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originally posted by: the owlbear
If a nuclear exchange occurs, no amount of food or water in a hidey hole will be enough.
Besides the blasts and fallout, dont forget about all of the pretty little reactors dotting the countrysides by bodies of water. Now imagine they all blow bigger than Chernobyl. All of them.
If they would be dumb enough to push the buttons, it's goodnight for nearly all life on earth.
originally posted by: Ex_MislTech
originally posted by: the owlbear
If a nuclear exchange occurs, no amount of food or water in a hidey hole will be enough.
Besides the blasts and fallout, dont forget about all of the pretty little reactors dotting the countrysides by bodies of water. Now imagine they all blow bigger than Chernobyl. All of them.
If they would be dumb enough to push the buttons, it's goodnight for nearly all life on earth.
I think you notice most ppl still live and work in Tokyo not too far from Fukushima.
There is a scientist living in the exclusion zone of Chernobyl who eats food
out of the ground there, as long as its a type that doesn't uptake Cesium isotopes.
Nuclear Winter will be horrible, and billions will die, the fallout will be no picnic either.
For those who hide for 10 - 14 days in a fallout rated shelter then emerge with a
geiger counter, they have a chance and there will be alot of stuff around to use
and accessible during the summer months.
I'd not recommend trying anything in Spring, Winter, or Fall as it will be more like
a very bad winter beyond our imaging.
We lived thru Toba, we could live thru this, but billions would likely die.
originally posted by: the owlbear
If a nuclear exchange occurs, no amount of food or water in a hidey hole will be enough.
Besides the blasts and fallout, dont forget about all of the pretty little reactors dotting the countrysides by bodies of water. Now imagine they all blow bigger than Chernobyl. All of them.
If they would be dumb enough to push the buttons, it's goodnight for nearly all life on earth.
originally posted by: the owlbear
originally posted by: Ex_MislTech
originally posted by: the owlbear
If a nuclear exchange occurs, no amount of food or water in a hidey hole will be enough.
Besides the blasts and fallout, dont forget about all of the pretty little reactors dotting the countrysides by bodies of water. Now imagine they all blow bigger than Chernobyl. All of them.
If they would be dumb enough to push the buttons, it's goodnight for nearly all life on earth.
I think you notice most ppl still live and work in Tokyo not too far from Fukushima.
There is a scientist living in the exclusion zone of Chernobyl who eats food
out of the ground there, as long as its a type that doesn't uptake Cesium isotopes.
Nuclear Winter will be horrible, and billions will die, the fallout will be no picnic either.
For those who hide for 10 - 14 days in a fallout rated shelter then emerge with a
geiger counter, they have a chance and there will be alot of stuff around to use
and accessible during the summer months.
I'd not recommend trying anything in Spring, Winter, or Fall as it will be more like
a very bad winter beyond our imaging.
We lived thru Toba, we could live thru this, but billions would likely die.
At Chernobyl, people were able to operate outside of bunkers, same with Japan. Reactors going into full meltdown, exploding their containment structures and exposing themselves to the air would make those two events look like a picnic.
Hopefully countries would be smart enough to take all of their reactors offline before being showered in thermonuclear warheads...
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
The best way to prep for chaos? Do nothing. You have no idea what situation you will be put in once it hits. For all you know, you could spend months prepping then when the shtf you are stuck in another state from all your stuff with no means to get over or some other nonsense. I'd rather spend my money on living now than worrying about trying to survive an event that may or may not occur in my lifetime.
originally posted by: SubTruth
a reply to: liteonit6969
Prepping for WW3 and full out war is pie in the sky. Truth be told.......LUCK is what will save you. This is the cold hard truth if you are in the right place at the right time you make it......If not.
Imagine the cost involved for a underground bunker stocked for 10 years worth of food and the level of air/water purifiers needed to sustain this......250,000. So why even worry about it when in the end it will all come down to luck and timing. Think I have no idea what I am talking about.....Do the math.
originally posted by: gottaknow
I also don't see nuclear war as a likelihood these days as it's more about control of the economy and resources now.
After all, you can't collect taxes, have any kind of revenue or impose fines from dead people.
What I want to know is, aside from all the important prepping and survival methods that are fairly prevalent and accessible knowledge, why isn't there more of a consensus on where to go?
Sure, if you have a bomb shelter nearby, that's swell. But, geographically - shouldn't we be pinpointing the areas where survivors should migrate to in case of such an event? We can get a fairly accurate estimate of where the thousands of warhead would be hitting, right? So, we need actual cities/locations to aim for as destinations for survivors.
I haven't really seen that info, although I'm sure people have put a lot of thought into it. As far as I can glean, northern locations are right out, cuz winter. So, I'm guessing some places in the South, like Louisiana, Arkansas, maybe Florida? (U.S. location bias - sorry) Islands would be the ultimate goal in my estimate.