[ RadSafe ] California Man Sets Off Nuclear Alert Detector

[Humphrey, Monica M.]

Yes, this was a good learning experience. One of my coworkers got caught up
in the traffic on his way to his son's ballgame. He said that it looked like
every police car in the city was there, approximately 20, there was a
helicopter hovering, and he saw the man (the victim?) being handcuffed and
put in the back of a squad car. I like to think that they wouldn't want a
repeat of this exercise. 

Monica Humphrey
SAIC - Radiation Safety Office
Security and Transportation Technology
858-826-5976 voice
858-826-9614 fax
 

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On Behalf
Of howard long
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:24 AM
To: Sandy Perle; Efforrer at aol.com; radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] California Man Sets Off Nuclear Alert Detector

Au Contraire, Sandy.
"When every Tom , Dick and Harry has a radiation detector", they will, 1,
see radiation as  normal, safe environment, so have less irrational panic,
2, take more interest in radiation detection, so get that TRAINING, 3, take
responsibility, as happens, in fact, with driving a car or owning an
"equalizer" (gun). Those other sources of power have resulted in safer
travel than horses and safer homes than ones depending entirely on police
protection (read Lott's data). 
 
Training is critical, but availability of easy info, like the internet and
books (also once thought dangerous for common folk) leads to peace and
prosperity, not panic. Viva  rad detectors!
 
Howard Long 

Sandy Perle <sandyfl at earthlink.net> wrote:
This is the future ... Why TRAINING is so critical! Just think 
what's going to happen when every Tom, Dick and Harry has a radiation
detector!!!!

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Sandy Perle
Senior Vice President, Technical Operations
Global Dosimetry Solutions, Inc.
2652 McGaw Avenue
Irvine, CA 92614 

Tel: (949) 296-2306 / (888) 437-1714 Extension 2306
Fax:(949) 296-1902 

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Personal Website: http://sandy-travels.com/ 


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