Posted on 12/13/2013 11:28:14 AM PST by Errant
A private organization that monitors radiation data from network points across the United States issued email alerts today for two Western U.S. cities, Reno, Nev., and St. George, Utah.
The alerts came from the the Nuclear Emergency Tracking Center, which explains its mission is to provide radiation monitoring information from hundreds of sites in Japan and the U.S., including those run by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The warning pinpointed an area “of concern” in St. George, Utah, where background radiation levels more than doubled today from the typical reading.
In Reno, “the current background radiation level has increased suddenly by more than 200 points from the typical average.”
The report said the “counts per minute” at St. George reach an all-time high of 456, while the average is 222 with a normal deviation of 55.
In Reno, the CPM suddenly surged to 462. The all time high is 542. The average is 279 with a deviation of 56.2.
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hmmmmmmmmmm.
Natural causes or something else?????
I think I’ll stay inside and drink...just in case.
Gotta be Fukishima. Didn’t they just say a week or two ago a plume was headed our way (or some such thing). I try not to pay too close of attention to it. What can I do—leave for Chile earlier than planned? (:
This is stupid....they’re saying there’s a huge area covered by this surge?? They should be able to find the pinpoint.
Credibility is instantly lost when you confuse radiation with radioactive particles. It tells everyone that you do not know what you are talking about.
1) Shine a flashlight at something. That is like radiation. When you turn the flashlight off, whatever you shined it on has not become radioactive. Nor is it contaminated.
2) Radioactive particles can be compared to dust. They follow the same rules as dust. If you wash them off, they are gone. Do not eat or inhale them if at all possible.
I’m glad I saved all of that plastic and duct tape from several years ago
It’s a good thing it’s Christmas... because my house will be all wrapped up like a present.
*Credibility is instantly lost when you confuse radiation with radioactive particles. It tells everyone that you do not know what you are talking about.
1) Shine a flashlight at something. That is like radiation. When you turn the flashlight off, whatever you shined it on has not become radioactive. Nor is it contaminated.
2) Radioactive particles can be compared to dust. They follow the same rules as dust. If you wash them off, they are gone. Do not eat or inhale them if at all possible.*
Radiation is poison in the same way that CO2 is a toxin...
Somewhat maybe, but not exactly. For instance rain and rain patterns are a huge factor in where "radiation" accumulates across a land mass.
Radiation alerts hit U.S. cities
Thanks, Rushmore Rocks.
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That said and honestly, I'm not so sure the company behind this story is that accurate either. Which gripes my butt to no end. The year is 2013; we hand 50% of our income over to taxes; you would think that accurate and timely radiation data and health risks is one thing the government could get right.
Noooo, they're too damn busy promoting global warming so their cronies can sell carbon credits, or destroying the best healthcare in the world so those cronies can charge exorbitant insurance and medical care rates.
Grrrrr.......
Lol, I’m glad I’m getting into Hydroponics!
Not a bad plan. :)
Not only that, but the debt our government has saddled us with now exceeds our annual GDP.
St. George, Utah is just a bit downwind from one of the big open air A-bomb test sites from the 1950’s. John Wayne’s cancer was linked to the fact that he was making a movie in St. George during a test.
Actually, you have just moved them from one location to another. The problem Japan has right now is that it has its hands full with radioactive particles. They have no way to remove radioactive Tritium from water and have recently concluded that it must all be dumped into the Pacific Ocean.
And nothing to do with his smoking?
Back before I started building microprocessors, I was studying Chemistry and Geology.
Its still kind of a hobby for me.
Quite a few people on that movie set died within years from illnesses that could at least theoretically be related to radiation exposure. But back then just about everybody smoked too.
“Do not eat or inhale them if at all possible.”
Adhering to your ‘rules of dust’ observation, this would be called ‘the tricky part’.
When I lived in Manhattan (Governor’s Island, actually), you’d often blow your noise at times and find quite a bit of dust in your Kleenex. Dust is insidious stuff.
I forget which film it was, but some large % of the cast and crew developed cancers.
I’d think you’d have to smoke a heckuva lot of Camels to experience the same health effects as standing a few miles from an open air A-bomb test.
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