Posted on 03/17/2011 3:25:26 AM PDT by lakeprincess
Don’t break out the potassium iodide tablets and Geiger counters quite yet. Though nine-out-of-10 likely U.S. voters are tracking the news of Japan’s ongoing nuclear disaster, the majority — 56 percent — say they are not concerned about radioactive fallout drifting to these shores. This is amazing, considering the often alarmist and inaccurate coverage from some news organizations
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
At least some sense of proportion reigns. After all, even the dirty Chernobyl meltdown didn’t seriously pollute the land for a distance comparable to that of the US western seaboard from Japan.
That it's only 56% of LIKELY voters should alarm anyone.
Well at least 56% of the people have not lost common sense ;-)
same here (9000 Km away from Japan)
Geiger counters are sold out in Austria and Germany since tuesday.
Nobody remembers the 100 above ground NUCLEAR BOMBS exploded in Nevada. There is a picture looking out from Las Vegas and seeing a mushroom cloud.
http://ndep.nv.gov/boff/photo01.htm
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