I have one of those geigers like that and if it was going off like at the beginning of the video even I’d be freaking out and they’re really far away from it and out in the middle of nowhere.
The contamination level is incredible.
"I have one of those geigers like that and if it was going off like at the beginning of the video even I’d be freaking out and they’re really far away from it and out in the middle of nowhere."In the beginning of the video its going off at roughly 70-100 counts per minute. No more than 100. Hardly the reason to freak out. You start to pay attention when the counts start to sound like a continuous chirp. And then your Geigeir will likely be swamped (most are overloaded at somewhere near 0.01-0.05 mSv) and you will need a better instrument with a higher range, like an scintillation counter :) A good respirator to protect yourself from breathing in alpha and beta-emitting nuclides is what you really need before going into that area. And a dosimeter with 1-5 Sv range to protect yourself from walking into real hotspots