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Would you survive a nuke?

Started by Ed Anger, November 14, 2011, 06:08:12 PM

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Eddie Teach

Quote from: Jacob on November 14, 2011, 06:50:06 PM
Definitely dead, even under the most limited scenario set up.

Well, there's always the chance Canada doesn't get targeted.
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Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 14, 2011, 07:46:20 PMWell, there's always the chance Canada doesn't get targeted.

That would be nice. But I'd miss my American neighbours.

Ideologue

Oh, you wouldn't miss us for long.

Canada is the obvious place to migrate millions of displaced Americans to, after all.
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Razgovory

Quote from: Jacob on November 14, 2011, 07:51:02 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 14, 2011, 07:46:20 PMWell, there's always the chance Canada doesn't get targeted.

That would be nice. But I'd miss my American neighbours.

But we'd be the ones launching.  Who else would launch a nuke at Vancouver?  The Chinese wouldn't.  They'd hit more Chinese then they would Canadians.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

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Caliga

Quote from: Razgovory on November 14, 2011, 08:00:30 PM
But we'd be the ones launching.  Who else would launch a nuke at Vancouver?  The Chinese wouldn't.  They'd hit more Chinese then they would Canadians.
All of the Chinese in Vancouver are traitors.
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stjaba

Instant death for me. Guaranteed targeting where I live, given that it is a major city located directly next to MacDill Air Force Base, where CENTCOM and SOCOM are both headquarted.

Josquius

Now- only if it is kept above 100k cities. Or else its on top of me. No clue if my city would be on the hit list or not. Except for a meteor of course.

My home town- ouch. As expected. I'm just outside a big city, which the system incorrectly measures as under 1 million....hell, it doesn't recognise it as being even 100k and goes for another nearby city it seems :s
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Neil

Quote from: Caliga on November 14, 2011, 08:19:36 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 14, 2011, 08:00:30 PM
But we'd be the ones launching.  Who else would launch a nuke at Vancouver?  The Chinese wouldn't.  They'd hit more Chinese then they would Canadians.
All of the Chinese in Vancouver are traitors.
Not at all.  The Chinese in Vancouver are very loyal to the Communist Party.
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Quote from: Ideologue on November 14, 2011, 07:58:36 PM
Oh, you wouldn't miss us for long.

Canada is the obvious place to migrate millions of displaced Americans to, after all.
You'd all die in the winter.
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Eddie Teach

Quote from: Neil on November 14, 2011, 08:33:52 PM
You'd all die in the winter.

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The heat from the blast has caused head to toe third degree burns. It would have been better to have been vaporized. You'll probably die within the day.
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Syt

I'm pretty much dead if Vienna gets attacked with 1MT+, though it'll depend where exactly the bomb drops if I die from the blast or burns/radiation. If city center, then I only survive with a Fatman sized bomb.

I grew up in a small town in Germany that had a stockpile of nuclear grenades ca. 2 or 3 km from our house. So there was some certainty that in case of nuclear war we'd have a big bullseye painted onto our backs, anyways, and that things would be over (hopefully) quickly.
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Razgovory

Quote from: Syt on November 14, 2011, 10:40:56 PM
I'm pretty much dead if Vienna gets attacked with 1MT+, though it'll depend where exactly the bomb drops if I die from the blast or burns/radiation. If city center, then I only survive with a Fatman sized bomb.

I grew up in a small town in Germany that had a stockpile of nuclear grenades ca. 2 or 3 km from our house. So there was some certainty that in case of nuclear war we'd have a big bullseye painted onto our backs, anyways, and that things would be over (hopefully) quickly.

Actual damage will vary considerably due to local geography, weather, height of explosion etc.  I imagine you can be fairly close to ground zero and still survive if you are in a tough building.  Duck and cover really can save your life.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Valdemar

Apparently I'm alive because they would hit Berlin, Hamburg and Stockholm, but not Copenhagen  :wacko:

Very weird, given A Denmark is part of nato, B Sweden is not.

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