Put your head between your knees and kiss your ass goodbye

[kuda]

As a kid, I read a book about Nuclear War. The USA was bombed and Texas
was a major target. There are lots of military bases located in a grid around
my part of TX and surrounding states. So Dallas was pretty much wiped off
the face of the Earth.

I grew up with the Cold War so we had bomb shelters and lots of scary movies
about it. I watched the films at school where they told you to get under your desk
in case of an attack. How innocent were we?

Apocaluck.com

In a nuclear apocalypse
my home town
will be:
DAMAGED (4 of 10)

Shockwave Shaken

Heat Blast Singed

Fallout Glowing

What happens to your city?

Heat Blast (within city boundaries.)
The heat blast from the explosion is very powerful; up close, it can cause 3rd degree burns and even death.
As the heat travels from the center of the explosion, it gets weaker. The heat can affect people many miles from the explosion.

Burn Level Percent
City Description
First Degree 21.91%

* High rate (80%) of first degree burns for those outside. Symptoms include:
o Pain
o Redness
* Almost no fatalities from burns
* Eye damage or blindness possible if looking in direction of blast

Second Degree 16.44%

* High rate (80%) of second degree burns for those outside. Symptoms include:
o Persistent pain
o Blisters
o Swelling
o Scarring
o Nerve damage
o Possibility of infection
* Flash burns to eyes possible if looking in direction of blast
* Some fatalities from burns
* Eye damage or blindness possible if looking in direction of blast
* Newspapers, leaves, rotting wood ignite

Third Degree 1.40%

* High rate (80%) of third degree burns for those outside. Symptoms include:
o Damage to underlying muscle and bone
o Possible charring
o Severe scarring
o Severe nerve damage
o Probable infection
o Shock
* Medium to high rate of fatalities from burns
* Eye damage or blindness possible if looking in direction of blast
* Wooden buildings smolder or ignite
* Clothing may ignite or melt

Total 39.75%
shockwave map
Shockwave (within city boundaries.)
The shock wave is most damaging at the site of the explosion. It acts like a very strong, very fast wind. Close to the explosion, it can topple skyscrapers and overturn vehicles. People are injured or killed when buildings collapse. The effect gets weaker the farther the shock wave travels from the center of the blast. The shock wave can be felt many miles from the explosion.
Shockwave Pressure Percent
City Description
1 PSI 75.48%

* Windows shatter
* Some trees knocked down
* Roof damage to many buildings
* Injuries mainly from flying glass or small objects

Total 75.48%
fallout map
Fallout (within city boundaries.)
The explosion sucks up bits of the ground around the bomb, carries them high into the air, blasts them into tiny particles and irradiates them. These particles can be carried hundreds, or even thousands of miles, as they slowly drift down to earth in a a "fallout cloud." Where the cloud passes and lands, it showers radioactivity. Exposure to uncontrolled radioactivity can be harmful to living organisms. Because winds are very unpredictable, the fallout information shown here is based upon the average winds. Small changes in the wind can cause large changes in the results.
Month of Blast Average
Total Rad.* Description
January 230 Rads

* 35% fatal
* Death (if occurs) in 2 to 12 weeks
* Nausea, loss of appetite
* Malaise, fatigue
* Temporary reduced immune system functioning
* Temporary male sterility
* More susceptible to illness and infection
* Medical care required
* Treatment: blood transfusions, antibiotics

February 220 Rads

* 35% fatal
* Death (if occurs) in 2 to 12 weeks
* Nausea, loss of appetite
* Malaise, fatigue
* Temporary reduced immune system functioning
* Temporary male sterility
* More susceptible to illness and infection
* Medical care required
* Treatment: blood transfusions, antibiotics

March 170 Rads

* Nausea
* Low incidence of death
* Temporary reduced immune system functioning
* Temporary male sterility
* More susceptible to illness and infection
* Medical supervision suggested

April 170 Rads

* Nausea
* Low incidence of death
* Temporary reduced immune system functioning
* Temporary male sterility
* More susceptible to illness and infection
* Medical supervision suggested

May 170 Rads

* Nausea
* Low incidence of death
* Temporary reduced immune system functioning
* Temporary male sterility
* More susceptible to illness and infection
* Medical supervision suggested

June 180 Rads

* Nausea
* Low incidence of death
* Temporary reduced immune system functioning
* Temporary male sterility
* More susceptible to illness and infection
* Medical supervision suggested

July 240 Rads

* 35% fatal
* Death (if occurs) in 2 to 12 weeks
* Nausea, loss of appetite
* Malaise, fatigue
* Temporary reduced immune system functioning
* Temporary male sterility
* More susceptible to illness and infection
* Medical care required
* Treatment: blood transfusions, antibiotics

August 210 Rads

* 35% fatal
* Death (if occurs) in 2 to 12 weeks
* Nausea, loss of appetite
* Malaise, fatigue
* Temporary reduced immune system functioning
* Temporary male sterility
* More susceptible to illness and infection
* Medical care required
* Treatment: blood transfusions, antibiotics

September 180 Rads

* Nausea
* Low incidence of death
* Temporary reduced immune system functioning
* Temporary male sterility
* More susceptible to illness and infection
* Medical supervision suggested

October 180 Rads

* Nausea
* Low incidence of death
* Temporary reduced immune system functioning
* Temporary male sterility
* More susceptible to illness and infection
* Medical supervision suggested

November 230 Rads

* 35% fatal
* Death (if occurs) in 2 to 12 weeks
* Nausea, loss of appetite
* Malaise, fatigue
* Temporary reduced immune system functioning
* Temporary male sterility
* More susceptible to illness and infection
* Medical care required
* Treatment: blood transfusions, antibiotics

December 220 Rads

* 35% fatal
* Death (if occurs) in 2 to 12 weeks
* Nausea, loss of appetite
* Malaise, fatigue
* Temporary reduced immune system functioning
* Temporary male sterility
* More susceptible to illness and infection
* Medical care required
* Treatment: blood transfusions, antibiotics

* = The average fallout recieved in a one month period following the blasts.
Certain areas may recieve more or less depending on winds and other factors.



 

Comments

[rivertempest.livejournal.com]

I did the test and my city will be growing mutants within hours of a blast. Columbus got 8 out of 10. *sigh*

I don't like North Korea having an itchy trigger finger.

[kudagirl.livejournal.com]

We have several major bases surrounding us so we might either be ground zero or get it from all sides. I worry about North Korea as well. The threat when I was a kid was all over the news, tv and movies. I remember taking a tour of a bomb shelter at the State Fair as a kid. Our world isn't any safer than it was when I was a kid. We've always tended to live in a bubble of assumed safety here in the States. 911 kind of broke our innocent about that.

[debris4spike]

The town next to where I grew up was a nuclear-free zone - they said that as they disagreed with the cold war, they should be exempt from polution ... even then that theory seemed weird!

Growing up in the London area we always presumed we were in dangerous location, but when we moved to Bude thought life would be safer - until we realised that 5 miles up the road is an American tracking station ... which vaguely comes under English control. So, a great place to not be!

[kudagirl.livejournal.com]

These days there is no safe zone I'm afraid. I grew up with bomb shelters and storm shelters. I refuse to be buried after I die. Spent way too much time underground since my mom and grandmother were terrified of tornadoes. A single drop of rain and we ran to the storm shelters. The only tornado I was ever in, I slept through. It came right over our apt. The back door started shaking like someone was trying to force their way in. I was surprised when I went outside and saw bits of roof and tree limbs all over the place.

[debris4spike]

Mum and Dad always said, when we were in the 70s London that no way would they go in a shelter - Dad grew up (as a teen) in London - and seen enough people randomly killed in air-raid shelters during the war anyway! My great Aunt used to say that if Hitler wanted to bomb her, he would find her, wherever she hid!