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>Unless you can avoid evacuation and have done a meticulous job preparing -and- have a shelter, I don't think it is realistic to expect to survive a dirty bomb
by thrown_22 4y ago
>Unless you can avoid evacuation and have done a meticulous job preparing -and- have a shelter, I don't think it is realistic to expect to survive a dirty bomb attack.
Dirty bombs are actually the least dangerous WMD. The only way to get a lethal dose is to snort the dust from the explosion for a year: https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/emergencies/dirtybombs.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/emergencies/dirtybombs.ht...
- sbf501 4y ago> The only way to get a lethal dose is to snort the dust from the explosion for a year. That's not the message I take away from that link, and in fact, based on what is describe within it, it seems rather likely if you remain in the vicinity you will be impacted over time.