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[madowlspeaks]

Wondering if I should cancel classes and stay inside tomorrow....

http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=040000&biid=2011040559128

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/04/117_84536.html

[joyorbison]

Did you even read the articles you posted?

That Big Mac you ate on the weekend has a bigger chance of harming your health than magical radioactive rain.


"The institute said even if radioactive materials arrive in Korea due to the wind direction, the amount will be too small to have any negative effect on the human body. �Even if radioactive substances leaked from the Fukushima plants come directly to Korea, the amount will be about 0.3 milli-Sievert (mSv), one third of the annual radiation dose limit,� KINS President Yun Choul-ho said."

[brucefox]

Never trust what the government says.
They don't benefit if the people panic.
Truth is usually downplayed or hidden.
Don't worry, in a couple of decades you will see symptoms popping here and there.

One third of annual radio active dose limit in ONE DAY. That's a pretty significant amount of radioactivity.

[joyorbison]

Couldn't you see how the media is blowing this all out of proportion? They want worried people to buy the newspapers. Panic = sales.

IF IF IF IF the wind/rains come DIRECTLY from Fukushima. They won't, and if they do its not enough to be harmful.

Don't trust the government, also don't trust the media. Science is the most reliable thing we have in 2011.

[NYC_Gal 2.0]

Umbrellas and taxis, if you're worried <<shrugs>>

[brucefox]

Science is the most reliable thing if you can do the science. If by science you mean reading someone else's sensationalized theory and blindly believing in it without checking formulas, sources, and other related calculations, then no. It's definitely not the most reliable thing. It's a very good thing to trick others with, though.

I do agree on the media thing.

[yeti08]

[Ramen]

[NYC_Gal 2.0]

I prefer the seasoned, fried sheets of the stuff. Whenever I crave salt, it's my go-to snack. Nomnomnom

[Draz]

[yeti08]

Actually I am planning on catching a spider and going for a jog in the rain with the spider in my pocket. Hopefully I'll be Spiderman by the weekend. Crime fighting in Seoul here I come......

[aldershot]

it seems the relationship with japan, and possibly the beginning of the Dokdo Wars, is to be more worrisome than a german weatherman's prediction.