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This is more dire than it needs to be. All this "depends" on a lot. You're not guaranteed to be killed by the blast, or fallout, or neighbors "plugging your exh

This is more dire than it needs to be. All this "depends" on a lot. You're not guaranteed to be killed by the blast, or fallout, or neighbors "plugging your exhaust" (why would they do that?!). The size and scope of the nuclear exchange itself, your proximity to blasts, wind patterns, weather, many factors affect survivability. A lot of people survived in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

throwaway6532 5y ago
>A lot of people survived in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That wasn't an exchange. That was a sucker-punch. I made a bet with my friends several weeks before Putin invaded that I think that's what could be on the cards for Ukraine because I didn't forsee any other way for him to win and concluded that he wouldn't accept not winning and it's really the only asymmetry he has. However, I don't think that would lead to an 'exchange' by any other nuclear power as that would just be suicidal and I'm sure Biden would rather live his comfortable lifestyle than kill everyone on earth.