[PJ-Comix]

If the bomb is large enough and placed say next to the capital, our government will have to move out of D.C. for many years. If it's placed in an urban section of NY, LA, Chicago it would be devastating financially more than in casualty numbers. Think of the impact WTC has had on our economy, then picture it if every office building in a 3 mile radius of WTC had to be condemned for 5-10 years.

So what's the downside of this bomb?

[Revolting cat!]

that still gives all the folks East of the Mississippi River more than enough time to celebrate Halloween tomorrow night before the radioactivity reaches us.

Are you sure? (You know, there could be legal liability for being wrong! If I get dead following your advice, I'll sue!) What I'm concerned about is in your calculation are you accounting for the time time difference and the recent change from daylight savings to standard time?

Oh yes, and if you follow the logic of the poster above, that's not even funny, but only because he/she lives on the West Coast.

[piasa]

So what's the downside of this bomb?

Black crusty pantsuits can act as radiation shields in an emergency?