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Originally posted by esdad71
Be prepared to survive the first few days of chaos. Looting, Rioting, people taking advantage the of situation. I also hope the civilian casualties are kept to a minimum when the streets are patrolled by the Armed Forces dispatched after the blasts to curb disorder. The thought of the people of NY trying to flee is frightening....
Mullets will be vital, the long hair in the back to help prevent sunburn, the short sides to help cool the crainum and poofy hair on top to block UV rays
Originally posted by cccchunt
Just a little input.
Everyone keeps mentioning jumping in their car/motorcycle/boat and taking off to a safe place. Do you really think this will be possible?? I have the feeling that none of the electrical systems in your vehicle of choice would have a chance of working if we did indeed have a nuclear blast. Just thinking out of the box a little.
A high altitude burst is one in which the weapon is exploded at such an altitude (above 30 km) that initial soft x-rays generated by the detonation dissipate energy as heat in a much larger volume of air molecules. There the fireball is much larger and expands much more rapidly. The ionizing radiation from the high altitude burst can travel for hundreds of miles before being absorbed. Significant ionization of the upper atmosphere (ionosphere) can occur. Severe disruption in communications can occur following high altitude bursts. They also lead to generation of an intense electromagnetic pulse (EMP) which can significantly degrade performance of or destroy sophisticated electronic equipment. There are no known biological effects of EMP; however, indirect effects may result from failure of critical medical equipment.
Although some nuclear weapons effects (NWE) such as blast and cratering have analogs in the effects of conventional weapons, many NWE are unique to nuclear use. In addition, blast and other �common� weapons effects are likely to be much more powerful in the nuclear case than in the realm of conventional weapons. NWE are so severe that combinations of two or more simultaneously (as in a real event) may not add linearly, complicating the design and construction of physical simulators or the writing and validation of computer simulation codes.
Although thermal radiation, EMP, and ionizing radiation from a nuclear blast are all damage producing, at yields below about a megaton the blast and shock produced by a nuclear weapon are the predominant means of damaging a target. For some targets, such as underground bunkers and missile silos, blast and shock are virtually the only effective destructive mechanisms.
The intensity of thermal radiation decreases only as the inverse square of the distance from a nuclear detonation, while blast, shock, and prompt ionizing radiation effects decrease more rapidly. Thus, high-yield weapons are primarily incendiary weapons, able to start fires and do other thermal damage at distances well beyond the radius at which they can topple buildings or overturn armored vehicles.
Nuclear effects on electromagnetic signal propagation, which affects command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C 4 I), are of concern to countries expected to use nuclear weapons, particularly those which intend to explode a weapon at great altitudes or those which expect to have to defend against such a nuclear attack. C3I technology is primarily affected by high-altitude nuclear effects that could interrupt satellite-to-satellite communications, satellite-to-aircraft links, or satellite-to-ground links. Most nations will hope that signals from Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites and ground-based differential GPS transmitters will be usable shortly after a nuclear explosion, as well as traditional communications channels which must be protected.
The electromagnetic pulse generated by the detonation of a single nuclear weapon at high altitudes can be a threat to military systems located as much as a thousand miles away. HEMP can disable communications systems and even power grids at enormous distances from the burst. This type of threat could be used by a third world country that has the capability to launch a rocket carrying a high-yield device (about 1 megaton or more) a few hundred kilometers into the upper atmosphere and a few thousand kilometers from its own territory (to avoid damaging its own systems).
More:www.fas.org...
Originally posted by Soul Reaper
Does anyone have a plan on where to assemble without
government sponsorship in case the world goes to Sh**?
Are there any groups here that have made such precautions?
Originally posted by m0rbid
Originally posted by Soul Reaper
Does anyone have a plan on where to assemble without
government sponsorship in case the world goes to Sh**?
Are there any groups here that have made such precautions?
I would probably gather some people and do something similar to what those guys did.
www.sealandgov.com...