I agree.

If i gave that impression as well I am sorry. I just think that the surplus geiger counter approach is a bad idea. Radiation is something we have been taught to fear and the sight of a clicking counter can do more harm than good.

I think this would be a situation where you need to rely on experts to tell you when to go and what direction to go in order avoid more severely contaminated areas.

The basic course I took showed that just sampling one area and performing the required math afterwards was very involved for a layman. There is no way that one person can map an escape route in this type of event.

Chris