Fukushima Radiation Threatens U.S. West Coast

Ken O’Brien

An ocean current called the North Pacific Gyre is bringing radiation from the Japanese Fukushima nuclear reactor to the West Coast of North America:

UPDATE: Is Southbridge Being Hyde-Jacked?

Updated at 8 am, 3/19: Hyde spokesman admits “some work” going to Canada.

Ken O’Brien

Nine days ago The O’Zone published an article titled, “Is Hyde Mfg. Moving Jobs To Canada?”

Yesterday The O’Zone published a follow-up piece titled, “Is Southbridge Being Hyde-Jacked?”

In both articles I was quite straightforward in saying that what I was reporting was based on anecdotal information from current and former employees of the company.

In addition I indicated that, rather than having any animosity toward the firm, it had a warm place in my heart.

However, the company is a foundation of what remains of employment in Southbridge as well as its industrial base.

So, given these factors, I was seeking any kind of denial that what I had been told and was therefore reporting lacked substance.

In what is now bordering on a week and a half there has been no such denial.