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#246473 - 05/31/12 02:21 AM Re: Fed study of DC nuke scenario [Re: Dagny]
Ironwood Offline
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Registered: 05/15/11
Posts: 87
Boy this does say ALOT:

"NO VICTIMS: An incident the scale of an IND detonation does not allow for the luxury of narrowly defined responders who rescue victims. Rather, everyone alive is a survivor who must support other survivors and the nation in response. The public, private sector, and even the injured can play important roles in reducing the burden on traditional response organizations by using actionable information to guide behavior while supporting a whole community response."

Understandable to us, but to many this will be lost on them. Sad reality that many EXPECT someone to come rescue them.

Ironwood

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#246502 - 06/01/12 01:48 PM Re: Fed study of DC nuke scenario [Re: Dagny]
Pete Offline
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Registered: 02/20/09
Posts: 1372
"Must remember: bright flash = don't look out the windows."

Unfortunately, it happens way too fast for you to be protected by your own reactions. It's instantaneous ... whatever you are doing at that moment in time - that's what you get. If you are facing the window and looking out - then you are probably blind and certain;y impaled by broken glass. Not to mention that the shock wave will demolish your building anyway.

With a nuclear bomb ... the two best places to be are
(1) Standing right beside it
(2) 100 miles away
Either way you've got nothing to worry about :-)

Pete2

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#246504 - 06/01/12 02:12 PM Re: Fed study of DC nuke scenario [Re: Pete]
JerryFountain Offline
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Registered: 12/06/07
Posts: 418
Loc: St. Petersburg, Florida
Originally Posted By: Pete
"Must remember: bright flash = don't look out the windows."

Unfortunately, it happens way too fast for you to be protected by your own reactions. It's instantaneous ... whatever you are doing at that moment in time - that's what you get. If you are facing the window and looking out - then you are probably blind and certain;y impaled by broken glass. Not to mention that the shock wave will demolish your building anyway.

With a nuclear bomb ... the two best places to be are
(1) Standing right beside it
(2) 100 miles away
Either way you've got nothing to worry about :-)

Pete2



Pete,

I think the quote is not about flash blindness but about going to the window after you see the flash in a room, just in time for the shock wave to blow the window apart. In a reasonably sturdy building a few miles away from the blast, the shock wave will blow out the windows several seconds (about 5 seconds per mile) after you see the flash.

You are certainly right about the best places to be!

Respectfully,

Jerry

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