How far away do you need to be from DC to be safe from a nuclear attack?

[Anonymous]

I don’t know anything about nuclear missiles, so please keep it as dumbed-down as possible. I live in Shaw, and I realize that’s probably too close to the WH and Capitol. We have a car and can leave on short notice, and we’re thinking about making preps to do that now.

How far away from DC would be safe from a nuclear bomb? Are we taking like a few miles, like silver spring, or dozens of miles, like Gaithersburg or somewhere in Virginia. Would like to stay in MD if possible.

[Anonymous]

Maybe California

[Anonymous]

Did you just watch the press conference? I’m a little bugged out too.

[Anonymous]

https://www.businessinsider.com/what-atomic-bomb-would-do-to-us-2015-8

[Anonymous]

If you're that scared, leave now. DC is gridlocked with rain and absolutely paralyzed by the threat of snow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know anything about nuclear missiles, so please keep it as dumbed-down as possible. I live in Shaw, and I realize that’s probably too close to the WH and Capitol. We have a car and can leave on short notice, and we’re thinking about making preps to do that now.

How far away from DC would be safe from a nuclear bomb? Are we taking like a few miles, like silver spring, or dozens of miles, like Gaithersburg or somewhere in Virginia. Would like to stay in MD if possible.

There's not going to be a nuclear war, idiot

[Anonymous]

It'd be the end of the world if nukes got launched. The bombs they have no make the ones dropped on Japan look like fire crackers. If someone launched a nuke, they wouldn't launch just one, they'd have to launch multiple at the same time to make sure there was no threat of retaliation, But that's impossible because of the US' nuke triad. The entire country and world would turn into a radioactive waste land unfit for life. We'd all die, no matter where you'd try to move.

[Anonymous]

You won’t have time.

I grew up here and we never bothered with those “duck and cover” drills in school. We knew we were toast if the Soviets launched against DC.

[Anonymous]

At minimum outside the beltway. Was it WaPo who did article circa 2015 with maps showing radiation cloud possibilities? I figured back then I would have 5 minutes ish to get into a basement or the center of a tall building. Looked like greatest possibility would be for radiation to blow east or northeast. Seems logical because weather normally moves in that direction. I think you're supposed to stay bunkered 2 days. Not certain on number of days

[Anonymous]

We’re staying right where we are (NW DC). If there is an attack (I doubt there will be), I don’t want to be in a post-nuclear apocalypse where I have to watch my children starve to death or die of radiation poisoning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You won’t have time.

I grew up here and we never bothered with those “duck and cover” drills in school. We knew we were toast if the Soviets launched against DC.

+1. It was just a fact of life that you grew up with.

[Anonymous]

I'd rather live at the epicenter at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You won’t have time.

I grew up here and we never bothered with those “duck and cover” drills in school. We knew we were toast if the Soviets launched against DC.

+1. Much better to go in the initial blast, as close to ground zero as possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’re staying right where we are (NW DC). If there is an attack (I doubt there will be), I don’t want to be in a post-nuclear apocalypse where I have to watch my children starve to death or die of radiation poisoning.

This. Run towards the blast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know anything about nuclear missiles, so please keep it as dumbed-down as possible. I live in Shaw, and I realize that’s probably too close to the WH and Capitol. We have a car and can leave on short notice, and we’re thinking about making preps to do that now.

How far away from DC would be safe from a nuclear bomb? Are we taking like a few miles, like silver spring, or dozens of miles, like Gaithersburg or somewhere in Virginia. Would like to stay in MD if possible.

There's not going to be a nuclear war, idiot

NP-Why are you so nasty?