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NutmegYankee

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30. In the screen shot you posted, both the 58 and 82 readings have the dark black outer ring

Reply to chknltl (Reply #29)

Wed Dec 18, 2013, 10:10 PM

Dec 2013

The key down below identifies that as a "pancake" style tube.

And elevation is working against that area. The Colorado plateau is at least a mile above sea level, and you usually get an extra milliREM of radiation for every addition 1000 feet in elevation per year due to cosmic rays.

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Is there something odd going on in Colorado? [View all] chknltl Dec 2013 OP

Sorta looks like it. In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #1

I check into the link about once a week, never seen that before! nt chknltl Dec 2013 #4

I've never visited that link before. In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #6

I got the link from Thom Hartmann shortly after the Fukishima catastrophy. chknltl Dec 2013 #7

Rocky Flats plus the nation's only uranium production. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #2

Over the past few months I've not noticed such readings.... anywhere chknltl Dec 2013 #5

There's always something odd going on in Colorado. DavidDvorkin Dec 2013 #3

That's what legal pot will get you. Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #8

LOL, all that smoke bellowing up into the air, the new chemtrails! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2013 #10

That's because it borders Kansas! LOL! RKP5637 Dec 2013 #9

Hmm. Also Utah. DavidDvorkin Dec 2013 #15

Yeah, I noticed those reactors to the west too. chknltl Dec 2013 #16

No hope for Colorado, wedged in ... n/t RKP5637 Dec 2013 #21

Elevation Brother Buzz Dec 2013 #11

Possibly but.... chknltl Dec 2013 #14

So, like, where is the monitoring device? Brother Buzz Dec 2013 #18

Don't know... chknltl Dec 2013 #20

That one near Phoenix is where the nuclear plant is located. panader0 Dec 2013 #12

I don't know... kentuck Dec 2013 #13

Sounds my brother-in-law overdid it with the starter fluid again. winter is coming Dec 2013 #17

It's probably just the Russian first strike on the Minuteman missile fields in Wyoming... FarCenter Dec 2013 #19

86 now. nt valerief Dec 2013 #22

self delete valerief Dec 2013 #23

self delete too. nt chknltl Dec 2013 #24

Yeah, I saw some other links that said the high readings were normal in Colorado valerief Dec 2013 #25

I saw those too chknltl Dec 2013 #28

It's all the toxic BS coming from Colorado Springs. JaneyVee Dec 2013 #26

Read the footnote about not equalizing the readings. NutmegYankee Dec 2013 #27

Same with Colorado Springs? chknltl Dec 2013 #29

In the screen shot you posted, both the 58 and 82 readings have the dark black outer ring NutmegYankee Dec 2013 #30

MYSTERY SOLVED chknltl Dec 2013 #31

You're welcome! NutmegYankee Dec 2013 #32