"I've just been surveyed on commercials about how to survive a nuclear attack"

Self ^ | 2008.12.09 | B-Chan

[B-Chan]

ready.gov, DHS/FEMA's official website

[Liberty1970]

Getting ready for the Iranian threat?

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

zOMG!

[autumnraine]

Will we get instructions on how to build a 21st century bomb shelter?

Are they trying to tell us something?

[Aggie Mama]

Holy cow!

[nmh]

Be MORE concerned about bio-warfare.

Nuclear attack is not as much of a threat. Just recently a study indicated we aren’t very well proepared for what bio-warfare and THAT is more LIKELY than a NUCLEAR attack.

[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

No, to the survey. They are however, airing generic emergency preparedness commercials in Texas (where would your family meet?)

[varmintman]

Two words: “chain mail”.....

[AppyPappy]

Forget Bio-warfare. Look up the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic.

[Leisler]

Just make sure you file your taxes on time. Nuclear war is no excuse for late filings.

[silverleaf]

still got my Tom Ridge duct tape!

Seriously, any kid of the 1950’s learned in school how to survive a nuclear attack

Get under your desk and cover your head

[Mentos]

The fact that they asked “Did this commercial seem believable?” makes it sound more like audience polling for a TV or movie dramatazation

[Yo-Yo]

Click on picture for Youtube video:

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Two words: “chain mail”.....

When the zombies come, you'll want plate mail instead.

[KarlInOhio]

Be MORE concerned about bio-warfare.

No doubt about that. A nuclear bomb is many kilograms of radioactive metal which can be detected from a distance. A bio attack might just be a few "suicide coughers" who have been injected with a deadly disease who are told to spread it as widely as possible once they start to feel symptoms. Those infected will then continue to spread it.

[randog]

...a study indicated we aren’t very well prepared for bio-warfare...

You're telling me. My dog launched a bio attack on me over the weekend and caught me completely off-guard!

[B-Chan]

I've seen those. They are sponored by texasprepares.org, part of the Texas Department of State Health Services.

[silverleaf]

there were pandemic preparation instructions posted at my local commissary in October- also a website address

made me do a doubletake

[RobRoy]

Bio Warfare is even less of a threat. It is really a “terror weapon”. That is, it doesn’t do much damage but scares a lot of people, while Nukes can do a LOT of damage as well as scare the survivors.

[vetvetdoug]

Weapons are the only thing one is going to need around here. If a nuclear devise is detonated anywhere near Memphis, the diverse population will riot and steal everything in sight. Its the weapons and the aftermath that will determine the survivability of the locals.