Radiation in Mass. rainwater likely from Japan

[WiseOwl]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110327/ap_on_re_us/us_japan_us_radiation;_ylt=AoRK8iqfZ_9C.aE..uWs4a5H2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTM5cm5tMWJiBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwMzI3L3VzX2phcGFuX3VzX3JhZGlhdGlvbgRjY29kZQNtcF9lY184XzEwBGNwb3MDNARwb3MDNARzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA3JhZGlhdGlvbmlubQ--

BOSTON

[Bull]

Uh oh. Now Obama will probably shut down all nuke plants in the states until they have time to ruin that industry and make it impossible for the plants to reopen. That's what happened after the BP oil spill, so why not this?

I wonder how often they would get that same reading normally, and disregard it as a normal thing, if it hadn't been for the problems in Japan. Hopefully that's all it is, because I'm not prepped for radiation yet.

[Lowdown3]

8 day half life on radioiodine IIRC... ?

[WiseOwl]

I "heard" that they found traces in Chicago and New York but weren't reporting it due to the public freak out......

[Klayton]

OK, I am going to have to yell foul on this one.

You are telling me the radiation crossed the entire USA and made it to Massachusetts before being detected in rainwater? We are not talking hours here we are talking that would take well over a week of jet stream travel to hit Mass.... hmmm

[WiseOwl]

They found traces in Alabama too. Very small traces at that...or at least thats what I read.....but I normally dont believe nothing unless I see it or touch it