Posted on 03/11/2022 6:51:33 AM PST by NOBO2012
For example, I found something yesterday buried deep in my picture files that I don’t even remember saving. And now it turns out it might actually be useful, given the state of the world today: a nuclear bomb calculator.
This circular slide rule describes the effects of a nuclear explosion on people…
From 1962 onward, copies of The Effects of Nuclear Weapons had a pocket containing a Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer. Setting the indices on the front of the instrument for the yield of a nuclear bomb in megatons and the distance of its explosion in miles, scales on the front of the instrument describe changes in atmospheric pressure and winds associated with the blast, as well as cratering and the velocity of window glass.
Charts on the back indicate the initial nuclear radiation and the thermal radiation. Tables indicate the probable medical effects of various doses of radiation, from no illness to severe burns to death. - Smithsonian
Of course there’s probably an app for that today.
So don’t worry, everything’s under control. I’m sure Big Government and Big Pharma are working on a vaccine that will protect us all against this scourge.
Posted from: MOTUS A.D.
How do you determine the yield when a nuclear bomb goes off in your vicinity?
Of course there’s probably an app for that today.
Only problem is that the app on your phone requires electricity. What happens if the power grid is disabled and you cannot charge your phone.
How many people can use a slide rule? Or do long division, etc.
We need to get Russia to announce the yields so we can use the circular slide rule and plan.
I probably won’t be important at that point. :(
LDS Preparedness Manual - 503 pages and nuclear is towards then end. Feel free to download and share.
Nuclear winter and mass starvation are not factored in.
The LDS church has recommended all members keep a one year supply of food and other items. I think it might be two years now though. Of course if multiple countries go all out on the mutual destruction path, all bets are off. Better be right with God and hope for a quick death.
I remember that circular slide rule from going to the training as a Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC) Defense Officer in Vilseck, West Germany in 1979. Kind of important even then...
T-Bird45 wrote
“I remember that circular slide rule from going to the training as a Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC) Defense Officer in Vilseck, West Germany in 1979. Kind of important even then...”
I think I took that class in 1975. Busy year as the battalion was transitioning to M60A2s.
That would be a great app. Some bright programmer is gonna make a mint on that. It would be cool to display using google map with colors to indicate severity of blast and fallout.
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