Shortly after Erin Burnett left CNBC, her long-time co-anchor, the great Mark Haines, fell over dead.

Sort of like when an elderly man dies right after his wife dies.

So, who’s next? Gotta be Cramer, right? See the 6:20 mark of this video:

Shell’s new floating LNG “refinery”:

Read more here.

I have been holding this video for several months because I couldn’t think of what to say about it. I was speechless, and still am. But now that Erin Burnett is leaving CNBC for CNN, I guess I need to post it. In any case, direct your attention to the 5:02 mark:

The Japanese are constructing an emergency generator at Fukushima.

Note to Japan: Really? You seriously don’t have any already constructed generators that could be brought in? WTF?

Here is a quote from this Wall Street Journal story:

Meanwhile, Tepco itself raced to complete construction of an emergency power supply for the crippled plant in a last-ditch effort to resume pumping of coolant onto dangerously overheated radioactive material throughout the site.

Everybody is carrying on about how well-prepared the Japanese are for disasters. And maybe they are, compared to stupid countries like Russia, but it’s clear now that emergency generators must be held in reserve, off site, so that they can be brought in after a disaster.

Every country that operates nuclear plants should have a warehouse full of diesels generators located in the safest part of the country. And they should be rigged for helicopter transport, ready to go at the drop of hat. If California doesn’t have this, the idjits out there need to get to work in it right now.

It turns out that operating nuclear reactors is serious business. Who knew?

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Hat-tip to my colleague, Larry.