Radiation hit california.

[TristanLuigi]

I'm probably going to sound like an idiot here, but does radiation even travel in clouds?

No. Unless for some odd reason the radioactive material turns into a dustcloud, which is pretty damn impossible because if it's radioactive, it's almost always heavy as hell.

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[Headshot]

This is not true. It would take longer, and I doubt it would even reach CA.

Edit: I don't even think the powerplants exploded.

[Ronin]

This is not true. It would take longer, and I doubt it would even reach CA.

Well it can if there's enough radioactive material entering the air currents. What most people picture is the radioactive elements that contaminated the graphite control rods from the Soviet designed Chernobyl plant when it exploded. But in this case most of the radiation would be surrounding the buildings because of the lack of the water shielding.

Tiny grains of wheat from the midwest can be caught on top of the Empire State Building; particles can travel very far. But radiation sources themselves won't emit magical beams of death and kill people across the world.

[Shocklink]

Well it can if there's enough radioactive material entering the air currents. What most people picture is the radioactive elements that contaminated the graphite control rods from the Soviet designed Chernobyl plant when it exploded. But in this case most of the radiation would be surrounding the buildings because of the lack of the water shielding.

Tiny grains of wheat from the midwest can be caught on top of the Empire State Building; particles can travel very far. But radiation sources themselves won't emit magical beams of death and kill people across the world.

This

So anyways going back to a previous post in this thread, my World History Teacher says that radiation can be inhaled.
Just saying.

Radiation isnt a form of gas or liquid, actual radiation is like a microwave or radiowave, you cant actually see it or feel it. Only time you actually do feel it is when you feel sick, taste metel in your mouth, and throw up.

The only way you do actually breath in radiation is by the radiated particles (I.E. Dust, sand, mold, etc) to which you breath in. This is as dangerouse as drinking radiated water.

And why are you listening to your history teacher?

This is not true. It would take longer, and I doubt it would even reach CA.

Edit: I don't even think the powerplants exploded.

This isnt another Chernobyl, the spent fuel storage is what exploded not the reactor (The storage is as dangerous as the reactor but less "Power" to say)

[Frontrox]

And why are you listening to your history teacher?

Teachers can take short classes to qualify them to teach other subjects

[Thar]

Lol the radiation can't travel that far. A Tsar bomb's radiation won't even travel that far in noticeable quantities.

[Headshot]

I wasn't thinking of that, I'm sure CA will get the 4 rads the news advertized, but all of you paranoids, it won't kill you.

[Daenth]

No, I'm not trying to troll bait anyone but when the bomb hit Hiroshima, I don't think it caused any major damage to the US, at least, not that I know of. Now, the bomb has a lot more radiation than what is currently being released into the air. So, why are people afraid of this? You get more radiation from the sun/ground than from this (in California, in Japan it's different).

[Shocklink]

No, I'm not trying to troll bait anyone but when the bomb hit Hiroshima, I don't think it caused any major damage to the US, at least, not that I know of. Now, the bomb has a lot more radiation than what is currently being released into the air. So, why are people afraid of this? You get more radiation from the sun/ground than from this (in California, in Japan it's different).

technically speaking, a reactor spews more radiation then a fat man little boy (Which was also the least efficient of all the bombs)

[Daenth]

technically speaking, a reactor spews more radiation then a fat man little boy (Which was also the least efficient of all the bombs)

My point being, the bomb didn't have very many major effects. So why would the reactors? Unless it was like 2x more radiation than the bomb and the wind constantly blew toward the US.

[Oasis]

This whole thread is people who don't know stuff, people who have a somewhat average knowledge of nuclear radiation, and then there are the people who actually aren't stupid stuffs.

Thank you Ronin, the only person I saw as I glanced at this last page.

[Tokthree]

Will you people please stop measuring radiation in rads for forgets sake?

[Hydrabisque]

Will you people please stop measuring radiation in rads for forgets sake?

What did you expect, they play a lot of video games.  They aren't scientists.

[Tokthree]

Rads are a unit of measurement only used when measuring the amount of radiation inside a biological object but you can also use greys.
Curies are a unit used when measuring the amount of radiation that an irradiated or otherwise radioactive object is emitting.
Rems are used to measure the biological risk from exposure to radiation.

Education is fun

[Hydrabisque]

I'm not learning this stuff from another kid; though thanks for googling what a rad is for me.  You saved me some time.