Scientists writes guide on how to survive a nuclear bomb attack

[Road_Warrior]

http://www.perthnow.com.au/technolog...-1226802818314

A SCIENTIST has published a guide to help authorities limit deaths from fallout after a city is hit by a nuclear bomb.

Taking cover in existing buildings is widely accepted as a critical first action after a nuclear blast in a major city.

But how long people should stay there before moving to better shelter is a more complex question.

Buildings that are lightweight or lack a basement are more easily penetrated by radioactive dust.

Writing in a British scientific journal, Michael Dillon of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, has now come up with a mathematical model for the "optimal shelter exit time'' to minimise radiation risk.

Based on his calculations, if adequate shelter is 15 minutes away, individuals should remain in their initial, poor-quality shelter no longer than 30 minutes after detonation.

If, however, the better shelter is only five minutes away, individuals should move there immediately and forego the closer but unsafe buildings altogether, he wrote.

Reaching adequate shelter rapidly could save between 10,000 and 100,000 individuals from fatal exposure in the event of a single, low-yield detonation, said the study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A.

"These methods are intended to assist emergency planning officials in the development of an optimal low-yield nuclear detonation response strategy,'' wrote Mr Dillon.

A low-yield blast is described as 0.1-10 kilotons.

One kiloton (kT) is an explosive force equivalent to that of 1000 tonnes of TNT. The US bomb that killed more than 200,000 people in Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945 was about 15 kT.

More than a fifth of American households lack basements or are considered too lightweight to offer shelter in the fallout phase of the emergency, the study said.

So leave immediately after the blast for a better, closer shelter and get incinerated by the thermal effects of the nuke having gone off

[pottery beige]

lame

i'd be straight up dan murphys and harvey normans for free stuff

[tweeked]

Duck and cover

[pottery beige]

is that a pub

[Danny]

Originally Posted by pottery beige

lame

i'd be straight up dan murphys and harvey normans for free stuff

Forget Harvey Norman, emp would render useless anything which could be any fun. Solution, forego HN, Rock up to Dan Murphy's, then get completely F/Eyed.

[pottery beige]

Originally Posted by Danny

Forget Harvey Norman, emp would render useless anything which could be any fun. Solution, forego HN, Rock up to Dan Murphy's, then get completely F/Eyed.

cool,

HN couch, coffee table and new lawnmower

DMs for top shelf

set up in the front yard, then run up and down the street with my new lawnmower making broom broom noises

[Danny]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahah

[Syndrome]

Originally Posted by tweeked

Duck and cover

1951 video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60

South Park take on same subject: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6ZFkmloarg

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[290GTP]

Originally Posted by pottery beige

lame

i'd be straight up dan murphys and harvey normans for free stuff

Dan Murphys first, then bunnings for a generator to run me fridge. Then Harveys for a ****en big fridge.

[xwgs302]

I'll put my points dizzy back in my car if it blows the electronic ignition.

[Yellow_Festiva]

The 'prepers' new Bible :-)

[AndyXR6T]

I thought you stand and support yourself in a door frame in any emergency?

[Ford_The_Win]

There is an old BBC film from the early 80s about what would actually happen should there be a nuclear war, I wouldn't want to survive the blast.

[Road_Warrior]

Originally Posted by Ford_The_Win

There is an old BBC film from the early 80s about what would actually happen should there be a nuclear war, I wouldn't want to survive the blast.

Threads? I watched that at school, was an interesting insight put it that way...

[Ford_The_Win]

Originally Posted by Road_Warrior

Threads? I watched that at school, was an interesting insight put it that way...

Yes that's the one, what a bleak and disturbing film that was. I saw it on VHS many years ago and some of the imagery is still burned into my brain.

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by Road_Warrior

Threads? I watched that at school, was an interesting insight put it that way...

Ahh the memories... we read "Children of the Dust"....

Wonder what they were preparing us for????

[Road_Warrior]

Originally Posted by Ford_The_Win

Yes that's the one, what a bleak and disturbing film that was. I saw it on VHS many years ago and some of the imagery is still burned into my brain.

Yeah me too.

Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

Ahh the memories... we read "Children of the Dust"....

Wonder what they were preparing us for????

Well, considering the context, late 1970's/early 1980's Britain, the Soviets had just invaded Afghanistan, Britain was in a period of economic trouble, the Cold War was on like Donkey Kong between the US and the Soviet Union, it gives an insight into the gloom that existed at the time.

[Maka]

So how are you looters, i mean survivors going to deal with the zombies then, hey PB . Tip, grab a couple chainsaws while ya there at HN's

ps dont forget the mower petrol tin ok!

cheers, Maka

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by Maka

So how are you looters, i mean survivors going to deal with the zombies then, hey PB . Tip, grab a couple chainsaws while ya there at HN's

ps dont forget the mower petrol tin ok!

cheers, Maka

First, you need one of these... nice and light for 1 handed opperation:

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When fossil fuels run out and you need to resort to hand to hand combat this may help:

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Wearing this:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/This-is-m...item23307293fa

God bless ebay.....

[Franco Cozzo]

This scenario is pretty much the game "DayZ" on PC.

No nuclear blast but zombie apocalypse and everything is rooted, start on a random spot on the coast with nothing, have to loot houses for weapons/food to survive, while avoiding other players who will most likely smash a shovel through your skull for your tin of baked beans. Its not the zombies who are the problem its the other ******* with the shovel.

If you want to feel society without law/order then play that game and realise how screwed you are if you survived something like a nuclear attack lol.

[Maka]

Old Fallout fan here! Nice work Yellow_Festiva Ive made a paper copy for myself...

On a serious note, i'm sure the members that are old enough would remember some relief when the wall fell, mate i did! I hope this guide is not a forewarning for down the track tbh. Remember humanity is exclusive to all humans, once its gone so are we.

cheers, Maka

[Fordman1]

Get down low and "go, go, go"

[Madaya]

The best description was from the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy...(from memory)...
Barman "I was told we were supposed to lie down in a gutter and pull a paper over our head or something. Will it help"
Ford Prefect "No".
Barman "Last orders please".

[mik]

Originally Posted by pottery beige

cool,

HN couch, coffee table and new lawnmower

DMs for top shelf

set up in the front yard, then run up and down the street with my new lawnmower making broom broom noises

om thinkun you already been to dan murphys

[BPXR6T]

Survive a nuke, act like a cockroach...

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

1951 video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60

South Park take on same subject: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6ZFkmloarg

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[Spurious]

Simple...just assume the "Brace" position. (put your head between your knees & kiss your butt goodbye)