*Vanity* Fukushima Radiation likely to arrive on West Coast next month.

me | March 9, 2014 | Bushwon

[Freedom56v2]

Drudge posted an article (from a banned source) which stated that very low levels of Fukushima radiation will likely reach the West Coast next month.

Incredibly, the article states that there is no federal agency which currently samples Pacific Coast seawater for radiation.

I find it disturbing that:

1. There is money being spent for many frivolous activities, yet three is no monitoring for radiation on the West Coast?

2. The EPA is monitoring puddles on people's private property, yet there is no monitoring of radiation on the West Coast!

[Freedom56v2]

True, I read the article, but I don’t have property in Cali or Oregon, so I am still concerned. Also, it states models predict....If you live on the coast and consume substantial ocean life, then probably more concerned than someone in other areas of the country.

[Busywhiskers]

The key phrase is “very low levels”. I was sort of mildly concerned about this since I live in Oregon, and read some of the sky is falling articles that are out there about it. I asked my cousin and my number 2 son about what they are hearing. Cousin is a former Navy Nuke and works in the industry. Son is a current Navy Nuke training on a reactor in New York. Neither of them are particularly concerned about the levels of radiation we are likely to see.

[Freedom56v2]

Thanks, that is helpful and good to hear!

[The Antiyuppie]

The problem is, that a detector one could reasonably afford isn’t going to detect this.

[null and void]

In that case, Sharknado.

You rang???

[Freedom56v2]

Well, I guess depends on the definition of afford. But I agree, that it would be pointless to get one that does not accurately measure the Cesium 134, 137 and iodine 131.

I will check and see if there is any private monitoring being done in my area too.

[a fool in paradise]

You rang???

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Gov Brown will see that the legislature bans it from reaching the shore.

[lurk]

Yep, this is a conservative site, but note how quickly so many call for government action at such a time as this. Gonna have to go looking for nuclear regulation in the Constitution.

[Scutter]

This inane Fukishima radiation panic amuses me to no end. There is about 352,670,000,000,000,000,000 gallons of water in the world’s oceans. Let’s conservatively just take the water attributed to the Pacific ocean. That is 187,000,000,000,000,000,000 gallons. About 300,000 tons, or 72,000,000 gallons, of contaminated water (most of it very low level radioactive) were released by Fukushima. If you do the math, that is one part in 2.6 billion. In reality, it is much much smaller than that, because only a tiny amount of radioactive particles were in that water.

[old and tired]

Forget about the Geiger counter. What you need is iodoral. http://www.amazon.com/Iodoral-Potency-Potassium-Supplement-Tablets/dp/B000WG3FU4

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[PeterPrinciple]

but note how quickly so many call for government action at such a time as this.

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There is not much difference between libs and conservatives these days, govt is the answer to every problem, only “our” laws are better..................

[Pox]

The REAL problem is, what is the true significance. Does anyone truly know? With our rudimentary knowledge and useful facts on the subject at hand, I have a hard time believing anyone can honestly provide realistic guidance on the given subject.

[Freedom56v2]

Hmmm,

Yes, this is a conservative site (not libertarian...).

I believe that the government should protect our borders, and I think testing for radiation falls under that definition. I find it sadly ironic that the EPA is monitoring farmers’ fields dust emissions, yet they do not monitor the coastline for radiation....

Note, I want to do my own monitoring by buying a radiation detector....

[Cold Heart]

I checked a month ago, nobody, fed or state is checking seafood for radiation.

[kidd]

My thoughts?

That this vanity post is a tremendous display of ignorance of:
- radiation
- health physics
- dilution effects

This vanity post is also an example of what fearmogering can do. You are a Freeper. And you are now wondering why the government isn’t taking care of you better. And now you are looking to spend a bunch of money (on a Geiger counter?) which will only tell you that you have background radiation all around you.

An ignorant person with a means to measure radiation will soon learn to fear his granite countertop, his smoke detector and his Coleman lantern. And maybe even his bananas, his basement and that outcrop of rocks behind his house. But his seawater isn’t going to change using an instrument that measures disintegrations per second.

[Freedom56v2]

Not sure anyone knows, however, I would have thot it would be OK to ask the question. I don’t think it is ever wrong to seek truth.

[jazusamo]

Thanks...That’s interesting and would lead me to believe there is not a danger many of the fear mongers would have us believe.

[Talisker]

Incredibly, the article states that there is no federal agency which currently samples Pacific Coast seawater for radiation.

LOL, and you believe that?

It depends on what the meaning of "samples," is.

If you mean by "samples" tha the government is going to dhare thir findings with the public, then no.

If you mean by "samples" the data they are keeping for themselves, then the answer is "of course we are"!