CL <flothru@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 03/16/2011 04:26 PM, mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> > CL wrote:

> >>>> That being said, however, the spousal unit is going up a frickin' wall!  There are radiation worries for the sprog being so young etc and what sort of effect it is going to have in the long run.  I am perfectly willing to be left behind and have the rest of the family flee to relative safety somewhere else but the spouse won't leave me behind.
> >>>>
> >>>> After word of the radiation got out and a BIG family meeting yesterday, we were about minutes away from the next plane out at the spouse's urging.  After some more details about how small the radiation bump actually was, this got calmed down to my just calling up the office and saying that I would be working from home rather than dealing with the crowds.
> >>>
> >>> I do wonder about the recommendation for people in the danger zone to
> >>> stay inside their homes.  Like radiation can't get into homes.
> >>
> >> Well, duh!  Bad people can't get into a locked house and radiation is
> >> bad.  So, like, do the math, dude.
> >
> > What bad people?  There's been no reports of looting or anything.  Not
> > sure what kind of "math" you learned, "dude".

> *sigh*

> Perhaps it's because you're not living in Japan ...

He never did; you're responding to the monkey trying to impersonate me.

FWIW, everyone's been impressed with the way the Japanese have handled 
the situation (from a citizen's POV, that is.) The Chinese living in Japan
were noting that the Japanese were very orderly in letting rescue/emergency
crews through, that in the quake, schools were used to provide shelter (in
the recent China quake, schools were among the worst damaged buildings), etc.

As for the radiation, at this point, they're mostly worried about things that
are alpha and beta emitters, so any shelter will provide some protection, 
though not 100%, obviously.

Mike