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Radiation alerts hit U.S. cities
World Net Daily ^ | 12/13/2013 | Bob Unruh

Posted on 12/13/2013 11:28:14 AM PST by Errant

A private organization that monitors radiation data from network points across the United States issued email alerts today for two Western U.S. cities, Reno, Nev., and St. George, Utah.

The alerts came from the the Nuclear Emergency Tracking Center, which explains its mission is to provide radiation monitoring information from hundreds of sites in Japan and the U.S., including those run by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The warning pinpointed an area “of concern” in St. George, Utah, where background radiation levels more than doubled today from the typical reading.

In Reno, “the current background radiation level has increased suddenly by more than 200 points from the typical average.”

The report said the “counts per minute” at St. George reach an all-time high of 456, while the average is 222 with a normal deviation of 55.

In Reno, the CPM suddenly surged to 462. The all time high is 542. The average is 279 with a deviation of 56.2.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhoenergy; fukushima; nrc; nuclear; nuclearpower; radiation; radiationalerts
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To: who knows what evil?

Who cares about SF!


41 posted on 12/13/2013 1:05:19 PM PST by jayrunner
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To: Errant

These aren’t official readings but from private sources - so, they would have to be confirmed first.


42 posted on 12/13/2013 1:09:16 PM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: who knows what evil?
...but what about the two in/near San Francisco?

Glow-in-the-dark condoms.

43 posted on 12/13/2013 1:09:39 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Proud2BeRight

St. George was close enough to the NTS that they could see and sometimes hear the atmospheric tests. They were directly under the path of the debris cloud and fallout. On the Nancy Shot of the Upshot-Knothole Series (1953) Salt Lake City recorded over 10K cpm following this single test.

The John Wayne film “The Conquerer” was filmed near St. George, and tons of the dirt were brought back for scenes filmed on a sound stage. A ton of people on that movie died of cancer.


44 posted on 12/13/2013 1:10:15 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Star Traveler

Because reports from the gov’t are more reliable than those from private sources...

The gov’t wouldn’t lie to us about something like this, would they?


45 posted on 12/13/2013 1:10:17 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
1) Shine a flashlight at something. That is like radiation. When you turn the flashlight off, whatever you shined it on has not become radioactive. Nor is it contaminated.

True with gammas, but neutrons can activate material.

46 posted on 12/13/2013 1:11:40 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Buckeye McFrog

It was downwind from a majority of them at NTS.


47 posted on 12/13/2013 1:12:25 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: MrB

With a network of private sources, I wouldn’t believe any of the reports until some scientists go out there and confirm it. The fact of the matter is that anyone can hook into this network without knowing the least thing about how to properly set it up and monitor it.


48 posted on 12/13/2013 1:13:00 PM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Yes, high speed neutrons causing enhanced radiation in metal are an exception. However, they are not a factor in this situation.


49 posted on 12/13/2013 1:13:35 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Last Obamacare Promise: "If You Like Your Eternal Soul, You Can Keep It.")
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Agreed, in this instance possible inhalation of particulate material is certainly the biggest danger.


50 posted on 12/13/2013 1:15:12 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: MrB

Set up your own radiation counter ... :-) ...

http://www.netc.com/Radiation%20Equipment%20Compatible.html


51 posted on 12/13/2013 1:17:41 PM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Errant

This is wnd, folks. Seriously.

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php


52 posted on 12/13/2013 1:26:51 PM PST by MestaMachine (My caps work. You gotta earn them.)
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To: Errant
Normal background radiation is between 8 to 30 counts per second, depending on location and sensitivity of equipment.
Worked with very sensitive scintillation/photomultiplier type of detectors.
Just being around cinder blocks and even concrete could double normal background.
Out in the lakes or offshore, away from everything, could drop background to as low as 5 counts per second.
Lots of influences and considerations involved in getting a true background reading.
Scintillation/photomultiplier detectors are the only type I really trust, they ain't your little hand carry geiger counters.
53 posted on 12/13/2013 1:44:58 PM PST by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
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To: Proud2BeRight

Maybe that’s why everyone I know has cancer?


54 posted on 12/13/2013 2:05:16 PM PST by lucky american (The Democrats will follow the big "D"even if it means going over a cliff.)
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To: Sacajaweau; Old Sarge
This is stupid....they’re saying there’s a huge area covered by this surge?? They should be able to find the pinpoint.

Anyone know why not?

55 posted on 12/13/2013 2:11:37 PM PST by GOPJ ("Remember who the real enemy is... ")
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To: Errant

glow in the dark ping


56 posted on 12/13/2013 2:13:04 PM PST by maine yankee (I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
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To: Proud2BeRight
"Wonder how much radiation floated around when years of above ground nuke tests were being done?"

Yep. That's a good point. Those of us who've lived in the U.S.A. through most of those tests still have only one head, two eyes, two hands, etc. And if we exercise enough, we can live plenty long.

The posted piece is hysteria from socialist crooks.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hysteria \Hys*te"ri*a\, n. [NL.: cf. F. hyst['e]rie. See
     Hysteric.] (Med.)
     A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women,
     in which the emotional and reflex excitability is
     exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished,
     so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes
     the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into
     paroxism or fits.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The chief symptoms are convulsive, tossing movements of
           the limbs and head, uncontrollable crying and laughing,
           and a choking sensation as if a ball were lodged in the
           throat. The affection presents the most varied
           symptoms, often simulating those of the gravest
           diseases, but generally curable by mental treatment
           alone. Hysteric




57 posted on 12/13/2013 2:51:06 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: All

I have a background in air quality meteorology, and had a look at the weather patterns past two days over the region of interest. It does broadly fit the pattern of a long-distance source because the area has been under a sprawling high pressure area that is increasingly coming under the influence of mid-level westerly winds from the Pacific after being more in a northerly arctic flow (that’s why it was so cold earlier this month in the Great Basin region).

When inversions slowly break down, whatever’s trapped in the levels just above the surface can slowly mix down to the surface. The only other plausible explanation for the pattern seen on the map would be a moderate release of radiation from the Hanford WA nuclear power station.

I have the feeling that this Japanese nuclear problem is somewhere between a crisis (as speculated on some websites) and no big deal (as our governments are telling us). It is a situation that is similar to the low-level increases in radiation seen after Chernobyl at relatively large distances and people are right to be concerned about it.


58 posted on 12/13/2013 2:55:06 PM PST by Peter ODonnell (It wasn't this cold before global warming)
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To: Errant; DannyTN

I’ve never seen any spikes at radiationnetwork so have thought for a couple years that it’s not reliable.


59 posted on 12/13/2013 3:01:44 PM PST by bgill
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To: grania

Jet stream change over western U.S. in the last day and a half. Source is probably obvious, assuming this is legit.


60 posted on 12/13/2013 3:32:09 PM PST by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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