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5. After Fukushima hit the West Coast we updated our earthquake kit for nuke fallout
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 12:20 AM
Nov 2017

Didn't take much more, some plastic, sealant tape, HEPAA air filters & a few odd radiation detectors. We had a chance to try them out a few times when there were wildfires - couldn't smell them at all indoors with everything sealed & the filters on. And when they disturbed the soil in Fuku during the cleanup, we watched the readings go up outside as the waves of particulates traveled around the globe, but inside the house was (we assume) free of particles. We've always got N95 or better masks in the workshop & if we had to we could set up a decontamination shower in the garage/breezeway.

So, yeah. We can shelter in place for a week or two easily. It's not the outside radiation levels that will get you, it's breathing in or ingesting particles that don't leave for an extended time & it doesn't take much to protect against them.

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