>> Notice what this does not state. It does not state that the Fukushima Daiichia accident is the source of the elevated radiation levels. It simply assumes a cause and effect. <<
Worse than assumes it, it deviously infers it.
And you’re absolutely right. The highest radioactivity is in Philadelphia, which gets its rain slightly from land transpiration, partly from Canadian sources (”Noreaster”), partly from the Atlantic Ocean (”Noreaster”), and largely from the Gulf of Mex (”Souwester”). There ain’t much Pacific moisture making it over the Sierra Nevadas, across the Great Basin and across the Rocky Mountains.
Yes, and it was worth repeating 3 times