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Subject:Re: It's Friday- West coast radiation readings
From:BenT Syncro
Date:Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:59:45 -0700

Not you.

;-)

BenT
but not dead -- yet

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com> wrote:

> What's normal?
>
>
> On 3/18/11 2:16 PM, "Mike S" <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM> wrote:
>
> > At 04:22 PM 3/18/2011, Rob wrote...
> >> noon    17mar west coast 11-14 rads
> >> 10am    18mar west coast 8-14 rads
> >> 1120am  18mar west coast 8-19 rads
> >> 120pm   18mar west coast 8-13 rads with SF up to 13
> >
> > If that were true, everyone on the left coast will soon be dead. I'm
> > pretty sure the units are microrads/hr, which is only a million times
> > lower.
> >
> > 10 rads/hr ~= 100 mGy ~= 100 mSv/hr = 2.4 Sv/day  6-10 Sieverts is a
> > pretty sure lethal dose, so they would have about 3 days.
>

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BenT