R.P.B. sent this: Forecast for Plume’s Path is a Function of Wind and Weather [1]. Keep in mind that not much radioactive dust is likely to make it all the way from Japan to U.S. and of that, most of it will be carrying lighter isotopes with short half-lives. If you have dosimeter and ratemeter pens, then go ahead and zero them, and start making a chart. (A dosimeter that reads milliroentgens or milligrays would be the most useful, for now.) If nothing else, this will be useful experience for any future event where there is a substantially greater risk. Also, check the volunteer Radiation Network web site [2] regularly. Keep in mind that any “flash” warnings that you hear in the next few days via the Internet or your local Jungle Telegraph will probably be just false, panicky reports. Always check multiple sources, and compare them with your own dosimeter. I’m confident that most SurvivalBlog readers bought radiation monitoring equipment long ago. Right?
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SurvivalBlog’s Medical Editor, Dr. Cynthia Koelker, has some sage advice on the “KI03 for those over 40 years old” question [4], over at ArmageddonMedicine.net.
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For one quake survivor, self-help in the face of seeming helplessness [5]. Hideaki Akaiwa, in Miyagi prefecture, has decided not to wait for rescue workers. With a scuba suit on, he waded through flooded streets to rescue his wife, and later his mother. He continues to look for more survivors.
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Chip W. sent this amazing video showing empty store shelves: Panic in Tokyo! [6] Meanwhile, we read: US, UK Pull Search Teams Out of Japan as TEPCO Admits Situation is “Severe” [7]
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Tokyo Passengers Trigger U.S. Airport Radiation Detectors, N.Y. Post Says [8]. A hat tip to K.A.F. for the link.)