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Minutes to hours after a nuclear blast are critical for survival. Disaster experts explain how to protect yourself in a worst-case scenario.
Insider ^ | 3.5.22

Posted on 03/05/2022 5:11:16 PM PST by Tipllub

Russian President Vladimir Putin placed his nuclear forces on high alert Sunday, generating concern among defense experts that Russia could trigger a nuclear attack or, in a nightmare scenario, all-out nuclear war. Some military analysts see the move as a strategic response to Western sanctions, while others take it as a warning that Putin could resort to nuclear tactics if compelled.

"I'm definitely worried," Irwin Redlener, a public-health expert at Columbia University who specializes in disaster preparedness, told Insider. "Sometimes, we might be tempted to dismiss such a statement, but in the context of what seems like a pretty unhinged Vladimir Putin, who actually carried through on his threats to invade Ukraine with ferocity, we have to take the nuclear comments seriously."

A nuclear attack remains highly unlikely, but it's not out of the question, experts say.

Russia's nuclear arsenal is capable of striking just about anywhere on the planet. If a single weapon was launched at the US, residents would have roughly 30 minutes, or less, to find shelter, assuming they were immediately warned of the attack. If Russia launched a weapon from international waters just outside New York, East Coast cities like New York, Boston, and Washington, DC, might have just 10 to 15 minutes to prepare.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: health; iylm; nuclear; war
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1 posted on 03/05/2022 5:11:16 PM PST by Tipllub
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To: Tipllub

Nuclear War Survival Skills by Kreston Kearny.

I have a copy around here somewhere.

L


2 posted on 03/05/2022 5:12:40 PM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Tipllub

It is very simple really.

Don’t be there.


3 posted on 03/05/2022 5:12:47 PM PST by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: Tipllub

Might be a good time to take a month and go to Cancun for a fishing trip.


4 posted on 03/05/2022 5:12:48 PM PST by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: Lurker

wear a mask,,maybe 2


5 posted on 03/05/2022 5:13:43 PM PST by Craftmore
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To: Tipllub

Duck and cover. Next.


6 posted on 03/05/2022 5:14:16 PM PST by bigbob
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To: Tipllub

Make sure you keep six feet away from another person.


7 posted on 03/05/2022 5:15:09 PM PST by moviefan8 (Part of the journey is the end. - Tony Stark)
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To: All

Just imagine this forum with the announcement there’s just 15 minutes to impact ?


8 posted on 03/05/2022 5:15:14 PM PST by Tipllub
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To: Lurker

Woe is me...I no longer can fit under the elementary school desk of days gone by....


9 posted on 03/05/2022 5:16:42 PM PST by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Tipllub

And wear your mask!!!


10 posted on 03/05/2022 5:19:02 PM PST by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: Tipllub

The fear porn is flying thick. Let the left live in fear, I’ll pass.


11 posted on 03/05/2022 5:19:56 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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If nukes start flying, I want to die quickly. This world would not be worth trying to cling to. Unless you think you’re headed to hell when you die. And you can do something about that, while there is still time.


12 posted on 03/05/2022 5:20:20 PM PST by Old Yeller (A nation of sheep, produces a government of wolves.)
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13 posted on 03/05/2022 5:20:59 PM PST by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: Lurker

Bkmk


14 posted on 03/05/2022 5:22:33 PM PST by sauropod (Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.)
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To: BenLurkin

Total Nukler animation
————OR
A Karen hollering “MASKS!!”
.
I’ll go with “Nukler!”


15 posted on 03/05/2022 5:23:12 PM PST by Big Red Badger (Make His Paths Straight!)
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To: Old Yeller
Unless you think you’re headed to hell when you die. And you can do something about that, while there is still time.

Well, since there's more joy in heaven over one repentant sinner than ninety-nine righteous men, I'll do some heavy sinning until right before the nukes hit, then repent. And while I'm floating to heaven with my harp in hand, I'll be thumbing my nose at all those righteous bastards who have to wait in line.

16 posted on 03/05/2022 5:27:14 PM PST by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: Tipllub
You know what will save you from a nuclear attack?

An elementary school desk made in the 1950s.

Just huddle under one of those things.

And then watch a movie on a school reel projector afterwards.

17 posted on 03/05/2022 5:27:41 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (The GOP is the UN of US politics)
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To: Tipllub
Play Fallout 4.
18 posted on 03/05/2022 5:27:56 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
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To: Tipllub

Social distance, wear your mask and get your boosters /s


19 posted on 03/05/2022 5:29:16 PM PST by vigilante2
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To: Tipllub

A couple of bombs in DC would have more positive than negative.


20 posted on 03/05/2022 5:29:22 PM PST by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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