Reply #197: Fukushima aerial video and US radioactive rainwater update

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Not that most of us will appreciate what we are looking at, but to look nonetheless...

03/27/2011 Aerial Video of Daiichi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKFGavZ_rf4

On a related note, I assume most of you are aware that fallout continues across the US and some rain water (I've seen Washington, California, Maine, and Pennsylvania mentioned but I think we can assume other states too) has been reported to be contaminated above limits set for drinking water. A common reply to this has been a) the limits for drinking water are set based on long term consumption and the rain water levels seen so far are still below the levels that would be "of concern" for short term consumption, b) generally speaking people don't drink rain water, c) although rainwater makes its way into reservoirs etc it gets diluted.

If anyone here *does* drink rainwater and/or provides it in undiluted form to food plants, cows, other food product producing animals... they should be keeping an eye on this. OK... well... I guess everyone should be keeping an eye on the subject.

Edit: I suspect you all know how to perform targeted searchs, but just to provide one starting point:

https://encrypted.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&tbs=nws%3A1&q=rainwater+OR+%22rain+water%22+found+OR+detected+Iodine+OR+Cesium+states&aq=f&aqi=m1&aql=&oq=