What to do in case of nuclear attack in DC

[Anonymous]

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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.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.”

I a dying laughing reading that. Like seriously? Talk about false reassurance. I'll just go with the blast, thanks.

[Anonymous]

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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.

By the time we have a warning about an imminent attack, it will be impossible to get out of the DC area because of the traffic.

[Anonymous]

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.

Doesn’t that depend on wind direction?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

The economy would likely be wrecked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lmao.

why would you WANT to live?

Even if you lived, the rest of the country (and planet) would turn into a radioactive waste land. There would be no potable water anywhere not contaminated with radiation. Even if you did manage somehow to find water, you'd have to fight people to death for any remaining food.

This is of course you can even survive and not magically get radiation poisoning. Trust me, you'd much rather die in the initial blast than from radiation poisoning. If the US ever got nuked, it wouldn't make sense for the attacker to ONLY launch one or two nukes directed at say NYC and DC. You'd have to try to cripple the US so that we couldn't retaliate. That means launching 10, 20, 30, 40+ nukes to cover the entire land area of the US in order to try to decapitate leadership. They'd also set off nukes high up to trigger an EMP that'd wipe out the power grid. There'd be no where to hide from nuclear winter and deadly fall out.

Just die.

Yep agreed. If it happens, I hope to die with the impact because I can’t imagine the chaos after.

[Anonymous]

EMP would take out all electrical system…so no cell phone, no Internet, your car would not start …still want to survive? Every military base and city would be hit. MD, DC, Nova and southern Va would be hit multiple times. You will not be able to get gas, credit cards would no work, bank closed and ATM not working….basically no power grid.

[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.

Doesn’t that depend on wind direction?

Not for DC area. The nukes have to be at ground level to hit the data centers and protected areas. So their radiation zones are smaller but much more intense wind will have minimal impact as Russia has no less than 300-400 for dc, va and other mid Atlantic areas.

3-4 nukes air burst over Manhattan will do the trick, but dc area gets a lot more ground impact and unsurvivable radiation. Intel and DOD are target #1 and they will
Make sure they do not miss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:EMP would take out all electrical system…so no cell phone, no Internet, your car would not start …still want to survive? Every military base and city would be hit. MD, DC, Nova and southern Va would be hit multiple times. You will not be able to get gas, credit cards would no work, bank closed and ATM not working….basically no power grid.

OMG I have a teenage daughter so... no, no I don't.

Or else she has to shelter in place elsewhere.

[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.

Doesn’t that depend on wind direction?

Not for DC area. The nukes have to be at ground level to hit the data centers and protected areas. So their radiation zones are smaller but much more intense wind will have minimal impact as Russia has no less than 300-400 for dc, va and other mid Atlantic areas.

3-4 nukes air burst over Manhattan will do the trick, but dc area gets a lot more ground impact and unsurvivable radiation. Intel and DOD are target #1 and they will make sure they do not miss.

Are we *sure* that Russian nukes a) work b) would hit with any accuracy? I mean, just based on their invasion of Ukraine, they don't seem to have the logistics working very well....?

[Anonymous]

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

Some of us can multi-task.

We never actually stopped worrying about Lyme disease or, of course, global warming.

[Anonymous]

If I am remembering correctly from school drills in 1980, we should crawl under a little wooden desk and put our hands on top of our heads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Doesn’t that depend on wind direction?

Not for DC area. The nukes have to be at ground level to hit the data centers and protected areas. So their radiation zones are smaller but much more intense wind will have minimal impact as Russia has no less than 300-400 for dc, va and other mid Atlantic areas.

3-4 nukes air burst over Manhattan will do the trick, but dc area gets a lot more ground impact and unsurvivable radiation. Intel and DOD are target #1 and they will make sure they do not miss.

Are we *sure* that Russian nukes a) work b) would hit with any accuracy? I mean, just based on their invasion of Ukraine, they don't seem to have the logistics working very well....?

The million life question.

There is a very low probability that their nuclear capacity is worst case 100% operational.

Best case missile defense for the US is not 100% against their 100% that actually launch.

Even in a best case “win” for America dc gets pummeled; unless we launch first and take out all command and control and they freeze up.

[Anonymous]

Maybe move closer to wherever his buddy tRump is?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe move closer to wherever his buddy tRump is?

Think we might oops take out the orange menace?