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Number crunching :
New member
(Message 2141)
Posted 3780 days ago by Nuadormrac If you just created an account, then you will have to wait until you can purchase a sensor, like many of us have also been waiting. A batch should be coming shortly, whenever that will be. They said January, but that could be anywhere from this week, to 4 weeks from now... |
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Cafe :
How to act when sensor shows unpredicted values?
(Message 2135)
Posted 3787 days ago by Nuadormrac If you get a large/lethal dose, you can start by taking an iodine supplement, straight out. This said I wouldn't go running for the iodine, if the reading is suspect, out of the blue, and doesn't jive with anything to account (true outlier). For such statistical flukes in the data point, I'm sure the project has ways to account, when collating the results from multiple sources; but for your own benefit... As to yourself, if there is some known cause (Fukashima disaster for instance), and then you're seeing such a reading, you might want to grab an iodine supplement at that point. From there, depending where you are, probably contact your doctor, the emergency room, head to the hospital, etc. If you have the data on hand, someone in the medical profession should know how to react, should there be something there. That said, I wouldn't suggest panicking (that usually doesn't help much of anything, as many emergency responders will know full well from having to deal with crisis situations on a daily basis), and one also doesn't want to become a hypochondriac of course. There could well be something with a placement in one's house or whatever, that might be giving a false reading. On the other hand, in the US for instance (not sure where you live though), we have had some radiation events, such as Three Mile Island, who's reactor isn't all that far from me in New Jersey, being around Harrisburg (I believe), PA. About a 35 min drive from center city, Philadelphia here, so I'd estimate a 200 miles (give or take), as Harrisburgh is of course west of Phila, and I'm just northeast of it. Naturally though the reactor that entered meltdown has been dis-used, though the other reactor (Three Mile Island had 2 reactors) is still in use. On the other hand, sometimes the information does get confused, as happened in Japan when TEPCO was giving information that tended to downplay the incident, with nuclear officials in the US suggesting that it sounded like a much more serious matter was taking place there, and the citizens of Japan left in confusion as they were getting conflicting stories from different sources, and TEPCO arguably reacting somewhat from the position of public relations/damage control. The IAEA got to the bottom of it as time progressed, and they came to inspect/investigate, but of course where the biologic consequence is concerned, people don't have years to react. Some judgment does have to be exercised, along with, if you're getting a reading "does this make sense". How one would respond to a strange spike, if they lived near a nuclear reactor, would also differ from how they would react if there was no such source to explain nearby. Not all radiation is man made either, there are a lot of natural sources, some of which even come from space, though our atmosphere filters much of that out... |
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News :
New sensor (KIT) batch - SOLD OUT!
(Message 2126)
Posted 3793 days ago by Nuadormrac I got a feeling, that given mention for Jan 2014, and also that we're about a week or so from the holidays, that we probably won't here much for a bit. Hopefully within a month or so, there will be an order form or something, we can all order new sensors from though... |
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New sensor (KIT) batch - SOLD OUT!
(Message 2117)
Posted 3798 days ago by Nuadormrac I'm guessing he'll have more info once the sensors are ready, but am also looking to purchase one... |