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Fukushima Radioactivity Detected Off Pacific Coast; Judged Harmless
By A.M. Johnson
November 24, 2014
Monday PM
Editor- Sitnews:
Regarding the headline on radioactivity resulting from the Fukushima tidal situation of some months past. It is very encouraging to read that the levels of radioactivity are as low in the report. Much as Global Warming, the hype given to the potential excited beyond the end result. On another aspect of this tidal wave was the spectacular reports of the drift debris fields that were in some reports, the size of Texas. These masses of debris were to descend on our beaches in such quantity that a near National disaster was in the preparation stages.
One wonders what happened to this movement. Are we to continue to standby with pike poles, pee vees, and fleets of tug boats to surround and gather the flotsam and jetsam? How many hundreds of millions were expended in this environmental debacle?
I for one am sorely disappointed. I had visions of tremendous wealth recovery in beach salvage of round logs exported from Alaska to Japan returning as firewood.
Maybe tomorrow.
Regards,
A.M.Johnson
Ketchikan, Alaska
Received November 21, 2014
- Published November 24, 2014
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