Posted on 08/11/2015 12:21:19 PM PDT by C. Nelson
Sure a lot crap to post on the first day you sign up on FR!!!!
You are correct; Iran’s first ICBM warheads will be small (probably less than 10kt and inaccurate); they will only have value against population centers, or as an EMP burst.
You are correct, I ment Yellowstone and we are still all dead. :-(
5.56mm
According to that map; that should take care of Democrat voter fraud.
The debate over “evacuating” a nuke zone reminds me of a funny story from my Air Force days. I was never a missile launch officer, but had a number of friends who were. One relayed a story from Whiteman AFB, Missouri, back in the 80s, when the base was home to a Minuteman wing.
One evening in mid-summer, SAC began running one of their drills for the missile force. For whatever reason, a missile crew commander at Whiteman decided this one was the real deal. Before strapping himself into the chair at his console, he began fumbling for his sidearm, telling his deputy that “I’m not going to die without my gun.” Making matters even more comical, the guy was in his skivvies; so here is an Air Force officer, prepared to unleash nuclear Armageddon in his underwear, complete with sidearm.
As the crew ran through their pre-launch checklist, the commander decided that even if he was about to be vaporized, his family deserved a fighting chance. So, in complete violation of all rules/regulations/protocol, he called the Whiteman command post and directed them to patch him through to his home. When his sleepy wife picked up the phone, the MCC shouted “Head for the hills, honey, it’s World War III,” then hung up the phone. Being a good Air Force spouse, she quickly rounded up the kids and the dog, loaded them in the station wagon and headed for the Ozarks, but not before calling all of her friends and sharing the news with them.
By one estimate, there were at least 20 cars in the convoy, and some of them made it all the way to the Lake of Ozarks before realizing the world had not come to an end.
Needless to say, that was the MCC’s last alert.
Rent a room in Yucca mountain. That place must be good for something.
I may be deader than you, since I live in SW Idaho.
Move WashDC about 50 miles to the east
The Fading U.S. Nuclear Deterrent Since the dawn of the nuclear era, 12 U.S. presidents—six Democrats and six Republicans—have specifically stated nuclear superiority as U.S. policy. Mr. Obama reversed it upon taking office and has accelerated the deterioration of America’s nuclear arsenal.
Modernize America’s nuclear arsenal. President Obama’s policy doesn’t permit research, design, testing or production of new, advanced nuclear weapons. Our current nuclear weapons—strategic and tactical—were designed and built decades ago to meet different threats, and have gone untested for decades.
Also with great urgency, recover the Pentagon’s nuclear-weapons capabilities. These have also suffered from Mr. Obama’s policies. Hundreds of nuclear-weapons specialists have left the U.S. government without replacement. Research into the effects of nuclear weapons, a critical field of military study, is virtually nonexistent.
Nuclear-weapons strategy and tactics are rarely included in military exercises. Worse, U.S. leaders have failed to plan and budget for the next generation of nuclear-delivery systems—intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles and bombers.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fading-u-s-nuclear-deterrent-1436739871
Basically, an underground bomb shelter is an enclosed, sheltered room which has been built in such a way as to protect you from nuclear threats. When we say sheltered, we mean “underground”. At least 3 feet of soil rests above the shelter, shielding the occupants from radioactive fallout. The underground bomb shelter should be constructed in such a way as to provide maximum protection from a nuclear attack. This primarily means you will need shielding from the blast wave and protection from radioactive fallout.
Unlike the Cold War era when we would have some warning of an attack, in today’s world where the greatest possibility of a nuclear explosion will be delivered via terrorists, you will not receive notice of an impending attack. The unfortunate souls who are vaporized by a terrorist’s nuclear blast would probably be reserved to an area 1 mile in diameter.
The blast wave will move out so fast that people within 5 miles won’t have time to escape unscathed. Those located 5 to 20 miles from the blast will probably see the mushroom cloud or panicking people and be able to make a hasty entrance into an underground bomb shelter in time to escape fallout hazards. Many baby boomers (people in their 50s) will race to local fallout shelters once maintained by the Civil Defense plan but no longer stocked with supplies. They are the ones who grew up doing monthly “duck and cover” drills in elementary or junior high school. The decision will improve their chances of receiving less radiation than most. But, many will die.
Within half an hour, most Americans will probably know a nuclear strike has taken place, and when and where it happened. Fallout charts will pepper the news and warn people in the predicted area. Those of us who have built a shelter will have ample time to secure ourselves within the shelter. Everyone else within the expected fallout zone will frantically pack their bags and hit the road in hopes of escaping the fallout,
which will be falling 50 miles from ground zero an hour after the explosion. The traffic jams will see large numbers of people exposed to the radiation within the fallout. Those poor souls will be dead within hours. Some people within the traffic jams will escape with their lives by heading in a direction perpendicular to the expected fallout zone. They remember reading on UndergroundBombShelter.com that if they are caught in a traffic jam, they have but minutes to make the decision to put the SUV in 4 wheel drive and head North or South – even if they have to cross that cow pasture or field.
For the most part, everyone caught in the fallout within the first 48 to 72 hours will die. Those who survive the blast, which is lethal up to 10 miles from ground zero, will survive the dangers of fallout if they are in an underground bomb shelter.
http://undergroundbombshelter.com/bomb-shelter-questions.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2eqNB6zy9k
You would be surprised how un-hot it usually is around Elko, but it gets cold real early. High desert is not the same as desert.
Night skys are nice. Daytime? Work at the mines.
Most everyone who works there is in PG county or NOVA anyway.
Me too, although I’m in the Boonies of New Port Richey...should be an interesting light show...
Thank you for the explanation. I’m going to go get drunk now :-(
All of these scenarios deal with the destruction of the USA.
Just think about our retaliation.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but our Boomers alone could pretty much end all life in Russia, China, North Korea and Iran.
And then any remaining armies foolish enough to invade what’s left of the USA would find a gun behind every blade of grass.
That depends on if it happens before or after the next President is sworn in; and the political party of the President.
If a Republican, we're the pitcher.
If a Democrat, or before the election, we've elected to receive.
I'm rooting for guessing Boston: Harvard, don't you know.
Just D@mn. They're gonna hand the election to Trump if they nuke all six of those cities.
Trump can teach us how to speak up against smears and big lie tactics
those could be good lessons
but he just came out saying he could support continuing PParenthood funding ‘for the good parts of their programs”
sorry, Donald. But assuming we can agree on some good parts of their programs, those can be transferred to an agency not dripping in the blood of innocent babies. It is time to shut down the mass=murderers at PP, once and for all.
imho, of course
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