# Can I find if my town is targeted by a Nuclear bomb? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 7, 2001, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-if-my-town-is-targeted-by-a-nuclear-bomb/75205 "2001-08-07T00:21:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-if-my-town-is-targeted-by-a-nuclear-bomb/75205/21 "2001-08-07T19:04:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LNO \* > > It’s a great way to relieve stress. Nuking the French seemed so _right_. [Scorpio]Nobody ever says Italy.[/Scorpio] Thanks for the link, **bilbiophage**. Looks like I was a lot safer back in Iowa. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-if-my-town-is-targeted-by-a-nuclear-bomb/75205/22 "2001-08-07T20:32:48Z")
Just remembered…A friend of mine used to belong to a group (nationwide) called ‘Ground Zero’. The idea being NOT to be one of the walking dead, so when the sirens went off they were to head TO a known designated site. He had all kinds of maps showing targets. Lost touch wiyh the guy but a search might turn up the group if they still exist. ---
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-if-my-town-is-targeted-by-a-nuclear-bomb/75205/23 "2001-08-07T20:35:57Z")
Why is it that no matter how many times I proof-read, mistakes don’t catch my eye until after I post. Then they jump out at you. Ahem…“with”…grrr… ---
**Author:** ![renigademaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@renigademaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/renigademaster)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-if-my-town-is-targeted-by-a-nuclear-bomb/75205/24 "2001-08-07T20:49:55Z")
I used to live in Omaha, so I never had any doubt that I would be toast. 🙂 Thanks for the info ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-if-my-town-is-targeted-by-a-nuclear-bomb/75205/25 "2001-08-07T22:33:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElvisL1ves \* > \*\*“In the event of a nuclear war, Springfield has been designated an NWB. That’s ‘Nuclear Whipping Boy’. All friendly nations will use Springfield to calibrate their missiles before entering the real war.” \*\* I needed that. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Lolly lolly lol. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-if-my-town-is-targeted-by-a-nuclear-bomb/75205/26 "2001-08-08T01:42:21Z")
I seem to recall that Michael Moore did a bit on his TV Nation program about **the nuke** that was targeted on his hometown of Flint, MI. He started the bit at the front of the ex-GM assembly plant where the bomb was apparently targeted, then the bit moved on to Russia where he somehow found the missile that had been programmed to take out Flint and had it deactivated. I remember a fake Russian protest with a sign that said “No nuke-ski Flint-ski” being in involved somehow as well. Not sure how much of that was just Moore having fun with some Russian military types playing along after being suitably greased with hard currency though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-if-my-town-is-targeted-by-a-nuclear-bomb/75205.md?page=1)