How to Survive a Nuclear Explosion

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8 pointsjdkee3 comments

You should also realize residing in the Southern Hemisphere is about the only thing that will keep you alive until your next birthday after any exchange

http://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/pdf/CoupeNWjgr.pdf

If you think surviving a nuclear war is worthwhile, you should watch Threads. It's an all too realistic portrayal of the aftermath of a nuclear exchange.

https://archive.org/details/threads_201712

> If you think surviving a nuclear war is worthwhile,

You won't have a choice. No one knows where the warheads pointed in their direction are aimed. I bet more than half the population of a city will survive the blasts.

Also, IMHO, nuclear war is probably inevitable over the long term. Disarmament is never going to happen.

> you should watch Threads. It's an all too realistic portrayal of the aftermath of a nuclear exchange.

What's the basis for that determination? From what I've heard it's the bleakest, but sometimes it's easy to confuse bleakness for truth.

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