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> I like to "calculate" how things should go wrong for the worst case scenario I like to calculate, too. When I bought my house, it was just far enough from th

• whiplash451 4y ago
  You might want to update your model based on the latest bombs’ radius of impact. And conclude that you are safe nowhere. Literally.
  • trashtester 4y ago
    > You might want to update your model based on the latest bombs The "latest bomb" hasn't changed significantly in the last 50 years. Typical Russian strategic warheads that are actually deployed are between 250KT and 1MT. While they CAN make bigger warheads, those are not deployed in large numbers. There is also the Poseidon class nuclear torpedo (with a 100MT warhead), but I don't think my location is a very likely target for that. If you haven't seen it already, this site has a rough simulation of how far you need to be from a nuke detonation site to suffer various effects: https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ > And conclude that you are safe nowhere. Literally. I didn't say safe. I said, if one bomb detonates in the nearest city, I'm more likely to live than not (as in >50% chance to survive the blast itself).
• fragmede 4y ago
  In the event of a nuclear holocaust, the lucky ones die in the initial blast, so you may want to move closer in
  • trashtester 4y ago
    You do what is right for you. Anyway, my thinking didn't only consider a holocaust. The bomb could be part of a limited exchange, or it could be a terrorist attack.