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Yeah I get what you mean! Thanks Volts!
Basically the reason I asked is because a local landfill is now accepting low level nuclear waste (they don't mention what it is specifically), and a local group against it has loads of info about it.
http://www.kingscliffewastewatchers.co.uk/#/radiation/4535054368
The company who owns the landfill site says the limit will be up to 200 Bq/gm.. Doesn't sound much but when you take it up to kilograms it is?
I think the limit for the UK is (or was post-fuki) is 500 Bq/kg for food..
Thanks!
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If you are new to this forum here are a couple of free guides to help you.
Free Geiger Counter use guide.
http://technologypals.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Using-a-Geiger-Counter-to-test-food-for-Radioactive-Contamination.pdf
Free guide on how to set up a home, or community based, DIY food testing lab.
http://technologypals.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/How-to-set-up-a-home-or-community-food-testing-lab-for-radioactive-contamination.pdf
For those of you how can't afford the above equipment. Here is a list of the latest International reports of detections of radioactive isotope contamination in food items.
http://sccc.org.au/archives/2861
If you have any suggestions or additions to improve either guide, please
post suggestion into this forum.
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High numbers being measured around Fuku area today…
http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atom-moc.pref.fukushima.jp%2Fdynamic%2FC0002-PC.html
but Yamada is the Hi-Rad winner for the day!
http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atom-moc.pref.fukushima.jp%2Fdynamic%2FC0001-PC.html
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TY, PattieB. It is good to see you posting again. The radiation figures for Yamada in the second link are really alarming.
39.4670° N, 141.9500° E
Yamada, Iwate, Japan, is on a bay between Onagawa nuclear power plant and Rokkasho reprocessing plant.
Onagawa nuclear power plant: 38°24′04″N 141°29′59″E
Higashidōri Nuclear Power Plant 41°11′17″N 141°23′25″E
Rokkasho reprocessing plant : 40.917N 141.333E
http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html
Yamada is 77.5 mi (124.8 km) N from Onaga nuclear power plant
And 105 miles (169.5 km) ESE from Rokassho reprocessing plant
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Yamada: 18,089 nGy/h
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http://www.nuclearcrimes.org/conversions.php
1 uGy/hr = 1000 nGy/h
1 uGy/hr = 1 uSv/hr
http://educationinjapan.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/educating-ourselves-becquerels-and-base-figures-what-do-they-all-mean/
18,089 nGy/h = 18.089 micro Sieverts/hour
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Sorry I picked the wrong location for Yamada. The Yamada in these readings seems to be the Yamada region near Fukushima:
Looks like I picked the wrong location for Yamada. According to this report, it is the Yamada region near Fukushima:
“TOKYO, May 18 (Xinhua reporters blue construction) Japan Ministry of the Environment has announced Fukushima first nuclear power plant surrounding warning area and plans to evacuate the District of dose distribution for a detailed report, the highest radiation dose is the Futaba-cho, Fukushima Prefecture Yamada region to achieve throughout the year about 450 mSv lowest Minamisoma City District throughout the year about 0.5 mSv….”
http://www.newsking.us/news-1506927-Japan-announced-the-vicinity-of-the-Fukushima-nuclear-power-plant-radiation-dose-report.html
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Australia,
Queensland,
Sunshine Coast,
11th, October, 2012
Our local background 24hr average was 39% above average yesterday, and it looks like increasing even more over the next 24hrs, if the wind doesn't change direction from the North.
http://sccc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Caloundra-local-average-background-radiation-levels-October-2012.jpg
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Have been measuring in a new location, south of Vancouver, minutes from the BC Canada/Washington US border(Whiterock/Blaine). Still getting similar results on my SOEKS 01M of on average .11 µSv/hr. Peace
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Today I`m getting 30-45cpm on my Inspector Alert meter 1 meter from ground (pancake tube) which is what i usually get, sometimes the occasional spike to 50-60cpm
Almost forgot my location Chilliwack,BC,CAN 1hr from Vancouver.
GTG in a hurry I`ll post more laters! : )
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No EPA data since spike on 10/04/12 http://epa.gov/radnet/radnet-data/radnet-sacramento-bg.html
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When I click on this link, I get through Oct 11.
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I'm sorry I misread the graph. You are right.
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I think these two charts from the EPA show spikes due to Fukushima: Spokane, WA, and Sacramento, CA.
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/net2/Sacramento-CA-Real-Time-US-Radiation-Monitoring-Graph.aspx
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/net2/Spokane-WA-Real-Time-US-Radiation-Monitoring-Graph.aspx
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Australia,
Queensland,
Sunshine Coast,
15th, October, 2012
There was a dramatic drop in the 24hr local background with the arrival of southerly cold front. It went from a 39% above average high on the 10th, down to 9% above average on the 12th.
http://sccc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Caloundra-local-average-background-radiation-levels-October-2012.jpg
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Free Geiger Counter charting and logging software can be downloaded from the site below. It has been especially created for those who would like to learn how to chart their Geiger data.
http://sccc.org.au/charting-templates
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A map showing gamma ray air radiation level of Japan (East & NE) in red everywhere :O http://bit.ly/V7kscZ
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Radiation monitor truck hood swipe Cleveland Ohio 10-15-2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIowUfueauM
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Cleveland, OH "whoah!" is right.
"I don't care what any of the experts say." – from video
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Alert level ++++ on Radiation Network West Coast USA.
See screen shot taken on the 20th October 2012 12.14 pm USA time, It went a lot higher.
http://sccc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Radiation-network-alert-level-20122012.jpg
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Correction 12.14 am USA time in above post.
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Holy S! Hope its a problem with the monitor. At 3154 now!
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it would be interesting if people document radionuclide readings/spikes *as well as* chemtrail sprays. we already know there is a history of spraying things (chemicals, biological agents, radionuclides…) on populations. the chem also effects where it all rains. just saying, for those who are doing readings it might be good to note if there are any correlations.
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Just checked the jet stream. It is directly overhead of station at 3518 now and has been steadly rising.
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Alert level ++++ on Radiation Network West Coast USA.
Turned off at 1.04 AM USA time after reaching 3,653 CPM
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Back on at 1.10 AM 1,430 CPM
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A Geiger Counter tube can suffer from saturation and go to zero until it recovers. This can happen when a large amount of radiation is detected.
If event is not a false alarm or a fault in the device, this would explain the temporary down time during the this event.
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@vital1
When it spikes to…say 0.48 then it drops down to 0.00 until it goes back to the normal level (whatever that is in your area), do you think it is detecting a particle momentarily or is it like a small cloud or stream of particles passing by? What I mean buy 'stream' imagine a puff of cigarette smoke passing by. I know it's not cigarette smoke my geiger is detecting though because it can happen in the middle of the night and you know there is no one around outside smoking etc. I just don't know if an odd particle can raise that much of microsievert.
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GlowInTheDark,
I think it is caused by a highly radioactive source passing by, in this case a radioactive cloud.
I had this happen to my Geiger Counter when I detected a radioactive cloud passing over our area. My Geiger Counter went to zero, and then recovered. You can see it in the data chart taken of the event. The big dip just before the peak.
http://sccc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/radiation-spike-080112.png
Full details of about this event can be found here,
http://sccc.org.au/archives/2490
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Thanks Vital1.
I set my geiger alarm at 0.35 and everyday I get beep at least once. Hate to think the cloud/rain is falling on the vegetable patch
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That monitor station in Oregon via the radiation network dropped to 2528 as of 1:13AM pacific time. Hope its a false monitor reading.
Nothing on any Oregon news page about it.
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Rain storm just moved through that area. Level down now to 70 after rain has passed
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Radiation readings japan
Fukushima, 18547
http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atom-moc.pref.fukushima.jp%2Fdynamic%2FC0002-PC.html
Yamada , 18547
http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atom-moc.pref.fukushima.jp%2Fdynamic%2FC0001-PC.html
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HAARP really busy right now.
http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/scmag/disp-scmag.cgi
http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/data.html
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I should have said, off the charts.
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Oh lovely…Uncle Sam's high frequency weather weapon…their scientists are as nuts as the nucleocrats:
Check out the electron spike for October 20:
"each ray path's penetration point (PP) with the ionospheric F layer at 350 km altitude."
http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/ashtech/tec.cgi
SP: one day they will fry everyone's brains. Coal miners might survive.
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Radioactive Tornadic Saint LouisStorms, Oct 17, 2012
“The storms which passed through this evening were radioactive @ 18 times greater than background radiation. The Fukushima Jet Stream was overhead during these storms, indicating the likely presence of long half life radioactive fallout. Testing over the next few days will determine the presence of long half life radiation and will give some indication of last week's conditions at Fukushima. If long half life radioactivity is detectable it will add to the long term build of environmental radiation.
http://pissinontheroses.blogspot.com/
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425 Gross Beta Count Rate, Phoenix, AZ
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/net2/Phoenix-AZ-Real-Time-US-Radiation-Monitoring-Graph.aspx
500 Gross Beta Count Rate Yuma
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/net2/Yuma-AZ-Real-Time-US-Radiation-Monitoring-Graph.aspx
970 Gross Beta Count Rate on Oct 7 or 8 Bakersfield
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/net2/Bakersfield-CA-Real-Time-US-Radiation-Monitoring-Graph.aspx
490 Gross Beta Count Rate Fresno, CA
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/net2/Fresno-CA-Real-Time-US-Radiation-Monitoring-Graph.aspx
Sacramento, CA still down
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/net2/Sacramento-CA-Real-Time-US-Radiation-Monitoring-Graph.aspx
Louisville, KY also down
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/net2/Louisville-KY-Real-Time-US-Radiation-Monitoring-Graph.aspx
640 Gross Beta Count Rate, Raleigh, NC
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/net2/Raleigh-NC-Real-Time-US-Radiation-Monitoring-Graph.aspx
spiked off the chart, Sept 29, Lincoln, NE
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/net2/Lincoln-NE-Real-Time-US-Radiation-Monitoring-Graph.aspx
spiked off the chart, Sept 17, Pierre, SD
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/net2/Pierre-SD-Real-Time-US-Radiation-Monitoring-Graph.aspx
670 Gross Beta Count Rate, Harrisonburg, VA
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/net2/Harrisonburg-VA-Real-Time-US-Radiation-Monitoring-Graph.aspx
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Holy S##t! I saw the jetstream dropped down into middle USA on the news last night. Fresh death-dealing poison blowing from Japan. Wonder if the US government has enough money to pay reparations for 360 million downwinders? I think not.
http://squall.sfsu.edu/gif/jetstream_norhem_00.gif
Washington and Oregon residents…batten down the windows and change your HEPA filters. I will be doing the same today. Get some liposomal Vitamin C… It might make the difference….
Madness in Japan… Blobzilla is alive and angry…and she has sisters.
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The Jet Stream dove south over the South East USA..then CURVED back over the middle USA in Ohio..KS..ST Louis area..sad.
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Last night and yesterday. Central Oregon. ALERT levels.
Over 1700 cpm…
Just after midnight last night:
(credit vital1)
Screen shot:
http://sccc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Radiation-network-alert-level-20122012.jpg
Radiation Network: Message
Update: 10/20/12, 1:00 P.M. – Radiation Alert in Oregon
http://radiationnetwork.com/Message.htm
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"he believes the cause is a malfunction of his detector"
http://www.radiationnetwork.com/Message.htm
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I saw this event unfolding on Radiation Network and took lots of screen shots.
This happened over Oregon during rain, and with the Jet stream overhead.
The web cam people recorded significant events at Fukushima a few days before.
To me it had all the signs of a highly radioactive cloud passing over the area. The radiation levels went significantly up and down a few times while I was watching the event unfold. Eventually the unit disappeared off the network.
Just my opinion, and I could be wrong, equipment can malfunction.
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I agree.
The rain. The jet stream. Oregon, Washington and California have become the front door to the fallout onslaught.
These "micro" ALERTS are going to become more and more frequent.
They will continue to be 'put off' as technical errors. But, I think many are starting to realize better.
The difficulty here is that it's almost impossible to prove that an illness was caused by a particular radioactive contamination event. 5 or 10 years from now in Eugene, Oregon many may get sick. They will never know why.
Obamacare will not be able to cover the increase in unexpected and undetermined illnesses.
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Speaking of the vanguard, 970 Gross Beta Count Rate on Oct 7, 775 on Oct 14 in Bakersfield CA
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/net2/Bakersfield-CA-Real-Time-US-Radiation-Monitoring-Graph.aspx
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I know. I wish more realized this.
Sooner or later, they will.
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repost from above:
Dogleg
October 20, 2012 at 3:37 am
Holy S! Hope its a problem with the monitor. At 3154 now!
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VERY Radioactive Air Filter in KENTUCKY !!! (PLEASE SHARE)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g22m_rpefqs&feature=player_embedded
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Dammit – I just got back from near there…. and am planning to go to Ky in December! Thanks anne!
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+1
These higher than high readings are on the upswing.
(fact)
If terrorists were driving around in flat bed trucks loaded with radioactive materials it could be 'like spreading' a bunch of small dirty bombs. We would never know the difference. Until suddenly the population drops to half in five or ten years. Even then they will try to blame it on Coca-Cola additives or over use of cell phones.
(speculation only)
I think the USA's radiation alert systems need a MAJOR UPGRADE. Soon!
Shouldn't every fire station, police station and medical center have detectors that are tied together and can be monitored by all.
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I got this post from xdrfox's website
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http://beforeitsnews.com/contributor/pages/4/882/stories.html
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Louisville, KY High (beta gross cpm) for days.
There's a good graph on this page.
Jun 28 through Oct 4
(below the video)
http://beforeitsnews.com/japan-earthquake/2012/10/very-radioactive-air-filter-in-kentucky-please-share-2439438.html
Thanks anne
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The new "normal" after the rains…
10/21/2012 10:58:18 AM, 0.6033, 181
10/21/2012 10:59:18 AM, 0.4667, 140
10/21/2012 11:00:23 AM, 0.5900, 177
10/21/2012 11:01:22 AM, 0.3867, 116
10/21/2012 11:02:26 AM, 0.5100, 153
10/21/2012 11:03:27 AM, 0.5100, 153
10/21/2012 11:04:28 AM, 0.3433, 103
10/21/2012 11:05:32 AM, 0.7467, 224
10/21/2012 11:06:33 AM, 0.5600, 168
10/21/2012 11:07:34 AM, 0.3833, 115
10/21/2012 11:08:39 AM, 0.5233, 157
10/21/2012 11:09:38 AM, 0.3667, 110
10/21/2012 11:10:39 AM, 0.2733, 82
10/21/2012 11:11:41 AM, 0.3100, 93
10/21/2012 11:12:43 AM, 0.3100, 93
10/21/2012 11:13:45 AM, 0.2150, 43
10/21/2012 11:14:47 AM, 0.1350, 27
10/21/2012 11:15:48 AM, 0.1600, 32
10/21/2012 11:16:50 AM, 0.1300, 26
10/21/2012 11:17:52 AM, 0.3000, 90
10/21/2012 11:18:54 AM, 0.3233, 97
10/21/2012 11:19:56 AM, 0.3000, 90
10/21/2012 11:20:57 AM, 0.2033, 61
10/21/2012 11:21:59 AM, 0.2100, 63
10/21/2012 11:23:01 AM, 0.2750, 55
10/21/2012 11:24:03 AM, 0.2300, 69
10/21/2012 11:25:05 AM, 0.2750, 55
10/21/2012 11:26:07 AM, 0.2200, 66
10/21/2012 11:27:08 AM, 0.2600, 78
10/21/2012 11:28:10 AM, 0.2500, 75
10/21/2012 11:29:12 AM, 0.3900, 117
10/21/2012 11:30:14 AM, 0.3200, 96
10/21/2012 11:31:16 AM, 0.2733, 82
10/21/2012 11:32:17 AM, 0.2350, 47
10/21/2012 11:33:20 AM, 0.4067, 122
10/21/2012 11:34:21 AM, 0.4100, 123
10/21/2012 11:35:23 AM, 0.2767, 83
10/21/2012 11:36:25 AM, 0.2950, 59
10/21/2012 11:37:27 AM, 0.2267, 68
10/21/2012 11:38:29 AM, 0.2700,…
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10/21/2012 11:38:29 AM, 0.2700, 54
10/21/2012 11:39:31 AM, 0.3000, 90
10/21/2012 11:40:33 AM, 0.2950, 59
10/21/2012 11:41:34 AM, 0.3433, 103
10/21/2012 11:42:36 AM, 0.4433, 133
10/21/2012 11:43:38 AM, 0.3167, 95
10/21/2012 11:44:41 AM, 0.2033, 61
10/21/2012 11:45:42 AM, 0.2400, 72
10/21/2012 11:46:44 AM, 0.2700, 81
10/21/2012 11:47:46 AM, 0.3533, 106
10/21/2012 11:48:48 AM, 0.2600, 78
10/21/2012 11:49:49 AM, 0.2233, 67
10/21/2012 11:50:51 AM, 0.2633, 79
10/21/2012 11:51:53 AM, 0.3167, 95
10/21/2012 11:52:57 AM, 0.2200, 66
10/21/2012 11:53:57 AM, 0.4100, 123
10/21/2012 11:54:59 AM, 0.2533, 76
10/21/2012 11:56:00 AM, 0.3067, 92
10/21/2012 11:57:02 AM, 0.3200, 96
10/21/2012 11:58:04 AM, 0.2900, 87
10/21/2012 11:59:06 AM, 0.2933, 88
10/21/2012 12:00:08 PM, 0.2733, 82
10/21/2012 12:01:10 PM, 0.2333, 70
10/21/2012 12:02:12 PM, 0.2433, 73
10/21/2012 12:03:13 PM, 0.2167, 65
10/21/2012 12:04:15 PM, 0.2700, 54
10/21/2012 12:05:17 PM, 0.2933, 88
10/21/2012 12:06:19 PM, 0.2233, 67
10/21/2012 12:07:21 PM, 0.2600, 78
10/21/2012 12:08:23 PM, 0.3133, 94
10/21/2012 12:09:24 PM, 0.1900, 38
10/21/2012 12:10:26 PM, 0.3900, 117
10/21/2012 12:11:28 PM, 0.2550, 51
10/21/2012 12:12:30 PM, 0.2767, 83
10/21/2012 12:13:32 PM, 0.2567, 77
10/21/2012 12:14:34 PM, 0.2167, 65
10/21/2012 12:15:36 PM, 0.3633, 109
10/21/2012 12:16:38 PM, 0.2433, 73
10/21/2012 12:17:40 PM, 0.2300, 46
10/21/2012 12:18:41 PM, 0.3367, 101
10/21/2012 12:19:43 PM, 0.2367, 71
10/21/2012…
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10/21/2012 12:19:43 PM, 0.2367, 71
10/21/2012 12:20:45 PM, 0.2600, 78
10/21/2012 12:21:46 PM, 0.2033, 61
10/21/2012 12:22:49 PM, 0.2300, 69
10/21/2012 12:23:50 PM, 0.3000, 60
10/21/2012 12:24:52 PM, 0.2350, 47
10/21/2012 12:25:54 PM, 0.0700, 14
10/21/2012 12:26:56 PM, 0.1150, 23
10/21/2012 12:27:58 PM, 0.2550, 51
disgusted in the PNW…
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I seem to remember quite a few 'malfunctions' with the radiation network… once would be fine but could the equipment actually be doing it's job? They can't keep explaining the high readings away while Fuki is spilling it's guts 24/7!
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Would the high readings have anythiFir to do with this:
thecontrail.com/m/blogpost?id=4744723%3ABlogPost%3A321083
It says the fuel pool has caught fire at Fuki.. If it has god help l us all!
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Apologies for the spelling I'm on my new phone
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NW Wisconsin Or Duluth area Minnesota 114 CPM on Radiationnetwork.
It's been around 70 cpm the last couple weeks…
Whats up? I want to order a Duluth pack for x-mas but dam.
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Jebus,
Thank you for posting your readings.
I'm not to far away from you and appreciate your postings.
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There is evidence that something happened at Fukushima. See webcam discussion forum.
I am not sure how bad it is.
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Thanks majia
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http://imageshack.us/a/img51/8513/102ga.jpg
^^^^^
102 alert radiation network!
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Anchorage has had a definite spike this past week or so that coincided with a weather pattern shift where we're getting a jet looping up from Japan and coming down across Alaska from the north. Fairbanks bumped a bit, too. Happily, it is cold dry air, no rain (finally). I don't have the heart to drag out the counter. At least the garden is harvested.
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/net2/Anchorage-AK-Real-Time-US-Radiation-Monitoring-Graph.aspx
http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=glob_250
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Michigan Radiation Network bouncing at 100+ cpm.
Currently at 96 cpm
http://radiationnetwork.com/
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ALERT Level now 115 cpm
Michigan – Radiation Network
My Screen Shot:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2099954/Rad%20Network%20Oct%2022%202012%20ALERT%20115cpm.jpg
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You think theyll ever figure out this isnt Michigan…. I would say get a map but you are already looking at one
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Opps Minnisota
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Minnesota. I can spell too. lol
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It's now 76 CPM's and below it 55 CPM and they have not posted an explanation why it got so high. I'm sure that is forthcoming.
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As far as I know, Tim has not had a reply from the station owner yet. That can easily happen. If my station started issuing alerts and I was away from the room, let alone away from home, I probably wouldn't know it. Mine runs 24/7 and is usually unattended – it just feeds data into the radiation network on its own. That's pretty common, I think.
A frequent cause of erratic station behavior is a battery nearing the end of its life. My GC came with a battery that is supposed to last 2 years, but it's a matter of luck whether I change it before it becomes unreliable.
Keep watching the Grand Rapids station by all means, but odds are it's not something that will affect any of us. The best cure for this kind of problem is to get many many more stations onto the network to help separate blips from patterns.
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A moment after I posted that, Grand Rapids spiked again – 101 then 220 this time. Hard on the nerves, but I doubt that it's a big deal.
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Phooey – typo – 110, not 220. I was typing in the dark and the Big Red Alert covered my reply box and I pressed Submit without reading. Sorry!
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Back up to 102 in Minn. so I don't know perhaps a faulty geiger counter and if anyone living in Minnesota has a geiger counter please take a reading. Thanks in advance. Take care and no worries.
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Intellicast has the jet stream, from the area of concern in Minnasota, blowing onto Canada and then back onto the northern part of New Hampshire and the southern part of Maine.
It does not look like it is going to get rained down in route.
Where is this coming from? If you look at the jet stream here:
http://www.intellicast.com/National/Wind/JetStream.aspx
This could be coming from South Dakota or even North Dakota. Or maybe someone is monkeying around with radioacive something or other in Minn. Is there military in the area?
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That location in MN is historically on the high side. Usually around 40 or 50 from my observation.
So now it's more than 'doubled' it's usual.
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There is a lot we do not know about how radiation fed into the upper atmospheres will affect things and how the different kinds and mixtures of this 'goo' will interact.
We do know it can travel to the thermosphere.
(The International Space Station has a stable orbit within the middle of the thermosphere, between 320 and 380 kilometres – 200 and 240 mi. Auroras also occur in the thermosphere.)
We do not know what may trigger the falling of these particles. Weather (sat) maps are generally at about 30,000 feet. That's where most of the weather we see takes place and where jets fly.
We do know that rain and the jet stream play a part, but there are most certainly other factors at work.
We do know that when radiation FALLOUT comes down it can be 'spotty' and 'scattered'. One part of a corn field can be contaminated and the other half not.
Also, don't forget. The initial PLUTONIUM filled fallout blasts have now circled the planet over 14 times. Accumulating and mixing into 'everything'.
I have also seen it suggested that the lack of wind may allow heavier particles to fall all at once. I am sure there are many theories about how this 'stuff' is going to be coming at us.
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Minnesota still over 100 cpm
Now 101 cpm 4:14 pm pt
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I wonder if they are in a fracking area.
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Lol! Minnesota. I had to keep the trend of mistakes flowing. hehe
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Australia,
Queensland,
Sunshine Coast,
23th, October, 2012
The 22nd 24 hour average was 0.145 uSv/hr (45%) above the 4 year average of 0.10 uSv/hr. Also, on the morning of the 22nd between 12am and 8am it was 48% above average.
A very strong Southerly came through at around 8pm last night, so I expect today's average to be lower.
http://sccc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Caloundra-local-average-background-radiation-levels-October-2012.jpg
We are seeing increasing day averages here in the Southern Hemisphere as we move into our summer, more air appears to flow across the equatorial air circulation boundary in summer.
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I am doing a 10 minute count with fresh rain water from northern California. Took video of the swipe and the start of the count. Took water off my truck hood. numbers are high, still waiting for results. will post
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We took a sample of rain this morning, no elevated levels detected.
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Normal air readings, normal water readings… so far, so good in Northern California.
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Minnesota station is still on Alert level on Radiation Network, see screen shot.
http://sccc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Radiation-network-alert-level-Minnesota-104CPM-23102012.jpg
Radiation Network Message.
http://www.radiationnetwork.com/Message.htm
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This doesn't look like a false alert as the station near it is also showing elevated detections.
http://sccc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Radiation-network-alert-level-Minnesota-96-+-61-CPM-23102012.jpg
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The station near it is also showing elevated detections. Here is another screen shot to verify this.
http://sccc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Radiation-network-alert-level-Minnesota-111-+-67-CPM-23102013.jpg
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@Vital1. . . Noticed the same trend this afternoon which lent credibility to me that this is a geniune alert.
Personally not convinced enough though to attribute to Japan radiation since so localized; but what would cause a rad spike unique to this region?
Staying tuned for followups.
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80 CPM on Kauai's station on Radiationnetwork
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Alert level now at Kauai station 104 cpm
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133 cpm Kauai
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Alert level at Radiation Network Hawaii station screen shot.
http://sccc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Radiation-network-alert-level-Hawaii-133-CPM-23102012.jpg
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Illinois, USA
35 miles south west of Chicago.
46.6 CPM at 9:40 pm
October 22, 2012
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Above reading taken with Inspector Alert Geiger Counter
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It looks like ALL of the high readings are downwind of nuclear power plants. Maybe something is happening at these aging dinosaurs?
http://radiationnetwork.com/
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Santa Monica Mountains, California
35 miles northwest of Los Angeles (5 miles from the beach)
12:50pm – 36 cpm
1 pm – 44 cpm
1:25pm – 40.2 cpm
1:55pm – 36.7 cpm
10 minute averages taken outside (36" above the ground) with an Inspector Alert.
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