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   From: Will Honea    
      
   Wayne wrote:   
      
   >> Have a read of these to put your mind a rest.  Unless you are living   
   >> in the reactor compound there is nothing to be concerned about it is   
   >> all hype in the press.   
   >    
   > Hi Ivan,   
   >    
   > Don't worry, it's not the radiation I'm worried about. What I am worried   
   > about is the stress in the plates that was relieved in Tohoku has been   
   > transferred down to the Tokyo area, increasing the likelihood of "The   
   > Big One" hitting here. That coupled with a piece of plate that has broken   
   > off under the Tokyo area is also worrying. I don't want to be around when   
   > that happens! It might not happen in my lifetime but it's something to   
   > consider as it's due "real soon now" :-)   
      
   Ivan has the right idea - the press seems fascinated by the "10,000 times    
   normal" symbology when the actual numbers show most of the measurements are    
   similar to what I refer to as measuring mouse-farts in a hurricane - 10,000    
   farts are still trivial compared to 130 knot winds.   
      
   As for the iodine, at your age you will not live long enough to see any    
   effects anyway.  In fact, that concern is only applicable to infants for all    
   realistic purposes.  I underwent radiation treatment for Hodgkins Lymphoma    
   15 years back where the principle site was the nasal pharnyx so the main    
   path was right through the throat area.  After 5 years of close monitoring    
   of thyroid function, the oncologist dismissed me and said to just keep an    
   eye on it.  I just started thyroid suppliments this Spring so even 35    
   sessions of direct radiation therapy had only minimal effect.   
      
   I would, however, share your concern about the tectonic issues - I've done    
   too much system modeling to accept the oft-repeated saw that earthquakes are    
   not somehow coupled, especially ones of the magnitude measured for this    
   latest one.     
      
   Good fortune to you in the coming days.  Enjoy what you have rather than    
   wasting the time regretting what you wish you had.   
      
   --    
   Will Honea   
      
      
   --- Internet Rex 2.31   
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