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Pine Grove, OR
| MAP | 2.9 | 2012/04/08 17:16:27 | 45.183 | -121.703 | 6.3 |
27 km ( 17 mi) WNW of Pine Grove, OR
Boulder & Portland A “Hot Spot” For Fukushima Fallout
From ENENews:
Submitted 2012-04-05 19:51 PT
My group measured soil, air filter and dust samples from Washington, Oregon, California, and British Columbia. This particular soil sample, with 8 pCi/g of radiocesium, was our highest North American result. It came from a site on the outskirts of Portland, OR. The next highest result came from a site near Boulder, CO. Except for followup samples near these two sites, no other US or Canadian samples came close to the levels of radiocesium in these “hot spots.” Given the nature of radioactive fallout, this is an expected result. Both hot spots are likely due to rainouts that took place during March or April 2011. A recent study by the USGS, “Fission Products in National Atmospheric Deposition Program—Wet Deposition Samples Prior to and Following the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant Incident, March 8–April 5, 2011″, found remarkably similar results. The USGS study was more detailed, (and more with a much bigger budget), and found evidence of rainouts at Portland and Boulder. When you collect a lot of samples, some are bound to be much higher than the average.Marco Kaltofen
WPI
In addition:
“Ambassador Murata writes to UN Secretary General: “It is no exaggeration to say that the fate of Japan and the whole world depends on No. 4 reactor” — Appeals for independent assessment team”
I feel like the Northwest residents and America are being kept in the dark!
John Laurie Competes
One of the kids in da’ hood is featured in today’s Oregonian. John Laurie, northeast resident, “…is one of nine regional champions to compete in the Oregon Poetry Out Loud competition Saturday, March 31 at Willamette University in Salem. All nine students have won school and regional contests earlier this year.”
John is 17 and is as good looking as his father, Craig, who I’ve known for years walking our dogs at Grant High Park. His dog Suzie, loves to chase a tennis ball in all kinds of weather and never tires.
Everything, I’ve seen and heard about John Laurie since he was ten or younger, is that he’s a great young man and really, anyone who writes poetry can’t be bad. Congratulations, I wish you well in the competition and in all the years ahead.
