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.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Who cares about SF!
These aren’t official readings but from private sources - so, they would have to be confirmed first.
Glow-in-the-dark condoms.
St. George was close enough to the NTS that they could see and sometimes hear the atmospheric tests. They were directly under the path of the debris cloud and fallout. On the Nancy Shot of the Upshot-Knothole Series (1953) Salt Lake City recorded over 10K cpm following this single test.
The John Wayne film “The Conquerer” was filmed near St. George, and tons of the dirt were brought back for scenes filmed on a sound stage. A ton of people on that movie died of cancer.
Because reports from the gov’t are more reliable than those from private sources...
The gov’t wouldn’t lie to us about something like this, would they?
True with gammas, but neutrons can activate material.
It was downwind from a majority of them at NTS.
With a network of private sources, I wouldn’t believe any of the reports until some scientists go out there and confirm it. The fact of the matter is that anyone can hook into this network without knowing the least thing about how to properly set it up and monitor it.
Yes, high speed neutrons causing enhanced radiation in metal are an exception. However, they are not a factor in this situation.
Agreed, in this instance possible inhalation of particulate material is certainly the biggest danger.
Set up your own radiation counter ... :-) ...
http://www.netc.com/Radiation%20Equipment%20Compatible.html
Maybe that’s why everyone I know has cancer?
Anyone know why not?
glow in the dark ping
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I have a background in air quality meteorology, and had a look at the weather patterns past two days over the region of interest. It does broadly fit the pattern of a long-distance source because the area has been under a sprawling high pressure area that is increasingly coming under the influence of mid-level westerly winds from the Pacific after being more in a northerly arctic flow (that’s why it was so cold earlier this month in the Great Basin region).
When inversions slowly break down, whatever’s trapped in the levels just above the surface can slowly mix down to the surface. The only other plausible explanation for the pattern seen on the map would be a moderate release of radiation from the Hanford WA nuclear power station.
I have the feeling that this Japanese nuclear problem is somewhere between a crisis (as speculated on some websites) and no big deal (as our governments are telling us). It is a situation that is similar to the low-level increases in radiation seen after Chernobyl at relatively large distances and people are right to be concerned about it.
I’ve never seen any spikes at radiationnetwork so have thought for a couple years that it’s not reliable.
Jet stream change over western U.S. in the last day and a half. Source is probably obvious, assuming this is legit.
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