Radiation alerts hit U.S. cities

World Net Daily ^ | 12/13/2013 | Bob Unruh

[jayrunner]

Who cares about SF!

[Star Traveler]

These aren’t official readings but from private sources - so, they would have to be confirmed first.

[Cementjungle]

...but what about the two in/near San Francisco?

Glow-in-the-dark condoms.

[Tijeras_Slim]

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.

[MrB]

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?

[Tijeras_Slim]

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.

True with gammas, but neutrons can activate material.

[Tijeras_Slim]

It was downwind from a majority of them at NTS.

[Star Traveler]

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.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Yes, high speed neutrons causing enhanced radiation in metal are an exception. However, they are not a factor in this situation.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Agreed, in this instance possible inhalation of particulate material is certainly the biggest danger.

[Star Traveler]

Set up your own radiation counter ... :-) ...

http://www.netc.com/Radiation%20Equipment%20Compatible.html

[MestaMachine]

This is wnd, folks. Seriously.

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php

[The Cajun]

Normal background radiation is between 8 to 30 counts per second, depending on location and sensitivity of equipment.
Worked with very sensitive scintillation/photomultiplier type of detectors.
Just being around cinder blocks and even concrete could double normal background.
Out in the lakes or offshore, away from everything, could drop background to as low as 5 counts per second.
Lots of influences and considerations involved in getting a true background reading.
Scintillation/photomultiplier detectors are the only type I really trust, they ain't your little hand carry geiger counters.

[lucky american]

Maybe that’s why everyone I know has cancer?

[GOPJ]

This is stupid....they’re saying there’s a huge area covered by this surge?? They should be able to find the pinpoint.

Anyone know why not?

[maine yankee]

glow in the dark ping

[familyop]

"Wonder how much radiation floated around when years of above ground nuke tests were being done?"

Yep. That's a good point. Those of us who've lived in the U.S.A. through most of those tests still have only one head, two eyes, two hands, etc. And if we exercise enough, we can live plenty long.

The posted piece is hysteria from socialist crooks.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hysteria \Hys*te"ri*a\, n. [NL.: cf. F. hyst['e]rie. See
     Hysteric.] (Med.)
     A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women,
     in which the emotional and reflex excitability is
     exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished,
     so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes
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     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The chief symptoms are convulsive, tossing movements of
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           and a choking sensation as if a ball were lodged in the
           throat. The affection presents the most varied
           symptoms, often simulating those of the gravest
           diseases, but generally curable by mental treatment
           alone. Hysteric

[Peter ODonnell]

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.

[bgill]

I’ve never seen any spikes at radiationnetwork so have thought for a couple years that it’s not reliable.

[steve86]

Jet stream change over western U.S. in the last day and a half. Source is probably obvious, assuming this is legit.