Posted on 03/17/2011 12:37:04 AM PDT by Libloather
Small amounts of radiation headed for California, but no health risk seen
By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times
March 17, 2011
Small amounts of radioactive isotopes from the crippled Japanese nuclear power plant are being blown toward North America high in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean and will reach California as soon as Friday, according to experts.
A network of sensors in the U.S. and around the world is watching for the first signs of that fallout, though experts said they were confident that the amount of radiation would be well within safe limits.
Operated by the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. network known as Radnet is a system of 100 radiation monitors that work 24 hours a day, spread across the country in places such as Anaheim, Bakersfield and Eureka. In addition, a network of 63 sensors is operated by the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, an international agency allied with the United Nations.
Atmospheric experts said the material should begin showing up on the West Coast as early as Friday, though it could take up to an additional week for the 5,000-mile trip from Japan to Southern California. Although the organization has told its member countries that the first indication of radiation would hit on Friday, the plume from a North Korean nuclear test in 2006 took about two weeks to travel to North America, U.N. officials said.
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http://www.accuweather.com/video/652623646001/japanese-radiation-in-the-wind.asp
Well, just how many rads an hour can we in California expect?
The MSM want you to worry about this! Work your self into a tizzy about it.
Stare at the TV, “listen to my voice.” “You will worry about this even thought it is on the other side of the planet.”
People who are worried about this do not need a map, they need a globe.
Ultimately we have to depend our own common sense and protect ourselves and our families as best we can.
All the best to everyone.
Nothing I see shows any indication of airborne sensors over the Pacific indicating any radioactive material has made it any signficant distance eastwards from Japan. These atmospheric experts are discussing pure hypotheticals and it is being treated as news.
And the MSM is known to lie and hyperventilate to push their agenda as well. The MSM is known to be infested with liberals, and liberals tend to be anti-nuclear nutbars with an reason to hype the risks here.
So who should I believe here? Scientists with hard information that can be verified or disproven independently by other scientists at some point in time? Or MSM spinners who are seldom if ever held accountable for their BS?
You have to look at the source.
Sometimes, and sometimes they don't. In this case, I don't have to listen to the government, there are independent scientists and research that I can base my opinions on. You do what you feel you have to, thats up to you, but there are others with a differing opinion and its not all because of government lies.
How much is a radiation detector and how common are they?
It would seem to be a fact that can not be hidden.
First is was none, then small, then...
First it was none, then small, then..
“Dave’s not here maaaan....”
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quick rush to homedepot and buy anti-radiation plywood for your windows!!! (/s)
So many Kalifornians are so deathly afraid a fart will escape into the atmosphere they catch them with a wine snifter and inhale them! That very word, radiation, sends a sphincter-clinching cringe up and down their spines, but what the government, UN or whatever doofus is saying this will allay their worst Progressive ECOCONSCIOUS fears?
As much as I dislike that locale, I wouldn't mind ambling about the populace to see the faces of those that first hear this tripe.....
The debate is over, there can be no more dispute...
it is all George W. Bush’s fault.
Obama inherited this mess.
The only way to stop the ratiation is to impose a millionare tax.
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