[ RadSafe ] Cat out of the bag after passingthroughairportscanner :-D

edmond0033 edmond0033 at comcast.net
Fri May 4 15:05:24 CDT 2007


They don't let you send the cat or dog through the X-Ray scanner.  They take 
you aside with the carrier.  Then they make you take the anminal out of the 
carrier and scan the carrier or inspect it and inspect the animal.

Ed Baratta

edmond0033 at comcast.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "stewart farber" <radproject at sbcglobal.net>
To: <radsafe at radlab.nl>; "Steven Dapra" <sjd at swcp.com>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Cat out of the bag after 
passingthroughairportscanner :-D


> Perhaps the reason that airport security has become so expensive is that 
> the screeners have upgraded their basic low dose x-ray units to C[a]T 
> scanners. Slows down the lines as well.
>
> Also, are there any standards on ALARA for cats being passed through 
> airport security x-ray units?
>
> Hey, it's Friday afternoon.
>
> :-D
> Stewart Farber
> =======================
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steven Dapra" <sjd at swcp.com>
> To: <radsafe at radlab.nl>
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 2:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Cat out of the bag after passing 
> throughairportscanner :-D
>
>
>> May 5
>>
>>         Perhaps the real turkeys are wearing pretty uniforms and carrying 
>> guns.
>>
>> Steven Dapra
>> sjd at swcp.com
>>
>>
>> At 10:49 AM 5/4/07 -0400, edmond0033 wrote:
>>>Maybe they thought you had a 'frozen' one and had something inside the 
>>>cavity.
>>>
>>>Ed Baratta
>>>edmond0033 at comcast.net
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: <neildm at id.doe.gov>
>>>To: <radsafe at radlab.nl>
>>>Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 4:57 PM
>>>Subject: [ RadSafe ] Cat out of the bag after passing through 
>>>airportscanner :-D
>>>
>>>
>>>Found on Yahoo AFP odd news:
>>>
>>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070502/wl_canada_afp/canadaanimalairport_0
>>>70502210138;_ylt=Ar2J8YTTRulv91AUvQJNDzOgOrgF
>>>
>>>[Excerpt]
>>>"They had asked me, when they put ... the luggage through the X-ray,
>>>whether I had a turkey," she said.
>>>"(Airport security) kept going back and forth with (the suitcase),"
>>>Martell said. "I was adamant: 'Look, I have no turkey.'"
>>
>
>
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