Originally posted by p51mustang
by now we should know that anything is possible
and we are largely on our own.
evacuate to where?

Exactly!! Where do we go! Most of us are short on funds at best and then, even with a few extra quid; where do we go?! We are honkering down right here where we are! My sister, on the other hand, has a whole plan of action for the inevitable with a "safe house" in Ohio!?!

Hell, I don't even have a passport for the "worse comes to worse" situation! I'm keeping an eye on this thread, so PLEASE post updates!!

S&F for your op!

Why are you all getting wound up over nothing?

Didn't think think many Europeans were that gullible.

Stupid idea for a thread, noone reading this will be affected and im not sure what the point of fearmongering is?

I'll be sitting right here in Europe on a deck chair and sunglasses and nothing will happen.

You probably work for an airline going bust and just want extra business.

An excerpt from this article mentions the issue.

Another fun story the news has covered up is the fires in Russia. We are being told that the area around Chernobyl is burning and that some radiation is blowing across Europe. What we aren’t told is that the secret city of Mayak, an area with nuclear pollution a thousand times higher than Chernobyl, is on fire also. Waste from decades of building nuclear weapons covers miles of open area, radiation now moving into the atmosphere.

Reliable figures place the output as 4 times higher than the Chernobyl disaster. The Mayak facility, as Nichols tells me, is 15 times larger than Chernobyl and is putting 241 million lethal doses of radiation in the air.

He says that if you are in Europe, its time to “get out of Dodge.”

Whether or not the story is authentic, it nevertheless raises the question of how to safely manage nuclear waste and mitigate similar situations as humans. Just cell phone and WiFi radiation give me the creeps.


[edit on 17-8-2010 by Moonsouljah]

The problem is, Europe has a population of 831.4 million, including the likes of European Russia and the Ukraine. To put this in perspective for our American friends, the United States has a population of just over 310 million people.

There is no way nearly 3 times the population of The USA can be evacuated. Anyone suggesting it is an right plonker.

Im in Finland, apart from some smog last week we havnt been suffering much. Record temps and clear skies.
Im not saying im not concerned and keeping an eye on the matter though.

The media here are not too bothered about it, the main gripe seems to be that the cost of wheat products will rise.

It's not relevant that some unknown quantity of radioactive materials will enter the atmosphere. Burning any regular wood will introduce a small amount of radioactive isotopes into the atmosphere. What matters is HOW MUCH of it entered the atmosphere, HOW radioactive it is, and also how dilute it will be when it reaches the ground. There's already a multitude of evidence that this is overblown, and in 6 months time, like usual, I will be saying, "I told you so" to what is the equivalent of a doomsday cult. By the way, I'd be far more concerned about breathing in particulates, over any minute amounts of radioactivity.

Well after the 14,000 hiroshima bombs worth of DU dust from Iraq and who knows what travelling around the world from Afghanistan, Russia is prolly small time...
educate-yourself.org...
pS

What makes fallout dangerous is the fission products, Uranium about as poisonous as lead and relatively harmless. Even if for some reason you believe otherwise, DU has absolutely nothing to do with fallout from Nuclear weapons.

[edit on 17/8/2010 by C0bzz]

Well it's piddling down on my part of the Sussex Coast with plenty more rain to come.. so not sure about running somewhere to hide, perhaps somewhere to get a suntan

Tho I am sure those close to these fires should be taking some care with their health given the rubbish that might be thrown up..

So for anyone in the area I hope you are well and hope you keep safe

Originally posted by Cygnis
Didn't webbot (yes yes I know) Mention something about radioactive material spreading across the Northern Hemisphere 7 times starting some time in the summer?

Could this be the prediction?

Either way, nothing to joke about or play with. Considering it's really hard for any one average person to detect contaminants in the enviroment.

I was thinking the EXACT same thing. You beat me to it. Yep, the prediction was for ill winds crossing the planet. I really, really hope the web bot was wrong, because it predicted that this would kill hundreds of millions to billions of people. Good God, let's pray that the predictions are wrong.

There is a new $10 report out, and I think I might buy it. I wasn't going to, but hmmm....

If you want to be taken seriously why the humor in the thread title? Evacuate Europe NOW?!? I'm clearly not wasting my time with this.

Haha evacuate Europe... Well I'm in Latvia right now and I'm planning on staying... If a radioactive dust comes in my direction I believe Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania will announce it. As we are not in Soviet Union and it is not denied to by Soviet government - it's not 1986... And I doubt that something will happen. I mean back in 1986 cloud crossed Latvia - no one knew anything and there wasn't major consequences.

Cheers.

Originally posted by Elliot
EVACUATE to Where?

There is no where to run to.

We live on the east coast of the UK.

For the last few weeks, we in our family have been suffering with coughs, inflamed airways, very sore throats, badly itching and burning eyes, general unwellness. There are many others who live near us with the same problems.

I have been giving us all anti histamines, vitamins etc but non of us is improving.

If any of this is being caused by hydrocarbans from the East or for that matter the West, there is nothing we can do about it except perhaps the suggestion for vitamins and supplements.

We are stuck and stuffed much as when Chernobyl went up.

Where on the east cost of England do you live?

Originally posted by ajax_andy

Originally posted by Elliot
EVACUATE to Where?

There is no where to run to.

We live on the east coast of the UK.

For the last few weeks, we in our family have been suffering with coughs, inflamed airways, very sore throats, badly itching and burning eyes, general unwellness. There are many others who live near us with the same problems.

I have been giving us all anti histamines, vitamins etc but non of us is improving.

If any of this is being caused by hydrocarbans from the East or for that matter the West, there is nothing we can do about it except perhaps the suggestion for vitamins and supplements.

We are stuck and stuffed much as when Chernobyl went up.

Where on the east cost of England do you live?

From the badge, I would suggest Lewes.

Sorry to but in. Born and Bred in Brighton and Hove myself.

Don't be such dramaqueens.
It';s pretty hairy in Russia at the moment, but it's not that bad as some here would like to make us believe.

There is a danger, but evacuating of Europe is bullcrap.
Stop fearmongering man.

Originally posted by Cygnis
Didn't webbot (yes yes I know) Mention something about radioactive material spreading across the Northern Hemisphere 7 times starting some time in the summer?

Could this be the prediction?

Either way, nothing to joke about or play with. Considering it's really hard for any one average person to detect contaminants in the enviroment.

Didn't web-bot say something specific about several million people being WAY too gullible to accept the fact that web-bot doesn't have the capability to predict the future? If not, it should have. That's probably the ONLY prediction it hasn't made. And unfortunately, it's the only prediction that could be considered *correct* thus far.


Cheers,
Strype

I could believe it, I live in Cumbria which is north west England and, it is alleged that there is still some traces of radiation up our mountains from the Chernobyl incident, I know at the time the nuclear cloud did reach us.

The most poisonous places known on Earth are in Russia. This doesn't surprise me one bit. I'm just waiting for the inevitable "please America help us we can't do this alone". We'll either send our people, who will die of radiation poisoning for the good of all, or we'll send money that we don't have.