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Nuclear war

I think it's possible that a terrorist organization could light a nuke in any given metro area but the prospect of a full scale exchange doesn't really exist any more, thank God. As far as a pandemic goes, I really don't think that's a serious threat either. Remember Mad Cow and SARS? They were huge in the media but turned out to be a non-story.

Just my thoughts.
 
jdwilson44 said:
There are a lot of the preparedness type stuff that people look on as a little bit weird nowadays - but 30-40 years ago people just thought was common sense. Having enough food on hand to last a couple of weeks used to be something a lot of people did back when a bad snowstorm here in New England could close down the roads for days and you might not get out shopping for a couple of weeks. Nowadays we have become so conditioned to just being able to get what we want when we want it that nobody thinks too far ahead. But as people found out in New Orleans and the surrounding area - that whole civilization infrastructure thing can fall apart pretty quickly. So it does pay to be at least somewhat prepared. I think if you do this right it does not have to be a huge imposition on your everyday life. Stocking up on canned and dry foods that you normally eat anyway and then rotating thru the stock isn't a huge distraction from most people's everyday life. Having some large containers around to store a decent amount of water in can be done pretty cheaply - just get a bunch of rubbermaid containers with lids - or trash cans. They can be stacked to store easily and pulled out when the time comes. It is the people in the cities that have it the worst. They usually have no real way to prepare because they just dont have the space. Living in the suburbs or the country is much better as far as preparing to survive a calamity.
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My father was a child during the depression years, and often said that he never knew it until he was an adult.
He was raised on a 125 acre farm and they produced most of what they required. At that time most of the USA was rural and there were many more small farms active than today.
An event such as that being speculated here would make the depression look like Sunday school.
Can you imagine the scenario after a few weeks without life as we are accustomed?
A few people living the rural life could survive and perhaps provide enough leadership and education to others to help them along, but how long would it be before they were threatened by the throngs from the cities who had nothing and along with that, no knowledge of how to make do?
It would be one hell of a mess.
I can live off the land if need be; I can get by without electricity if I must. And I've had a pretty good stock of ammunition in my closet for years that I rotate through and replenish like JD says for canned goods. We have no idea what might happen, but should be prepared for the worst as well as the best.
 
Glenn9643 said:
My father was a child during the depression years, and often said that he never knew it until he was an adult.
He was raised on a 125 acre farm and they produced most of what they required. At that time most of the USA was rural and there were many more small farms active than today.
An event such as that being speculated here would make the depression look like Sunday school.
Can you imagine the scenario after a few weeks without life as we are accustomed?
A few people living the rural life could survive and perhaps provide enough leadership and education to others to help them along, but how long would it be before they were threatened by the throngs from the cities who had nothing and along with that, no knowledge of how to make do?
It would be one hell of a mess.
I can live off the land if need be; I can get by without electricity if I must. And I've had a pretty good stock of ammunition in my closet for years that I rotate through and replenish like JD says for canned goods. We have no idea what might happen, but should be prepared for the worst as well as the best.
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Now thats the kind of real world answers that make sense!!!:applause:
You get some points for that!!!
 
It looks like this thread hasn't been updated in some time. Given the current state of World affairs, is it worth revisiting with new eyes?

Have your views changed?
 
Over the last 140 years or so, banks and insurance companies have done more damage to the entire world than any explosive ever could.

......... Everything's fine......... just fine. :shiner:
 
I no longer worry about a nuclear war. Extremely unlikely. However, I see it Extremely more likely that we will have a civil war here in the USA withing the next 5 years.
The Left keeps losing elections and numbers of the faithful. And their actions are becoming more and more desperate. We are at the stage of dis-unity our nation was in back during USA circa1856.
 
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FrancSevin said:
I no longer worry about a nuclear war. Extremely unlikely. However, I see it Extremely more likely that we will have a civil war here in the USA withing the next 5 years.
The Left keeps losing elections and numbers of the faithful. And their actions are becoming more and more desperate. We are at the stage of dis-unity our nation was in back during USA circa1856.
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All the more reason to invest in precious metal like lead and brass in bulk and some steel and wood then occasionally a plastic polymer in smaller quantities.
 
Sanford vs Scott, 1857.
Proof of the wisdom of the Founders in creating the SCOTUS. Unfortunately, with the fatal flaw of the human condition.

"The decision of Scott v. Sandford, considered by many legal scholars to be the worst ever rendered by the Supreme Court, was overturned by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution, which abolished slavery and declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens of the United States. "

This of course creating another confusion about birthright citizenship.
 
Nope, I'm not worried about a full-scale nuclear war. I'm not a prepper but I do admit to being a good Boy Scout. In other words, I have a plan. I'm about 100 miles east of Dallas and 120 miles west of Barksdale air force base in Bossier City with nothing closer that's worth wasting a Nuk on. I'll just shelter in place and wait it out.
As we found out during COVID, we had enough resources to last a long time. If, after that time, we run out of groceries, I guess I'll just have to fight with whoever is left for what is left.
 
waybomb said:
I live in between two nukes. One about 8 miles south, the other about 12 miles north. I guess I'll be gone in a flash of light.
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I don't know if you have ever seen this, but I found it very interesting. Fill in the blanks and hit Detonate. It will show how your area will fare depending on the location and the size of the bomb.

nuclearsecrecy.com

NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein

NUKEMAP is a website for visualizing the effects of nuclear detonations.
nuclearsecrecy.com nuclearsecrecy.com

Always factor in the prevailing winds. If you are downwind of a detonation you will get the fallout in a matter of days. God forbid it ever happens, but I too plan on hunkering down in the basement. There are a couple of targets in Missouri but only one would be a concern due to prevailing winds.
 
I hate to bring this up but, the bomb is not the problem.
If it hits where you live, then most likely not an issue, you're dead
If you survive, your problem begins when the starving survivors come looking for what you might have.
 
waybomb said:
2mt in Bridgmen wipes me out.
2mt in Covert seems I'll have the ability to scoot, assuming normal wind direction
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You're probably safe either way. Unless either of those locations are hardened counter-force bases (I didn't bother looking), no one is going to waste a precious 2MT bomb on it. Assuming, of course, that there are any left in the world.
 
FrancSevin said:
I hate to bring this up but, the bomb is not the problem.
If it hits where you live, then most likely not an issue, you're dead
If you survive, your problem begins when the starving survivors come looking for what you might have.
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And then, who do you help and who do you turn away? Friends? Neighbors? Co-workers? Your kids friends?
I tell people, if you're coming to my house, bring the 3 F's food fuel firearms
 
Before People start coming to my door..... Im'a change the name on my mailbox to "J. Dahmer".

......... (Maybe "Donner Family?)



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There's an old saying about nuclear war from the 60's. It goes something like this. I have good news and bad news. The good news is you are going to die, the bad news is it will take a few weeks of suffering for it to happen.
 
EFNFAST said:
And then, who do you help and who do you turn away? Friends? Neighbors? Co-workers? Your kids friends?
I tell people, if you're coming to my house, bring the 3 F's food fuel firearms
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Anybody you can who has the decency and respect to ask.
Anybody who demands or threatens to take your stuff becomes compost.
That, at least, makes them useful.
 
EFNFAST said:
And then, who do you help and who do you turn away? Friends? Neighbors? Co-workers? Your kids friends?
I tell people, if you're coming to my house, bring the 3 F's food fuel firearms
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The Answer: It's all irrelevant.

It's All Irrelevant.

IT'S ALL IRRELEVANT.

The only real question is: Can You Figure Out Why.
 
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