Gazrok
A True Doomsday Prepper
Was looking at this today (because I'm just weird)...
So, this is basically what to expect from one of the larger nukes in China or Russia's arsenal hitting MacDill Air Force Base (a pretty likely target near us). (by this, I mean one of the largest in their usual arsenal, not experimental or test ones, etc.)
My wife and I work at the two locations on the left of the outer edge of the affected radius. Our ranch, is the location indicated on the far right.
Good news - We'd likely just see the windows blown out of our buildings, but otherwise, likely be OK, even radiation wise, assuming an airburst scenario, and typical winds. (unless we happened to be outside just then). (pop our potassium iodide tablets, and beeline it for an interior restroom, filling sinks).
Bad news - First, we'd really need to wait a bit before reuniting, to let the radiation die down some. (from my understanding). It goes down exponentially, so waiting is a pretty good idea. Then though, we'd eventually have to drive way south to circumvent the whole blast area, meaning it will probably end up as a 100 mile trek or so. (assuming that bridge is even still sound). If not, that won't be fun. And assuming we can even drive our truck. I'm betting a lot of newer cars will not start due to EMP effects, but that's still all pretty much guesswork. Our older truck may work though, who knows.
Then, we're taking a lot of back roads up through the state park area, to get up to the ranch. Of course, this all assumes we don't get hit with something bigger. Realistically, it would probably even be a smaller yield, which would put us out of the radius (and maybe able to take a less wide path home), but it's at least a LITTLE comforting to know that we'd likely survive such an attack. Getting home is the harder part, it would seem.
So, this is basically what to expect from one of the larger nukes in China or Russia's arsenal hitting MacDill Air Force Base (a pretty likely target near us). (by this, I mean one of the largest in their usual arsenal, not experimental or test ones, etc.)
My wife and I work at the two locations on the left of the outer edge of the affected radius. Our ranch, is the location indicated on the far right.
Good news - We'd likely just see the windows blown out of our buildings, but otherwise, likely be OK, even radiation wise, assuming an airburst scenario, and typical winds. (unless we happened to be outside just then). (pop our potassium iodide tablets, and beeline it for an interior restroom, filling sinks).
Bad news - First, we'd really need to wait a bit before reuniting, to let the radiation die down some. (from my understanding). It goes down exponentially, so waiting is a pretty good idea. Then though, we'd eventually have to drive way south to circumvent the whole blast area, meaning it will probably end up as a 100 mile trek or so. (assuming that bridge is even still sound). If not, that won't be fun. And assuming we can even drive our truck. I'm betting a lot of newer cars will not start due to EMP effects, but that's still all pretty much guesswork. Our older truck may work though, who knows.
Then, we're taking a lot of back roads up through the state park area, to get up to the ranch. Of course, this all assumes we don't get hit with something bigger. Realistically, it would probably even be a smaller yield, which would put us out of the radius (and maybe able to take a less wide path home), but it's at least a LITTLE comforting to know that we'd likely survive such an attack. Getting home is the harder part, it would seem.