Whole Off Buying A Car Until 2013, A Free One Is Coming

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Hold Off Buying Next Car Until 2013 - Free One Coming « on: October 25, 2011, 07:47:29 pm » Quote Modify Remove HONOLULU — Up to 20 million tons of tsunami debris floating from Japan could arrive on Hawaii's shores by early 2013, before reaching the West Coast, according to estimates by University of Hawaii scientists. A Russian training ship spotted the junk – including a refrigerator, a television set and other appliances – in an area of the Pacific Ocean where the scientists from the university's International Pacific Research Center predicted it would be. The biggest proof that the debris is from the Japanese tsunami is a fishing boat that's been traced to the Fukushima Prefecture, the area hardest hit by the March 11 disaster. Jan Hafner, a scientific computer programmer, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that researchers' projections show the debris would reach the coasts of Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Canada around 2014. They estimate the debris field is spread out across an area that's roughly 2,000 miles long and 1,000 miles wide located between Japan and Midway Atoll, where pieces could wash up in January. Just how much has already sunk and what portion is still floating is unknown. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/25/japan-tsunami-debris-hawaii_n_1031299.html?ncid=webmail5 ETA: Wouldn't/shouldn't some enterprising entrepreneur figure out a way to salvage that stuff? They say it is not radioactive.