nuclear war - doomsday⌛

[dogcows 1,030]

The Russians did drop a nuke but it only got the Pope, Baba Wawa and Pele. Better luck next year, Comrades!

[The Real timschochet 6,858]

On 12/27/2022 at 8:42 PM, Voltaire said:

As I mentioned earlier, my big worry is that just as Michigan is about to win the NCAA championship or possibly the Lions are about to win the Super Bowl, Justin's nuclear war comes along and focks everything up. You just know Putin is going to wait until late in the 4th quarter if he doesn't like how the game is going.

If we're going to get blown up, I hope Putin is considerate enough to do it before New Year's Day so I don't have to worry about these things.

Hey man I can handle all this talk of nuclear annihilation, but the Lions winning the SB? Let’s have a reality check. 

[Voltaire 5,322]

3 hours ago, The Real timschochet said:

Hey man I can handle all this talk of nuclear annihilation, but the Lions winning the SB? Let’s have a reality check. 

The Lions use to win championships regularly.  Pope Benedict and Barbra Walters would have remembered that. They just f*cked up the sport when they included the AFC and went to that stupid Super Bowl format.

At least we won a USFL championship, which is pretty much the same thing, really.

[Shooter McGavin 618]

Today is the day!

Happy vaporization day everyone!

[Hardcore troubadour 15,515]

Man the libtards get very excited about all of this. Sad. Hey Justin, just delete it. 

[MDC 7,505]

What’s everyone having for NYE dinner?

My family will enjoy NY strip steaks for the last time.  

[Pimpadeaux 2,406]

2 hours ago, MDC said:

What’s everyone having for NYE dinner?

My family will enjoy NY strip steaks for the last time.  

https://w2.countingdownto.com/4328562

[Shooter McGavin 618]

So Justin was wrong?

[Pimpadeaux 2,406]

1 hour ago, Shooter McGavin said:

So Justin was wrong?

Well, as far as East Coast time. I prepped for Central. We're huddled in the bunker and awaiting our fate.

[Voltaire 5,322]

1 hour ago, Shooter McGavin said:

So Justin was wrong?

I'm still holding out for bombs to go off on the west coast.

[Pimpadeaux 2,406]

2 minutes ago, Voltaire said:

I'm still holding out for bombs to go off on the west coast.

Pacific time. Smart thinking. I don't want to let my guard up and think my Central Time be the end point. All night I've been hearing explosions, but after I calmed myself, I realized it was just the neighbors shooting off fireworks in my rural neighborhood. My family went on bent knee and prayed that Justin was wrong. Just a few more agonizing, bunker-hiding hours to go.

[Gepetto 1,374]

I'm giving this until Hawaii time.

[Pimpadeaux 2,406]

12 minutes ago, Gepetto said:

I'm giving this until Hawaii time.

Dadblammit!!!! 

Well, I'm going to risk it with Central time. 

[Pimpadeaux 2,406]

Well, we didn't all die. Justin's guarantee crapped out. Guess he has to move on to asteroids, space-alien invasions or some other crazy-ass crap. Go fock yourself and shut up, ass clown. lol.

[craftsman 1,045]

7 hours ago, Pimpadeaux said:

Well, we didn't all die. Justin's guarantee crapped out. Guess he has to move on to asteroids, space-alien invasions or some other crazy-ass crap. Go fock yourself and shut up, ass clown. lol.

When are the liberals going to do this with their 7 years of "We got Trump now" guarantees that all crapped out?

[Voltaire 5,322]

Maybe the nuclear attack happened back in August and the media has been covering it up.

[craftsman 1,045]

11 minutes ago, Voltaire said:

Maybe the nuclear attack happened back in August and the media has been covering it up.

We better send another $100B to Ukraine to be safe.

[JustinCharge 2,397]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nuclear-attack-most-likely-target-191800231.html

 

A nuclear attack would most likely target one of these 6 US cities — but an expert says none of them are prepared

Aria Bendix,Taylor Ardrey

Sun, January 1, 2023 at 10:20 AM PST

A nuclear attack on US soil would most likely target one of six cities: New York, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Washington, DC.

But a public-health expert says any of those cities would struggle to provide emergency services to the wounded.

The cities also no longer have designated fallout shelters to protect people from radiation.

The chance that a nuclear bomb would strike a US city is slim, but nuclear experts say it's not out of the question.

A nuclear attack in a large metropolitan area is one of the 15 disaster scenarios for which the US Federal Emergency Management Agency has an emergency strategy. The agency's plan involves deploying first responders, providing immediate shelter for evacuees, and decontaminating victims who have been exposed to radiation.

For everyday citizens, FEMA has some simple advice: Get inside, stay inside, and stay tuned.

But according to Irwin Redlener, a public-health expert at Columbia University who specializes in disaster preparedness, these federal guidelines aren't enough to prepare a city for a nuclear attack.

"There isn't a single jurisdiction in America that has anything approaching an adequate plan to deal with a nuclear detonation," he said.

That includes the six urban areas that Redlener thinks are the most likely targets of a nuclear attack: New York, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. These cities are not only some of the largest and densest in the country, but home to critical infrastructure (like energy plants, financial hubs, government facilities, and wireless transmission systems) that are vital to US security.

Each city has an emergency-management website that informs citizens about what to do in a crisis, but most of those sites (except for LA and New York) don't directly mention a nuclear attack. That makes it difficult for residents to learn how to protect themselves if a bomb were to hit one of those cities.

"It would not be the end of life as we know it," Redlener said of that scenario. "It would just be a horrific, catastrophic disaster with many, many unknown and cascading consequences."

Cities might struggle to provide emergency services after a nuclear strike

Nuclear bombs can produce clouds of dust and sand-like radioactive particles that disperse into the atmosphere — what's referred to as nuclear fallout. Exposure to this fallout can result in radiation poisoning, which can damage the body's cells and prove fatal.

The debris takes at least 15 minutes to reach ground level after an explosion, so a person's response during that period could be a matter of life and death. People can protect themselves from fallout by immediately seeking refuge in the center or basement of a brick steel or concrete building — preferably one without windows.

"A little bit of information can save a lot of lives," Brooke Buddemeier, a health physicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, told Business Insider. Buddemeier advises emergency managers about how to protect populations from nuclear attacks.

"If we can just get people inside, we can significantly reduce their exposure," he said.

The most important scenario to prepare for, according to Redlener, isn't all-out nuclear war, but a single nuclear explosion such as a missile launch from North Korea. Right now, he said, North Korean missiles are capable of reaching Alaska or Hawaii, but they could soon be able to reach cities along the West Coast.

Another source of an attack could be a nuclear device that was built, purchased, or stolen by a terrorist organization. All six cities Redlener identified are listed as "Tier 1" areas by the US Department of Homeland Security, meaning they're considered places where a terrorist attack would yield the most devastation.

"There is no safe city," Redlener said. "In New York City, the detonation of a Hiroshima-sized bomb, or even one a little smaller, could have anywhere between 50,000 to 100,000 fatalities — depending on the time of day and where the action struck — and hundreds of thousands of people injured."

An estimate of the damage from a 15-kiloton blast in New York City. Thermal radiation can result in third-degree burns, while an air blast could kill people and topple residential buildings.Nukemap 2.65/Alex Wellerstein/Google Earth/Business Insider

Some estimates are even higher. Data from Alex Wellerstein, a nuclear-weapons historian at the Stevens Institute of Technology, indicates that a 15-kiloton explosion (like the one in Hiroshima) would result in more than 225,000 fatalities and 610,000 injuries in New York City.

Under those circumstances, not even the entire state of New York would have enough hospital beds to serve the wounded.

"New York state has 40,000 hospital beds, almost all of which are occupied all the time," Redlener said.

He also expressed concern about what might happen to emergency responders who tried to help.

"Are we actually going to order National Guard troops or US soldiers to go into highly radioactive zones? Will we be getting bus drivers to go in and pick up people to take them to safety?" he said. "Every strategic or tactical response is fraught with inadequacies."

Big cities don't have designated fallout shelters

In 1961, around the height of the Cold War, the US launched the Community Fallout Shelter Program, which designated safe places to hide after a nuclear attack in cities across the country. Most shelters were on the upper floors of high-rise buildings, so they were meant to protect people only from radiation and not the blast itself.

Cities were responsible for stocking those shelters with food and sanitation and medical supplies paid for by the federal government. By the time funding for the program ran out in the 1970s, New York City had designated 18,000 fallout shelters to protect up to 11 million people.

A sign for a nuclear fallout shelter on a building in Brooklyn.Brendan McDermid/Reuters

In 2017, New York City officials began removing the yellow signs that once marked these shelters to avoid the misconception that they were still active.

Redlener said there's a reason the shelters no longer exist: Major cities like New York and San Francisco are in need of more affordable housing, making it difficult for city officials to justify reserving space for food and medical supplies.

"Can you imagine a public official keeping buildings intact for fallout shelters when the real-estate market is so tight?" Redlener said.

'This is part of our 21st-century reality'

Redlener said many city authorities worry that even offering nuclear-explosion response plans might induce panic among residents.

"There's fear among public officials that if they went out and publicly said, 'This is what you need to know in the event of a nuclear attack,' then many people would fear that the mayor knew something that the public did not," he said.

But educating the public doesn't have to be scary, Buddemeier said.

"The good news is that 'Get inside, stay inside, stay tuned' still works," he said. "I kind of liken it to 'Stop, drop, and roll.' If your clothes catch on fire, that's what you should do. It doesn't make you afraid of fire, hopefully, but it does allow you the opportunity to take action to save your life."

Both experts agreed that for a city to be prepared for a nuclear attack, it must acknowledge that such an attack is possible — even if the threat is remote.

"This is part of our 21st-century reality," Redlener said. "I've apologized to my children and grandchildren for leaving the world in such a horrible mess, but it is what it is now."

[Shooter McGavin 618]

Is that another guarantee?

[Hardcore troubadour 15,515]

Life losers spent last night and today celebrating their big victory over Justin. Sad. 

[MDC 7,505]

Justin gleefully predicts that the U.S. surrenders to Russia, but the Geeks who laugh at Justin are the life losers.

Geek logic.  

[Pimpadeaux 2,406]

42 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Life losers spent last night and today celebrating their big victory over Justin. Sad. 

The biggest loser outside of Justin is you, who spent the better part of the year sticking up for that village idiot. Just can't take the L.

[Pimpadeaux 2,406]

59 minutes ago, JustinCharge said:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nuclear-attack-most-likely-target-191800231.html

 

A nuclear attack would most likely target one of these 6 US cities — but an expert says none of them are prepared

Aria Bendix,Taylor Ardrey

Sun, January 1, 2023 at 10:20 AM PST

A nuclear attack on US soil would most likely target one of six cities: New York, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Washington, DC.

But a public-health expert says any of those cities would struggle to provide emergency services to the wounded.

The cities also no longer have designated fallout shelters to protect people from radiation.

The chance that a nuclear bomb would strike a US city is slim, but nuclear experts say it's not out of the question.

A nuclear attack in a large metropolitan area is one of the 15 disaster scenarios for which the US Federal Emergency Management Agency has an emergency strategy. The agency's plan involves deploying first responders, providing immediate shelter for evacuees, and decontaminating victims who have been exposed to radiation.

For everyday citizens, FEMA has some simple advice: Get inside, stay inside, and stay tuned.

But according to Irwin Redlener, a public-health expert at Columbia University who specializes in disaster preparedness, these federal guidelines aren't enough to prepare a city for a nuclear attack.

"There isn't a single jurisdiction in America that has anything approaching an adequate plan to deal with a nuclear detonation," he said.

That includes the six urban areas that Redlener thinks are the most likely targets of a nuclear attack: New York, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. These cities are not only some of the largest and densest in the country, but home to critical infrastructure (like energy plants, financial hubs, government facilities, and wireless transmission systems) that are vital to US security.

Each city has an emergency-management website that informs citizens about what to do in a crisis, but most of those sites (except for LA and New York) don't directly mention a nuclear attack. That makes it difficult for residents to learn how to protect themselves if a bomb were to hit one of those cities.

"It would not be the end of life as we know it," Redlener said of that scenario. "It would just be a horrific, catastrophic disaster with many, many unknown and cascading consequences."

Cities might struggle to provide emergency services after a nuclear strike

Nuclear bombs can produce clouds of dust and sand-like radioactive particles that disperse into the atmosphere — what's referred to as nuclear fallout. Exposure to this fallout can result in radiation poisoning, which can damage the body's cells and prove fatal.

The debris takes at least 15 minutes to reach ground level after an explosion, so a person's response during that period could be a matter of life and death. People can protect themselves from fallout by immediately seeking refuge in the center or basement of a brick steel or concrete building — preferably one without windows.

"A little bit of information can save a lot of lives," Brooke Buddemeier, a health physicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, told Business Insider. Buddemeier advises emergency managers about how to protect populations from nuclear attacks.

"If we can just get people inside, we can significantly reduce their exposure," he said.

The most important scenario to prepare for, according to Redlener, isn't all-out nuclear war, but a single nuclear explosion such as a missile launch from North Korea. Right now, he said, North Korean missiles are capable of reaching Alaska or Hawaii, but they could soon be able to reach cities along the West Coast.

Another source of an attack could be a nuclear device that was built, purchased, or stolen by a terrorist organization. All six cities Redlener identified are listed as "Tier 1" areas by the US Department of Homeland Security, meaning they're considered places where a terrorist attack would yield the most devastation.

"There is no safe city," Redlener said. "In New York City, the detonation of a Hiroshima-sized bomb, or even one a little smaller, could have anywhere between 50,000 to 100,000 fatalities — depending on the time of day and where the action struck — and hundreds of thousands of people injured."

An estimate of the damage from a 15-kiloton blast in New York City. Thermal radiation can result in third-degree burns, while an air blast could kill people and topple residential buildings.Nukemap 2.65/Alex Wellerstein/Google Earth/Business Insider

Some estimates are even higher. Data from Alex Wellerstein, a nuclear-weapons historian at the Stevens Institute of Technology, indicates that a 15-kiloton explosion (like the one in Hiroshima) would result in more than 225,000 fatalities and 610,000 injuries in New York City.

Under those circumstances, not even the entire state of New York would have enough hospital beds to serve the wounded.

"New York state has 40,000 hospital beds, almost all of which are occupied all the time," Redlener said.

He also expressed concern about what might happen to emergency responders who tried to help.

"Are we actually going to order National Guard troops or US soldiers to go into highly radioactive zones? Will we be getting bus drivers to go in and pick up people to take them to safety?" he said. "Every strategic or tactical response is fraught with inadequacies."

Big cities don't have designated fallout shelters

In 1961, around the height of the Cold War, the US launched the Community Fallout Shelter Program, which designated safe places to hide after a nuclear attack in cities across the country. Most shelters were on the upper floors of high-rise buildings, so they were meant to protect people only from radiation and not the blast itself.

Cities were responsible for stocking those shelters with food and sanitation and medical supplies paid for by the federal government. By the time funding for the program ran out in the 1970s, New York City had designated 18,000 fallout shelters to protect up to 11 million people.

A sign for a nuclear fallout shelter on a building in Brooklyn.Brendan McDermid/Reuters

In 2017, New York City officials began removing the yellow signs that once marked these shelters to avoid the misconception that they were still active.

Redlener said there's a reason the shelters no longer exist: Major cities like New York and San Francisco are in need of more affordable housing, making it difficult for city officials to justify reserving space for food and medical supplies.

"Can you imagine a public official keeping buildings intact for fallout shelters when the real-estate market is so tight?" Redlener said.

'This is part of our 21st-century reality'

Redlener said many city authorities worry that even offering nuclear-explosion response plans might induce panic among residents.

"There's fear among public officials that if they went out and publicly said, 'This is what you need to know in the event of a nuclear attack,' then many people would fear that the mayor knew something that the public did not," he said.

But educating the public doesn't have to be scary, Buddemeier said.

"The good news is that 'Get inside, stay inside, stay tuned' still works," he said. "I kind of liken it to 'Stop, drop, and roll.' If your clothes catch on fire, that's what you should do. It doesn't make you afraid of fire, hopefully, but it does allow you the opportunity to take action to save your life."

Both experts agreed that for a city to be prepared for a nuclear attack, it must acknowledge that such an attack is possible — even if the threat is remote.

"This is part of our 21st-century reality," Redlener said. "I've apologized to my children and grandchildren for leaving the world in such a horrible mess, but it is what it is now."

Oh dear lord. Can't you find something new to crow about?

How about a planet-killing asteroid? Zombie apocalypse?

[Pimpadeaux 2,406]

https://w2.countingdownto.com/4328562

[Hardcore troubadour 15,515]

Poor Rusty. Nothing better to do on New Years eve than tease Justin.  A real life loser. 

[Pimpadeaux 2,406]

48 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Poor Rusty. Nothing better to do on New Years eve than tease Justin.  A real life loser. 

It's not New Year's Eve, you stupid, calendar-challenged fock, but at least you got to celebrate Juneteenth in December, as usual.

[Hardcore troubadour 15,515]

22 minutes ago, Pimpadeaux said:

It's not New Year's Eve, you stupid, calendar-challenged fock, but at least you got to celebrate Juneteenth in December, as usual.

Poor Rusty. Forgot that he was in here last night to tease Justin.  TDS makes your head not work so well. 

[Pimpadeaux 2,406]

1 hour ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Poor Rusty. Forgot that he was in here last night to tease Justin.  TDS makes your head not work so well. 

You made your bed. Your lover's guarantee didn't come through. Down with the ship you go, MAGAtard.

[Ultra Max Power 214]

Nuclear weapons are outdated. Tik Tok and the energy grid are the true threats.  Any advanced country could end us without firing a shot.

[JustinCharge 2,397]

Ukraine allegedly intercepted a very worrying call from a Russian soldier to his wife that suggests Russia is set to nuke Ukraine soon.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/intercepted-call-occupier-wife-no-175915216.html

Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence has published an intercepted phone call between a Russian occupier and his wife.

Source: Press service of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine

Quote:

"Babe, these are just Khokhols [a derogatory Russian term for Ukrainians – ed.], they’re just rubbish, just dust, damn it. Why do you even care about them? F**k, it’s our nation that’s going to be wiped off the face of the earth. It’s our people who’ll be killed there, and those who aren’t will be crawling and begging for mercy. Forget about their nation; it won’t exist any more. Wait a bit longer and it will be wiped off the face of the earth and that’ll be it: there won’t be any more of this hatred of Khokhols.

They’re to blame for what they’ve done, so the sooner they all die, the better."

"What about the children?"

"I don’t give a f*ck about them either. I f**king despise their children, all the kids of these motherf**kers. These bastards are taught to hate Russians in their summer camps. A Khokhol child should be f**king strangled immediately. Right away, in the f**king womb. That’s what I’m going to do. That’s what I am doing. Well, okay, bye.

Okay, love you."

[Shooter McGavin 618]

[Hardcore troubadour 15,515]

10 hours ago, JustinCharge said:

Ukraine allegedly intercepted a very worrying call from a Russian soldier to his wife that suggests Russia is set to nuke Ukraine soon.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/intercepted-call-occupier-wife-no-175915216.html

Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence has published an intercepted phone call between a Russian occupier and his wife.

Source: Press service of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine

Quote:

"Babe, these are just Khokhols [a derogatory Russian term for Ukrainians – ed.], they’re just rubbish, just dust, damn it. Why do you even care about them? F**k, it’s our nation that’s going to be wiped off the face of the earth. It’s our people who’ll be killed there, and those who aren’t will be crawling and begging for mercy. Forget about their nation; it won’t exist any more. Wait a bit longer and it will be wiped off the face of the earth and that’ll be it: there won’t be any more of this hatred of Khokhols.

They’re to blame for what they’ve done, so the sooner they all die, the better."

"What about the children?"

"I don’t give a f*ck about them either. I f**king despise their children, all the kids of these motherf**kers. These bastards are taught to hate Russians in their summer camps. A Khokhol child should be f**king strangled immediately. Right away, in the f**king womb. That’s what I’m going to do. That’s what I am doing. Well, okay, bye.

Okay, love you."

Ukrainian Propaganda.  

[Pimpadeaux 2,406]

10 hours ago, JustinCharge said:

Ukraine allegedly intercepted a very worrying call from a Russian soldier to his wife that suggests Russia is set to nuke Ukraine soon.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/intercepted-call-occupier-wife-no-175915216.html

Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence has published an intercepted phone call between a Russian occupier and his wife.

Source: Press service of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine

Quote:

"Babe, these are just Khokhols [a derogatory Russian term for Ukrainians – ed.], they’re just rubbish, just dust, damn it. Why do you even care about them? F**k, it’s our nation that’s going to be wiped off the face of the earth. It’s our people who’ll be killed there, and those who aren’t will be crawling and begging for mercy. Forget about their nation; it won’t exist any more. Wait a bit longer and it will be wiped off the face of the earth and that’ll be it: there won’t be any more of this hatred of Khokhols.

They’re to blame for what they’ve done, so the sooner they all die, the better."

"What about the children?"

"I don’t give a f*ck about them either. I f**king despise their children, all the kids of these motherf**kers. These bastards are taught to hate Russians in their summer camps. A Khokhol child should be f**king strangled immediately. Right away, in the f**king womb. That’s what I’m going to do. That’s what I am doing. Well, okay, bye.

Okay, love you."

Are you ready to guarantee nuclear war by year's end?

 

[JustinCharge 2,397]

Herb Gintis died at the same time the game board changed with the GOP taking the House.  so we can revisit the game theory on the Russia-Ukraine war.  with democrats controlling everything, i said game theory dictates Putin should nuke the US and demand Biden kneel, because its very likely Biden refuses to end all life on Earth by firing back.  Does the game theory look different with the GOP controlling the House.  Yes.  In this scenario, its virtually assured the republicans will demand Biden nuke Russia.  So that in turn will put pressure on Biden to do the opposite and kneel instead.  So the odds Biden kneels just went higher.  So game theory says Putin absolutely should nuke the US now if he questioned it before.

[Shooter McGavin 618]

According to game theory you've been wrong about this for a year now and should shut your face

[Voltaire 5,322]

On 1/2/2023 at 8:43 AM, Pimpadeaux said:

Oh dear lord. Can't you find something new to crow about?

How about a planet-killing asteroid? Zombie apocalypse?

Ten thousand years ago we got smacked good by a meteor that ended the ice age. Could happen again; every year we pass through the Taurid meteor stream in late June and late October so we get two lottery tickets to mass devastation, maybe we'll get lucky in 2023. R.E.M gave us a nice song to play for the occasion.

[wiffleball 4,790]

4 hours ago, Voltaire said:

Ten thousand years ago we got smacked good by a meteor that ended the ice age. Could happen again; every year we pass through the Taurid meteor stream in late June and late October so we get two lottery tickets to mass devastation, maybe we'll get lucky in 2023. R.E.M gave us a nice song to play for the occasion.

Satellite is crashing this weekend. 

[Pimpadeaux 2,406]

6 hours ago, Voltaire said:

Ten thousand years ago we got smacked good by a meteor that ended the ice age. Could happen again; every year we pass through the Taurid meteor stream in late June and late October so we get two lottery tickets to mass devastation, maybe we'll get lucky in 2023. R.E.M gave us a nice song to play for the occasion.

On 12/12/12, my band about halfway through our show covered Skeeter Davis' "The End of the World" and then ripped into that R.E.M. song, and I got to sing it.

I used cue cards and then flung them all into the crowd at the end of the song. 

People went nuts and danced around all over the place.

[craftsman 1,045]

1 hour ago, Pimpadeaux said:

On 12/12/12, my band about halfway through our show covered Skeeter Davis' "The End of the World" and then ripped into that R.E.M. song, and I got to sing it.

I used cue cards and then flung them all into the crowd at the end of the song. 

People went nuts and danced around all over the place.

Was there a war in Europe back then that you were all cheerleading on? 

[Hawkeye21 2,400]

On 1/7/2023 at 2:21 PM, craftsman said:

Was there a war in Europe back then that you were all cheerleading on? 

I have yet to see one person here cheering for war.  I'm not sure why you keep saying stuff like this.  It doesn't make any sense and it's not even funny.