[Straight Vermonter]

For the country, it'd still live if NYC got nuked, in fact *most* people would survive with no ill effects physically.

I remember from the cold war days that a nuke on a medium sized city would fill every hospital bed in the country with casualties. It would have the effect on our economy and way of life that WWII did on Europe. All in an instant.

[mewzilla]

Does anyone know if airspace over the area where the ship is had been restricted? I'm just wondering why some enterprising journo hasn't come back with film at 11.

[Black Agnes]

True. I was speaking of one in NYC harbor with the wind to the SE tho. It would be devastating to NYC itself but the rest of the country wouldn't suffer the physical effects. Memphis for example, would be just fine, physically...economically is another story...

[SamAdams76]

I remember from the cold war days that a nuke on a medium sized city would fill every hospital bed in the country with casualties. It would have the effect on our economy and way of life that WWII did on Europe. All in an instant.

That is a good point. Consider the enormous effect 9/11 had on our economy (even to this day). With a single nuke, you can multiply that effect x100.

We cannot afford even one act of nuclear terrorism. This is why we must stop it at all costs, up to and including a lockdown and military takeover of the entire Middle East.

[EternalHope]

I remember from the cold war days that a nuke on a medium sized city would fill every hospital bed in the country with casualties.

Depends on the size of the nuke.

The ones Pakistan has are in the WWII range, much smaller than needed to do the damage you describe (but still very bad news).

The suitcase nukes the Russians reportedly lost are much smaller than the Paki version. They would supposedly destroy everything in a three block radius (with collateral damage out much further).

[oldtimer]

Maybe the slickmeister, the hildabeast, rangel and the schumunist, then throw in a handfull of leftist Judges, along with some ACLU flakes, ought to get on a Coast Gaurd ship, and make sure that this is not a GWB cowboy move!

You can bet on it!