US Map of Nuclear Targets / Fallout

[skfullgun]

Not all gamers look like that. I have neighbors a few years younger than me (mid 50's). She is a gamer and stays up playing one of the games until the odd hours of the morning. War game?

She is about 5'5", very slender and looks good for her age. I had known them for years before I knew she was a gamer, and only found out because the husband mentioned she wanted a new "gaming console" for Christmas this past year.

She is most definitely not what you think a gamer would look like.

Then again, it appears she suffers social-anxiety and rarely leaves the house. So, perhaps that is her way of socializing while hiding behind an invented persona.

 

[Younggun]

I’m a bearded redneck. Not sure I count as a “gamer” though.

Most I’ve known these days tend to be pretty thin. The horrible obesity stereotype seems to have changed. Now it’s more really thin and kind of pasty, lol.


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[candcallen]

I’m a bearded redneck. Not sure I count as a “gamer” though.

Most I’ve known these days tend to be pretty thin. The horrible obesity stereotype seems to have changed. Now it’s more really thin and kind of pasty, lol.


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Different drugs.

 

[skfullgun]

Oh, my! I just had an intriguing thought...

What if it isn't a "WAR" game in which my timid neighbor participates?!

Certain other types of "games", perhaps?

 

[striker55]

Growing up on LI NY in the 50's we were concerned that NYC would be a target for a nuclear strike. The old line up in the hall covering your head while on your knees was a common drill in Elementary school. My friend's dad installed a simple bomb shelter underground in their backyard. I remember sitting in it.

 

[Younggun]

Different drugs.

Redbull, NOS, or some other energy drink variant, and maybe some pot seems to be the trend.

The drugs that make you skinny tend to lead to the selling of any gaming equipment in order to purchase more of the drug.


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[FireInTheWire]

I'm more concerned about H2S

 

[Younggun]

Hydric acid scares the hell out of me. It’s used in everything from nuclear power plants to industrial cleaning operations. People worry about roundup but no mention of it being sprayed all over crops even though it kills about 4,000 people every year.


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[oohrah]

Time to watch “On The Beach” again.

 

[HKSig]

Time to watch “On The Beach” again.

Or The Last Ship.

 

[Southpaw]

The post reminded me of this oldie but goodie...

NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein

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

nuclearsecrecy.com

 

[V-Tach]

If we were attacked by intercontinental missiles, it would very likely to be immediately preceded by missiles from the Gulf and the East and West Coast by subs to cause EMP's in order to affect our own launch and defense capabilities.....

Just about all modern vehicles will be affected.........

 

[Southpaw]

 

[HPFlashman]

Just trying to figure out my way to the Gulf of Mexico and avoiding radiation. Big Bend is an option but don’t want to be land locked. Would like to stay inside USA. Traveling from Georgetown north of Austin area. - Riksors

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Fallout in a huge nuclear exchange between superpowers is eventually going to spread radiation everywhere. The bigger issues might be starvation, malnutrition and poor hygiene leading to disease and septicemia, getting killed by roving bands of Orcs, exposure to harsh weather, coming under the thrall of some local warlord, being a ward in a FEMA camp, finding out your bug out hideaway is occupied by armed Hare Krishna's or that you're going nowhere without gasoline. Me? I want to be looking straight up in the sky when the 50KT air burst hits.

 

[dlatx]

For real time wind direction across Texas, this map from NWS is very good. The lines are wind direction, black numbers are temperature, and red is wind gust in MPH. Click any station to get current exact wind speed.

https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?&zoom=7&scroll_zoom=false&center=33.09614359735857,-98.94287109375001&boundaries=true,true,false,false,false,false,false,false,false&tab=legend&hazard=true&hazard_type=severe&hazard_opacity=60&obs=true&obs_type=weather&elements=temp,wind,gust&temp_filter=-60,130&gust_filter=0,150&rh_filter=0,100&elev_filter=-300,14000&precip_filter=0.01,18&obs_popup=false&obs_density=60&obs_provider=ALL&radar=true&radar_min=20&radar_loop=false&radar_opacity=70

 

[Gulfport Joe]

I do not think this is accurate. As a former ICBM LCF officer i am not seeing the real "targets"

 

[justashooter]

I used to have a poster in my room when I was a kid that said the 10 things to do in case of a nuclear attack. #10 was bend over and kiss your ass good bye. I am not sure if that was to happen that would be a world I would want to live in.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

For real time wind direction across Texas, this map from NWS is very good. The lines are wind direction, black numbers are temperature, and red is wind gust in MPH. Click any station to get current exact wind speed.

https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?&zoom=7&scroll_zoom=false&center=33.09614359735857,-98.94287109375001&boundaries=true,true,false,false,false,false,false,false,false&tab=legend&hazard=true&hazard_type=severe&hazard_opacity=60&obs=true&obs_type=weather&elements=temp,wind,gust&temp_filter=-60,130&gust_filter=0,150&rh_filter=0,100&elev_filter=-300,14000&precip_filter=0.01,18&obs_popup=false&obs_density=60&obs_provider=ALL&radar=true&radar_min=20&radar_loop=false&radar_opacity=70

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[MB Wood]

Not sure if legit.

Covers wind direction as well.

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Growing up in SE Texas during the Cold War, we were always worried about all the petrochemical targets we were surrounded by. I was always told by my dad and his ex-military buddies that refineries and whatnot wouldn't be targeted by an invading force like Russia or China as they would be of use, but would be destroyed via our own government in a last-ditch effort to make them unusable. Don't know how accurate that is, particularly in light of Putin's tactics in Ukraine lately. Another interesting tidbit, during the Cold War, a map of targets from USSR got leaked and it showed College Station as being a high value target. The story goes that it was because during WWII, some of the best military strategists were from A&M.

 

[popper]

during the Cold War, The targets were in plains states as that is where the defenses were, Canada line to Texas. Of course Castro was aiming at Fl and NYC. We were told to get under the wood desk at school to avoid flying glass and stuff. Look at Hiro now 60 yrs after the 'bomb'.