SHTF has happened, what do you do?

[Possom]

Yes, one of my many not-so-glorious jobs in the military is being the SME on NBC/CBRNE. I specialize in Nuclear weaponry and the effects of it. Most of the reading on it is about as dry as the Sahara on the 4th of July. Sorry about the overflow of information, I sometimes forget that im supposed to be a knuckle-dragging Neanderthal fanboi and my inner geek comes out!

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In short, yes, the closer to the blast radius, the higher the exposure rate, the worse it is, hence dead bodies. And No. . .Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce will not help the taste or the effects it will have on your body if you consume the radiated flesh.

What about if you marinate them in potassium iodide?

[Stormfeather]

What about if you marinate them in potassium iodide?

Taste like crap for a marinade, sure it looks like Worcestershire sauce, but sure as hell doesnt taste like it.

[Sniper-T]

Huh? Dude, ya really think there's gonna be a job? Oh yeah, never mind....forgot, you don't live in this country. Duh.

lol. and my company does the majority of it's work off north american shores... and it would directly support the rebuilding of the infrastructure. So until you guys went all willy-nilly and started dropping nukes all over the world, My job would be busy busy busy.

[MegaCPC]

I'm thinking a single non EMP detonation on the east coast wouldn't affect me a whole lot. Anyone outside of the general area would probably hear about it on the news, just like 9/11/01. With a nuke though, I would most likely load up and head to my secondary location in the sticks as soon as possible after hearing of it, just to be farther away from the major cities. You never know if it's a single attack or one in a series of orchestrated strikes.

EDIT: I think I would be more worried about repercussions by our own government rather than the actual effects of the attack itself. An event like that could be used to ram the next Patriot Act or NDAA type bill down our throats. It would be easy to justify to the sheeple in the name of safety. Never let a crisis go to waste...

[Possom]

I see it as instant COG implementation and marshal law indefinitely. You would recognize anywhere in the USA by the next morning.

[ladyhk13]

lol. and my company does the majority of it's work off north american shores... and it would directly support the rebuilding of the infrastructure. So until you guys went all willy-nilly and started dropping nukes all over the world, My job would be busy busy busy.

Guess we will be planning our vacation about that time and come visit you then?

[Gunfixr]

Well, since the driving distance from me to DC is about 180 miles, based on Stormy's post, I won't have to do a thing.


Except provide night light service for roaches.

[bacpacker]

Yes, one of my many not-so-glorious jobs in the military is being the SME on NBC/CBRNE. I specialize in Nuclear weaponry and the effects of it. Most of the reading on it is about as dry as the Sahara on the 4th of July. Sorry about the overflow of information, I sometimes forget that im supposed to be a knuckle-dragging Neanderthal fanboi and my inner geek comes out!

Being a SME on any topic requires a great deal of study and ability to have a deep understanding about the topic at hand. Having read a fair amount on Nuclear effects, measurments, and such, I have to totally agree with you. It is god awful dry and boring. I do appreceiate the info you posted though. i haven't ran across that info in anything I have read.

[Stormfeather]

Theres a really "fun" animation that Dr Wellerstein came up with, thats actually one of the toys I use when I am giving a class, its called nukemap3d there are earlier versions just called nukemap, which I reccomend everyone download and try out in their area so they can have a basic idea of what fallout patterns may be, as well as finding out what your standoff distances need to be to major cities in your particular AO to be able to survive a nuclear detonation.


http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap3d/...fis=52&fang=45

I put the bomb at Knoxville, and made it a 10mt detonation, you can get a really good idea of fallout and height and width measurements of the mushroom cloud as well.

[Sniper-T]

Guess we will be planning our vacation about that time and come visit you then?

bring your own cats! they're a little scarce up here...