Re: Radiation map with Japan on it

[Guest guest]

Hi Pamela, thanks for the update. This makes no sense to me, though, because I keep hearing about very high radiation levels in Japan and at least one reactor is leaking radiation.Any idea what this means?

On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Pamela <prov31mom23@...> wrote:

 

I just noticed that you can zoom out on the blackcat radiation map. If you zoom out as far as possible, Japan shows up. (You can also just click on the map and drag it to the right until Japan appears.) And somebody is monitoring and reporting levels from Tokyo. Tokyo's levels are lower than many background levels in the USA.

Pamela

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[Guest guest]

Could be that wind was blowing not towards Tokyo at the time of the measurement.

Best wishes

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Re: Radiation map with Japan on it

Hi Pamela, thanks for the update. This makes no sense to me, though, because I keep hearing about very high radiation levels in Japan and at least one reactor is leaking radiation.Any idea what this means?

On Sat, Mar 19,

[Guest guest]

Well, the monitoring station is near Tokyo. The radiation is coming from an

area north and slightly east of Tokyo. For the most part, prevailing wind

patterns are west to east, so most radiation would not pass through Tokyo and

would, instead, be blown out over the Pacific. There have been a few periods

where wind direction changed and radiation levels in Tokyo elevated briefly

before returning to normal.

They have noted radiation in milk, water and spinach in Japan.

Pamela

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> > monitoring and reporting levels from Tokyo. Tokyo's levels are lower than

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> Ariel Monserrat

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> Green Egg zine

> www.greeneggzine.com

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