U.S. Army General: The Whole Northern Hemisphere is at Risk of Becoming Largely Uninhabitable

SHTFplan ^ | 25th May, 2012 | Mac Slavo

[yank in the UK]

It’s estimated that tens of thousands of people in Japan and the whole of North America have been affected, with reports indicating that children in Japan and the U.S. are already being born with birth defects, as well as thousands who have already succumbed to radiation related illness. As we initially followed the breaking news during the first thirty days of the accident, we suggested the Fukushima disaster would be worse than Chernobyl. Not even we could have imagined how much worse it would be.

[Balding_Eagle]

What does that mean?

It may mean that the tuna grew up closer to a natural source of radiation, nearer the center of earth itself.

[yldstrk]

The Chicken Little contingent weighs in

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

“...Chernobyl only killed a handful of people and there were no long term side effects.”

You are correct.

Michael Crichton wrote an excellent, scholarly paper on this very thing.

[Reeses]

<s> I can assure you, this accident couldn't happen in America. Unlike the Japanese, which rigidly follow rules and regulations, our country fosters creative employees that think outside the box and are quite ingenious in defeating even fool-proof designs. The Japanese lack our diversity in the workplace, and our affirmative action and equal employment opportunity laws. Our union-lead public education institutions are the envy of the whirled. Our spent nuclear fuel rods are not kept on plant grounds for political reasons but are whisked away to underground storage in Nevada. The Japanese have no Muslims working in plant security to protect them. Our reactors were designed by Westinghouse before the Japanese took them over. </s>

[SatinDoll]

“Shelves of canned tuna = .05 rads/hr. What does that mean?”

Not much. 1 rad = 1 rem. Your reading is 5/100ths of a rad every hour and that isn’t much to be worried about.

In a high altitude city like Denver, a person would have 80 rem a year in exposure just from background radiation alone.

Frankly, I would be more concerned with the amount of mercury in canned tuna. Since I only like fresh tuna and that infrequently, the canned stuff is stored for emergencies.

[Nifster]

Key to knowing that it is overblown hype and crapola....the story starts by saying...”It is estimated....”

Hence they don’t know. They aren’t counting. They have no evidence. They are guessing

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/24/nuclear-bomb-survivor-japan

Japanese man wins recognition for surviving two atom bombs

Tsutomu Yamaguchi, 93, was caught in second world war atom bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasak

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A 93-year-old Japanese man has become the first person to be certified as a survivor of both US atomic bombings at the end of the second world war, officials said today.

Tsutomu Yamaguchi had already been a certified “hibakusha,” or radiation survivor, of the 9 August 1945 atomic bombing in Nagasaki. Now it has been confirmed that he also survived the attack on Hiroshima three days earlier.

Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip on 6 August 1945 when a US B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city. He suffered serious burns to his upper body and spent the night in the city. He then returned to his hometown of Nagasaki.

snip

[Tijeras_Slim]

Although the vast bulk of the tests at the NTS were underground, and hence “contained”, there were enough atmospheric tests to have the fallout clouds track across just about every portion of the continental US.

[shibumi]

This was just posted to the forum a short time ago.

It would seem to debunk that “uninhabitable” claim.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2888248/posts

[csmusaret]

Have you seen Hiroshima and Nagasaki lately?

[csmusaret]

Before and after pics here.....http://hiroshima55.tripod.com/id11.html

[hal ogen]

Just because someone is a general doesn’t mean they know what they are talking about. Anyway, we are all going to die eventually for some reason. Live and make the best of it while it lasts.

[Bikkuri]

Thank you for the ping :)

Yeah, I wish those ‘lemmings” would ALL run over a cliff.. they are getting real old real fast :/

Take care, my FRiend :)

[Bikkuri]

Look... I am IN Japan.. have been for the last 14 years... All of this is OVERBLOWN HYPE.... stop being pulled to these green weenie sites (that name may turn them on.. we need a new name :P ) and ignore most of that crap.

If you want an update, ask people that are here ;)

Take care :)

[E. Pluribus Unum]

You do realize that every time you open your window or walk outside you are exposed to RADIATION from the sun?

If I were you, I would find a cave to hide in.

Of course, rocks emit radiation, too.

[Bikkuri]

lmbo!! Same here.. I had to re-read it a bit more slowly ;)

[Delta 21]

Thanks for the morning giggle.

Now I have to go mow the lawn in full exposure to a giant hydrogen bomb that will probably result in my mutation into a watermelon eating lazy bum later on in the day.

[tet68]

Just the thought of millions of wetback Americans
making their way through Mexico makes a smile come
to my face.

“My uncle who owns a tortilla farm says the gringos
are so bad that they had to open a recycling plant”.

“Dos Dios, they are everywhere, and they expect
everything, Ballet for the little gringas, Sofbol
and La cross for the boys.

“One even asked me where he could get non-ethanol
gas for his bass boat.”

“Ieee, the amigas though, the young ones are HOT
but the mothers....”

[AmericanInTokyo]

BULLSHIT.

[Lazamataz]

Sir. I am offended. This is not bullshit.

This is insane, pedantic, moronic, rickrolling, drooling, stupid-beyond-measure, silly, utterly effing mad bullshit.