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Originally posted by AlBeMet
It is now here, not the end times oh no amount people have been posting lately or is it?
"about a billion times beneath levels that would be health threatening"
A billion? Really?
It would be nice if they releases the actual numbers. I guess in good time, after the fact they will.
Does anyone have hard data we could compare to the supposed "billion times beneath levels"
-Al
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Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by YouAreDreaming
That's mR/hr. Millirem, not rads. 1rad=1000 mR
Do you know what type of counter is being used? Without knowing that the chart doesn't help much.
edit on 3/18/2011 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Gamma Sensitivity: 3500 CPM/mR/hr referenced to Cs-137
Originally posted by PplVSNWO
If I'm understanding this radiation measurements thing correctly, and you want to compare it to electricity... this meter is only telling us part of the story, like it's reading current. Don't we also need to know the intensity of the radiation to determine it's possible health effects(like we need the voltage also to find watts)? Shouldn't we be watching a meter that is calibrated and set to display µSv/hr in order see the health repercusions?
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by YouAreDreaming
Gamma Sensitivity: 3500 CPM/mR/hr referenced to Cs-137
It's a sensitive instrument. That would put the dosage closer to (and probably less than) .02 mR/h
edit on 3/18/2011 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Ex_CT2
I can't help but wonder: If everyone is so convinced that the Japan radiation is so bad, how in the HELL did the US--never mind just the West Coast--survive the bombing of Japan in WWII?
I almost hate to say this, but people--simmer down! This much unreasoning fear is not good for the soul. Yes, governments lie--constantly--indeed, it's so overpowering that it makes it impossible to know when they might be telling the truth. And using minimizing phrases like "about a billion times beneath levels that would be health threatening" is the exact the type of patronizing BS that naturally makes us want to throttle them.
But blindly reacting to things out of fear, and looking for and reinforcing each other's most fearful instincts, instead of doing something useful, like--I don't know--maybe a little Googling for facts! isn't helping matters any.
Good Lord, guys....