Preparedness for when

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Frugalsod wrote: »

If you live near the North Moors National Park then you need to know this.

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2014/08/fracking-waste-disposal-fuels-opposition-u-s-abroad.html

nowhere near me, but I don't like the sound of that... so does this mean, which ever part of the country they frack, they are going to have to get rid of radioactive water???

nuatha

themarsbargirl wrote: »

2tonsils- i seem to remember a post about after 8s a few months back, someone had 2 boxes with different dates and they were commenting on the size difference and i think there had been a recipe change too.

I remember a Yule dinner two or three years back where we had three boxes of After Eights on the table, one being vegan, one vegetarian and one not likely to be either. From memory there are two manufacturing sources and they don't necessarily stay in sync on recipe changes. Currently they're supposed to be vegetarian since Nestle have added butterfat to the chocolate.

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

nowhere near me, but I don't like the sound of that... so does this mean, which ever part of the country they frack, they are going to have to get rid of radioactive water???

It depends on what lies in the strata they are pumping the water through. quite a number of the rocks that make up Britain are radioactive, usually to a relatively low level. Whether pressurised water will concentrate the radioactive materials I don't know, but it is an area that should be well researched before there is any commercial scale fracking (I haven't found any published research, it may already have been done) Some areas of the UK already have major problems with Radon gas which is water soluble - this will be an issue if fracking is permitted in these areas.
I'll admit, I've done less reading in this area than I possibly should have done as my area is not suitable for fracking and I've concentrated more on issues that are likely to directly affect me and mine.

Frugalsod

In the US they have been using radioactive water for some reason in the fracking process. It would take millions of years for the water to accelerate the concentration process in the wells. Secondly while rocks in Cornwall are naturally slightly radioactive these are not the areas being fracked because they need sedimentary rock formations.

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The news has just been about another shipping container of 'illegal immigrants' found on a lorry in Somerset. After the poor folks found at Tilbury Docks it makes me wonder just how often it happens? It is a very worrying vector for spreading diseases, particularly if the immigrants then dissapear into the general population and aren't traceable as they won't appear on anything official. I wonder too if any potentially dangerous 'terrorist' types have managed to enter the UK, these latest ones were apparently from Eritrea and Kashmir!!!!! it's an extremely unsettling scenario and makes me quite concerned!

1Tonsil

http://www.youreporter.it/video_Tromba_d_aria_ad_Arenzano_2_2

Amazing video of one of the many waterspouts in Italy today, it later made land fall as a tornado which damaged cars and buildings. At one point there were six waterspouts all at the same time just off Genova.


I have been reading about the Icelandic volcano they are all worrying about. The warning level has been raised ,as there are many earth quakes around it and worries of the ash affecting flights in the UK and Europe. I do hope this just dies down as the ash was so disruptive last time. I could not make it back to the UK for my father's funeral last time there was a problem with volcanic ash.


We have the start of a heatwave again tomorrow, hoping this one will be short lived....

winterstorage

The Australian Courier mail is reporting a big increase in Flu, early and severe they are saying and 85% is H1N1 so it could be early for us too.
admissions to hospital are 2 and a half times higher than this time last year

jk0

That reminds me, the last three years I have had flu jabs in October, but always get terribly ill around Christmas/New year.

Okay, it wasn't flu, but it might as well have been, as I was laid low for two months each time.

It sounds mad, but is it possible that by being immunised against flu, I am susceptible to similar bugs?

Witless

I think there's certainly something in what you say: I've experienced similar effects.

themarsbargirl

jko-you realise you can get the flu jab and still get flu-they only put 3 strainas in the jab so if you pick up a different one it won't matter. Last year the place i work decided to offer free flu jab to all staff in an effort to bring down sickness, over half of those who had the jab still ended up with time off for flu.

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The flu vaccine is based on the strain that they think will cause most problems in the coming season, not having a crystal ball it really is only predictions based on the prevalance of recorded cases and not everyone goes to the doctor for the flu, advice is to stay home and not spread it isn't it? I still think that any protection is worth having so we'll keep on with the jabs but knowing it's not going to stop us catching flu completely, just protection against the most likely virus around this winter.