

| 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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