Government website wants to prepare you for a nuclear explosion, just in case
By: KMPH Staff
There is no such thing as safe with nuclear bombs exploding all around you. Just accept the inevitable, stick your head between your legs, and kiss your ass goodbye
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FRESNO, Calif. ( KMPH ) — Ready.gov, which is a public service site that prepares Americans for disasters, recently updated its website to include a nuclear explosion emergency.
While there has been no indication that a nuclear explosion emergency is on the horizon, Ready wants to get you prepared, just in case.
“ Nuclear explosions can cause significant damage and casualties from blast, heat, and radiation but you can keep your family safe by knowing what to do and being prepared if it occurs,” said Ready via its website.
You can view some of the nuclear explosion emergency tips down below:
- Get inside the nearest building to avoid radiation, brick and concrete are the best.
- Remove contaminated clothing and wipe off or wash unprotected skin
- Go to the basement or middle of the building
- Stay inside for 24 hours unless local authorities provide other instructions
- Keep your pets inside
Those interested can view the complete list of tips, here .
Ready also mentions that nuclear devices can range from big to small. Some devices are portable and can be carried by a person, while others are much larger and take the form of deadly missiles.
Although the website was recently updated to include nuclear explosions, Ready does have a wealth of tips for those who might experience earthquakes, avalanches, home fires, floods, extreme heat, and many others.
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Welcome to the nightmares of my childhood.
Depending on type, distance and length of exposure there is hope (not a lot, but some is better than none). I was on our unit's decontamination team when I was in the Army in the 80's.
My mobility team trained in radiological decon. We were also supposed to do chem decon on patients but we never learned it
My opinion is that if the bombs don't get ya the radiation sickness will. And then there will be the collapse of society and possibly nuclear winter.
I really have to stop watching post-apocalyptic movies....
Unless one get's treated quickly, you're correct. It's hours to days depending on type and amount of exposure.
One of my favorite nerd genre. I need to check out Station Eleven on HBO Max. From what I do know about it, it's about the rebuilding of society after a collapse. It looks more upbeat than most.
We just got HBO Max. Now I have something else to watch.
HBO did a movie about 20 or so years ago called "By Dawn's Early Light". It's on Prime Video now. Ever see it?
But that might reverse global warming, I'm a glass half full kinda guy.
I might have... it would have been on my video rental list in 1990... I'll check it out and see.
It's good to have a positive attitude
Yeah - our Bio team always told folks that, if you can say "What was that?", you stand a pretty good chance of being "fairly" OK as opposed to becoming a chrispy critter.
That's now a Classic.... Watched it when it originally came out... Powers Booth and Rebekah De Mornay... James Earl Jones has a stellar role in it as well...
Must see type movie... "Everyone's doing there duty today"
Now THERE'S a relevant and current idea for my next quiz.
I just might be able to ace that one
I started checking it out. There aren't enough nuclear war movies so I'll have to include them with dystopian apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic ones. You'll get your notice when it's done.
I'm down for that, bring it...
You're on, of course.
there are if you count TV movies
I just took a look at a list of Amazon movies under their designation of Nuclear War Movies, and although their list is quite long, it concerns me for when it comes to scoring submissions when it has movies like Fried Green Tomatoes on it. However, I will give it a shot. (I hope that by my using that common expression nobody thinks I'm in favour of guns.)
I don't think anyone will get that idea brother...
Yeah Amazon depends on what the DVD case says about them which is a joke as far as subject matter... I could put together a pretty good list but then it wouldn't fair if I participated would it...
IMDB isn't much help either, as usual there are so many movies that cross over it practically useless for anything war related... It's not an easy genra to isolate my friend...
LOL!!!
I remember in school them doing drills in case of a nuclear bomb. Apparently school desks are impenetrable to radiation and explosives, because they told us to be safe we needed to curl up under one. And we practiced it monthly.
Update:
Damn! Should have read Snuffy's next comment thread first.......
"Duck and cover"
what a joke
We did those under the desk drills for bombs and against the wall in the hallway drills for tornadoes. It was so confusing...
I was born in 1962 and I think they stopped doing the duck and cover drills by the time I started 1st grade. There were still plenty of fallout shelters around, tho
It's not actually the desk.
It's the gum underneath.
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Yeah, we never did it. The only thing we had was fire drills.
Just remember, desks are protection from radiation, lockers protect you from hurricane speed winds.
That's funny
Born the same year. Probably should restart the calendar as year 0.
Never did the duck and cover drills but I remember the testing of the air raid sirens. I think they were once a month. And the B52's (not the band) taking off and landing at the air base, even though it was miles away. B52's are freaking loud!
Morning...I grew up in the 60's and we never did anything like that in school..we were completely oblivious to nuclear war etc..
They probably thought it would never reach us... certainly not the case now...
Did you ever watch "On the Beach" with Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner? It's about a post nuclear war Australia. The rest of the world had been devastated by the bombs and fall out but Australia had been spared...until the fall out reached them.
Really good movie
I watched it, great movie.
Probably not too safe either when Russian troops fire on a yuge Nuclear Reactor in Ukraine.
Breaking news: Apparently theRussians hit a training building not a reactor?
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Stock futures lower on the news.
Back to the cold war.
Did we ever leave it??
LOL, and that's what sucks. How is it that most people on the planet just want to have food to eat, a shelter to live in and clothes to wear, maybe have a beer and bbq on the weekend and we end up with the crap we have?
"That's the way, god planned it. That's the way, god wants it to be." Billy Preston
Billy must be an idiot, then.
Morning Draky...how does that song go..
Everybody wants to rule the world..
Says it all...
Second day of Autumn here and it's grey and gloomy...makes you wonder if it is a sign of what's to come...
You would think that the world would have enough on its plate with the virus..but oh no.. lets go and start a war...
1969 was a rather more optimistic time.
Sup? How's reverse world? Thanks for reminding me not everything is tied to the orbit of the Earth or how us Yanks do it. Not sure we've talked but gotta say, love your input.
Ain't that the thing, though? Most people want to get through the first five hardest days after the weekend to have a beer and bbq but some just gotta make things hard. Thing is, we let them. Like the tail is waggin the dog.
Anoon. .yep most people just want to enjoy life and get on with it.. always some bloody feral who wants to stuff it up..
The sun has come out and the gloom has lifted. Sitting here eating some KFC over looking the harbour..the ships are unloading some wind towers.
All is right with this end of the earth, pity it is not with the other end...
Enjoy your evening as I think I will go and hit the waves. This maybe the last gasp of summer..🇦🇺🇦🇺🇺🇦🇺🇦
At least, according to the movie "On the Beach", Australia's the last place on Earth the radiation will devastate.
Hmmmm not sure if that is a good or bad thing....
Well we are ahead of the rest of the world in time other than the Kiwis...so in this case we will be the last ones standing....and we can rule the world... what's left of it..