OF COURSE the closest monitors were off. Check out the rad readings for STL:

From Enenews: freebywill
October 27, 2014 at 10:20 pm Log in to Reply
EPA beta rad data for event date

Paducha monitoring station is offline
Springfield ( due west ) offline,
Jefferson City ( west of St L ) offline

From Enenews: freebywill
October 27, 2014 at 10:20 pm Log in to Reply
EPA beta rad data for event date

Paducha monitoring station is offline
Springfield ( due west ) offline,
Jefferson City ( west of St L ) offline

St L data
measurment start end CPM

Measured on the 40 of every hour starting when accident occurred

2014-10-26 80
2014-10-26 84
2014-10-26 94
2014-10-26 97
2014-10-26 102
2014-10-27 107
2014-10-27 122
2014-10-27 151
2014-10-27 163
2014-10-27 170
2014-10-27 176
2014-10-27 184
2014-10-27 185 7:40 am
2014-10-27 185 8:40 am
2014-10-27 178
2014-10-27 182
2014-10-27 176
2014-10-27 167
2014-10-27 151
2014-10-27 135
2014-10-27 127
2014-10-27 109
2014-10-27 98
2014-10-27 93
2014-10-27 84
2014-10-27 80