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getsat
There was a post on Reddit (can't find it now) that claimed this map had been debunked but didn't link to a source. Anyone have a source on the map or a debunking?
stretchwithme
rads, milligrays, sieverts. how many different measures of radiation are there?

Does anyone have a good feel for how much risk we actually face in California from a total meltdown in Japan?

Thanks.

wtallis
None, unless the radioactive slag is magically aerosolized and propelled in to the upper atmosphere, then carried swiftly across the Pacific.. A meltdown on its own will only cause local damage.

Take a look at our discussion last year of the concept of a banana equivalent dose: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1429524

The extent of milk contamination as a result of the Three Mile Island meltdown was that a glass of milk was 75 times less radioactive than the average banana.

stretchwithme
yeah, some of the other comments indicate this map is bunk.

Thanks. I'll watch out for those bananas. :-)

thirsteh
The author should get over himself. Everything is not about the US, and that map is pure fear-mongering based on nothing resembling facts.