RADIATION ALERT ISSUED ON LONG ISLAND, NY Print Monday, 17 March 2014 23:23 March 18, 2014 -- (TRN) -- The Nuclear Emergency Tracking Center has issued a Radiation Alert for Mattituck, NY on Long Island after local background radiation levels spiked 156 times higher than normal on March 14, but quickly returned to normal. On March 16, radiation spiked again to 75 times higher than normal and though it has come down, as of the publication of this story on March 18, the level remains 13 times higher than normal. Charts and map below. (Click the Image below to enlarge) Mattituck, NY, a small, picturesque community located on the north shore at the eastern end of Long Island got blasted with high energy Gamma Radiation from an unknown source over the last three days. According to local Geiger Counter equipment, the one-year average background level of radiation in Mattituck is only about 10 counts-per minute. Yet on March 15, the radiation level suddenly skyrocketed to 1565 Counts-Per-Minute (CPM), an increase of one-hundred fifty-six times the normal level. Oddly, as fast as the level went up, it went back down, until 8:40 PM the next day, March 16, when the level suddenly spiked again to 784 Counts-Per-Minute, an increase of 78 times the normal background level. This time, the level went down much slower as shown on the chart below. As of March 18, 2014 at 12:37 AM, the level is remaining around 131 CPM, certainly within the safe range but still 13 times higher than normal when compared to levels over the past three months. Since the level is more than five times the typical amount, the Nuclear Emergency Tracking Center (NETC) issued a RADIATION ALERT because such a change in typical levels is a significant event and residents should monitor the situation for their own safety. Given Mattitucks location and ease of access to the ocean, local authorities may wish to determine what is taking place in that town which would account for such a dramatic surge in radiation. While we have absolutely no indication whatsoever that any terrorist group might be trying to smuggle a radioactive device into New York via an ocean route, prudence in these times of terrorism dictates the matter be looked into. < Prev Next >
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 19:28:28 +0000