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Duck and Cover

Post/Author/DateTime Post
#1
Robin_Hoodlum
Jan 07, 2011 5:46:10 www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/201...

Very interesting... a good read.
#2
pluisjen
Jan 07, 2011 6:18:45 Good read indeed. Makes me glad authorities here consider an attack unlikely enough that I'm not worried about it.

Never would've thought that finding cover against a nuke would actually make sense, though. They should really explain the whole thing so people don't dismiss it as "silly", the way they do in that article.
#3
ADHadh
Jan 07, 2011 8:34:02
#4
Cpt_Micha
Jan 07, 2011 8:49:55 Yeah vs nukes, if you are in the initial blast zone you are screwed, then it severely downgrades the farther from the epicenter you are. (which is why the US and the USSR pushed to have bigger and bigger weapons through the cold war. To maximise the Death Zone)
#5
zombie_babies
Jan 07, 2011 9:28:48 After the first few lines, I was all ready to post 'yeah, if a nuke detonates near you, the best defense is death' but then I read the article. Very neat. I now buy duck and cover as viable for the most likely threat we'd face. Very good read indeed.
#6
Klirshon
Jan 07, 2011 9:40:55 I still wouldn't consider a newspaper as viable cover...
#7
zombie_babies
Jan 07, 2011 9:48:28 What about a lead newspaper?
#8
pluisjen
Jan 07, 2011 9:58:44 If they nuke you on sunday, it'll be slightly more effective.

(Well assuming sunday editions are twice as big in the US as well)
#9
Klirshon
Jan 07, 2011 10:05:52 While it wouldn't be much of a newspaper being made of lead sheets, that would fare better than a typical newspaper. However the probability that one would possess a newslead during a local, nuclear detonation seems dubious.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 Robin_Hoodlum Jan 07, 2011 5:46:10	www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/201... Very interesting... a good read.
#2 pluisjen Jan 07, 2011 6:18:45	Good read indeed. Makes me glad authorities here consider an attack unlikely enough that I'm not worried about it. Never would've thought that finding cover against a nuke would actually make sense, though. They should really explain the whole thing so people don't dismiss it as "silly", the way they do in that article.
#3 ADHadh Jan 07, 2011 8:34:02
#4 Cpt_Micha Jan 07, 2011 8:49:55	Yeah vs nukes, if you are in the initial blast zone you are screwed, then it severely downgrades the farther from the epicenter you are. (which is why the US and the USSR pushed to have bigger and bigger weapons through the cold war. To maximise the Death Zone)
#5 zombie_babies Jan 07, 2011 9:28:48	After the first few lines, I was all ready to post 'yeah, if a nuke detonates near you, the best defense is death' but then I read the article. Very neat. I now buy duck and cover as viable for the most likely threat we'd face. Very good read indeed.
#6 Klirshon Jan 07, 2011 9:40:55	I still wouldn't consider a newspaper as viable cover...
#7 zombie_babies Jan 07, 2011 9:48:28	What about a lead newspaper?
#8 pluisjen Jan 07, 2011 9:58:44	If they nuke you on sunday, it'll be slightly more effective. (Well assuming sunday editions are twice as big in the US as well)
#9 Klirshon Jan 07, 2011 10:05:52	While it wouldn't be much of a newspaper being made of lead sheets, that would fare better than a typical newspaper. However the probability that one would possess a newslead during a local, nuclear detonation seems dubious.