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

The Week ^ | April 14, 2014

[foxfield]

I would hope they wouldn’t use it as an excuse to shut down the government. Well, on second thought...

[The_Media_never_lie]

Set the flag at half mast for 30 days?

[IMR 4350]

If you believe Martial law automatically means armed conflict of citizen against military, you’re on drugs.

[stevio]

Since you were the quickest, LMAO!!

[BenLurkin]

You might want to wait and make sure they bottom first.

[BenLurkin]

"Government never wants to alarm people."

D@mn. I thought this was a serious article until I got to that line.

[bill1952]

Yes. I would be willing to stand there and share the sacrifice myself.

[Smokin' Joe]

While I can understand your angst over the postulated scenario, it is obvious you don't have the right mentality for living near a high priority nuclear target.

When I moved to North Dakota, I figured I'd have a ringside seat for WWIII, and so far, that just hasn't happened.

Now, take a deep breath and ask yourself, "Why would anyone nuke Washington D.C. when the most incredible assistance for jihadis who have infiltrated the Executive Branch comes from there, and the most likely source of definitive capitulation is resident in the White House?"

Some target of far more significant symbolic or economic importance would come first.

[KC_Lion]

The difference is that while we are sorting out who we can trust and working to rebuild, ‘they’ will be either enslaving the weakest amongst them for labor/sex, killing each other for the scraps (since they lack skills most of us possess like farming/camping/mechanical/construction ect) or both.

You Mean Half the Country will try and rebuild our Republic, clinging to old world values of Democracy and the Rule of Law?

While the other descends into a band slave trading raiders who religiously follow a (Con)Strong-Man? And who can't fend for themselves so they have to constantly take from others?

Sounds like those two groups can't peacefully coexist.

[2001convSVT]

Excellent! “I don’t want to set the world on FIRE”