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To: DoughtyOne

"I've not read up on it lately, but I believe you have to be underground by a considerable distance to be safe these days, on the order of thirty feet or more."

At Ground zero, sure. Five or more miles from a 10 MT airburst, though, just a few feet. It's best to be flat underground, though, you don't want to be "sticking up" into the debris/blast wave.


116 posted on 07/06/2006 6:44:34 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: Frank_Discussion

Thanks... that's pretty much what I thought. I didn't realize the prone part was significant though, if underground.


123 posted on 07/06/2006 6:51:58 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Al Qaeda / Taliban operatives: Read the NY Times, for daily up to the minute security threat tips.)
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