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   Message 1,848 of 3,113   
   Henry Spencer to Keith F. Lynch   
   Re: TransHab as storm shelter   
   29 May 04 15:51:51   
   
   From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article ,   
   Keith F. Lynch  wrote:   
   >> You would want to block the openings of a storm shelter unless they   
   >> were bent enough that there was no line of sight from interior to   
   >> exterior.   
   >   
   >Even if they were bent, wouldn't you still get lots of radiation via   
   >Compton scattering?   
      
   My impression is that this isn't a big issue at the energies of interest,   
   but I could be wrong -- I haven't looked into the details.   
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