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Subject:Re: It's Friday- West coast radiation readings
From:Mike Miller
Date:Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:34:46 -0700

Harsh talk from a guy who hasn�t been within shouting distance of normal for
many, many years.

On 3/18/11 2:59 PM, "BenT Syncro" <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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