Radioactive Fallout can you survive?? PT2

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I always tell people to have Potassium Iodine on hand enough for your family plus.
Click here for some info on it from the CDC.

Make sure to keep informed by radio or TV. The decision to take potassium iodide should be based on info you get from the national health authorities. They will be in the best position to decide if it is needed and in which areas.

Also a reminder...boiling water DOES NOT remove radiation.  There are some filters out there that claim to.So water stock up is important.

Some Medical Herbs for radiation exposure.

Here is a list of medicinal herbs that I recommend you take for radiation exposure.  You can take them as a tea, a tincture or even eaten.

BUT!!!!!! BIG BUT
I have come across a lot of websites that say you can take this herb and that herb in a pinch instead of Potassium Iodine. 
the answer is NO. It can hurt you more. It has to be Potassium Iodine. So stock up! Really have some. I have found it in a few places. But if you have a good doctor they may be kind enough to give it to you. I am lucky mine finds my prepperness to be quaint. But I have no thyroid...so this does not apply to me.  Radiation goes after the thyroid gland, this is your immune system...without these hormones....ya die...that is why it is such a big deal to take the potassium Iodine...to protect those glands. Because I do not have them, I need to take meds for the rest of my life. And again...I have a double script. Every month I get and extra month....and I have a major stockpile of it and have it at every place that I may go. I also had to learn how to processes rabbit glands to make the med. Just in case and for if I run out...or if I want to help others that do not have their thyroid glands. But you do not want to lose it!!!


Once you are done with you Potassium Iodine you will want to get the rest of it out of you....look at the chart above....this is just to show how much radiation is in things we do in our daily lives...You get up to  SIX YEARS of everyday radiation in ONE CT SCAN! That is crazy. So you want to have these herbs to detox this out of you.You want to have them pre radiation situation. In Jars, Mylar or at the least have seeds for them.

So these are the herbs that can help you clean some of this out of your system.
The herbs that people recommend are more for if you have had an X ray done. Or event even everyday exposure form computer, cell phone, microwaves, the sun, even some of our foods. 

Little known fact, Grand Central Station is one of the most radioactive stations. The walls of the station,and its foundations, are built with granite, a rock that naturally holds radiation.The radiation levels produced by the station are so high that they actually exceed the levels that nuclear power plants are legally allowed to emit.

Any who.....I think that is what people mean when they say you can take Burdock Root or Cilantro Leaf for radiation,,,,or for after you are done with the PI. NOT IN PLACE OF or with!!

But because we do have daily radiation and it is worth touching base on a few of the helpful herbs to help clean your body of them. And or to clean them out after a fallout.

We will start with
I am going to say using tincture are your best option. which you can make with the herbs yourself and keep in glass jars to keep them safe.  AND ALWAYS talk to your doctor first before taking herbs as meds! I do!

• Burdock Root You can ingest 15 to 20 drops of tincture 3 times a day. This will help clean your system out....but do not do if prego..

• Cilantro Helps with cleansing the body of heavy metals and it will help some with radiation. 1-3 drop of Cilantro is a good dose depending on body weight. You can even just eat it but it would have to be a lot.

• Ginseng Is known to help with the side effects of radation expoure.  15 to 20 drops of Tincture 3 time a day.

• Basil is help with a lot of the side effect of exposure....but for it to help you are looking at taking a whopping 40 to 60 drops a 3 times a day. Which is crazy!! I also read that you can just do a tea with 1 tsp of dried leaf in 8oz water 3 times a day???? (the 40 to 60 seems to be wrong to me)

Other things to have on hand

• Bentonite clay or any other edible clay  helps remove toxins and get this you put a teaspoon in a glass of juice or pure water. But you must drink a lot of water throughout the day if you do this.

• Extra virgin olive oil (cold pressed) helps protect the cell membranes.

• Sea Salt and Baking SodaBaths- add 1 pound of sea salt and 1 pound of baking soda and soak in chlorine-free water for 20 minutes. Then rinse with cool water. You can also 1 pound of betonite, or other clay, to the sea salt and baking soda when soaking which increases the removal of radiation. Some specialists who work with radioactive isotopes use this method to remove radiation from their body. If you have been exposed to an abnormally high level of radiation you can use this method three times a week for one month. 
• Milk Thistle  helps the liver deal with the effects of toxicity of radiation poisoning.

A few other foods that can help
Onions, garlic, green and black tea, cabbage, broccoli all citrus fruits. 

 

Come Away Melinda. Tim Rose

Radioactive fallout can you survive?

This is a 1 of 2 part post....part 2 will be posted on Saturday. 
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This is such a Big Topic and I know that I may not have covered everything. But this is some basics.

MAP TOOL
First lets start off with this great tool. Click Here 
Enter your address at the tool,  this will give you an idea of how far will be effected. I entered the nuke plant in my state in to see how much time I would need to get ready...(see below for that info)  You have to zoom out to see the .25 and .1 psi damage range.

And here is a great PDF  Nuclear War Survival Skills   Click Here

Lets talk Nuclear weapons and plants.
So many of us live near plants or at the least have some concerns about bombs.  This is something I have yet to really address in my blog. But in this modern day there have been issues with nukes and at the least we should have some basics for this. Lets approach this as if you can not make it out of the blast zone.  You should have some kind of a plan in place. Also know,  if you are not in the zone even the passing radiation can effect you long term survival. So Protect yourself and family.

Ok so first some basics
Lets start with the range of a blast  in a 1 mile area the people in this area may not be so lucky. Then you have the people in a 5 mile area will have some damage done to them. From the 5 to 20 mile mark you will most likely see a mushroom cloud giving you a moment to get underground. From that point on you have a better chance of finding cover and surviving the wave. (check your map tool from above to see what I mean)

Fallout shelters
Ever notice those signs (fallout shelter signs)? Back in the 50's building were made to be fallout shelters....But have you seen any new buildings be labeled as one? .That is because back in the day Civil defense use to stock these shelter and they were in every community. Now they do not...many of those building have been knocked down. And close to all of them are not stocked anymore.

So what to do
Well first a fallout shelter is an enclosed place.. The word shelter does not me house, car it means underground with 3 feet of soil above the area.When thinking about were to shelter remember this....  you will need a place that will shield you from the blast wave.  It will also have to protect you from radioactive fallout. If you do not have a basement....(which if you do click here for a few ideas, you should have everything down there ready to put up in and instant. Mine is attached to the ceiling and ready to be rolled down and sealed With masks and supply at hand.)  If  you do not have a basement...look around where you live find a building that has a basement. and have a tubs of supply's to get to it. And a hammer to break glass if you have to to get in. If that is not an option find a room in your house that can be encased fast. With a table place near a bearing wall. Get under that table and yes I am going to say it..."duck and cover) 

What is the timeline of a blast? 
The news of a blast will be almost  moments after it happens...remember 9/11 it was on the TV almost instantly. The moment you see something like that and know you are in that State...take cover.  The news will tell you were to go...but you want to know long before that!And make sure you have a radio Click here I have 2 of these and some hand helds to go with them.

If you have a fallout shelter you will have enough time to get things secure. If you decide you want to get in your car and bolt, remember....fall out will be happening in a radius of 50 miles from ground zero by the first hour after the explosion. And can spread up to 500 miles ( which will take a half a day to happen) .  Remember the traffic jams that will be happening. These people will be exposed to fall out and it will be a possibly life threatening. If god forbid this is your only choice.....drive through yards....smash a few fences...do what ever you have to to get as far as you can. But reality is if you are caught 10 miles near the blast there is a good chance you will die not necessarily instantly but shortly after.   But if you do survive the blast you still have to be safe from fallout. If you are in a place you don't know or you are that close and have no time..... let that prepper mind guide you. You can make shift. find the safes place right there the bathroom, a closet. do your best to cover the doors and or windows. Shower curtain taped over the will.and door. wet towel over your mouth and nose. Blankets over you.  Something is better than nothing!!

How long till it is safe??
It is all a matter of how close you are. The blast will be the hardest part.
At the least you will need to stay sheltered for 4 days. The closer you are to where it went off, the higher the radioactive fallout levels will be and the long you will need to stay in place. This can be for several weeks! The better your shelter and stockpile the better chance you have. If you are not near you shelter....then think fast and remember all these factors as you run for cover!!! Grabbing what you can. 

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Ya I have to do it!!! The song for this post is Imagine Dragons - Radioactive