10-20-2011, 07:24 AM
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Scoring Winger
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Hope nobody drank the rainwater here in March
Data collected but not published from Environment Canada:
"the data shows rainwater in Calgary last March had an average of 8.18 becquerels per litre of radioactive iodine, easily exceeding the Canadian guideline of six becquerels per litre for drinking water."
http://m.straight.com/s?fid=22&a=491941&f=latest&s=60
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10-20-2011, 07:31 AM
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Calgary last March had an average of 8.18 becquerels per litre of radioactive iodine...”Radioactive-iodine levels also spiked in March in Vancouver (which saw an average of 0.69 becquerels per litre), Winnipeg (which saw 0.64 becquerels per litre) and Ottawa (which saw 1.67 becquerels per litre),
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Why would Calgary's be significantly higher than any of these other places? Altitude? Location? Just unlucky?
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10-20-2011, 07:33 AM
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So is there a chance a lot of Calgarians now have super powers?
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10-20-2011, 07:38 AM
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Uncle Chester
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I knew the water tasted extra radioactivey last spring.
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10-20-2011, 07:38 AM
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by Bigtime
So is there a chance a lot of Calgarians now have super powers?
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Absolutely, but they won't show up for several years.
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10-20-2011, 08:13 AM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
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Location: Calgary
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I think if you drank rainwater exclusively in coal-powered Alberta radiation from Fukushima would be the least of your concerns.
The article is pretty weaksauce on the FUD though, I've seen better.
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10-20-2011, 08:25 AM
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This would explain why my grass was moving even when there was no wind
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10-20-2011, 08:30 AM
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My brother turned into Kang; I turned into Kodos.
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10-20-2011, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
My brother turned into Kang; I turned into Kodos.
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Then why in the heck weren't you guys running for the PC party leadership?!?!?
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10-20-2011, 08:36 AM
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It's possibly explained in the article, but that's besides the point... wtf is a "becquerel", and why do articles like these that only serve to make mothers further coddle their children always seem to use units of measurement that nobody's ever seen before in order to attempt to back their point of view?
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10-20-2011, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
My brother turned into Kang; I turned into Kodos.
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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Then why in the heck weren't you guys running for the PC party leadership?!?!?
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Forward not backward. Upward not forward. And always twirling, twirling towards freedom!
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10-20-2011, 08:53 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Sep 2010
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Icon
It's possibly explained in the article, but that's besides the point... wtf is a "becquerel", and why do articles like these that only serve to make mothers further coddle their children always seem to use units of measurement that nobody's ever seen before in order to attempt to back their point of view?
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It's a standard unit of radioactivity. Perhaps the article should have used a standard unit of measurement that you would understand?
"18 litres of radioactivity"?
FFS it's the SI unit of radioactivity. (maybe I'm just bitter because I have to track the Bq and microSv per month we use at work)
Last edited by billybob123; 10-20-2011 at 08:55 AM.
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10-20-2011, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by billybob123
It's a standard unit of radioactivity. Perhaps the article should have used a standard unit of measurement that you would understand?
"18 litres of radioactivity"?
FFS it's the SI unit of radioactivity. (maybe I'm just bitter because I have to track the Bq and microSv per month we use at work)
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I thought the unit of radioactivity was a "rad".
SI is stupid.
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10-20-2011, 09:00 AM
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First Line Centre
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I thought my skin had a green tinge!
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10-20-2011, 09:04 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Icon
I thought the unit of radioactivity was a "rad".
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It apparently has to be named after someone who discovered something to do with it. I'm waiting to meet Dr. Metre.
Makes life easy, but names are stupid.
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10-20-2011, 09:07 AM
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I didnt drink any of the rainwater, I collected some of the snow and melted it down and drank that so I should be ok.
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10-20-2011, 09:07 AM
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Makes life easy
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For some things yes. But as an engineer, I can vouch for the fact that a lot of SI units (and the formulas that use them), are very rarely used in anything other than said formulas; in fact it's often easier to just remember the non-SI formula for the units you use more often.
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10-20-2011, 09:11 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Icon
For some things yes. But as an engineer, I can vouch for the fact that a lot of SI units (and the formulas that use them), are very rarely used in anything other than said formulas; in fact it's often easier to just remember the non-SI formula for the units you use more often.
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Engineers: The Oompa-Loompas of science.
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10-20-2011, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Kybosh
Engineers: The Oompa-Loompas of science.
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10-20-2011, 09:39 AM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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1 Becquerel is one atomic nucleus decaying per second.
According to Wikipedia the human body has 4,400 Becquerels (4,400 atomic nuclei decaying every second).
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