Hacker News Reader

I think it's more dark humor / coping with death than a plan. if that were someone's serious plan, they would probably consider killing themselves if the bomb didn't do it for them.

Correct. Even if I survived the immediate blast effects, I think I would be in for a painful and unavoidable death from nuclear poisoning. I don't have a fallout shelter. The best I could do is close all my windows, but those would be shattered I'm sure. And seeing as I live in a 5-over-1, I think my building wouldn't survive anyway. The [normally reasonable] fire safety of these primarily-wood buildings depends on a functioning sprinkler system, which assumes municipal water still works. That won't be the case in a nuclear war.

The only realistic plan for this scenario is to leave before the war even starts.

GMD only has 44 interceptors. I'm pretty sure I'd be hit.

>goofy attitude

Just a little gallows humor. As for planning, I have enough canned food and bottled water in my closet to last about a week. But that's more a plan for lockdowns/etc than for a nuclear war. As long as I live here, I earnestly don't think there is much sense in planning for that.

nuclear holocaust is what happens while you're making other plans.