Is there a way to determine US area of least fallout?

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2011-04-01 22:42

I'd like to know where (in the US) the estimated fallout from Fukushima would be the least. I've tried to look at the jet stream and it seems like maybe the South-East portion of the US, but I'd like to get confirmation from others who have more knowledge of this sort of thing. I live in LA and have an infant. Since I can work from home, I'm thinking of travelling elsewhere until this "blows" over, but just not sure where to go.

Thanks

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Berkeley is obviously the best place

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2011-04-02 21:23.

Stay where they have the best detector. Berkeley. Otherwise, how will you know?

Maybe desert areas (lowest annual rainfall)?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2011-04-02 21:04.

Just a guess from what I've been able to interpret via this forum and other related information.

Australia? Chile?

Submitted by Safe Equals Zero (not verified) on Sat, 2011-04-02 20:39.

There is no place better in the United States. Just stay put...or go south.

Maybe southern Arizona?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2011-04-03 07:29.

It hasn't rained here in a long time. It did rain on March 21st, but only for a couple of hours and it was pretty light.

Dallas, Texas

Submitted by R. Cromack (not verified) on Sat, 2011-04-02 20:47.

From what I can tell, Dallas, Texas (the city I live closest to, only 25 mi. north of the city) seems to be just about the WORST place, other than, perhaps, the West Coast and Alaska. Dallas gets EVERYTHING from EVERYWHERE -- we are the allergen capital of the U.S. It all comes pouring through North Central Texas -- fronts from the Rockies, brush fires from New Mexico, topsoil from northern Mexico, arctic fronts from Canada. I suppose that's one of the reasons why D/FW is the airline hub it is; the jet stream just seems to favor us. I've been watching the EPA's RADNET data on a daily basis, and it's pretty darned unnerving; even Fort Worth, perversely, seems to have it "better" than we do. If I were to hazard a guess, in the continental U.S., I'd say northern New England or perhaps the southern tip of Florida; but I may be just whistling Dixie, here. Ultimately, everybody's going to get everything; it's just going to take awhile for the global distribution to take shape. (And what's in the oceans will take longer than what's in the air, both to disperse -- which is NOT the same as "dissolve", contrary to what some talking-head media types are babbling on about -- and to be broadly, somewhat evenly disseminated... years, possibly, before every corner of the planet is touched by this.

We're just lucky, I guess; once again, the U.S. is leading the way. Japan may just have its revenge on us for Hiroshima and Nagasaki, after all; yeah, that's an awful thing to say, but we're lined up perfectly for all manner of nastiness... right down the barrel of a loaded shotgun.