Posted on 03/16/2022 1:36:44 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
Knowing how to build a bomb shelter may seem overwhelming, but a bomb shelter can be modest or complex. Regardless of how you choose to build your bomb shelter, there are basic things you should know for protection. These will apply to any shelter that is needed in this catastrophic event.
A bomb shelter is one of those things not many people think they need, but here are a few facts.
There are 14,500 nuclear weapons in the world There are 9 countries with nuclear capabilities that we know of, and they are not all friendly – China, Russia, Korea Land based warheads could reach US cities in 30 minutes Submarine based warheads could reach US cities in 10 minutes
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If you’re beyond the blast zone, it’s probably survivable.
Should’a nuked the ChiComs and Russkis back in the ‘50s when we had the edge. By ‘62 it was MAD and no winner.
More likely New York, financial capital of the West. But my personal choice would definitely be D.C.
Fill the window wells with dirt and live in the basement....where I am right now.
Is this your Mom’s house .....??
Sounds good to me.😋
Several important bomb shelter concepts
Storage will have to be rearranged based on where the detonation was. Most of your time should be spent next to the opposite interior wall to where the blast happened, as this is where the least radiation is.
The following timetables apply. Most fallout isotopes will have decayed after TWO WEEKS. Assuming some radiation exposure, your immune system will bottom out after ONE MONTH.
Fallout is basically dust, so dust abatement is important, especially on skin, hair and clothes. Remove the dust and you remove the source of radiation from the dust, if any.
Once washed away, the wash water should be considered as contaminated. Very few water filters remove isotopes, but some do.
I’d prefer to be close to the blast,so I would die quickly.
They should’ve let Patton fight the ruskies like be wanted to.🤔
I am too old now and health compromised now. Good luck to the young.
“If you’re beyond the blast zone, it’s probably survivable.”
Not in a full scale conflict where the air currents are going to carry fallout everywhere on the planet. Good luck surviving that.
Ditto.
When Chernobyl happened, something like 800 more people developed cancer in Europe than normally would have in the same time period.
So, while unquestionably thousands or millions would die within the blast zone of a nuclear blast, outside the blast zone, radiation fears may be somewhat an overconcern.
We’ve also had over 2500 nuclear tests since 1947 and we aren’t hearing about increased cases of cancer in Las Vegas.
It doesn’t seem to make any difference.
I could live with that.
The Russians had that edge in the beginning. That is why Sputnik was such a sensation. Our stuff started working in the 60s.
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