good news for the folks that are around the fukushima nuclear power plant because thats an offshore win, what we expect to see through friday. it will take contaminants out across the pacific. and in the meantime a fluctuation, that brings winds onshore at night, light but that allows contaminants to linger over the communities more. thats not good news. through the rest of the week as well and into the weekend the o...

Material went up into the air. if things go bad with the spent fuel, there is no containment vessel. and so if they catch fire, if they start to melt, there is nothing to prevent that from leaking down into the environment. >> and, again, thats where the wind direction really comes into play and becomes so important. i want to bring in chad myers, who is monitoring those conditions. chad, where is the wind blowing now, and also where has it been blowing over the last 24-hour period? those spent ...

Fuel, there is no continment vessel. so if they start to melt, there is nothing to prevent that from leaking down into the environment. >> and, again, thats where the wind direction really comes into play and becomes so important. i want to bring in chad myers, who is monitoring those conditions. chad, where is the wind blowing now, and also where has it been blowing over the last 24-hour period? because we were told yesterday those spent fuel pods, some were exposed for some 2 1/2 hours and the...

Leaking down into the environment. >> and, again, thats where the wind direction really comes into play and becomes so important. i want to bring in chad myers, who is monitoring those conditions. chad, where is the wind blowing now, and also where has it been blowing over the last 24-hour period? because we were told yesterday those spent fuel pods, some were exposed for some 2 1/2 hours and there was a release. so what about the conditions yesterday? >> there certainly was a release yesterday ...

When things went bad, that material went up into the air. if things go bad with the spent fuel, there is no containment vessel. so if they start to melt, there is nothing to prevent that from leaking down into the environment or going into the air. >> and, again, thats where the wind direction really comes into play and becomes so important. i want to bring in chad myers, who is monitoring those conditions. chad, where is the wind blowing now, and also where has it been blowing over the last 24-...

Radiation inside that vessel. three mile island when it had its problem, the containment vessel held, and while there was some radiation, the core did not leak out into the environment. so thats the difference here. you know, were sort of hoping for three mile island as ironic is that is. were hoping that the containment vessel works and keeps most of that radiation inside the reactor. >> we just dont know right now. jim goes on to call the workers who are staying at the plant protectors of thei...

Devastating tsunami that has completely swept across that northern region of japan. nina? >> andrew, lets get a check in on the weather picture for japan and see how thats likely to affect operations at the fukushima plant and also search and rescue efforts. jennifer delgado standing by at the cnn weather center. what more can you tell snus. >> hi, nina, well, were talking about the fukushima daiichi plants. right now we are dealing with an easterly flow. and that is going to continue to spread ...

>> all right, patrick fuller, spokesperson for the international federation of red cross. thank you so much and best of luck to you out. there well check in with you again soon. nightmarish scene. >> it is. and people like patrick who have seen so many international disasters describe this as the worst theyve ever seen. >> you mentioned 127 million people in the country. the country in geographic size smaller than california. you can imagine just the density, the population density and the kind ...