Riddle of the radiation sweeping across Europe: experts mystified by soaring level
Daily Mail
November 12, 2011
Very low levels of radioactive iodine-131 have been detected throughout Europe, but the particles are not believed to pose a public health risk, the U.N.nuclear agency said on Friday.
NASA have released images of 2,400 stars, known as the Tarantula Nebula, that are producing intense radiation and powerful winds, believed to be the cause for the detection in the atmosphere
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Vienna-based U.N. watchdog, said it did not believe the radioactive particles were from Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant after its emergency in March.
Professor Malcolm Sperrin, director of medical physics at Britain’s Royal Berkshire Hospital, said any link with Fukushima was extremely unlikely. ’It is far more likely that the iodine may be as a result of excretion by patients undergoing medical treatment.
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Japanese Debris to Start Hitting Western U.S. and Canada
Global Research – Washington’s Blog
November 11, 2011
Global research Editor’s note
What the NP report does not say is that part of this debris is radioactive
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It turns out that scientists underestimated the speed with which the debris would reach the Western coast of North America.
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Emergency Alert System test on Wednesday: FEMA and FCC tell Americans ‘don’t panic’
By Daily Mail Reporter
Mail Online
November 9, 2011
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are spearheading an aggressive public education campaign reminding Americans not to panic when they lose television and radio service for a few minutes on Wednesday during a test of the Emergency Alert System.
Although the public alert mechanism is decades old and often tested and used at the local level, it has never before been tested on a nationwide scale.
This first-ever test will occur at 2:00pm EST on Wednesday, November 9 and will occur simultaneously across the U.S. and its territories, lasting up to three-and-a-half-minutes.
Evacuation order issued with ‘epic’ 100-mph storm expected to hit Alaska
MSNBC
November 9, 2011
‘This will be an extremely dangerous and life-threatening storm,’ National Weather Service says
An “epic” storm is bearing down on western Alaska, the National Weather Service said, warning that it could be one of the worst on record for the state.
The city of Nome, one of the largest in western Alaska with 3,600 residents, issued an evacuation order late Tuesday with the storm, moving inland from the Aleutian Islands, expected to bring hurricane-force winds with gusts up to 100 miles per hour.
Heavy snowfall, widespread coastal flooding and severe erosion is also expected along most of Alaska’s west coast, the National Weather Service said.
The storm caused a dramatic rise in sea levels, an upsurge of more than 3 feet, National Weather Service meteorologist Stephen Kearney in Fairbanks said.
Officials have said the water is expected to rise another 7 feet overnight. Reports of heavy flooding are expected Wednesday morning, Kearney said.
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