[jstolzen]

At the risk of bringing up Suitcase Nukes again..

Here's a good link for those of you (like me) who are wondering what around you could be hit, and what the fallout dosages might amount to.

I ran through a few calculations using the tool here this morning to figure out what my risk might be if something went off near here..the long and short of it is..I'm so close to a major city, that there's no sense building a shelter, because the ONLY way to survive would be to "head for the hills".

Hope someone out there finds this info useful:

http://www.stevequayle.com/News.alert/03_Unrest/Fallout/Fallout.html

And the following tool to calculate distances ("as the crow flies") between two cities:

http://www.indo.com/distance/

[Letitring]

Have you read the latest EOM post?

Not good news,about the shelter, but isn't doing something better than not? I don't know, just asking. Maybe you can start land searching in the countryside. Is that doable? I'll read the links. Thanks, bunches.

[hummingbird]

At the risk of bringing up Suitcase Nukes again..

jstolzen, I don't discount the Suitcase Nukes at all...when the Soviet Union broke up, stuff disappeared. People took advantage. Much is unaccounted for, including suitcase nukes. I'm just wondering if it was individual Russians who got their hands on them and sold them to bin Laden for their own profit. And, I don't discount that suitcase weapons may have already been put in place in the US prior to 09/11.

Thanks for your links...I do take this seriously. I'm just not sure about the Russian scenario...yet, anyway. We're brainstorming here, so let's continue to banter all scenarios around. Maybe we can zero in on the most likely and plan accordingly.