Duct tape, shotgun, iodide pills

If the Japanese are using helicopters to dump water on the reactors -- its time to PANIC AND GET THE HELL OUTTA THERE!!!

At Chernobyl, they ... pause ... the helicopters pilots (RIP) ... used helicopters to dump concrete to entomb the reactor.

Yesterday, we were chuckling in the lab when we heard Californians were begging pharmacists for Iodide pills. Looks like they are one step ahead of us.

Check out the projected wind pattern from Japan to the U.S. West Coast:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/16/science/plume-graphic.html?ref=science

I guess, its time to stock up on survival gear.

Whatever happens, there must be duct tape in the house. Also a shotgun, and definitely, iodide pills. I suppose I can get some reagent-grade potassium iodide in the lab if worse comes to worse.

Hmnn... What if the wind blows southwest?