Comments on: How does today’s explosion in Minneapolis compare to TMI and Chernobyl? https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/ Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:33:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500748 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:33:16 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500748 Stephen: LOL. Every car stuck in the front of a building has a great story behind it. It’s actually a South Minneapolis tradition. The place is littered with cars and trucks stuck in things.

]]> By: Stephen Moore https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500747 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:29:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500747 Wow! That sure was one powerful explosion. For the purpose of a good yarn, I shall presume that car in the exterior wall of the shop was the result of the explosion.

]]> By: pyro https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500746 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:49:24 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500746 It’s beautiful.

]]> By: NewEnglandBob https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500745 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:32:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500745 I rate it a 796 on a scale of 309 to 832.

Oh wait, thats my credit rating.

….never mind.

]]> By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500744 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:54:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500744 In March!!! (Okay, so it’s only moderately rare. Consider my memory warped by aching joints.)

]]> By: Ken https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500743 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:53:34 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500743 Thanks for the updated info. Not being on-site, I am, of course, coming to firm undeniable expert conclusions based only upon what I can see from a shaky video of the event and partial descriptions of others who are also not at the scene.

I don’t understand how could I have been mistaken.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500742 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:29:04 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500742 That rare event being that the sun came out? And it was warm enough to not be covered in flannel, down, and gortex?

]]> By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500741 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:26:36 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500741 Actually, Ken, the IR radiation levels are quite elevated even 15km away. However, that’s due to another rare event. The amount added by the explosion is unnoticeable.

]]> By: Ken https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500740 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:59:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500740 I hope no one was hurt.

As for the situation, I rate it a 1.5374 on a scale that goes from -0.6 up to Pi. While the containment cover was obviously breached, the IR radiation levels at a 15km distance are not significantly above what you would normally receive on a typical March day in Minneapolis.

So don’t panic! The breach is minimal and once the helicopters return from Japan it will be fully under control.

]]> By: cairne.morane https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500739 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:46:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/17/how-does-todays-explosion-in-m/#comment-500739 Looks bad. I recommend a 50 mile evacuation zone.

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