***UPDATE 10/25/12*** Alert level radiation detected Northern Minnesota/WI

What an interesting link.

Back in alert status

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I wish i could stay in the house and avoid this shit but we all know that wouldnt matter

MN is the only state with the big increases, spikes and what-not it has to be something in the plants themselves

Indeed!

The worst one in or by the twin cities is now off line the one that has been spiking the worse

Morning! I think we will see the monitor spiking over 100 again today. I noticed they took Hawaii totally offline. I wonder if we will be seeing the monitors in Minnesota going off also.

PS- also noticed that the Radiation Network has yet to put a blurp up as to why this other monitor is hitting alert mode.

Double post. Whoops!

Last Edited by Amelia B on 10/25/2012 11:29 AM

Saw it just go to 107. I've checked NRC website again. Still no incidents showing for that area.

Up to 112

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I can watch this doom in my area all day. But what is it and what can I do to avoid exposure ?

I don't know what to tell you. With not being able to identify what is causing the spikes, it is impossible to know what type of corrective measures to take. I wish I could tell you more.

The only action I know to take is to continue to monitor and alert people so that we might get some answers or further information.

Update: 10/25/12, 10:30 P.M. - Radiation Alert in Wisconsin

A neighboring station to Grand Rapids, MN, namely Frederic, WI is experiencing the same elevated radiation levels as detected by Grand Rapids only a day or two earlier, the two stations essentially corroborating each other. At right is Frederic's graph from yesterday, showing readings at times exceeding our 100 CPM alert level. The region is experiencing a combination of rain, sleet, snow, and high humidity.

For context, Frederic is monitoring with the ultra-sensitive Inspector EXP. This model uses an external probe which he has set up outdoors. See the Update below dated 6/1912. Frederic is capturing precipitation samples which are turning up as elevated in radiation as the current environment itself, so after the weather system passes, and his environmental radiation levels drop to a normal 45 CPM or so, he will scan the same rainwater samples to see if the reading remains elevated as in the initial scan, or whether they have subsided.

This is the referenced post spoken about above:

Update: 6/19/12, 7:00 P.M: - Radiation Detection in Wisconsin

Starting this afternoon, local time, a recent Monitoring Station in Frederic, WI detected an elevated level of radiation. The reading just barely surpassed 100 CPM for only a minute, more than twice normal background, but that maximum reading was at the apex of a classic ebb and flow pattern often associated with a passing radioactive system. In fact, there were scattered thunderstorms in the area, along with a flash flood watch.

At the same time, interestingly, the southern edge of the Jet Stream was positioned immediately over the Frederic station in northwest Wisconsin. We saw this very same pattern with the Rattler and Taos detections reported in the last few weeks, where airborne particles on the slower margins of the stream are freer to drop down to Earth. - see the Updates below.

Logistically, the Frederic station is operating the Inspector EXP, the external probe version of the popular Inspector model, built around the same ultra-sensitive, pancake-style Geiger-Mueller tube. On top of that, the Frederic station is continuously monitoring outdoors. The photo shows the setup that he designed and that is still under construction.

An acrylic tube extends out from the wall of his house, and inside it, you can see the external wand or probe of the EXP, protected from rainfall, but able to "sniff" the air passing between the open chimney and "intake" holes on the underside of the opposite end of the acrylic tube. The temporary red, protective cap over the end window of the GM tube is removable for alpha detection. The probe is connected by cable to the survey meter safely inside the house, which is in turn connected to the computer. Because of that, the rest of us on the network we were able to receive immediate early warning of, and to study this detection in real time.

Bravo to the Frederic WI station for this improvisational outdoor monitoring station design. If we ever do have an apocalypse, we can turn toward innovative and resourceful persons like the Frederic station operator to re-build our world.

Of course, the big question is, "What caused the elevated radiation reading. Was it Radon washout or something more sinister?" For that answer, the Frederic station will be immediately scanning his whole house intake, HEPA filter for any captured radiation particles in the first place, followed in a few days with a similar scan to see if any elevated reading has subsided, likely pointing to short half-lived, natural Radon washout, or otherwise to foreign contaminants which could be further verified by a lab using Gamma spectroscopy. We'll will keep you posted if the findings point to foreign contaminants.

[link to screencast.com] 10/25/12

More info:

[link to radiationnews.blogspot.com]

Max Alert: Airborne Radioactive Fallout On Jet Stream Boundary


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I think this guy has it figured out.

The monitor in upper MN, is now reading lots higher. It's not in alert level yet. But this enforces my belief that the readings are the result of radiation from the jet stream. I can see no other alternative.

Now it's in alert level

[link to screencast.com]

thank you for remaining vigilant

What's that? Someone letting out toxic manufacturing steam?

Thanks to you also.

reading this.

[link to yosemite.epa.gov]


PAGE 5. Fuck.

27x Background Radiation From Saint Louis Storms


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From everything I've seen so far, I think it would be smart to stay out of the rain. Period.

That's a good find, and a scary read.