WHOOOOOOOSH!!!
(irony)
I wanna be in a place that when the friggin thing goes off, I can say ‘what was that…?’
I’m back. I remember when I was six and the way to survive a nuclear attack was to get under your desk and cover your head. I believed for years that that would work. Now, however, being an adult with half a brain, I think the solution is to bend over, put your head between your legs, and kiss your ass goodby.
Yes! Mountains really do deflect shockwaves and block radiation. Except for fallout. Of course, with the LAPD gone you’ll all be target practice for the drive by lowriders swarming in to take your women and food. Then there are the earthquakes. But if LA was rendered unlivable, would that really change anything?
duckster, are you watching The Postman, Mad Max or Waterworld right now? 
No.
It just makes sense that if the financial center of the planet is hit by a nuclear detonation, the politcal, economic and social ramifications will be devastating.
After all, look at what just four jet aircraft did back on 9/11.
Take a look at
I am roughly 61 miles away from Ground Zero. My drug store is selling that Iodine. I wasin today, for my son’s meds. I asked. They are selling A LOT OF IT.
What a world we are living in. What a world…
Being intimately involved in the September 11th attacks were evil enough. I can not wrap my head around what our world will be, if even a so-called ‘Dirty Bomb’ is set off in NYC.
Makes me wonder if the word Civilization is apt. 
Cartooniverse
This is just spooky. Just this morning, my husband and I were talking about what we would do if DC was nuked. (We live in Centreville, VA–we moved to VA from AZ)
We decided that [not right that second, but as soon as we could] we’d drive to New Hampshire, and then work out how to get to AZ. My family has a summer cottage in NH that we could stay at, and who the hell would bomb NH?
Yes.
ltfire:
A nuclear bomb going off will not destroy civilization. Two went off in Japan and they rebuilt their country. We’re not so concerned in this thread about WOPR’s favourite video game - we’re talking about a terrorist attack with a nuke. One bomb. That’s not going to wipe out life as we know it.
And believe it or not there’s wisdom in “duck and cover.” If it goes off right above you, you’re going to be dust, no matter what, but if the bomb goes off at a distance your concerns are the flash, the shockwave, and the gale-force wind - staying low will protect you from those. Especially the flash. I’d rather have a building fall on me than have my clothes set on fire and my skin flash-roasted.
If you’re within a certain radius of a bomb you’re dead anyway, but if you just happen to be within the danger radius, don’t give up. Stay calm, take the right precautions, and get away from it. You can keep yourself and your family alive if you’re smart.
(First person to get the movie reference gets five RickJay Points.)
War Games.
What can I do with those five RickJay points?
Zev Steinhardt
they say that those who escape to NJ will envy the dead…
tic tac toe
i live in a suburb of dallas, i wouldnt be worried, other than the fact that im near raytheon which is a huge huge defense contractor … its only 5 or 6 miles away if that.
RickJay
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I’d rather have a building fall on me than have my clothes set on fire and my skin flash-roasted.
Been there, done that. People with me experienced the first part. I survived the second part. You don’t want any part of it, believe me.
Well this is a nice thread.
I work 3 blocks from ground zero, so I won’t even have time to utter a “Zeppelin rules!” before I burst into ash.
Man that sucks.
“New York nuked. How do I survive? (Warning: grim topic)”
Given what you’ve heard, and what the world is likely to be like after the event, are you very sure that you would even WANT to survive?
We’re not talking about Armageddon here. Just one city severely damaged. An absolutely horrible thing to even consider to be sure but not the end of the world either. The consequences might likewise be grim but it’s not a foregone conclusion that the End[sup]tm[/sup] has arrived.
Always have faith (or optimism or hope or pick your word).
Correct!
I don’t know what you do with the points yet. But so far, you’re winning.
Ok but that’s only because Zev beat me to it!
For bonus points do you (or anyone) know what ‘W.O.P.R.’ stands for? I do so I guess I have to bow out but I’ll add another 5 points to the game for a correct answer.
(Sorry of the hijack but this thread could use a little lightening up IMO!)
. . . But would you even want to live in a world without me, Ukelele Ike, Oxymoron, Billdo, Zev . . . ?
Is this an all or nothing proposition or can I pick and choose? 
Just kidding…
No question it would take the cake for most hideous thing this planet has seen to date beating out such wonders as the fire bombings of Dresden and Tokyo and probably beats Hiroshima and Nagasaki put together. Bad, bad stuff.
Still not the end of the world though unless Dubya hauls off and starts flinging nukes liberally (no pun intended) in response.