The effects of a nuclear weapon.

[Irving]

Ever wonder about the effects of a nuclear weapon? Well here is an interactive map you can use to answer your radius questions. Have fun.

http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

[GlockDog47]

Thats crazy, but informing.

[Skully]

That is informatively fun in a "What IF" imagination wandering. [panic]

[Byte Stryke]

time to move

http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?lat=33.75004720654173&lng=-84.39238781738283&zm=10&kt=2300

[Dave]

I remember when I was a kid being shown the old black and white film about what to do in case of a nuclear attack. You just get under your wooden desk at school to protect you from the nuclear fireball. The teacher's burning alive while being slammed up against the chalk board, but the kids were safe under their kindling. Duck and cover kids, duck and cover.

[spittoon]

I remember when I was a kid being shown the old black and white film about what to do in case of a nuclear attack. You just get under your wooden desk at school to protect you from the nuclear fireball. The teacher's burning alive while being slammed up against the chalk board, but the kids were safe under their kindling. Duck and cover kids, duck and cover.

[blaster]

[XJ]

Let's see, the distance from me to Peterson, divided by the speed of light in air at this elevation, and then compared to the response time of an auto-darkening welding helmet (1/25000 second)...


Nope, I'll never see it coming :)

[TEAMRICO]

Well if they drop a B-61 center mass of Peterson AFB Im good to go by a cvnt hair......back to bed, no worries!

[KestrelBike]

Damn, one h-bomb in Denver and I'd be pumpkin squash over in northglenn.

*waves to the NSA*

[Monky]

Mental note... we're fucked.

[HoneyBadger]

Here are all the potential military targets in Colorado Springs alone: http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?t=294e56d052e014cbfb1e5786b7b8148b

Yep, Colorado Springs is screwed...

[Dave]

Anyone else drop the 100 megaton Tsar Bomba on the capitol building with that?

[islandermyk]

dang... Russians always gotta go bigger... that Tsar's Bomba... Oooowweee...


I need to get a "Tsar's Bomba" tattoo on my...... [ROFL1]

[Troublco]

I find it interesting that when I opened the website the pipper was on lower Manhattan...is THAT where Bloomberg's office is? [Muaha]

[Marlin]

Ran a couple through the "Fed Center" scenario, Nice suntan to complete vaporization. Cool.

[Marlin]

I find it interesting that when I opened the website the pipper was on lower Manhattan...is THAT where Bloomberg's office is? [Muaha]

What I was wondering also.

[Rooskibar03]

How many watch lists do we end up on just for playing with that map?

[funkfool]

Here are all the potential military targets in Colorado Springs alone: http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?t=294e56d052e014cbfb1e5786b7b8148b

Yep, Colorado Springs is screwed...
http://fohn.net/duck-pictures-facts/mallard-duck.jpg
and
http://www.parentsphere.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/blankie_book.jpg

Nah... aint gonna help me... I'll be vapor in the wind.

[fly boy]

Nuclear Weapons give me a cozy warm fuzzy feeling [Coffee]
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/164122_197365813611646_2142085_n.jpg

[HoneyBadger]

Nuclear Weapons give me a cozy warm fuzzy feeling [Coffee]
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/164122_197365813611646_2142085_n.jpg

Nice BDUs bro!

[fly boy]

Nice BDUs bro!

lol, I was rocken the BDU's up until the summer when it was maditory for ABU's. I didn't mind polishing boots, and they were a heck of a lot more comfortable than first gen ABU's

[KestrelBike]

Anyone else drop the 100 megaton Tsar Bomba on the capitol building with that?

hahaha I dropped it on westminster city hall (it was the closest thing to my IP location)

[rondog]

Jeeee-zus!

[HoneyBadger]

lol, I was rocken the BDU's up until the summer when it was maditory for ABU's. I didn't mind polishing boots, and they were a heck of a lot more comfortable than first gen ABU's


Me too brother, me too. Loved the ripstop summer weight BDUs. Everything looked a lot better too.

[Ashton]

Glad I live "just far enough" away from longmont if a Trident hits I'm alllllll good.

[HoneyBadger]

Glad I live "just far enough" away from longmont if a Trident hits I'm alllllll good.


And if by "allllll good" you mean you will die a slow and painful death from fallout a few weeks or months after everyone else, then sure!

[Ashton]

And if by "allllll good" you mean you will die a slow and painful death from fallout a few weeks or months after everyone else, then sure!


Assuming I can't quickly locate a building that could be a good fallout shelter. Yes. But I've already taken this step, so unless someones in it or it's blocked. ALLLLLLLLLLLLL GOOD.

[CO303]

The smallest one at Colfax and Lincoln looks pretty good. Anybody got one? It might be available on some obscure NFA form.

[Dave]

Nuclear Weapons give me a cozy warm fuzzy feeling [Coffee]
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/164122_197365813611646_2142085_n.jpg

I think that's called radiation poisoning. [panic]

[sniper7]

well, I'm getting burned.

[02ducky]

Looks like I am getting blowed up.

[Trigger]

I'm nice and safe down here in canon city unless they use one of the top 4 or 5. even then I had an uncle who worked up there told me that if that happened it'd be moderately unlikely anything would hit us down here in canon because of wind patterns and the several ranges between us and springs.

[HoneyBadger]

I'm nice and safe down here in canon city unless they use one of the top 4 or 5. even then I had an uncle who worked up there told me that if that happened it'd be moderately unlikely anything would hit us down here in canon because of wind patterns and the several ranges between us and springs.

Yeah, those mountains will save your butt.

[Ronin13]

After Decon you guys are welcome to come hang with me and BaileyGuns in the relative safety of our unaffected zone (using current Soviet arsenal, and historic W>E wind patterns)
http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?lat=39.73913946700777&lng=-104.98875065612793&zm=10&kt=2300
On a somewhat better note: Bloomberg would be fuk't!
http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?lat=40.72422&lng=-73.99610000000001&zm=9&kt=50000

[HoneyBadger]

I just noticed that you can enter any number you want into the URL for the size of the bomb and it will reflect: http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?lat=40.72422&lng=-73.99610000000001&zm=9&kt=500000000

[BushMasterBoy]

Plutonium from a nuclear weapons accident killed my Dad. Took 40 years to do it, he died of multiple myeloma. I remember the beta burns on his arms. The warhead didn't even explode, the missile exploded and breached the warhead. Scattered bomb material all over the island...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_437

[Ashton]

After Decon you guys are welcome to come hang with me and BaileyGuns in the relative safety of our unaffected zone (using current Soviet arsenal, and historic W>E wind patterns)
http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?lat=39.73913946700777&lng=-104.98875065612793&zm=10&kt=2300
On a somewhat better note: Bloomberg would be fuk't!
http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?lat=40.72422&lng=-73.99610000000001&zm=9&kt=50000

Well it's good that we know all the people that will be getting blown up now. I'll bring a bag full of bacon as an entrance fee.

[Sharpienads]

Plutonium from a nuclear weapons accident killed my Dad. Took 40 years to do it, he died of multiple myeloma. I remember the beta burns on his arms. The warhead didn't even explode, the missile exploded and breached the warhead. Scattered bomb material all over the island...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_437

Damn. That's a horrible way to go. Sorry.

[Chad4000]

Just ran across this today.. was gonna share, but sure enough it's already been posted up. Thought Id bring it back in case anybody hadnt seen it.. very interesting website.

and btw, I had NO idea about the B52 that came apart over NC and how close we got to an accidental H-bomb detonation (saw that because of one of the options for the bombs you can select). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash

[fly boy]

Just ran across this today.. was gonna share, but sure enough it's already been posted up. Thought Id bring it back in case anybody hadnt seen it.. very interesting website.

and btw, I had NO idea about the B52 that came apart over NC and how close we got to an accidental H-bomb detonation (saw that because of one of the options for the bombs you can select). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash

happened more than once.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Tybee_Island_mid-air_collision

[Chad4000]

That's..... kinda scary ... hahahaa

[fly boy]

That's..... kinda scary ... hahahaa

I doubt it had a chance to Detonate to produce a nuclear blast, there would have been redundant safety features that would have prevented it.

[thvigil11]

All I got to worry about is the crap drifting over in the wind from Los Alamos.

[<MADDOG>]

Here are all the potential military targets in Colorado Springs alone: http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?t=294e56d052e014cbfb1e5786b7b8148b

Yep, Colorado Springs is screwed...

You forgot the fallout...

http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?t=7862958b2e260defa490d51a167f3f7e

[Alpha2]

Hey, I learned LONG AGO that duck and cover would save my sorry arse. Apparently those 50's-60's elementary school desks were substantial!!! Never mind that an entire wall of the classroom was made of glass. And not the kind that crumbles into harmless nuggets.
Then, in the USCG in the '70's, I learned in my NBC Warfare classes with the USN, that stabbing myself in the thigh with a tiny device, and taking a shower, in addition to tucking my pants into my socks, would save me from the ravages of Nuclear, chemical, and biological threats. And now they think I'll be afraid of zombies, seriously?

[Rooskibar03]

Looks like I've moved outside the radius of the Fed Center. Bring on the apocalypse.

[ruthabagah]

At least you guys never had to eat anything that was growing in Europe during Tchernobyl's fallout....

[BushMasterBoy]

What is going to kill the most people is radionuclides, when you eat it, drink it or breath it in. The time frame is from 1 day to 40 years. The explosion does a lot of immediate damage, but the fallout will kill long after the blast. If you survive the initial blast effects, you will need a good gas mask and a way to escape the area. If it was a neutron bomb and you are near the blast, you will probably die that week. To survive after the explosion, you need a gas mask, a geiger counter & sealed food and water sources. Then you have to move to a non radioactive location. I don't think there is a safe place in Colorado. We have too many command centers and nuclear missiles in silos. The weather will spread the fallout everywhere. Best evacuation bet is a non-nuclear state south of the border.

http://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/borden/FileDownloadpublic.aspx?docid=2d5dd4f7-4fd1-4cec-9ae8-022839410685

[Irving]

Didn't very few people actually die from Chernobyl?

[Brian]

I don't know why you guys are worried. Everyone knows that it won't be nukes that hit Colorado. We'll be invaded by Russian Mexicano Cubans who will parachute into our small towns to seize our 4473 forms.

The Chair is Against the Wall. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dawn)

[Irving]

Pandora's Promise on Netflix is an interesting documentary on nuclear power. It is biased, but I found it interesting none the less.

[Chad4000]

I don't know why you guys are worried. Everyone knows that it won't be nukes that hit Colorado. We'll be invaded by Russian Mexicano Cubans who will parachute into our small towns to seize our 4473 forms.

The Chair is Against the Wall. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dawn)

HAHHA yes

[RblDiver]

I found it scary that apparently up until something like 1979 or so, the "secret launch code" to the missiles was something like 11111111.

[BushMasterBoy]

Yeah if the missile silos were cutoff from the rest of the world, the "fail safe" launch code was "000000000". I was in Little Rock, Arkansas when this happened! I watched it explode live on TV...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Damascus,_Arkansas_incident

[Chad4000]

^^^ yeah I spent like the better part of the day the other day looking up these near misses. ran across that one and was like "really guys.. can we please hold on to our tools near the missiles" lol

[Chad4000]

My dad (AF) was an electronics tech for Titan II silos. Primary specialty was launch control/modules. I wonder if he ever had a little theoretical voice on his shoulder saying "dood, you could totally start WWIII all by yourself"... I've never asked that question though, lol.


Kinda crazy when you think about it.... that potentially one guy could do it. hahaa

[OctopusHighball]

I don't know why you guys are worried. Everyone knows that it won't be nukes that hit Colorado. We'll be invaded by Russian Mexicano Cubans who will parachute into our small towns to seize our 4473 forms.

The Chair is Against the Wall. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dawn)

WOLVERINES!!!