Tuesday, June 19, 2012

6/15/2012 Radiation Network Alerts Show They are POSITIVE South Bend, IN was a FALSE Detection

Source: RadiationNetwork Alerts
Date: 6/15/2012

I was checking the Radiation Network crowd-sourced national Geiger counter readings map and noticed that they had an update for the extraordinarily high South Bend, Indiana reading from 6/6/2012.  This did raise the alarm bell in the blogosphere.  Apparently the same Geiger counter station has now been confirmed to be hooked up to both Radiation Network and Black Cat Systems.  Therefore there was no second station in the area confirming the high reading as some speculated (it was the same station).  Below is the Radiation Network alert which I have cut and pasted with the details:
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Postscript: 6/16/12, 10:50 A.M: - Radiation Alert from Indiana
You may notice that the South Bend, Indiana station that triggered the high Alert on June 6th is back online.  He plans to operate his station only while he is there to attend it, and has taken interim steps to improve the integrity of his system until he can build a dedicated setup just for the purpose of this radiation monitoring.  A few new facts:

bulletThere was no lightning storm at his location that evening.
bulletConfirmed that his monitoring station was feeding both the RadiationNetwork and the Black Cat Systems network simultaneously, using Virtual Serial Port Emulation software, which means there was no corroborating reading at the identical location from a different system, because the Black Cat reading was from the same Geiger counter.  As stated before, the Black Cat system uses a different unit of radiation measurement, and there is also a lag time built into their reporting.
bulletEven though the RadiationNetwork had disabled his connection, the operator's station continued to run locally, and he found after awakening that the Geiger counter itself was showing normal readings as indicated by the occasional frequency of its blinking red light!  It was the computer and software only that were registering high radiation levels
bulletThe Geiger counter was being supplied by A/C, not battery power, and it is the station operator's strong opinion that had the counter been running on a battery during the time of the incident, the alert would never have occurred.
I myself have limited knowledge in electronics, but this station operator is very experienced, and putting all of the above facts together, along with the makeup of his system, which involved a series of UPS backups in combination with GFCI outlet and serial connections, his best judgment is that a ground loop had developed and triggered the high radiation levels showing on the softwares that fed the radiation networks - a fluke in his particular hardware combination.
In conclusion, the station operator has worked diligently in troubleshooting the problem, and has taken interim and permanent steps to build strong integrity into his monitoring system.  He has been fully cooperative and responsive since the alert, and he has my full support.  He wishes to reiterate his deep apology for the concern his false alert caused.
For our part, we at the Radiation Network need a faster reacting system to end false alerts sooner, but only after we have reasonably determined that the alert is in fact false.  The genuine alerts stay - in keeping with our function as an early warning system.
One final note: Some media reports of this incident seemingly confused these two:

bulletRadiation Network - that's us, a privately owned and operated, citizen-based monitoring system, versus...
bulletRadNet, a Federal Government radiation monitoring system operated by the EPA.
Big difference in many ways.  You might review my assessment of "Radiation Monitoring by Government vs. Private Citizen", the 3/29/11 Update from the Archive2 page linked above.

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For the older reports of the South Bend, Indiana reading see:
  1. 6/7/2012 The 7000 CPM reading from South Bend, Indiana was a FALSE alert, RadiationNews
  2. 6/7/2012 High Geiger counter readings from South Bend, Indiana 7000CPM highest, RadiationNews
Update: Tim Flanegan (tim@radiationnetwork.com) who runs Radiation Network was on the Jeff Rense radio show today to give his opinion on the South Bend, IN reading. He said he was 99% sure this was a false reading and that he did not have any comment one way or another on the military activity or loud boom noises heard near the Michigan border. Also of note is that high rainwater readings are often attributed to Radon washout. If the high reading goes away after a few hours or days it is probably Radon washout. If the high reading stays it is time to send the water sample to a lab for radionuclide isotope testing.

6/19/2012 Typhoon Slams Japan & Fukushima Update

Source: MsMilkytheclown
Date: 6/19/2012

Video Description
Typhoon Gychol Slams Japan A typhoon has roared through the main island of Japan, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to many areas.

NHK has learned that Typhoon Guchol left one person dead and 52 others injured as of 5 AM on Wednesday.

NO WORD YET ON NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS BUT LIVE WEB CAM OF REACTORS 1 2 3 4 AVAILABLE HERE: http://lucaswhitefieldhixson.com/lucaswebcamwatch.html

Get THIS! Japan says it did not use the united states airplane monitoring map early on giving reliable data because it says IT WAS ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE GROUND! LEAVING THOUSANDS IN AREAS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.

Oh, here's another good one. Japan desperate to restore confidence in Japanese government by quickly implementing scientific data in their strategic planning. (LOL)

Thom Hartman and Kevin Kamps of beyondnuclear.org discuss the San Onofre power plant and other nuclear stuff.

The Eneheadlines: http://enenews.com/

and a Great surprise ending....

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6/19/2012 Powerful typhoon hits Japan, 150,000 ordered to evacuate

Source: The Japan Times
Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 JST
Kyodo
A powerful typhoon made landfall Tuesday for the first time this year in southern Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, with evacuation orders issued for more than 150,000 people in central, eastern and northeastern Japan.
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See also:

  1. A very strong typhoon 04 is hitting Fukushima on 6/20/2012, Mochizuki, Fukushima Diary
  2. [Now] Typhoon 04 is hitting Fukushima, Mochizuki, Fukushima Diary

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