Calif. Man Sets Off Nuclear Alert Detector

[jamotto]

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ESCONDIDO, Calif. - A man who recently had received radiation treatment for a medical condition set off a nuclear alert detector on a fire engine, prompting police to close down a roadway in Escondido while authorities searched for a nuclear weapon.

The Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District engine crew's radiation monitor sounded Tuesday when the man and his friend walked past the crew on their way to fill a gas can.

The Nuke Alert monitor sounded again as the men walked back to their vehicle.

Firefighters notified the San Diego County Sheriff's Department after they drove by the men's vehicle and the monitor sounded a third time.

Sheriff's deputies pulled over the driver and detained him and his passenger for about one hour while they confirmed that the man was not carrying a nuclear weapon and that he had received radiation treatment, according to Sgt. Robert Healey.

The man was described as a Valley Center resident in his late 40s or early 50s. His name and medical condition were not released.

The radiation monitor was purchased with Homeland Defense Department grant money and is used 24 hours a day on each fire truck in the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District, according to Capt. Dale Mosby.

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[Soback]

And people complain about cell phone radiation? The radiation from that guy set off the alarm even when they were DRIVING by, means they had to be at least 10 feet away. Wow, and he has a friend hanging out with him, now that's what I call a real friend, lol. Poor guy...oh well, hopefully the radiation treatment worked for him.

[Wolferz]

I like that description, Nuclear Alert Detector.

ROTFLMAO.

It's nothing more than an upgraded Geiger Counter. Probably cost more too.

You can probably set one off with a standard smoke detector if you moved it close enough to the device.

Drive on Gestapo Drive on

[Guest]

I bet his friend will wear lead underwear from now on when he's with him.