nuclear accident...

[circusgirl]

the irish govt has just sent me (my mum forwarded it to me) my pack of iodine tablets to take "in case of a nuclear accident".

They have never done this type of thing before, even in the cold war. Recently they got all active, sending out leaflets basical;ly saying that in an accident they would do nothing, and no-one should do anything either.

Now these tablets are a complete laugh, in a bright orange package (wonder who thought the Irish would like anything bright orange...) with "warning: only to be consumed in a nuclear emergency" printed on it.

Jeez am I glad me erstwhile tax euros are being spent on THAT. Makes me feel real safe....
now, how about constructing shelters or something useful...

 

[Pink Space Biscuit]

They are preparing those packets out here too.

 

[Blue Sky]

Well, it would be nice to have a shelter provided that they give you advanced warning of a nuclear strike but... Shelters are usually not constructed to be radiation safe (well, the really good ones were the head of the state and military staff go are...).. They are just so that you can live through the blast.... And... besides it is nice of them to give you iodine pills... I think... At least there is one less thing to worry about (I think it is for thyroid cancer right?)

 

[manny78]

the irish govt has just sent me (my mum forwarded it to me) my pack of iodine tablets to take "in case of a nuclear accident".

They have never done this type of thing before, even in the cold war. Recently they got all active, sending out leaflets basical;ly saying that in an accident they would do nothing, and no-one should do anything either.

Now these tablets are a complete laugh, in a bright orange package (wonder who thought the Irish would like anything bright orange...) with "warning: only to be consumed in a nuclear emergency" printed on it.

Jeez am I glad me erstwhile tax euros are being spent on THAT. Makes me feel real safe....
now, how about constructing shelters or something useful...

well send me those tabs, I'll take them in my next cycle.

 

[danielson]

where the fuck are my tablets!!!

im guessing the irish are paranoid some camel-humper is gonna tryb take out one of the nuclear power plants on the west coast andall the fallout is gonna be allover ireland.

 

[circusgirl]

yeah. I was worried there had been something going on at sellafield plant we weren't told (sellafield has polluted the irish sea, making it the most radioactive stretch of ocean IN THE WORLD), that there had been another accident, or several near-meltdowns there, and only the intelligence agencies actually know this...

Torness station (which is a LOT nearer where I live) had something go wrong last week.... the A1 goes straight past it - that one.

Yes it is nice they are doing something, however their leaflets about what to do in an emergency which they distributed about 3 months ago just say stay calm, we'll do nothing, don't go outside.. don't eat anything...

the tablets are for thyroid cancer, to avoid the absorption of radioactive iodine iirc.
circusgirl

 

[danielson]

yeah. I was worried there had been something going on at sellafield plant we weren't told (sellafield has polluted the irish sea, making it the most radioactive stretch of ocean IN THE WORLD), that there had been another accident, or several near-meltdowns there, and only the intelligence agencies actually know this...

Torness station (which is a LOT nearer where I live) had something go wrong last week.... the A1 goes straight past it - that one.

Yes it is nice they are doing something, however their leaflets about what to do in an emergency which they distributed about 3 months ago just say stay calm, we'll do nothing, don't go outside.. don't eat anything...

the tablets are for thyroid cancer, to avoid the absorption of radioactive iodine iirc.
circusgirl

figured the iodine was for that. just dont eat any fish from the irish sea they can already detect radiation in it......sellafield denies their dumping waste into the sea is the cause

if the shit does hit the fan we can all expect the supermarkets to be full of soylent green