any americans living in west coast planning to leave due to fukushima?

The only problem is not knowing whether my food has been grown in the west-coast or not......


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scary sh/t

 

I think I am Asian so I should be a natural at this!

 

First, Pearl Harbor and now this? When is America going to stand up to this aggressor?

 

lol

This is a Houston Rockets site. Most are from Houston I am guessing and generally we could care less about California. If California were to fall off into the ocean the only concern shown would be if Harden or Howard is safe. Personally they need to sell their homes there and move to Texas. We have more than enough baby mommas to go around here and they are cheaper.

 

I'm planning on moving TO the west coast due to Fukushima.

Hoping for some solid genetic mutations.

 

so you possess enough care that enables you to care less about California?

gotcha.

speak for yourself. Clutchfans is a global website with fans from all over the country and around the world.

 

Lol

Then a few less Clutchfans may be a sad event. The major worry is if Howard and Harden are OK.

 

People are unbelievable, your informed that over 300 tons of radiactive waste water has been leaked in the pacific ocean everyday for the last two and a half years, your told that radiation has hit the seaweed on the westcoast. They even found radiation in the milk in cal. Still who cares right.

 

Lol

Exactly. It is nice to know so we don't eat the seaweed and drink milk from there.

 

Japan has been downplaying the severity of this until recently. They have no credibility. "Sure, the obsolete meter just maxed out. It's safe. It's not like accurate radiation readings are that important."


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23918882

 

You must be ****ing terrified of bananas.

 

Some people are ignoring it, true. Others of us look at the levels of radioactivity, compare to natural sources, including those natural sources in our food supply (e.g. bananas, as another poster referenced), and we decided it's not a big issue at present.

If that's "unbelievable" to you, that's fine. I personally have much bigger worries for the world, and life in California, than the Fukushima spill at present. In fact, statistically, I am probably more at risk for cancer due to walking the dog near lots of car exhaust every day than I am from some residual low dosage trace activity from Japan.

 

Well its more then just seaweed and milk.

If the radiation has reached the coast, the wind from the pacifc ocean is radioactive and so is the rain. Thats a big problem for people that live there, but still a probem for everybody else. If the rain is radioactive, then all the food will be contaminated. Most people in houston can check there fridge right now to find milk, eggs or some juice etc.from cal.

 

Theres a difference in natursl radiation and man made nuclear radiation.

Spoiler

Using the banana to compare with the radiation emitted by a nuclear power plant or any other potentially dangerous radiation exposure is downright deceptive and gives people a false sense of security.

The comparison implies that all radioactive isotopes are created equal, and that there is no difference between our 3520 picocuries for a kg of bananas and the same amount of radioiodine, a major hazard involved in the production of nuclear power.*

The first major problems with the comparison is that different types of isotopes have different characteristics in terms of half life, and whether it is alpha, beta, or gamma radiation.

The second is that the potassium in bananas does not stay in the body, but other types of radiation can, accumulating in organs and being absorbed by the blood stream.

 

Sometimes, sometimes not. But yes, the energy level, the activity level, and the half life all vary from isotope to isotope. That is totally true. And different isotopes are dealt with by the human body in different ways. (So too does flesh deal with different energy levels and radiation types in completely different ways.) I teach nuclear physics, by the way, and have pretty extensive training in radiation safety, for whatever that's worth.

The banana is not deceptive, but as with any comparison in a scientific context, it's just necessarily incomplete. I was just trying to answer your post about people's reactions being "unbelievable." I live in California, and I stick 100% to my statement. At present levels (and isotopes), it appears that I am putting myself more at risk by walking my dog next to automobile traffic than I am not evacuating California due to Fukushima. That is not to say that my chances of cancer have not inched up some infinitesimal amount due to the Fukushima disaster.

I'm not saying it's not serious. I am sharing with you my logic as someone who lives on the west coast. The only good question, I think, is why I'm bothering to share those thoughts. You've clearly already made up your mind that everyone should be freaking out, and that's completely your right of course.

For anyone interested, here is a decent digestion of the basics.
http://www.livescience.com/39067-fukushima-radiation-5-things-to-know.html

Cesium looks like the main worry for the food supply. Most scientists don't predict much of a problem for sea life caught more than 100 miles away from the plant. Nevermind sea life caught near California.

 

OK

OK then we will just import even more from Mexico than we do now. The cans that say made in California is just processed anyway. A lot of the veggies are imported from Mexico to the plants there. I know because I bring it in often especially since the water problems in that state are getting critical. Nogales is well known for the import location for fresh veggies that go to California and Canada. Arizona is trying to entice the canned goods companies to just build their facilities there and save the transport costs. This can be their ammo to get that done.

We actually get most of our fruit and veggies from the valley in Texas and a lot from Mexico here in Houston. Again I bring a lot of it in. Mexico and Central America can feed this country well if we allow it and thus bring a lot more wealth their way and that would be good for us as they would spend more on consumer goods that we can export to them. Also it would mean more jobs there that would mean fewer trying to get into this country illegally. Win win all around.

 

I'd just stop eating if I were you. It's the only way to be safe.

 

Ok that's cool and all, but did you stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night?

 

I'm not freaking out, neither do i think anybody else should be although the situation in serious. I'm just a health nut who's disappointed that most people aren't interested in the situation or there health like i am i guess.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xT1-rkJCiuU