Experts: Wind will likely blow Japan nuclear radiation across the Pacific

[Lastactiongyro]

Source: Higgins Blog

Reactor Plume or Smoke



Agence-France Presse notes:



California is closely monitoring efforts to contain leaks from a quake-damaged Japanese nuclear plant, a spokesman said Saturday, as experts said radiation could be blown out across the Pacific.

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“At present there is no danger to California. However we are monitoring the situation closely in conjunction with our federal partners,” Michael Sicilia, spokesman for California Department of Public Health, told AFP.

“California does have radioactivity monitoring systems in place for air, water and the food supply and can enhance that monitoring if a danger exists,” he added.

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Experts have suggested that, if there were a reactor meltdown or major leak at Fukushima, the radioactive cloud would likely be blown out east across the Pacific, towards the US West Coast.

“The wind direction for the time being seems to point the (nuclear) pollution towards the Pacific,” said Andre-Claude Lacoste of the French Nuclear Safety Authority, briefing journalists in Paris on the Japanese crisis.

http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/03/13/japan-reactor-meltdown-radioactive-cloud-likely-blow-us-west-coast-8205/

Read more: http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/03/13/japan-reactor-meltdown-radioactive-cloud-likely-blow-us-west-coast-8205/

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A great Documentary about Chernobyl here:

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-battle-of-chernobyl/#

[flamingdem]

1. Crap! nt

[flamingdem]

I mean ... does this require a ticket back East

and when would it be safe to return. Arrrrrrg.

[warrior1]

2. bogus map at the site

[Poll_Blind]

4. Yep, I caught that too and also noticed it seemed to be a "sensational" site.

PB

[Lastactiongyro]

6. I wondered about the map, but saw that it linked with Raw Story articles.

[Incitatus]

3. No way it could ever happen. Nuclear power is the safest way to create energy.

:sarcasm:

[Arugula Latte]

8. It's so clean, too!

:grr:

[glinda]

9. Is the potential damage worth the measly 20% electricity it provides? NO!

[WhiteTara]

13. cost efficient

NOT!

[doc03]

5. Experts? Doesn't the worlds weather systems generally

travel west to east? They certainly do in the continental US.

[cui bono]

22. That is west to east. n/t

[KittyWampus]

7. OF COURSE IT WILL!

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Keep in mind:

“It’s a big ocean. These (radiation) releases are essentially going to be at ground level,” said Ken Bergeron, a physicist who has worked on nuclear reactor accident simulation.

“We should not confuse it with health issues in the United States"

Much depends on how high in the atmosphere any radiation gets to as it leaves Japan. Most radiation will fall close to the area of origin. Bad for Japan, perhaps not as bad for us as it sounds.

Also that site has the infamous rads map that has been debunked several times when it was posted here.

Having said all that, I have family on the West Coast and have concerns.

[flamingdem]

11. It's the unknown, and the lies, and the unpredictable

I wish this was over, but it sounds like it will grind on.. and California will be on edge. Not like we have a problem compared to Japan but we have time to worry.

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. Yes, I understand.

[No Elephants]

23. I have both family on the West Coast and concerns as well.

[udbcrzy2]

14. Snopes has something about that map found at the link

http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/fallout.asp

[snagglepuss]

15. I believe that is an oil refinery burning. I don't know if fallout is even perceptible.

[daleo]

16. All the worries about a terrorist radioactive bomb

And it turns out to be a natural disaster that is the greatest threat. And no border guard can stop the wind.

[truthisfreedom]

17. No kidding. All of the billions spent on anti-terror and nature terrorizes all of us

with our own little toys.

[daleo]

18. We have met the enemy

And he is us.

Someone had to say it.

[flamingdem]

20. good point that!! nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Yep that is injecting into the jet stream

CRAP

[flamingdem]

21. You know that song "California Here I Come" oh noooo

I already asked relatives back East if they'd mind a visitor...

I so hope that I don't have to do that but I refuse to stay if there is a threat.

Watch them try to radiate me at the airport out, not!

[petronius]

26. That plume would need to be many times taller to be reaching the jet stream,

and there's nothing in the image to indicate the degree of convection that would get it there (rather the opposite, actually - those clouds suggest a somewhat stable mid-troposphere)...

[azul]

24. Who wins when the public gets scared witless? Big Oil wars?

On the local news a couple of days ago was an expert discussing possible radioactive fallout from Japan into California.

And today some scared lady comes searching into the drugstore with a note that says, potassium iodide. She could not even pronounce it. Oh boy.

[Rex]

25. Sadly this is far bigger than some game. No one is going to win.

And all govts are going to do their best at making sure panic stays at a minimum. If they say something that STARTS a panic, then it should be taken in that kind of serious context imo. Almost everyone I know, DOESN'T KNOW about what is going on in Japan. There is a reason for that. They know the earthquake, maybe even know about the tsunami. That is it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

27. boy you run wiht the wrong crowd!

Hubby spent break at work explaining this to people, USPS... and I spent both morning and afternoon with Car Shop drivers.

Of course one went, but they said we are going to have a NUCLEAR explosion... so I had to explain the difference between hydrogen and nuclear.

[azul]

29. This is a horrible disaster, no doubt about it.

But what we have seen before is crazies taking advantage of emotionally engulfed situations to do despicable things,and we should be on guard against disaster capitalists with agendas. We have few enough freedoms left to lose as it is.

[defendandprotect]

28. Believe I heard on Schultz that wind direction has changed --

and this new weather will move OVER Japan!