How long does it take the Pacific Jet Stream to move from Fukushima to, say, Los Angeles?

[Poll_Blind]

I had tried to find this out late last night but I couldn't get even a general answer. Anyone have an idea?

PB

[quinnox]

1. Several days at the least n/t

[Poll_Blind]

2. Really? I was thinking less time than that. Thank you!

PB

[quinnox]

4. three days actually, Japan used it for bombs in WW 2

I just looked it up, here is an article on wikipedia, it took "fire" balloons 3 days to go from Japan to West coast USA by jet stream.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_balloon

[Poll_Blind]

5. Wow! Thanks for that.

PB

[Ozymanithrax]

3. The average speed is 150 to 300 miles an hour.

The shortest distance between fukushima and LA is 6000 miles, but the jet streem meanders a bit. At the slowest speed, it will take something between 2.5 to 3 days.

[Poll_Blind]

6. Thanks!

PB

[petronius]

7. Those speeds are a bit high - the winter average for the polar front jet stream overall is ~100 mph

The 300+ mph number would be particularly high local speeds in the fastest jet streaks.

SFSU has a very nice page of jet stream plots for North America: http://squall.sfsu.edu/crws/jetstream.html

[Jeroen]

8. Here is a fallout map

I do not know the source of this map and if its based on scientific data.
http://www.australian-radiation-services.com.au/

[Poll_Blind]

9. Thank you very much for the information- and the disclaimer.

This is why DU is so useful in a situation like this.

PB

[subterranean]

10. Evidently that map is a hoax.

According to this blogger and other sites:

http://yournewreality.blogspot.com/

Also, if you go to the website of Australian Radiation Services, the purported source (which you linked to), you will not find any sign of the map there.

[Poll_Blind]

14. And thank you for the debunk!

PB

[Jeroen]

15. Thank you for clearing that up.

I had my doubts, hence the disclaimer

[uberblonde]

16. And the blogger blames Al Gore for the quake?

To scare people into alternative energy?

Sounds like a whacko to me.

[Kip Humphrey]

11. This might help...

[subterranean]

12. See my post above regarding this fake map.

[L. Coyote]

13. It is likelier to move air to B.C., Oregon and Washington

And that is much closer too, so it happens faster.