Posted on 04/14/2014 6:13:21 AM PDT by stevie_d_64
Funny question in the headline, yes?
But since President Obama worries more about the threat of terrorists' improvised nuclear device going off in a major American city than anything Russia can throw at us, I was wondering if the government had deigned to share with us citizens any tips for, you know, surviving something their own intelligence points to as the likeliest unlikely Black Swan event.
Well, no. And yes.
No — very few people in Washington, D.C., who work for the government have any idea what they would do if a 10-kiloton nuclear device exploded at the intersection of 16th and K streets.
You can always look to movies to figure this stuff out, right? And in movies, since nuclear radiation is BAD, the thing to do is to get away from it as quickly as possible. In the movies, electronics are fried, too, the response is chaotic, and hundreds of thousands of people die.
Interestingly enough, though, the government has done quite a bit of work to figure out what exactly would happen if a suitcase nuke — which, I know, doesn't really exist, but, for the sake of this example, bear with me — actually did explode a few blocks from the White House.
(Excerpt) Read more at theweek.com ...
I would hope they wouldn’t use it as an excuse to shut down the government. Well, on second thought...
Set the flag at half mast for 30 days?
If you believe Martial law automatically means armed conflict of citizen against military, you’re on drugs.
Since you were the quickest, LMAO!!
You might want to wait and make sure they bottom first.
D@mn. I thought this was a serious article until I got to that line.
Yes. I would be willing to stand there and share the sacrifice myself.
When I moved to North Dakota, I figured I'd have a ringside seat for WWIII, and so far, that just hasn't happened.
Now, take a deep breath and ask yourself, "Why would anyone nuke Washington D.C. when the most incredible assistance for jihadis who have infiltrated the Executive Branch comes from there, and the most likely source of definitive capitulation is resident in the White House?"
Some target of far more significant symbolic or economic importance would come first.
You Mean Half the Country will try and rebuild our Republic, clinging to old world values of Democracy and the Rule of Law?
Sounds like those two groups can't peacefully coexist.
Excellent! “I don’t want to set the world on FIRE”
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