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SadistNocturne
Metaphysique
Metaphysique, meet Boncho, Boncho, meet Metaphysique
Apparently you share similar views. Please, have some wine and some cheese, this is after all a party!
Metaphysique
and stop taking it personally, I've flagged and starred quite a few of your threads/posts
which is why I'm bothering, btw...
Zaphod58
reply to post by SadistNocturne
I'm curious though. You say the West Coast is being inundated with radiation from Fukushima, but I have readings from Hawaii, from a source I have known for years, and trust implicitly that show that despite being right in the path of the radioactive currents from Japan, and right in the jet stream from Japan, Hawaii has seen no increase in radiation, and hasn't seen any animal die offs, or sicknesses that are being attributed to Fukushima. How is that possible?
libertytoall
Looks like your post will be completely ignored because some people love a good story so bad they will force themselves to believe in it.
Martin75
reply to post by hounddoghowlie
It is so strange that you mention this, and crazy that so many have seen this response. I give my cats a can of tuna in oil once a month to help with the hair balls. This month they wanted nothing to do with it. I just chalked it up to cats and didn't think much about it. I don't think I will be doing that anymore.*note to self...buy hair ball medicine.
Zaphod58
reply to post by SadistNocturne
I'm perfectly calm. But if it's going to be brought up in a thread about radiation, and have nothing to go with the thread, what's the point.
Zaphod58
reply to post by SadistNocturne
It's called a discussion board. I didn't realize it's actually a "only talk to people that agree with you board."
ThePublicEnemyNo1
reply to post by SadistNocturne
What , well I guess I should stop frequenting Redondo Beach Pier asking for those steamed Pacific Spider Crabs...yummmmmmm!!! I really enjoyed them for decades!
In all seriousness, I know I'm being affected. The question is, what can I do about it? I have a small green leaf and citrus garden, which would last the three of us all of 90 days (these are my soil gardens fed with R/O water)...then I'm done for 60 days in soil. I successfully produce hydroponics at a rate of 45 days or more. The problem in Los Angeles County is a drought watch. If we use excessive amounts of water between this hour and that hour we're fined heavily! Then what? It would be cool if I could purify enough rainwater for reuse...but there's no rain. I've got my barrels ready to collect....yet nothing for months....no water since I can remember. What's crazy about the precipitation, is that I live in the San Gabriel Mountain Foothills. We usually get all the rain....but, as of yet, nothing measurable. Lately, we have had some Marine Layer, so I put my bags out and at most i collect about 1/2 inch of water over a three day at period at best. That's not even enough to drink!
I'll tell you one thing, I purify my rainwater barrels. I will use it as I please to feed my family when the rains will hopefully be plentiful.
I will say that my beloved local sweet tasting Pacific Ocean spider crabs that have been a staple for my family...are now tasting mighty sour. I thought maybe it was due to age, possibly, i got the wrong one (one of theses crabs weighs about 15 pounds) but after a year of eating these local crabs, they all taste sour which is the opposite of their sweet flavor. I actually like them far better than crabs from all the other Seas.
However, as of June 2013, I ceased eating the grat Pacific Ocean Spider Crab due to the flavor (some of them can stand as much as three feet tall). You're right, something's not right here in the deep Pacific. Nothing tastes the same anymore....it's all sour!
I love my local seafood and all, but I have even switched dairy to almond milk, because even the milk is all wrong...so is the cheese.
Something's not right...that's for sure!edit on 10/26/13 by ThePublicEnemyNo1 because: (no reason given)
kix
Never in my life I thought I would buy a geyger counter, week I just bought a Russian counter...I have been using it and in Mexico at 8300 feet above sea level the rad is normally 19 to 23 ms background.
I have been taking it with me she I eat fish and such. last week I ordered sushi and had Cod, used the Geyger and it had Spikes go 67 to 71 ms, it almost when to the yellow background ....
Now I am officially scared.
Buy a counter, Mine (Soeks) is like 150 USD.... believe me we are going to need it.
Are fish such as tuna that might have been exposed to radiation from Fukushima safe to eat?
Seawater everywhere contains many naturally occurring radionuclides, the most common being polonium-210. As a result, fish caught in the Pacific and elsewhere already have measurable quantities of these substances. Most fish do not migrate far from home, which is why fisheries off Fukushima remain closed. But some species, such as the Pacific bluefin tuna, can swim long distances and could pick up cesium in their feeding grounds off Japan. However, cesium is a salt taken up by the flesh that will begin to flush out of an exposed fish soon after they enter waters less affected by Fukushima. By the time tuna are caught in the eastern Pacific, cesium levels in their flesh are 10-20 times lower than when they were off Fukushima. More over, the dose from Fukushima cesium is considered insignificant relative to the dose from naturally occurring polonium-210, which was 1000 times higher in fish samples studied, and both of these are much lower relative to other, more common sources, such as dental x-rays.
More about the dose and associated risk (pdf) of radiation from Fukushima to marine life and humans.