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If a nuclear bomb exploded in downtown Washington, what should you do?
The Week ^ | April 14, 2014

Posted on 04/14/2014 6:13:21 AM PDT by stevie_d_64

Funny question in the headline, yes?

But since President Obama worries more about the threat of terrorists' improvised nuclear device going off in a major American city than anything Russia can throw at us, I was wondering if the government had deigned to share with us citizens any tips for, you know, surviving something their own intelligence points to as the likeliest unlikely Black Swan event.

Well, no. And yes.

No — very few people in Washington, D.C., who work for the government have any idea what they would do if a 10-kiloton nuclear device exploded at the intersection of 16th and K streets.

You can always look to movies to figure this stuff out, right? And in movies, since nuclear radiation is BAD, the thing to do is to get away from it as quickly as possible. In the movies, electronics are fried, too, the response is chaotic, and hundreds of thousands of people die.

Interestingly enough, though, the government has done quite a bit of work to figure out what exactly would happen if a suitcase nuke — which, I know, doesn't really exist, but, for the sake of this example, bear with me — actually did explode a few blocks from the White House.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: bomb; fallout; nuclear; preparedness; response; terrorist
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1 posted on 04/14/2014 6:13:21 AM PDT by stevie_d_64
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To: stevie_d_64

A happy dance?


2 posted on 04/14/2014 6:15:19 AM PDT by Obadiah (I like Krabby Patties.)
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To: stevie_d_64

Celebrate?


3 posted on 04/14/2014 6:15:25 AM PDT by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period. PALIN/CRUZ 2016)
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To: stevie_d_64

Shrug. Then go about my business.


4 posted on 04/14/2014 6:16:11 AM PDT by EricT. (Everything not forbidden is compulsory.)
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To: stevie_d_64

I would hope that Congress, the Supreme Court, the president and vice president were all in town.


5 posted on 04/14/2014 6:16:26 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: stevie_d_64

Thank the Lord.....................


6 posted on 04/14/2014 6:16:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: stevie_d_64

My action would not be required.


7 posted on 04/14/2014 6:16:46 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: stevie_d_64

What difference does it make.


8 posted on 04/14/2014 6:17:10 AM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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9 posted on 04/14/2014 6:17:33 AM PDT by dfwgator
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Champagne?


10 posted on 04/14/2014 6:17:37 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (Obama phones= Bread and circuits.)
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Keep doing what I’m doing.


11 posted on 04/14/2014 6:17:50 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: dfwgator

4 seconds!


12 posted on 04/14/2014 6:18:33 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (Obama phones= Bread and circuits.)
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To: stevie_d_64

Buy stocks?


13 posted on 04/14/2014 6:18:43 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: stevie_d_64; KC_Lion

Some of us already prepared...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYZpR51XgW0


14 posted on 04/14/2014 6:19:23 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: stevie_d_64
throw a barbecue ?
15 posted on 04/14/2014 6:19:34 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: stevie_d_64

I’m not ready to divulge what I would do at this point.


16 posted on 04/14/2014 6:19:50 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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re: If a nuclear bomb exploded in downtown Washington, what should you do?

Cheer!


17 posted on 04/14/2014 6:20:12 AM PDT by Tupelo (I feel more like Philip Nolan every day)
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18 posted on 04/14/2014 6:20:21 AM PDT by dfwgator
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Mow my yard? Till the garden? Decide what to BBQ for dinner tonight?


19 posted on 04/14/2014 6:21:02 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
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I would courageously and selflessly attempt to shed a tear.....to no avail.
20 posted on 04/14/2014 6:21:08 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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