Speaking of bugbears. I have been fairly horrified by nuclear war and have read a ton of stuff about it. If you aren't immediately killed by a fireball, or ro

Speaking of bugbears. I have been fairly horrified by nuclear war and have read a ton of stuff about it. If you aren't immediately killed by a fireball, or roasted by radiated heat, and are outside the "everything gets blown down" radius, it seems the major immediate danger is extreme winds from the blast. (Though radiated heat is also a line of sight effect) So it absolutely makes sense that you'd want to be in a position that prevents all kinds of glass and debris impact, let alone getting thrown yourself. My mental model is "instant tornado" and since I'm in the north, we all have basements to run to.