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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Science Will Radioactive Particles from the Leaking Reactor Reach Washington State?

Posted by Jonathan Golob on Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 6:49 PM

Dr. Jeff Masters at the Weather Underground (a meteorology site) ran a NOAA computer model to answer the question. The answer is yes—but, not in quantities to be of concern for human health.

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html

Dr. Masters links to a more refined model by the Austrian weather service, also showing the spread of the materials across Japan and the Pacific.

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You should also consult someone from Weather Underground (a radical group) to see if the radiation cloud will overthrow the US government.

Posted by J Bravo on March 15, 2011 at 7:10 PM

I'm making bingo card filled with all these predictions of things that experts told us would never happen.

Posted by The Wretched Harmony on March 15, 2011 at 7:32 PM

This Weather Report predicts Heavy Weather in Teen Town.

Posted by Banna

on March 15, 2011 at 7:34 PM

We need some of Charlie Sheen's tiger/Adonis Blood then the radiation won't hurt us at all and we'd be winning!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QS0q3mGP…

Posted by Thomas Hays on March 15, 2011 at 8:43 PM

Apparently there is a run on Iodine in the US as people panic. I-131 is one of the major fission products of a nuclear reactor and could potential get taken up in the thyroid...but it decays in a few days. If you're really that worried, salt your food a little extra hard.

Posted by prompt on March 15, 2011 at 9:36 PM

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I don't think we can compare Chernobyl here. It's much worse especially for the Pacific Northwest.

The rain basically dumps the whole load on the coast once it wafts across the whole pacific.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on March 15, 2011 at 11:21 PM

That last line in the top of the post should read "yes-but, not in detectable quantities."

Regarding the bottom of the post; did you really need a computer model to know that radioactive particles will spread over Japan and the Pacific?

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