If DC or Arlington are hit with a nuclear bomb

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eRcmjW9BUY

On July 19th, 1957, a 2-kiloton nuclear warhead exploded above the heads of five volunteers during “Shot John” of the Operation Plumbbob series of US nuclear tests. Why would anyone volunteer to be at ground zero for such a blast, and what happened to them..

What happened to them? They continued smoking like chimneys and drinking like fish, just like everyone else in the 50’s, and they lived for decades after.

Yes they were fine. Ground and salted nuclear bombs are an extra level of destruction.

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Anonymous wrote:Do we die immediately in DC and Arlington from the blast?

We should hope we do because that would be preferable to starving to death.

[Anonymous]

How’re we feeling now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How’re we feeling now?

Still not worried.

[Anonymous]

OP, please. This forum is a guilty pleasure where some of us come to relax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I actually looked into this at one point. I think our idea of the huge bomb from WW2 is what is stuck in our head. But nuclear weapons have changed. A dirty bomb is much more likely, that only instantly effects a small area. But the lasting radiation will do WAY MORE DAMAGE, especially because we are all stupid. If you stay inside for 48 hours (hard to do if you are sheltering in your workplace) you have a much higher change of survival. But if you go outside, deadly radiation will ensure a painful death over the course of some time. Then the radiation lingers of course, and will cause many more slower deaths afterwards as people wander outside.

So it does depend on the half life of whatever is used.

I remember reading some DC preparedness document and being kind of upset I might not be killed in the initial blast.

Which means schools and camps should have a plan to keep the kids in the building for a couple of days, but they do not. We will all need to go pick our kids up at school, which means we will die in what could have been a survivable event.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, please. This forum is a guilty pleasure where some of us come to relax.

Got to a different one. I was wondering the same thing. Stop trying to exert your will on others.

[Anonymous]

Get ready for another 9/11.

This time it will be homegrown agitators.

MAGA the dumbest cult ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do we die immediately in DC and Arlington from the blast?

We should hope we do because that would be preferable to starving to death.

I don't understand why everyone thinks there would be no food or medicine. Part of the country would be dead or dying and the rest of the country will function just fine.

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It depends OP. It couldbe instant death.

[Anonymous]

Starving and dehydrating to death isn't so bad. Eventually you become rather numb to the hunger pains and sleep a lot. My grandfather chose this method to end his life. The first 2 days can be a little rough but after that you'll be in and out of consciousness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get ready for another 9/11.

This time it will be homegrown agitators.

MAGA the dumbest cult ever.

Yep

There is going to be lots of violence

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Anonymous wrote:Read Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen

This is the exact scenario of this book

I read it. Great book, well worth the read. Two things that stood out to me: How the decision to use a nuclear weapon is the President’s decision. Not Congress. Not the Secretary of Defense, although that person will probably be asked to weigh in. It is up to one person, whether it’s the middle of the night or any unexpected random time. And he has maybe ten minutes to decide whether to retaliate.

The other thing that stood out to me was how short a period of time you can track where the missile is headed. Parts of it drop off after the first 20 or so minutes. You can’t KNOW which country it is headed toward. And you can’t even be sure it’s not a technical error, causing you to think this is a nuclear missile streaking across the sky, but it wasn’t. So you try to contact the Russians or the NK or the Iranians, to confirm or to explain you think, say, Germany is firing a missile toward the US, so if YOU see one headed your way, it’s actually targeting Germany, not to worry Russia, we’re not aiming at you….

It’s a book that has stayed with me for many insights.

Oh god- we’re so fkd with who we have in office now

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Anonymous wrote:More and more I feel like moving out of this area and going to live a simple life like…in Maine. Or the rural parts of Montana.

The locals don’t want you there, with your city attitudes and opinions and voting for democrats. You won’t fit in, and they’ll remind of of that daily. Stay in the city - any city - where you belong.

This isn't true. There are plenty of democrats all over the country, the biggest difference is that people just don't talk about politics in real life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:More and more I feel like moving out of this area and going to live a simple life like…in Maine. Or the rural parts of Montana.

You won't like it. I can tell already.
And it's not that simple either, but tough.