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What to do if a nuclear disaster is imminent [pdf]

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Re: What to do if a nuclear disaster is imminent [pdf]

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Post by mzs »

jamal-kumar wrote: post #5

I suppose this is of special interest now since Poland, a NATO member, got hit by what sounds like an errant missile from Russia recently. [1] Reading the first part, I think the best thing that could happen in the event some big red buttons get pushed is that if you're next to a military base you're probably going to be vaporized along with it if you can't evacuate. Trying to survive that kind of thing sounds way wo…

Seems to be a 5V55K type motor and S-300 sized crater:

https://twitter.com/JakeGodin/status/1592618577622093824

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Post by function_seven »

recursivedoubts wrote: post #4

Controversial take, but I'm going to be pretty upset if there is a global thermonuclear war and we all die, I am not going to sugar coat it.

My entire financial planning model is founded on a lack of global thermonuclear war. Now I need to figure out what to short so I can take advantage of this black swan event?

Eh, this is good for crypto.

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Post by isbjorn16 »

kjkjadksj wrote: post #10
wordyskeleton wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You'll be upset, I'll be frantically filling my bathtub and water mattress with potable water—we are not the same

Great more water for the raiders when they bash down your door

I think you mean the delivery food

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Post by stareatgoats »

The site is down so I can only speculate what it recommends. Whatever it is, I suspect it is not a list of suggestions for how to avoid nuclear disasters altogether. Because that is simply not in vogue. It seems we must all accept as something inevitable to have the specter of millions dead, if not billions, if not life as we know it, hanging over our heads for time eternal.

Because we as humans are seemingly only endowed with creative and innovative thinking when it comes to advertising, crypto scams or new JS frameworks, etc. When it comes to accomplishing something as basic as survival we seem to revert thoughts and prayers, and amassing even more weapons. It's frankly a mystery.

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Post by jnrk »

wordyskeleton wrote: post #9
recursivedoubts wrote: post #4

Controversial take, but I'm going to be pretty upset if there is a global thermonuclear war and we all die, I am not going to sugar coat it.

You'll be upset, I'll be frantically filling my bathtub and water mattress with potable water—we are not the same

You have a water mattress..?

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Post by unsupp0rted »

andirk wrote: post #16

My dad said they would do air raid drills in elementary school (50's, 60's) due to the fear of a nuclear attack. They were taught to get under their desks.

Apparently getting under their desks was on the off-chance their school is far enough away to avoid being incinerated but still close enough for a pressure wave to blow out all the glass in the windows and turn it into projectiles.
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