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phoenix1984 t1_jdmwuv3 wrote

Reply to comment by VaccumSaturdays in Xcel Energy to power down Monticello nuclear plant early after more radioactive water leaks out by VaccumSaturdays

Because after actually dangerous accidents rushed regulation was passed saying any leak must be cleaned up regardless of how dangerous it is. Remember the coal power plant example? This is not like the Ohio train derailment.

It is tritium. Its radiation cannot pass through the skin. If ingested, it decays within a few hours. You know the radioactive material doctors use to photograph the path your veins take? Thousands of times more radioactive. Hell, assuming they never clean it up and you live next door and consume the entire leak yourself, that would be somewhere between an X-ray and an international flight’s worth of radiation. Those exit signs they hang in schools all over the place? Waaay more tritium than this. You absolutely consume way more radiation naturally.

You are proving my point. People don’t understand the relative dangers of different radiation levels.

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COMCredit t1_jdmwojr wrote

Reply to comment by tydestra in Darcelle, world's oldest working drag queen, dies at 92 by PhillipCrawfordJr

I'm reminded of this photo of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, which shows the absolutely stunning impact and loss that AIDS had on the community. It's absolutely heartbreaking to remember that many of those men had moved to San Francisco and found a new family after being rejected from their original communities, only to see most of their friends suffer and die in a matter of years.

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AngriestManinWestTX t1_jdmwi65 wrote

Reply to comment by Fit_Serve726 in Tornado hits western Mississippi as storms knock out power for thousands. A town is 'gone,' resident says | CNN by A179E49GFZ68722R23

The eeriest tornado footage I've seen was caught by a doorbell camera during the December 2021 outbreak near the town of Mayfield which was devastated by the tornado caught here. It's scary as hell.

I imagine these tornadoes from last night's tornadoes will be as bad if not worse.

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lifeofblair t1_jdmvpp7 wrote

Reply to comment by kittysback in Tornado hits western Mississippi as storms knock out power for thousands. A town is 'gone,' resident says | CNN by A179E49GFZ68722R23

I remember in college at State tornadoes were just another reason to hang out with friends at houses. We “sheltered” but not seriously at all and like you said many never take them seriously. We always had people that would go outside to look for them and hangout.

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