I am a team leader of the state of Louisiana for a non-profit group that is currently taking a survey. Known "preparationists/survivalists" are not authorized to be a part of this survey,,,,but "I" am extremely curious as to what answers I would get from everybody here.

This is what I wish to know:
your age; level of education, what state you live in;

1) Do you believe that there may be in your lifetime a World War III involving nuclear weapons? Yes or No,,,,if No, skip the rest of the questions.

2) How strongly do you believe? Unlikely, maybe, probably, or certain.

3) How soon do you think it will occur such as: within the next year; within 2 years; 5 years or longer; 20-50years

4) Do you think North America will be hit? No; Possibly; Probably; Definitely.

5) Do you think that there is anything that you could do to survive in the event that our homeland is a target and if so, have you personally made any preparations? Yes; No


Tomorrow night I'll tell you who is trying to get this info from the general public. Like I said at the beginning, no answers gotten here can be added to the actual survey results because of the nature of this website, to begin with.

Question 1

I don’t think so, but I don’t know???

Age 48; 5 years post-secondary; don't live in a "State".
1. Will nuclear weapons be used in my lifetime - yes, and almost assuredly first by the US, in response to a perceived or potential threat.
2. Confident.
3. 10-20 years
4. North America? NO or possibly, maybe by a dirty bomb.
5. ALWAYS something you can do unless you are at ground zero. Fighting panic and paranoia will be the worst thing most people will have to put up with. Some will experience theft/looting/vandalism. Very few will be in combat. Preparing by not believing in the hype NOW. I'm a pretty stable non-emotional person and NOT a preparationalist/survivalist. But then again the definition of such a person could vary wildly.

39, MS CS, MS Physics, CA

1. yes (unless we start talking to Russia on equal...).
2. probably
3. 5 (2012-13)
4. Definitely.
5. Yes

yes
Possibly - most like a dirty bomb - if you count that
Unknown
probably
yes - but no more so than "Natural" or other "Man Made" disasters

1. 50/50 chance right now
2. see number 1
3. too dependent on variable conditions, the risk increases with time.
4. Yes
5. Yes

As a sidenote, the US has broken all diplomatic relations with Belarus, part of the former Soviet Union, this week. This means we've closed our embassy there, and sent their ambassadors packing from our country. Their leader is characterized as the last dictator of Europe, and Belarus has access to a Nuclear arsenal.

Age: 55
Education: Post Grad
State: CA

1) YES

2) Maybe

3) 5 years or longer

4) Possibly

5) YES

52
High School
1. Yes
2. Probably
3. 5-10 yrs
4. Possibly
5. yes & yes

Shadow

44
B.S.
Gypsy (I travel extensively with my job)
1. Yes.
2. Almost a certainty as food and fuel shortages (real or perceived), economic problems, and racial/cultural tensions continue to grow worse.
3. To many variables for a time frame however I will be surprised if it is not within the next 3-5 years.
4. Yes, while the U.S. dollar is in decline we are still a very rich and powerful nation and as the above reasons/tensions increase the U.S. (as we have for years) will become increasingly more and more blamed and there for targeted more and more for retaliation. These problems will escalate dramatically once/if the U.S. reaches a point where t is not able or willing to provide aid to other parts of the world.
5. Yes, unless you are in a blast area or in an area that receives a 100% lethal dose of radiation there is always a chance however slim. Short term survival will depend directly on food and shelter preps made in advance a your ability to stay under cover and limiting radiation exposure. Long term is really an unknown due to effects of radiation on animal and plant life, nuclear winter, and a myriad of unforeseen circumstances.
Yes preps are made as well as I am presently able to make them given family and financial constraints.

40, post-grad, Texas

1) No, not a large-scale, multi-superpower nuclear exchange. However there will be smaller nuclear skrimishes.

2) Probably

3) Greater than 5 years

4) No

5) Yes, only as overlap with other possibilities.

-Blast