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8.8 Earthquake in Japan |
LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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decepto said: Gnolam... do you have a Geiger counter in your apartment? What? Are you saying that you don't?
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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decepto said: Gnolam... do you have a Geiger counter in your apartment? If so, that's badass.
Doesn't everyone? -- |
ImLeftFooted
Member #3,935
October 2003
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All over the world people are trusting the ocean as if nothing has happened: http://seasteading.org/ |
Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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Yeah, because an earthquake and tsunami that just happened has something to do with a hotel built years ago. -- |
gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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William Gibson said: Western media in race against time; hysterical nuclear bullshit nearing critical meltdown, yet millions are still uncontaminated.
Also, XKCD: [EDIT] -- |
type568
Member #8,381
March 2007
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Thanks molang, quite interesting.. Really.
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Vanneto
Member #8,643
May 2007
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I agree with pyte856, that graph is quote informative. In capitalist America bank robs you. |
BAF
Member #2,981
December 2002
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Why the fuck is everyone typing names backwards? |
LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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Hush now FABio.
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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Another visualization: http://www.targetmap.com/viewer.aspx?reportId=4870 -- |
Dennis
Member #1,090
July 2003
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BAF said: Why the fuck is everyone typing names backwards? They weren't. As everyone can see, gnolam backwards is malong, not molang as type568 wrote and Vanneto also did't write 865epyt but pyte856. So none of that was either name backwards. Dog forgive me, I have sinneD. --- 0xDB | @dennisbusch_de --- |
type568
Member #8,381
March 2007
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Dennis said: Dog forgive me I'm K.O.ed.. That's far beyond a lol append: Forgive me believers.. Append1:
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Striker
Member #10,701
February 2009
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Thomas Fjellstrom : "tsunami that just happened" That wasn't the first tsunami.
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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The Boston Globe has done several "Big Picture" features on the disaster: -- |
type568
Member #8,381
March 2007
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ehT doG sah esnes fo romuh.. {"name":"bp36.jpg","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/b\/4\/b40a79143b456ae91356527b0a4e36cd.jpg","w":990,"h":655,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/b\/4\/b40a79143b456ae91356527b0a4e36cd"} & thanks again..
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Don Freeman
Member #5,110
October 2004
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That was pretty awesome that the road was split right where the yellow line is hahaha! -- |
gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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type568 said: These numbers in nGy/h don't really tell me much, since all my understanding of these dozes is from your previous chart which used another unit The sievert (Sv) is just a weighted version of the gray (Gy), which in turn is just shorthand for J/kg (absorbed dose). You multiply the absorbed dose with a quality factor for the type of radiation (for the same absorbed energy, alpha is much more damaging than gamma, for example) and another factor for the type of tissue it has been absorbed by (not relevant here) to get an equivalent dose, that takes the radiation's biological effects into account. So for gamma and beta radiation, they're the same (quality factor of 1). [EDIT] -- |
miran
Member #2,407
June 2002
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gnolam said: for example, the background gamma in my apartment right now is 0.18 µSv/h The radiation here is 0.07µSv/h right now and I sit less than 100m from a working reactor. If I lean back in my chair I can see the reactor building from my window. -- |
Polybios
Member #12,293
October 2010
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While the general radiation level might not be a problem I think there is one if you eat/drink/inhale radioactive isotopes, which remain in your body, because they are being treated like other substances. Quote: Villagers living near the plant have been told not to drink tap water due to higher levels of radioactive iodine. I've never heard that long flights and most other things on your chart caused such problems... |
OICW
Member #4,069
November 2003
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Polybios said: I've never heard that long flights and most other things on your chart caused such problems... Of course they do. You are less protected by the atmosphere. [My website][CppReference][Pixelate][Allegators worldwide][Who's online] |
type568
Member #8,381
March 2007
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OICW said: Of course they do. You are less protected by the atmosphere. Oh, nice.. So I guess flying during the night means it is "safer"? Furthermore.. Poor cosmonauts..
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miran
Member #2,407
June 2002
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type568 said: So I guess flying during the night means it is "safer"? I would guess not by much if at all. Quote: Furthermore.. Poor cosmonauts.. Exactly. That's one of the main non-political reasons no one has been to Mars yet. And poor pilots. And flight attendants. -- |
OICW
Member #4,069
November 2003
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type568 said: Oh, nice.. So I guess flying during the night means it is "safer"? Probably yes, because you don't get direct Sun radiation. But then again all other cosmic rays are incoming from all directions. [My website][CppReference][Pixelate][Allegators worldwide][Who's online] |
gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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Polybios said: While the general radiation level might not be a problem I think there is one if you eat/drink/inhale radioactive isotopes, which remain in your body, because they are being treated like other substances.
Yes. (For this reason, data sheets for radionuclides usually contain cumulative equivalent doses for inhalation and ingestion (separately), expressed in Sv/Bq. This takes into account all the relevant factors - quality factor, tissue weighting factor (as determined for where in the body it ends up), biological half-life, etc) Quote: I've never heard that long flights and most other things on your chart caused such problems...
Cosmic radiation increases with altitude. After miners (who inhale a lot of radon), airplane personnel receive the highest average dose of any profession in this country. type568 said: Oh, nice.. So I guess flying during the night means it is "safer"? Nah. The cosmic rays in question are extrasolar. References
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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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Don Freeman said: That was pretty awesome that the road was split right where the yellow line is hahaha! That happened with quite a few of the roads here too. There is even a bridge where one side collapsed and fell into the river, while the other was fine. It was right down the lane line as well.
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