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#213556 - 12/23/10 04:28 PM Re: Terrorist Nuke? - Shelter in place, says FEMA [Re: philip]
capsu78 Offline
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Registered: 01/09/07
Posts: 98
Loc: Chicagoland IL
...and while the "boomy" bombs are on the risk assessment grid, the dirty bomb scenario might still be easier to pull off, offeres up a similar amount of terror payback and fits in better with the current strategies of threat.
The scenario that takes place in "Dirty War", a 2004 HBO movie from a British production company, is hard to find fault with in terms of realistic implications of a dirty bomb being detonated in most any urban area.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War_(film)

It should be mandatory viewing for first responders, and certainly opens my eyes to what my spouse might get caught up in working downtown in her "known terrorist targeted" highrise.

Also available on Netflix:
http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Dirty_War/70023523?trkid=2361637#height1834

Even the reviews consider it a worthwhile view.
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#213558 - 12/23/10 04:49 PM Re: Terrorist Nuke? - Shelter in place, says FEMA [Re: capsu78]
Dagny Offline
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Registered: 11/25/08
Posts: 1918
Loc: Washington, DC
Originally Posted By: capsu78
...and while the "boomy" bombs are on the risk assessment grid, the dirty bomb scenario might still be easier to pull off, offeres up a similar amount of terror payback and fits in better with the current strategies of threat.
The scenario that takes place in "Dirty War", a 2004 HBO movie from a British production company, is hard to find fault with in terms of realistic implications of a dirty bomb being detonated in most any urban area.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War_(film)

It should be mandatory viewing for first responders, and certainly opens my eyes to what my spouse might get caught up in working downtown in her "known terrorist targeted" highrise.

Also available on Netflix:
http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Dirty_War/70023523?trkid=2361637#height1834

Even the reviews consider it a worthwhile view.



I got that on Netflix a month ago, it was very good. (If anyone finds white dog hairs in their Netflix DVD, you can thank my Samoyed).

A dirty bomb is much more plausible and a situation where I can see having the option to evacuate and staying away until I trust the government assessment of the radioactivity risk.

As with other invisible threats such as anthrax, it would be disconcerting to rely on the government for risk-assesment. I don't even trust the tap water here (the quality of which has recently reemerged as a question mark).

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#213589 - 12/24/10 04:29 PM Re: Terrorist Nuke? - Shelter in place, says FEMA [Re: Dagny]
Am_Fear_Liath_Mor Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 08/03/07
Posts: 3078

Quote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War_(film)


This movie generated a lot of attention just prior to the London 7/7 bomb attacks in the news media. It died down quite a bit when the news media was asked about the dirty bombs used in Iraq during the invasion and occupation of the country especially during their use in the second battle of Fallujah and consequent rise in birth defects within the civilian population due to the radiation effects of depleted Uranium and other unspecified experimental weapons.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8549745.stm

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#213703 - 12/27/10 06:05 PM Re: Terrorist Nuke? - Shelter in place, says FEMA [Re: ki4buc]
Murph Offline
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Registered: 12/06/10
Posts: 20
Loc: Virginia
Originally Posted By: ki4buc
"L.A. dry run shows urban nuke attack 'a survivable event'"

http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/...=41773400.story

There is this great animation show shrinking fallout zone:

http://www.usatoday.com/video/index.html#/Fallout+from+an+improvised+nuclear+device/712474766001

"The government would be preoccupied with so many tasks — identifying the culprit; tracking the effects of the blast; securing government buildings; ushering critical personnel to safe locations; amassing drugs and supplies — that federal help won't arrive for 24 to 72 hours, the White House guidance says."


Sounds just like the plot to: Right At Your Door
"A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458367/
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#220956 - 04/06/11 01:05 AM Re: Terrorist Nuke? - Shelter in place, says FEMA [Re: philip]
Famdoc Offline
Member

Registered: 04/29/09
Posts: 155
Loc: PA
The March issue supplement of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, dealing entirely with Nuclear Preparedness, is available for all without a subscription. There is lots in this issue. It is progress of a sort; lot's of people are quietly talking and planning for what a number of people are saying is inevitable. The need of community/individual resilience is emphasized.

http://www.dmphp.org/content/vol5/Supplement_1/index.dtl

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