4/13: North Texas citizen radiation monitor records surge 25 mi from Pantex nuclear weapons facility

[Emily]

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Update: 4/15/13, 6:30A.M. - Radiation Surge in Texas Panhandle

On April 13th, at 8:57 PM local time, one of our stations in North Texas recorded a 3 minute surge in readings. The cause is unknown. The station's normal background is about 40 CPM. He operates the ultra-sensitive Inspector Geiger counter, indoors on a second floor near a window, at his elevation of 3,000'+, so that 40 CPM average is expected.

But the surge came seemingly out of nowhere, first rising to 87 CPM, then 119, then spiking to 177, before immediately dropping back to normal levels. The station operator indicates no one was outside passing by, and that the highway is 2 miles away. His theory - that "a radioactive particle... got stuck to the window and then blown off - winds are very strong right now".

I would add that this elevating pattern, in the middle of continuous monitoring, and spanning 3 minutes, tends to rule out a connection glitch or the like, so this Alert seems real. In case this is relevant, the same station recorded a half hour of elevated readings a few months back - scroll down to the Update: 11/24/12 - where we pointed out his 25 mile proximity to the Pantex nuclear weapons facility.

 

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: 4/15: North Texas citizen radiation monitor records surge 25 mi from Pantex nuclear weapons facility

Re: 4/15: North Texas citizen radiation monitor records surge 25 mi from Pantex nuclear weapons facility

There was solar storm debris (aka northern lights) hitting earth this past weekend. Some of the early impacts on earth are not visible as "lights".

Perhaps there is a connection.

After converting Texas time to UTC, you can see the green alert for that time period on this Alert: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/alerts/alerts_timeline.html
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[Emily]

Re: 4/13: North Texas citizen radiation monitor records surge 25 mi from Pantex nuclear weapons facility

Thank you, AD. That's an interesting synchronicity. (I corrected the date in my title.) One might think that a solar storm might trigger a broader set of anomalies, but I don't have the background to know if that would be true.

 

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: 4/13: North Texas citizen radiation monitor records surge 25 mi from Pantex nuclear weapons facility

Thank you, AD. That's an interesting synchronicity. (I corrected the date in my title.) One might think that a solar storm might trigger a broader set of anomalies, but I don't have the background to know if that would be true.

I don't have sufficient background either and it all depends on what type of radiation each point is measuring. Damage from solar storms depends on the intensity. Strong storms can rain (some type of) radiation on high altitude flights, space stations, etc.

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