Bus VS Fall Out?

[Singing Land Cruiser]

How well will my Bus and/or yours for that matter shield us from the (Japan) Fall Out?  M&C

[thomasinnv]

Just a guess, but I would think NOT!!

[Len Silva]

Just cover the whole thing in lead foil, you'll be just fine.

So far, I've only done the car.

[Oonrahnjay]

Just cover the whole thing in lead foil, you'll be just fine.

No need to go that far, a tin-foil hat will be just fine.

[John316]

You want a quick sun tan? Why go inside

God bless,

John

[artvonne]

  First of all I doubt any of it is harmful by the time its crossed the ocean. However, if it is harmful, the primary risk would be breathing it, and we have to breath, so unless we live on bottled air for however long the air is contaminated, we better hope its a low dose. Second risk would be skin contact. Third would be water, plant and ananimal contamination, ie; Food.  

 Your house is likely a much better barrier from direct fallout, but the Bus offers mobility, a way to escape to somewhere less contaminated. Wherever that is. With trace amounts now being measured in MA, I dont believe anywhere within NA is far enough away from Japan. The safest place right now is 100 miles WEST of Japan, like China. But as were talkin Bus, I dont think anywhere you could drive would be far enough unless its away from one of our own Nukes. Winds from Japan can reach from Alaska, all the way to Tiera Del Fuego.

 I try to stay 100 miles minimum away from ours, and 200 miles minimum along most common prevailing downwind direction.

 Oh, and dont take Iodine unless you know your actually getting contaminated or in a high risk area. Time to buy a Gieger counter? Could be the new fun toy of the 21st century. Wonder if there is an Ap for my phone I can download.  

 

[Iceni John]

I wonder if The Big Bus had to deal with fall-out:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074205/
With the rising price of diesel these days, it may be cheaper to fuel it with plutonium.   Imagine, its half-life would certainly last longer than a tank of diesel.   Just don't use one of those wonderful Boiling Water Reactors that have a tendency to boil off all their cooling water . . .   (Weren't they designed by General Electric, the company that closed Crown because it wasn't profitable enough?)   So much for "We Bring Good Things To Life".   Maybe with the present events in Japan, GE's slogan should be "We Bring Good Things To A Half-Life (Of Thousands Of Years)"?   Thank you, Jack Welch, your legacy lives on.

Seriously though (!?), every time I drive on I-5 past Las Chichis, AKA San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in southern Orange County, I'm reminded all too well that if there were a release of radioactivity from there, there's precious little that most people can do.   A friend of mine who lives near San Onofre already has bought iodine for his family, but he knows it wouldn't help much in the long-term.   Getting out of Dodge in a hurry may be the best bet, but if Hurricane Katrina is any indication the roads are likely to be completely gridlocked.   I always try to keep a full tank of fuel in the bus and never less than half a tank in the car, but would that be enough to do any good?

John

[Jeremy]

I wonder if The Big Bus had to deal with fall-out:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074205/

The first film I ever saw at the cinema! I would have been five or six.




As for fall-out from Japan...today must have been a slow day if anyone's really worrying about that. Mind you, I don't think plutonium does stop being harmful just because it's blown across an ocean....


Jeremy

[Busted Knuckle]

All I know is it will hurt if you fall out of the bus!
  BK 

[Len Silva]

What do you do for fallout?



Put it back and try again.

[artvonne]

Getting out of Dodge in a hurry may be the best bet, but if Hurricane Katrina is any indication the roads are likely to be completely gridlocked.   I always try to keep a full tank of fuel in the bus and never less than half a tank in the car, but would that be enough to do any good?

John

  I could live near a fault line, I could even live near an area susceptible to Tsunami's. But not both. And I dont care to live anywhere near a nuke anymore. But to live near all three? At once? Thats really asking for it. While its easy to point fingers at Japans stupidity in building a nuke is such an area, the US is just as stupid. Were just not as nice.

  If I were trying to escape from an area after a major disaster etc, I would stay completely away (read FAR away) from freeways, and cities/towns, and avoid bridges as much as possible. This isnt Japan. If the same thing happened here to a major city, there would be rioting on a level never seen. Most are too stupid to boil water or provide even basic survival skills for themselves.

[Oonrahnjay]

(snip)  Most are too stupid to boil water or provide even basic survival skills for themselves.

Anybody who doesn't understand that should just look at "the Katrina documentaries" ...

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[happycamperbrat]

deleted, sorry but I posted in the wrong place 

[artvonne]

Anybody who doesn't understand that should just look at "the Katrina documentaries" ...

 Thats actually what I was refering to.