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Would you survive a nuclear blast?

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if one hits philadelphia, even with a 1 megaton i'm dead, which is just fine with me since i wouldn't want to survive a nuclear war.

I just looked at the Radiation radius, for if it hits philly:

This is what the effect would be to the people all the way in NEW YORK, with just a 1 mt bomb:

"Causes extensive internal damage, including harm to nerve cells and the cells that line the digestive tract. Also results in a loss of white blood cells and temporary hair loss."

I think that means you bleed out your innards until you die.
 


<< I know I would...to go after the f*ckers that sent it here >>



I think our counterattacks would make the source far worse.

Also, I don't think we'll ever have to worry about a blast that big in any U.S. city unless the bomb is ours.

Cheers!
 
If they hit San Jose or San Francisco I'd get a good dose of Radiation. It would be time to head for the Sierra's
 
Well, if the 25-megaton blast hit central Seattle, and I was still in my room, I'd most likely be dead or seriously injured - although, if I were in my dorm, I think I'd fare well.

The 1-megaton would probably just give me radiation poisoning and burns.

Damn, that's scary.
 
Zakath15,

if that 25megaton hit seattle, I would so be dead as I am just here in wallingford. You said if you where in your dorm you might make it, do you go to UW? if so, then no way, maybe if you were in the basement of Mercer Hall you might make it, or the basement of Hagget, but other than that you would be toast, along with the other 30,000ish students 🙂 good thing we have that ballistic missle defense.... 😉
 
if it hit boston I am dead during college year, if not, then according to old target maps I lived a few miles from a military target🙁

I'm dead either way
 
I live on a farm in the middle of thousands of acres of nothingness. I am better trained and equipped than any National Guard unit and a lot of active duty units. I have a perimeter. I have a plan. I am not afraid. Send word, I will help.

Speaking of help, do you think I could use some myself? 😉
 
Yeah, I was playing with that a while ago. Of course, those maps don't compensate for natural barriers, like hills. However, unfortunately.. If they nuked Portland, we're on the facing side of a hill. That's no good. :Q lol..

Man.. I hope no terrorists can get ahold of a 25megaton bomb.. ... Imagine something like that going off in NYC? That would be aweful.....
 
Fatalbert, you talking about the military depot? That's piles of metal and some oil, and notenough of either to draw a bomb anywhere near here. Albany NY might be hit and if it wasa 25 megaton sucker we'd have a 50% chance of survival though I think the hills and stuff would raise our chances. We could hide under my car to escape the radiation, the beat up old caddilac has enough metal in it it will probably stop even the most determined neutron, lol.
 
I'd be dead If one of those suckers nailed Seattle. If I did survive, they'd probly mistake me for someone with severe anemia because of how pale I am. Well, maybe not. I live in a house on a hill with a HUGE retaining wall and ugly metal siding. Bad remodels will protect me from those Commy bastards! 😉
 
1megaton bomb on sf, phsyically.. but when you look at the fallout map, you're pretty much screwed...

Distance: 30 miles
Much more than a lethal dose of radiation. Death can occur within hours of exposure. About ten years will need to pass before levels of radioactivity in this area drop low enough to be considered safe, by U.S. peacetime standards.

Distance: 90 miles
A lethal dose of radiation. Death occurs from two to fourteen days.


if that's the case, id rather get incinerated by the blast... 😱
 
If a nuke were to hit Chicago, I'd be killed by the fallout, unless of course I hurry up and get a hotel room in Kentucky. 🙂
 


<< Well, if the 25-megaton blast hit central Seattle, and I was still in my room, I'd most likely be dead or seriously injured - although, if I were in my dorm, I think I'd fare well. >>



Look at a map directly west of Seattle. See where it says Bangor, Poulsbo, Naval Submarine Base- Bangor. Trust me when I tell you that the nukes sent to take out that base would take Seattle with it. Have a nice day.
 


<< If I implemented the famous "duck and cover" manouver. Works great on Volcanic Lava too. >>

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wasnt that a simpsons episode? or maybe south park?
 
This map completely ignores hills and mountains that would deflect a nuclear blast (ala Nagasaki).
 


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<< If I implemented the famous "duck and cover" manouver. Works great on Volcanic Lava too. >>

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wasnt that a simpsons episode? or maybe south park? >>




Very good. South Park 😉
 
Yeah, if a bomb hit Chicago, I would survive the pressure wave and hope that it was a still day. I would either immediately drive south as far as I could, or hide in the basement of the engineering building or in the steam tunnels here at ND. There is a lot of freaking steal in the engineering building, but I'd still probably be screwed. My best chance would be to drive as far south as I could as quickly as possible. I guess I should get that giger counter working in my office...

Ryan
 
If it were to hit LA (which they would probably go for) i would be ok from even a 25-megaton bomb. I'd have to get myself the hell outta there ASAP though to escape fallout.
 
Eh, there's not a lot of fallout if the blast is in the air. Fallout is when the blast vaporises the ground which only happens if the blast HITS (or blows up close to) the ground 🙂 Of course, if it blows up on the ground the shockwave doesn't go as far, so its a tradeoff of damage vs radiation.
 
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