Atomic Age Pamphlet - Beyond Tiki

T TikiTacky Member Joined: Nov 23, 2010 Posts: 1319	T TikiTacky Posted posted on Sun, May 25, 2014 4:32 PM I used to sell digital Geiger counters, radioactive items, Cold War ephemera, and other stuff. I still have some Trinitite, which is the material created during the first atomic bomb test. You'd be surprised how much everyday stuff is radioactive. Even salt substitute is measurably radioactive. My favorite is the vibrant orange vintage Fiesta Ware, which used uranium for the glaze. Beautiful, and makes a Geiger counter go crazy! Bomb shelters actually would protect from the worst of the radiation, assuming your shelter survived the initial blast. The risk after that comes from ingesting or inhaling the longer-lived (but less damaging) isotopes. You probably could survive a nuclear war—not that you'd want too! :D I just recently got rid of an old Gonset III CD ham radio similar to this: [ Edited by: TikiTacky 2014-05-25 16:34 ]

I used to sell digital Geiger counters, radioactive items, Cold War ephemera, and other stuff. I still have some Trinitite, which is the material created during the first atomic bomb test. You'd be surprised how much everyday stuff is radioactive. Even salt substitute is measurably radioactive. My favorite is the vibrant orange vintage Fiesta Ware, which used uranium for the glaze. Beautiful, and makes a Geiger counter go crazy!

Bomb shelters actually would protect from the worst of the radiation, assuming your shelter survived the initial blast. The risk after that comes from ingesting or inhaling the longer-lived (but less damaging) isotopes. You probably could survive a nuclear war—not that you'd want too! :D

I just recently got rid of an old Gonset III CD ham radio similar to this:

[ Edited by: TikiTacky 2014-05-25 16:34 ]

Post #718186 by TikiTacky on Sun, May 25, 2014 4:32 PM