Re: Interstellar radiation spike

["Otto G. Raabe" <ograabe@ucdavis.edu>]

At 01:45 PM 10/1/98 -0500, Rick Edwards wrote:
>I have a network of telemetered environmental detectors here at LBL.  The
>Gamma is VERY sensitive and the neutron reasonably so.
>
>I didn't detect anything unusual at the time you mentioned.  I DID see an
>approx 15% increase in gamma background at ~1500 PST on 9/26 (2300 ZULU
>9/26) but nothing on the 27th.  This event was about 20 minutes long.
>

COULD IT HAVE BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE OF THE
EARTH?

Otto
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