I live near a radioactive area that almost no body knows about.
The only reason I know about it is because a buddy of mine let me borrow one of those small Geiger counters you clip to a bag, or vest, and when hiking one day started getting a higher beep rate when walking past one small valley. So naturally I went off trail to follow the potentially deadly radiation.
Well after the counter started beeping at an alarming rate at me out of nowhere I just decided I didn't feel needing a hospital, and booked it to the car. No bump on the counter on any clothing or boots, so no material was disturbed and tracked around at least.
I'm not 100% certain where I was as I had been hiking for several hours, but I absolutely want to go back with a few people and see if I can find it again, cause there were no markers I could see, and if it's an unknown area, that presents a problem that some nuclear regulatory agency or other should be looking into.
There are natural sources of radiation, but enough radiation to make your googoogaga meter go babies is certainly cause for concern.
I can’t tell if this is hilarious autocorrect or poetic license, but it works. Even though I don’t know what words you wanted to use (if the former), I absolutely know what you meant.
I've actually thought about bringing my mesh radio for GPS coordinates and buying my own clip Geiger counter just so I can go find it. It's been a few years, and I haven't heard anything about it, nor can I find anything online. Iwas pretty far out on unmarked but well-traveled trails, and didn't have a GPS or the mind to keep track of all the forks. The trails are also not on a map, so I'll have to make my own or borrow a GPS that will keep track of my trail...
Damn, even looking at terrain maps isn't as helpful as you'd think.
You should totally look for it again. It could be some sort of dispersed contamination, or if since you didn't find anything on your boots, it could be an orphan source that got dumped in the valley. So long as you don't spend too much time there, it should be safe.
Going over the history of the area, I can't fathom any "real" source of radiation, certainly nobody is hauling medical equipment that far or trying to hide a dump. The last buildings I was aware that got built that far out were pre-1900s and I've found most of their foundations.
I 100% want to get my own counter (no longer friends with the person I borrowed from since they turned into a huge bigot) if only just to prove to myself I'm not crazy and the thing really was beeping. No idea what type of radiation, as it didn't differentiate between the types, for all I know I could have stumbled on an old banana dumping site lol
Honestly I might take a drone out and fly low over the canopy to see if I get any spikes in any of the valleys I can reach.
I will 100% have to make a post if I can find it again. Especially if I ever find out what it was.
I would bet on it just being natural then. It can get fairly high naturally. I'm curious what your Geiger counter was reading? I'm sure you don't remember, if you even knew when it happened. It could just be that it was set to alert you to even minor radiation sources and it wasn't actually a meaningful amount of radiation. Just a little natural uranium or something that you don't need to be worried about.
I wonder if contacting your local fire department might be the route into things. They're not police, so it's not an imminent danger type thing, but I'm guessing they have the tech or connections to people that do. Might be an interesting story at the end.
Picnic spot is always stupid busy. The trick is to treat anthrax spot like picnic spot. If you feel uncomfortable, just play some Anthrax and tell yourself that's why it's named like that.
I don't think people realize that the bacteria that cause Anthrax exists in small quantities anywhere there is soil. All of us were probably exposed to at least some Bacillus anthracis bacteria today. It's the dose that makes the poison.
Here I thought all the parks converted from superfund sites here in NJ were wild. Those anthrax spores can survive buried indefinitely depending on the climate.
That’s happening right down the street from me, actually. It’s my understanding they take the polluted top layers of soil and either bury them somewhere safe nearby or they transport them away.
They just lay plastic sheeting over the top, put fill in, and build on it at the places I'm familiar with. One of the sites they had to do some remediation sucking out water from the ground to dispose of some of it.
"Without treatment the risk of death from skin anthrax is 23.7%.[5] For intestinal infection the risk of death is 25 to 75%, while respiratory anthrax has a mortality of 50 to 80%, even with treatment."
54 Comments
EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 92 pts · 88d
I live near a radioactive area that almost no body knows about.
The only reason I know about it is because a buddy of mine let me borrow one of those small Geiger counters you clip to a bag, or vest, and when hiking one day started getting a higher beep rate when walking past one small valley. So naturally I went off trail to follow the potentially deadly radiation.
Well after the counter started beeping at an alarming rate at me out of nowhere I just decided I didn't feel needing a hospital, and booked it to the car. No bump on the counter on any clothing or boots, so no material was disturbed and tracked around at least.
I'm not 100% certain where I was as I had been hiking for several hours, but I absolutely want to go back with a few people and see if I can find it again, cause there were no markers I could see, and if it's an unknown area, that presents a problem that some nuclear regulatory agency or other should be looking into.
snoons@lemmy.ca · 85 pts · 88d
There are natural sources of radiation, but enough radiation to make your googoogaga meter go babies is certainly cause for concern.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 88d
Come again?
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 88d
I think autocorrect changed, "geiger meter go bonkers/ bananas" to what we got
Either that, or they may be a preschool teacher
snoons@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 87d
I'm an Adventure Time enjoyer.
hobovision@mander.xyz · 12 pts · 88d
Perfectly cromulent phrasing.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 88d
Yes, that's how the babies get made.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 88d
Preganté
snoons@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 88d
It's an adventure time reference. :3
fartographer@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 88d
I see nothing wrong with this
i_am_tired_boss@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 88d
I understood that reference. :)
For everyone else: https://youtu.be/VgrDBkVIiEg
idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 88d
I can’t tell if this is hilarious autocorrect or poetic license, but it works. Even though I don’t know what words you wanted to use (if the former), I absolutely know what you meant.
i_am_tired_boss@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 88d
It's probably a reference.
https://youtu.be/VgrDBkVIiEg
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 88d
Don't you just hate it when your googoogaga meter goes babies?
Whelks_chance@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 88d
Yeah that seems like something worth reporting to someone
EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 19 pts · 88d
I've actually thought about bringing my mesh radio for GPS coordinates and buying my own clip Geiger counter just so I can go find it. It's been a few years, and I haven't heard anything about it, nor can I find anything online. Iwas pretty far out on unmarked but well-traveled trails, and didn't have a GPS or the mind to keep track of all the forks. The trails are also not on a map, so I'll have to make my own or borrow a GPS that will keep track of my trail...
Damn, even looking at terrain maps isn't as helpful as you'd think.
TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 88d
You should totally look for it again. It could be some sort of dispersed contamination, or if since you didn't find anything on your boots, it could be an orphan source that got dumped in the valley. So long as you don't spend too much time there, it should be safe.
EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 88d
Going over the history of the area, I can't fathom any "real" source of radiation, certainly nobody is hauling medical equipment that far or trying to hide a dump. The last buildings I was aware that got built that far out were pre-1900s and I've found most of their foundations.
I 100% want to get my own counter (no longer friends with the person I borrowed from since they turned into a huge bigot) if only just to prove to myself I'm not crazy and the thing really was beeping. No idea what type of radiation, as it didn't differentiate between the types, for all I know I could have stumbled on an old banana dumping site lol
Honestly I might take a drone out and fly low over the canopy to see if I get any spikes in any of the valleys I can reach.
I will 100% have to make a post if I can find it again. Especially if I ever find out what it was.
Cethin@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 87d
I would bet on it just being natural then. It can get fairly high naturally. I'm curious what your Geiger counter was reading? I'm sure you don't remember, if you even knew when it happened. It could just be that it was set to alert you to even minor radiation sources and it wasn't actually a meaningful amount of radiation. Just a little natural uranium or something that you don't need to be worried about.
Zagorath@quokk.au · 3 pts · 87d
Now if only Lemmy had a !subscribe bot…
Whelks_chance@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 85d
I wonder if contacting your local fire department might be the route into things. They're not police, so it's not an imminent danger type thing, but I'm guessing they have the tech or connections to people that do. Might be an interesting story at the end.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 88d
Probably just Radon. You should check your basement as well.
Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 38 pts · 88d
can we please have picnic at picnic spot?
TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 88d
Of course!!!! 💖❤️💖
Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 88d
ummmm okioki i make hot cocoa ---- do u want vegan or non vegan?
can also make sandwiches.... thinkin of tomato+salad+cucumber and some with cheese and some with egg.
TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 88d
I'll take non vegan, but I favor whichever you think tastes better. I'd love to eat your homemade sandwiches too!
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 88d
The first Lemmy meetup and it's next to an Anthrax burial spot, how fitting...
TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 88d
It wouldn't be the first
N0tTr0xy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 88d
I’m not leaving the house, but voting for the vegan hot cocoa anyways. Or rather throwing together soy milk with cocoa powder right now.
edit: *sips hot cocoa*
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 88d
This reads like the inner thoughts of a Roller Coaster Tycoon NPC lol
Jimbo@pawb.social · 2 pts · 88d
I want to get off Mr Bones Wild Ride
:(
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 88d
Picnic spot is always stupid busy. The trick is to treat anthrax spot like picnic spot. If you feel uncomfortable, just play some Anthrax and tell yourself that's why it's named like that.
bedwyr@piefed.ca · 15 pts · 88d
To play devil's advocate, natural anthrax is nothing like weaponized anthrax. It's fine, probably, and antibiotics cure it. Still though.
InputZero@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 88d
I don't think people realize that the bacteria that cause Anthrax exists in small quantities anywhere there is soil. All of us were probably exposed to at least some Bacillus anthracis bacteria today. It's the dose that makes the poison.
TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 88d
I'd still hazard to guess that the buried cows had a dangerous dose
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 88d
Where is this
WFloyd@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 88d
56.6228509, 36.6010031
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 87d
Of course it’s Russia
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 14 pts · 88d
Says so on the image, "a real place". What more information could you possibly need? /s
pbjelly@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 88d
I can’t quite sleuth it well enough, but it appears there’s lots of places like this.
One example is in Kaua’i. It’s too inland of a location compared to the image posted though.
SillyDude@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 88d
What if we kissed at the anthrax boat launch 👉👈
Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 88d
Gruinard island?
evidences@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 88d
Nah Gruinard doesn't have anything on it, at least not on Google maps sattelite view.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 9 pts · 88d
That is exactly what a large body of water would say/whisper.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 88d
Here I thought all the parks converted from superfund sites here in NJ were wild. Those anthrax spores can survive buried indefinitely depending on the climate.
bedwyr@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 88d
It's funny in a way around here they like to build condominiums on top of polluted sites.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 88d
That’s happening right down the street from me, actually. It’s my understanding they take the polluted top layers of soil and either bury them somewhere safe nearby or they transport them away.
bedwyr@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 88d
They just lay plastic sheeting over the top, put fill in, and build on it at the places I'm familiar with. One of the sites they had to do some remediation sucking out water from the ground to dispose of some of it.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 3 pts · 88d
Is Anthrax bad for you?
pbjelly@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 88d
Yes.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 7 pts · 88d
Ok, I will stay away. Thanks.
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 88d
Just make sure you're upwind!
HeyMrDeadMan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 87d
For a long time, there was a spot on the map that was labeled the Disney Death Lake, or something similar. That's fun.
Hiro8811@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 88d
It's very b-b-bad for you
"Without treatment the risk of death from skin anthrax is 23.7%.[5] For intestinal infection the risk of death is 25 to 75%, while respiratory anthrax has a mortality of 50 to 80%, even with treatment."