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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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To: Mich Patriot

Am I allowed to just not care about the people working and living in Mordor on the Potomac? It’s not like I would be giving them any worse treatment than they have been giving me since...forever.


61 posted on 04/14/2014 6:39:20 AM PDT by Orangedog (An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
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To: stevie_d_64

“If a nuclear bomb exploded in downtown Washington, what should you do?”

When I was a kid in the fifties the recommended thing to do was “stick your head between your legs, and kiss your ass good bye.”

I s’pose that’s relevant today.


62 posted on 04/14/2014 6:40:06 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: DCBryan1

Well that takes care of Barney Frank at least.


63 posted on 04/14/2014 6:40:13 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: stevie_d_64

I’m prepared. I’ve got an unopened bottle of Jack Daniels and lots of ice. Stinks for the (relatively few) innocents around that would get hurt or killed but...


64 posted on 04/14/2014 6:43:30 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: stevie_d_64

I would make sure I’m not downwind...


65 posted on 04/14/2014 6:43:48 AM PDT by BreezyDog
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To: stevie_d_64
I just wanted to see how this looked:
\O    O    O    O/   O   \O   \O/    O>  \O    O/
\|>  /|>  <|>  <|/   \\   /    |    /|   \|\   \
 /   /<   / \   >    >\  /<   / \   <<     \  / \

66 posted on 04/14/2014 6:44:35 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: stevie_d_64

Kneel down and thank God.


67 posted on 04/14/2014 6:44:51 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: Texas resident

They will be greeted with nasty surprises, but I don’t think they are deterred by that thought.

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Nevada is an interesting “test” ..... armed citizens showed up, maybe more than the BLM/Obama/Reids expected so they are regrouping (but will no doubt be back with a lot more fire power & perhaps stealthier tactics like a pre-dawn raid). If this isn’t a prime example of why the Obamathugs/Leftists are all but desperate to disarm Americans, I don’t know what is. In my mind, there is no doubt that Obama is determined to destroy America as it exists under our Constitution and military-like force (not just IRS intimidation, tanking the economy, etc.) will be required.


68 posted on 04/14/2014 6:44:59 AM PDT by Qiviut (Obama: A Caesar at home & a Chamberlain abroad, dividing the country & uniting the world against us.)
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To: stevie_d_64

Dust off the vintage cognac.
Pour a healthy slug and drink.
Wait for the debris to settle.
Drive into town and bury and any survivors.


69 posted on 04/14/2014 6:45:19 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Orangedog
Am I allowed to just not care about the people working and living in Mordor on the Potomac? It’s not like I would be giving them any worse treatment than they have been giving me since...forever.

So what is it that my wife and I have done to you again? Please refresh my memory. I seem to have forgotten. By the way, my wife and I have been conservative since we could vote and only live here to support my wife's elderly mother and father.

70 posted on 04/14/2014 6:46:51 AM PDT by bayliving
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To: Mich Patriot

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.


71 posted on 04/14/2014 6:48:09 AM PDT by Axeman77385 (I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord)
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To: Qiviut

You might want to take note.

There is an orchestrated campaign beginning to take place with the dem party, left wing groups, and the news media all orchestrating an attack against republicans as “racist”.

For the last 23 years each and every time the left has orchestrated this exact same “republicans are racist” campaign with the news media it has been followed by a terrorist attack, an attempted attack, or threat of attack.

In just the last few years 3 attacks that stick out like a sore thumb, the 2009 NYC subway bomb plot, the 2010 fertilizer car bomb in NYC, and the airline plot in 2012.

After 23 years of the exact same thing I don’t expect it to suddenly change now.

Take it or leave it, people better get ready because it’s coming.


72 posted on 04/14/2014 6:48:11 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: ThunderSleeps

I’d call for pizza, then play Xbox. Probably take a trip. Check my Facebook and post a few tweets about the racist Russians nuking DC cuz OBVIOUSLY they hate black people.

Wait...what do you mean no electricity and Martial Law?
I have RIGHTS!!!

/Liberal


73 posted on 04/14/2014 6:48:12 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: stevie_d_64

Become very afraid of the martial law Continuity Of Government regime that seizes power after the event and become very suspicious of the usual suspects that benefit from such a seizure - the Globalist Banksters, their Globalist Corporations, and their bought and paid for political lackeys.


74 posted on 04/14/2014 6:48:16 AM PDT by Count of Monte Fisto (The foundation of modern society is the denial of reality.)
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To: Mich Patriot
Are you willing to sacrifice the lives of these innocents to rub out a few enemies?

Governments do it all the time.

75 posted on 04/14/2014 6:51:10 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: IMR 4350

Take it or leave it, people better get ready because it’s coming.

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Yup.


76 posted on 04/14/2014 6:51:20 AM PDT by Qiviut (Obama: A Caesar at home & a Chamberlain abroad, dividing the country & uniting the world against us.)
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To: stevie_d_64

Skip my fishing license renewal.


77 posted on 04/14/2014 6:53:03 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: stevie_d_64
If a nuclear bomb exploded in downtown Washington, what should you do?

Do I have cake mixes available? Lots of soft drinks? Snack foods and decorations? Are the communications still up so I can contact friends?

78 posted on 04/14/2014 6:55:22 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: IMR 4350

sure it’s coming. History always repeats because people always ignore it and think they are special and immune.

I accepted some time ago that I’m screwed. So when it happens, I’m pulling up a lawn chair and enjoying the suffering of all the idiots that ‘knew better’. Small consolation but better than nothing.

And I’m not the least bit concerned whether what anyone thinks about it. Those complaining probably helped get us to this point to begin with.


79 posted on 04/14/2014 6:56:01 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: bayliving

And again, am I allowed not to care? I know it’s rough that you and your family were drafted and forced at gunpoint to live in and build lives in an area that would probably have no functional economy if it weren’t for that fever swamp being the center of the empire. But am I really required to be emotionally invested in your safety?


80 posted on 04/14/2014 6:56:05 AM PDT by Orangedog (An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
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