Chernobyl and Fuku Just Keep On Giving

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/26/chernobyl-radioactive-...

"Firefighters tackling woodland fires near Chernobyl lack monitoring as well as equipment. Jakov Kalynik, a firefighter at Parishev station, about nine miles from the ruined plant, said: "I know when I am fighting a fire on radioactively contaminated ground – you get the heat just like an ordinary fire, but you get a tingling sensation too, like pins jumping all over your body. I don't know how bad it is for me, there's no medical testing afterwards, we just go and wash."

So, now there is another account of the incessant "pin-pricking" feeling I had during the first Fuku blow over in Arizona. I've felt those sensations many times since, albeit with lesser intensity. Tingling in the mouth, burning eyes, too. Still feel a burning of the skin after running the aircon or sweeping outside.

Not to mention the crrrraaaaazy thing that happened to my eyes after doing some yard work back in late April. Started with a small dot of very defined prismatic light, which got bigger and bigger, making it hard to see. The finely detailed and very bright prismatic light finally started dissipating into waves. Lasted for about an hour in the right eye. A couple of hours later, it started in the left eye. I finally thought it had to be something radioactive, so I washed both eyes with boric acid. Nothing since, but I kept washing with boric acid for a few days and I still rinse with it when my eyes start burning. What a trip!

That said, get ready for another wave of the stuff to hit the U.S. mainland. According to http://radiationnetwork.com/Message.htm a monitor in Kauai measured up to 456 CPM during a 3 minute spike. The guess is that it is rain fallout from the last Fuku release when TEPCO opened doors of reactor #2.

Young'uns, don't let people pressure you into thinking you're crazy for protecting yourselves by whatever means are available to you. Fukushima is worse than Chernobyl now and the nasty stuff just keeps on comin'. There is no end in sight.

And let's not forget that every nuclear power plant worldwide is allowed a certain amount of radiation release per day and many of them are releasing more than the allowable limits due to lax upkeep. Many of them are decrepit. How many people live downwind of all these power plants? Answer: Everyone on the planet.