Santa Fe, NM is just 24 miles away from dangerous canyon contaminated by plutonium
Posted by Amazing-Tear-5185@reddit | PrepperIntel | View on Reddit | 31 comments
DwarvenRedshirt@reddit
I’d be curious to know if anyone’s driven through those areas with a Geiger counter and had it respond with higher values or not.
Druid_High_Priest@reddit
Lol
A picocurie (pCi) is a unit of measurement for radioactivity that is equal to one trillionth of a curie.
Three picocuries is three trillionth of a curie and would cost a tremendous amount of money to take to zero even if possible. Nothing is wrong with the water. Radon gas is more of a hazzard and Radon is naturally occurring.
Not a prepper intel worthy alert.
FunkyPlunkett@reddit
click bait worthy.
thepete404@reddit
I’ll apologize now then. I never quite believe any statistic that come out of the “ labs”
It might be 100x worse, or there is something there they don’t want anybody to stumble on.
Oops out of tinfoil!
970067475@reddit
The biggest thing to remember in New Mexico (I’m from Albuquerque) we have the largest stockpile of heavy ordinance in the US. Inside of kirtland Air Force base, there are miles and miles of small payload to large payload explosives, including a lot of (if not most) nuclear warheads. We’re probably target # 2 for nuclear warfare right next to New York City or the White House. So it’s not a direct threat of radiation. HOWEVER. That definitely doesn’t take the massive bullseye that just so happens to be covering an imperial fuck ton of tannerite off of us here! 😂
SpecialistOk3384@reddit
...Washington State would like to have a word with you. (Wink)
(Indian Island, Bangor Trident Base, Jim Creek, Bremerton's naval shipyard... I'm leaving a lot of the table. Washington would be hell on Earth. Probably have a lot in common with New Mexico with counter force targets)
970067475@reddit
Jesus. It’s scary to hear all the bullshit get worse and worse. Makes you wonder if it’s gonna be a red dawn or a fallout. It’s fucked up. It just keeps getting worse…
gramma-space-marine@reddit
I actually miss the absolute peace of knowing we didn’t stand a sliver of hope when I lived in Los Alamos. Now I’ve got to worry about surviving!
970067475@reddit
Right? Fuck it. It’s like deirks Bentley. “Big ole stack of flat and Scruggs and a bag of Willy’s best” out here. Don’t trip. I’m leaving for Ohio in about a year. I’m tired of this place. I’ve lived on eubank and Menaul for 13 years I hate it here
xxhamzxx@reddit
Is this the place they're digging into the first Nations aquafer and poisoning the population?
KB9AZZ@reddit
Source? I would like to read about that.
xxhamzxx@reddit
https://youtu.be/lcPsy8734Vg?si=-vzIwD5OXsLfd7BW
Here you go, what a beautiful people. Hopefully they can find their solution.
KB9AZZ@reddit
While I trust their concerns, was there an EPA environmental impact study done? The government doesn't approve these types of operations lightly.
t0astter@reddit
Yup.
GWS2004@reddit
Please no Daily Mail. It's a rag.
Amazing-Tear-5185@reddit (OP)
Which is why I included an additional article link for your perusal.
GWS2004@reddit
That should have been the link you posted.
NoActivity578@reddit
Santa Fe is in the grips of a homeless poor person drug addled apocalypse so that's the main concern
iMcoolcucumber@reddit
So take care of them like a good Christian would
NoActivity578@reddit
Don't live there. But it doesn't take a Christian or religious person to be a good human
swadekillson@reddit
Yup I live in Santa Fe. The fentheads are a WAY bigger issue than the canyon.
NoActivity578@reddit
Hadn't driven through in a while. I couldn't believe it.
diaryofsnow@reddit
Why don't we just take ~~Bikini Bottom~~ Santa Fe, and push it somewhere else?
970067475@reddit
The biggest thing to remember in New Mexico (I’m from Albuquerque) we have the largest stockpile of heavy ordinance in the US. Inside of kirtland Air Force base, there are miles and miles of small payload to large payload explosives, including a lot of (if not most) nuclear warheads. We’re probably target # 2 for nuclear warfare right next to New York City or the White House.
esalman@reddit
There's radiation all over NM (and surrounding Western US states, or all of Continental US really). They tested several atomic bombs there (and in Nevada etc.) in the 50s, and these radioactive particles have very long half lives. No biggie.
ILikeCoffeeNTrees@reddit
Not to mention the natural occurrence of Uranium in these areas as well
harbourhunter@reddit
Can we block daily mail links?
bmoEZnyc@reddit
So don't go there?
Throwawayconcern2023@reddit
24 miles? Not great, not terrible.
Amazing-Tear-5185@reddit (OP)
Additional link: here
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