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Post by NamelessStain on Jan 7, 2014 12:27:10 GMT
Well it seems the sea water has started to spike on radiation levels in CA with 5x the safe level. It even snows radiation in Missouri. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2535074/Radiation-readings-Missouri-snow-DOUBLE-normal-levels-San-Francisco-beach-FIVE-TIMES-safe-levels.htmlSo let's assume all of this is 100% accurate (not everyone will believe it). What do you see happening in the future? Already, my brother has stopped eating seafood. He's big into the whole Fukishima conspiracy, and let's be honest, there hasn't been a whole lot of news on it even though it is still fubar. Now they are enlisting the homeless to help with the problem (I'll see if I can find this article again). So if the whole west coast and pacific ocean are awash with radiation, do the masses leave? If so, to where? |
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Post by nxp on Jan 7, 2014 16:42:01 GMT
Don't eat the glowing snow. Problem solved. Eh, there was some liberty taken with the measurement units in that article, so be careful with the large values. Would have been better if they'd stayed with the same units, either Curie or Sv. Will there be radiation from ocean currents - you bet. And depending on how those currents travel you will find areas that have a higher amount of radiation than others. Did Japan downplay how significant the damaged was in Fukishima, not a doubt in my mind. And the problem is still very much there. AFA the west coast leaving from this amount, I don't see it happening. We'll be finding trace levels for decades to come, and depending on turn over in the sand/beaches I could see this issue becoming more like the PCB chemical issues of the 30-40's that were simply layered over and left to be cleaned up later (which we're doing now BTW..). If southern CA really wants to be worried about nuclear disaster, it should consider closing/deactiving the sister reactor to Fukishima just south of San Luis, the Diablo Canyon 1/2 Reactors. If you're curious as to their "solution" (or CYA) for extreme natural disasters, you can read them here: www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ops-experience/japan/plants/diab1.htmlIn all fairness, Diablo Canyon has the minor advantage of not having a major fault line off shore to develop a tsunami. It does have the San Andres behind it inland by quite a bit, but that's not saying that something significant couldn't happen that could develop a rouge wave/tsunami. Radiation's here to stay, be it ionizing or otherwise. We will adapt, as nature always does. |
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Post by NamelessStain on Jan 10, 2014 15:28:09 GMT
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Post by Gingerbread Man on Jan 14, 2014 1:43:52 GMT
Dnews be talkin somez smack.
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Post by nxp on Jan 16, 2014 17:24:22 GMT
Eh - Fiesta-ware example is a poor example, D-News. 1930's era Fiestaware was made with a glaze that contained uranium as a coloring agent, it allowed those insanely vibrant shades of orange/red that were very popular. That ish is radioactive, no doubt about it. Fiesta-ware quit using uranium in it's glaze decades ago, and no one can do that now - is very bad mojo. Any radiation found would be trace.
Seriously. We have radiation everywhere. EVERYWHERE.
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