What to do in case of nuclear attack in DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Virginia you need to be west of Winchester to not be evaporated or in an unsurvivable amount of radiation band.

South of dc gets the quantico and Norfolk impacts so that would be a bad area too.

Maryland is harder to figure out because ft Meade and nsa could have 10 weapons hit there but there which would make the state uninhabitable.

Those are all low level targets.

What are known high-level targets?

[Anonymous]

Girl bye. I actually have a good deal of anxiety and fear of dying but even I don’t care about nuclear attack. Because you aren’t outrunning it or surviving it. If it drops on DC, you’re done and you’ll be vaporized before you even know. I’m way more afraid of the mundane things that can kill me like a car accident or cancer where I’ll go slowly. A nuke? Whatever, like what am I gonna do about that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Virginia you need to be west of Winchester to not be evaporated or in an unsurvivable amount of radiation band.

South of dc gets the quantico and Norfolk impacts so that would be a bad area too.

Maryland is harder to figure out because ft Meade and nsa could have 10 weapons hit there but there which would make the state uninhabitable.

Those are all low level targets.

What are known high-level targets?

High density populations. Downtowns of big cities. Not rural areas that happen to have a run of the mill military base.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Other cities, if bombed, would likely get an air burst detonation to maximize casualties, which means a wider damage radius, but lower fallout. The bombs dropped on DC and the Pentagon will be ground burst, because their job is to disrupt military command and control networks. That means a smaller blast radius but much, much worse fallout. Depending on prevailing winds, you'd be looking at a 10-50 mile plume of fallout deposition where no one would be able to leave their homes for 3-4 weeks or else they'd receive a lethal dose of radiation. That area would not be inhabitable again in our lifetimes. It'd be like the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

Personally, and I say this with all seriousness, if one nuke goes off in Europe, I'm getting on the next flight to Argentina, because the Northern Hemisphere is going to be in for some rough times, and huge swaths of it would become uninhabitable.

I'd be moving in with my in-laws in Chicago for sure. And I hate them so I don't say it lightly.

You probably wouldn't be safe there. Even though some on DCUM like to laugh about "fly-over" land, there are some valuable targets there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Virginia you need to be west of Winchester to not be evaporated or in an unsurvivable amount of radiation band.

South of dc gets the quantico and Norfolk impacts so that would be a bad area too.

Maryland is harder to figure out because ft Meade and nsa could have 10 weapons hit there but there which would make the state uninhabitable.

Those are all low level targets.

What are known high-level targets?

PP should have said 100 weapons, not 10.

NSA in Maryland is high priority. Problem is people only think they know where it is, just like the Russians so they will level the entire state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Other cities, if bombed, would likely get an air burst detonation to maximize casualties, which means a wider damage radius, but lower fallout. The bombs dropped on DC and the Pentagon will be ground burst, because their job is to disrupt military command and control networks. That means a smaller blast radius but much, much worse fallout. Depending on prevailing winds, you'd be looking at a 10-50 mile plume of fallout deposition where no one would be able to leave their homes for 3-4 weeks or else they'd receive a lethal dose of radiation. That area would not be inhabitable again in our lifetimes. It'd be like the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

Personally, and I say this with all seriousness, if one nuke goes off in Europe, I'm getting on the next flight to Argentina, because the Northern Hemisphere is going to be in for some rough times, and huge swaths of it would become uninhabitable.

I'd be moving in with my in-laws in Chicago for sure. And I hate them so I don't say it lightly.

You probably wouldn't be safe there. Even though some on DCUM like to laugh about "fly-over" land, there are some valuable targets there.

+1 any major city is going to get hit to some degree. Any country wouldn’t just bomb NY/DC and call it a day because then the retaliation from the remaining US would be severe. They’d send off enough nukes to get the West Coast and the big cities in the interior too. And the large military bases throughout the US as well. There’s no place that’s truly “safe.” At least here we’d die quickly.

[Anonymous]

Oh man either on this thread or another someone mentioned Ready.gov updated in late February. Well folks, they updated again March 3rd, 2022.

https://www.ready.gov/nuclear-explosion

[Anonymous]

So you all moved on from worrying about covid to worrying about a nuclear attack. Aren’t you tired?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lol drink some wine and hug my kids

You should actually drug your kids and hug your wine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh man either on this thread or another someone mentioned Ready.gov updated in late February. Well folks, they updated again March 3rd, 2022.

https://www.ready.gov/nuclear-explosion

Ok, now I like my brick house better!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh man either on this thread or another someone mentioned Ready.gov updated in late February. Well folks, they updated again March 3rd, 2022.

https://www.ready.gov/nuclear-explosion

It looks like they updated it to remove the social distancing and masking advice for fallout shelters. So, you know, glad they are up to date on the latest CDC directives!

[Anonymous]

What to do? My kids are in school in an area of the country that likely won't be affected. Guess they'll get their inheritance early. But our trustees will be toast too, so not sure how that will work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Virginia you need to be west of Winchester to not be evaporated or in an unsurvivable amount of radiation band.

South of dc gets the quantico and Norfolk impacts so that would be a bad area too.

Maryland is harder to figure out because ft Meade and nsa could have 10 weapons hit there but there which would make the state uninhabitable.

Those are all low level targets.

What are known high-level targets?

ADF East seems like one. That's closer to me than the Pentagon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Girl bye. I actually have a good deal of anxiety and fear of dying but even I don’t care about nuclear attack. Because you aren’t outrunning it or surviving it. If it drops on DC, you’re done and you’ll be vaporized before you even know. I’m way more afraid of the mundane things that can kill me like a car accident or cancer where I’ll go slowly. A nuke? Whatever, like what am I gonna do about that

You are my people

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh man either on this thread or another someone mentioned Ready.gov updated in late February. Well folks, they updated again March 3rd, 2022.

https://www.ready.gov/nuclear-explosion

It looks like they updated it to remove the social distancing and masking advice for fallout shelters. So, you know, glad they are up to date on the latest CDC directives!

I dunno, this just doesn’t ring true: “ Nuclear explosions can cause significant damage and casualties from blast, heat, and radiation but you can keep your family safe by knowing what to do and being prepared if it occurs.”