A Koontz novel in the making....
Some high level radioactive equipment in transport in a truck in Mexico, went missing.
Good thing we have an impassable border. STORY
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Alma wrote:
I lost my post
Quote:
"What happens with a dirty bomb is the material is exploded and each piece of shrapnel gives off radiation," she said. "Therefore it is over a large area and much harder to clear up.
Well if they didn't have that idea then they do now.
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It's Mexico. They'll sell the truck to one guy and sell the cargo to some steel scrap dealer who'll die from radiation poisoning.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
What's scarier is that in the US we have a multi-million dollar facility to store our spent radiocative materials in Nevada, but can't transport the material there as various states won't allow it. Remember how ********* was storing theirs on site, but shouldn't have, & how that caused some pretty big problems? ALL of ours do the same thing & they're all 40-ish years old.
"The Rich are there to take all of the money & pay none of the taxes, the middle class is there to do all the work and pay all the taxes, and the poor are there to scare the crap out of the middle class." -George Carlin
Omegavegeta wrote:
What's scarier is that in the US we have a multi-million dollar facility to store our spent radiocative materials in Nevada, but can't transport the material there as various states won't allow it. Remember how ********* was storing theirs on site, but shouldn't have, & how that caused some pretty big problems? ALL of ours do the same thing & they're all 40-ish years old.
I had thought that the facility in Nevada had never reached completion.
Alma wrote:
I lost my post
A lot of it is done, but Obama/Reid cut the funding in 2010. So dry cask storage it is.
"The Rich are there to take all of the money & pay none of the taxes, the middle class is there to do all the work and pay all the taxes, and the poor are there to scare the crap out of the middle class." -George Carlin
According to Wiki the funding got axed two years ago.
Thanks Obama, for killing the one thing we should have prioritized over national healthcare.
Thanks Obama, for killing the one thing we should have prioritized over national healthcare.
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Shaowstrike the Shady wrote:
According to Wiki the funding got axed two years ago.
Thanks Obama, for killing the one thing we should have prioritized over national healthcare.
Thanks Obama, for killing the one thing we should have prioritized over national healthcare.
I visited the site eight years ago or so. While being escorted by DHS people, we got to look at the entrance to the tunnel. It was pretty anti-climatic. The field trip also took us to one of the big craters where the A-bombs had been tested at the Nevada Test Site - that was pretty cool.
Edited, Dec 4th 2013 5:53pm by Elinda
Alma wrote:
I lost my post
Elinda wrote:
Shaowstrike the Shady wrote:
According to Wiki the funding got axed two years ago.
Thanks Obama, for killing the one thing we should have prioritized over national healthcare.
Thanks Obama, for killing the one thing we should have prioritized over national healthcare.
I visited the site eight years ago or so. While being escorted by DHS people, we got to look at the entrance to the tunnel. It was pretty anti-climatic. The field trip also took us to one of the big craters where the A-bombs had been tested at the Nevada Test Site - that was pretty cool.
Bad news, you have cancer.
Good news, it's treatable.
Bad news, the treatment is to read gbaji's posts.
So the cure is suicide.
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
Jophiel wrote:
It's Mexico. They'll sell the truck to one guy and sell the cargo to some steel scrap dealer who'll die from radiation poisoning.
I assume you're referring to this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident
Summary: a couple dudes break into an abandoned hospital. Steal a piece of radiation equipment and cart it home in a wheelbarrow(!) to sell for scrap. They bust it open, find the blue glowing powder inside, play with it, and give it to their family to play with(!) End result: 4 people die, 249 people contaminated, block of houses demolished.
Edited, Dec 4th 2013 11:24pm by trickybeck
Rest easily, both truck and cargo have been found though not before the shielding containment was opened up.
The thieves are still at large. I wonder if cobalt-60 glows in christmas colors?
The thieves are still at large. I wonder if cobalt-60 glows in christmas colors?
Alma wrote:
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Kavekk wrote:
Bad news, you have cancer.
Good news, it's treatable.
Bad news, the treatment is to read gbaji's posts.
Good news, it's treatable.
Bad news, the treatment is to read gbaji's posts.
While it's possible the thieves were operating as professionals and had some sort of radiation suits or something, in more likely reality, it's expected that they'll be dead in a few days from the cobalt.
The name "cobalt" derives from the folkloric creature "kobolds". German mines would shed poisonous cobalt dust onto the floor and into the air and the miners would blame evil mine spirits for their illnesses. The bluish dust became synonymous with the spirits themselves. This is just the sort of trivia you'd want to know when dying from massive internal bleeding and open lesions.
The name "cobalt" derives from the folkloric creature "kobolds". German mines would shed poisonous cobalt dust onto the floor and into the air and the miners would blame evil mine spirits for their illnesses. The bluish dust became synonymous with the spirits themselves. This is just the sort of trivia you'd want to know when dying from massive internal bleeding and open lesions.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
I thought they were the cause for cancer, not the cure.
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
Jophiel wrote:
While it's possible the thieves were operating as professionals and had some sort of radiation suits or something, in more likely reality, it's expected that they'll be dead in a few days from the cobalt.
The name "cobalt" derives from the folkloric creature "kobolds". German mines would shed poisonous cobalt dust onto the floor and into the air and the miners would blame evil mine spirits for their illnesses. The bluish dust became synonymous with the spirits themselves. This is just the sort of trivia you'd want to know when dying from massive internal bleeding and open lesions.
The name "cobalt" derives from the folkloric creature "kobolds". German mines would shed poisonous cobalt dust onto the floor and into the air and the miners would blame evil mine spirits for their illnesses. The bluish dust became synonymous with the spirits themselves. This is just the sort of trivia you'd want to know when dying from massive internal bleeding and open lesions.
Pretty sure that the Germans were actually right and it was just these suave mofos using the dust for sneak attacks.
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Kavekk wrote:
Bad news, you have cancer.
Good news, it's treatable.
Bad news, the treatment is to read gbaji's posts.
Good news, it's treatable.
Bad news, the treatment is to read gbaji's posts.
Hair of the dog and all that.
Kavekk wrote:
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Kavekk wrote:
Bad news, you have cancer.
Good news, it's treatable.
Bad news, the treatment is to read gbaji's posts.
Good news, it's treatable.
Bad news, the treatment is to read gbaji's posts.
Hair of the dog and all that.
Don'r let gbaji's long posts paralyze your nerve.
Alma wrote:
I lost my post
Jophiel wrote:
The name "cobalt" derives from the folkloric creature "kobolds". German mines would shed poisonous cobalt dust onto the floor and into the air and the miners would blame evil mine spirits for their illnesses. The bluish dust became synonymous with the spirits themselves. This is just the sort of trivia you'd want to know when dying from massive internal bleeding and open lesions.
That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
trickybeck wrote:
Jophiel wrote:
It's Mexico. They'll sell the truck to one guy and sell the cargo to some steel scrap dealer who'll die from radiation poisoning.
I assume you're referring to this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident
Summary: a couple dudes break into an abandoned hospital. Steal a piece of radiation equipment and cart it home in a wheelbarrow(!) to sell for scrap. They bust it open, find the blue glowing powder inside, play with it, and give it to their family to play with(!) End result: 4 people die, 249 people contaminated, block of houses demolished.
Well, that was an enlightening read. Especially the part with the six year old girl rubbing glowing blue powder on her skin and dusting it on her sandwich.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
That makes sense and is kind of practical. There's been nights I've woken up and couldn't see my sandwich without having to get up first to turn on the light. And it's not like I'm going to try to find it in the dark. Already bit the dog trying that. A glow-in-the-dark sandwich would solve all those problems, and many more.
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
lolgaxe wrote:
That makes sense and is kind of practical. There's been nights I've woken up and couldn't see my sandwich without having to get up first to turn on the light. And it's not like I'm going to try to find it in the dark. Already bit the dog trying that. A glow-in-the-dark sandwich would solve all those problems, and many more.
Like the question of which one of those bastards keeps eating my pastrami!?!
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"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
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Shaowstrike the Shady wrote:
lolgaxe wrote:
That makes sense and is kind of practical. There's been nights I've woken up and couldn't see my sandwich without having to get up first to turn on the light. And it's not like I'm going to try to find it in the dark. Already bit the dog trying that. A glow-in-the-dark sandwich would solve all those problems, and many more.
Like the question of which one of those bastards keeps eating my pastrami!?!
You just need to schedule a drone sandwich drop for your bedside.
Why go to the sandwich when the sandwich can come to you?
Alma wrote:
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"Drone me a sammich!" becomes the new watchword.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
"Go to the drone controls and get me a sandwich."
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
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