I got just a short whiff of Canadian forest fire. Then it cleared up. Our constant rainy weather pattern might have something to do with that. Sure, we’ve had some flash flood warnings, but the air has been pretty good.
My buddy in western Kentucky sent me a photo of very smokey air down there. Kentucky is a long way from Canada, but not far enough it seems. Now I see the smoke is back in Washington D. C.. No doubt that inspire the politicians to do something for the environment.
Ah, who am I kidding? The politicians will continue with their Tom Foolery and shenanigans.
Well, at least most of us still have our face masks. That helps. People have also dragged out their house air filters from the back closet. Those help a lot too.
It’s a pretty good idea to have some sort of house filtration. Ideally you’d want a system that keeps a house or a room at a slightly higher pressure than outside. That would involve an external air intake and maybe a one way pressure relief valve. Look at old filter designs to keep radioactive fallout out of your living spaces.
Actually, it’s not a bad idea at all to have a system that can keep radioactive fallout and smoke out your lungs. The smoke we have now. The fallout is a possibility.
-Sixbears
Over pressured filtered air is a nice idea. I'd suggest carefully taking a lit candle around your home's windows and doors during a bit of windy conditions.
ReplyDeleteCarefully because a lot of older and homemade drapery isn't fireproof, and I don't want to employ my volunteer firemen in my neighbors.
The see about sealing the worst of the leaks.
Then we can talk about over pressure filters.
You can let the leaks work as the exhaust valve. Not perfect, but over pressure keeps the crap out.
DeleteGood thoughts on air filtration. Yet where I live is likely to require an underground bunker with that filtration. Seeing how there are multiple targets within the twenty mile radius of the Spud casa
ReplyDeleteThere are known targets but if the Russian nukes are anything like their other munitions they could hit anywhere.
DeleteRadio active fall out? There is nothing on the commercial market that will keep radioactivity out of your space. It tends to travel straight through stuff, unless you have a lead lined fall out shelter all ready to go. Me, if someone decides to lob a radio active projectile in my direction I think I'll find a catchers glove and stand underneath. 80)
ReplyDeleteActually, John there is plenty you can do to protect your family from fallout. Unless you're so unlucky to be under the heaviest fallout pattern.
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But there is a good side to die quickly as not to have to suffer all that struggling stuff.
Freedom of choice.
I've had a fair amount of "Rad" training compliments of Uncle Sam, Gamma rays go through everything. Keeping fallout off of your person via Rad suits etc, and shielded rooms only work in lead lined environments. You might survive for a percentage amount of time depending upon exposure, distance and initial blast radius, however the prognosis is never good. Just before your third eye appears on the forehead and you end up with an extra toe. 80) The radiation that leaks from a melted down plant is not quite that same as that instant nuclear boom type. Both are poisonous as hell, but the reactions are different, thus so are the death tolls. The things we don't know, maybe we don't want to know, ya know. 80)
DeleteInteresting how many survivors at Hiroshima and Nagasaki without even knowledge of washing off the offending radioactive dirt. Just Japanese sense of cleanness saved most of them.
ReplyDeleteI too have had some serious training in NBC. That's a big part of why I chose where I live today.
Unless your directly under some real nasty upwind I think you have options IF you wanted to survive.
Death isn't something to fear.
The direct radiation requires shielding, but you can avoid the radioactive ash and dust with filtration.
ReplyDeleteYep your correct 6 bears as the link I sent has the free PDF of Nuclear War Survival Skills.
DeleteHowever as described in that manual you must not keep the contaminated dirt from the filters nearby.
John if your IN THE BLAST AREA don't worry BE HAPPY. Your thoughts about the afterlife will soon be tested as true or not so much.
That covers most of your below comment.
As far as personal choice to try to protect your family I refer you to Yoda.
Do or do not, there is no try.
Between 130 and 230 thousand civilians died instantly in the combination of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, The remaining deaths were varying degrees of radiation sickness and cancer. Non washed off radioactive dirt and were not effected. I am a past member of the 509th. We were mandatorily educated in such things. Your facts are wrong. I refuse to drink the coolaid. Thank you for your opinions. I do not believe you. As far as death goes, he and I are old comrades. Alohah.
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