First of all, "duck and cover" is from the 1950s. Before ICBMs existed, and before there were as many bombs as later on. >those people will almost certainly di

First of all, "duck and cover" is from the 1950s. Before ICBMs existed, and before there were as many bombs as later on. >those people will almost certainly die of radiation exposure from fallout 2-4 weeks later, unless they get to a shelter within 15 minutes or so, and stay there for 2-4 weeks, at a minimum, without running out of supplies or going mad. Many people survived at Hiroshima. Not everyone is downwind of fallout. Even if you are, many of the projections I've seen show many expected survivors. >Or that they'll die of starvation and disease 2-4 months later. We wouldn't run out of food anywhere near that quickly. The US has vast supplies of stored food and unslaughtered animals. And radiation doesn't create disease. >Or of the effects of nuclear winter 2 to 4 years later. Nuclear winter has been greatly exaggerated. AT worst the growing season would be reduced and it would get a bit colder.