I'm far from an expert on this, but I would guess the safety of being outdoors heavily depends on additional factors, like for example wind direction and speed.
Comment on What do to if I survive a nuclear blast in my city?
otherbarry@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Say there is a nuclear explosion in the downtown of my US city.
If it’s that close you then essentially you’ll need to decide whether to die quick or slow :/
If you’re actually planning on surviving you’d need to stay in an underground bunker or something similar for at least 3-5 weeks to be safe enough to travel outside (and we’re assuming you have clean sources of food/water, bathroom, etc, during that time). If you make it that far then afterwards you’d likely want to go outside & get as far away from the radiation zone as possible.
Coincidentally the basement of my work building actually has a fallout shelter sign from back in the day so the basement might survive a blast but I don’t see how I’d make it 3-5 weeks without being extra prepared for that beforehand.
Beacon@fedia.io 2 months ago
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It really depends.
Scale of bomb
Design of bomb.
Distance from epicenter
Ground explosion or atmospheric
Prevailing winds
City construction
Etc, etc.
It’s nowhere near as simple as we’ve been taught.
I’ve looked at the bomb simulator linked above, and for me and my city, and where I live, prevailing winds, etc, only the two largest warheads would have direct effect on me, and fallout isn’t a concern for the rest (distance and prevailing winds).
Now after that, it would surely be a complete shit show. I’d likely have no water (or maybe I would, this suburb isnt tied to the city). Power would certainly be an issue. Food would be a problem, of course.
EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I’m not seeing a link. Did it get deleted?
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 month ago
nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Thanks. :)
otherbarry@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Yes of course, I meant as a general idea of what you’d aim to do lacking any other information beyond the fact that the bomb itself fell in the local downtown area (going by the post itself).
Thing is if a bomb dropped in the local downtown most people will not know what the scale of the bomb was, what the design was, how far exactly they were from the blast radius, whether it’s ground / atmospheric, wind direction, all that stuff. In that short amount of time you’d just need to run into the nearest still-standing shelter & figure things out from there.
Hopefully with some extreme luck the bomb would fall just as you were walking/driving past your nearest fallout shelter and can easily get in. Or you’re a prepper and aren’t far from your homemade bunker with supplies, radio, and whatnot.