

| 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. > -- BenT
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