I'm still thinking about what I would do! LOLOk, before you vote, here is the scenario for a SHTF Situation:
Your at work, about 20 miles from home. Over the radio and TV comes emergency broadcasts that Nuclear Bombs have been launched from the middle east and we have 47 minutes before impact on about 100 major cities.
You look outside and cars, people are in the streets, blocking every which way out in mass panic. Your only way out is by foot. You can probably make it about 5 miles at most from where you work in this major city. You don't have a BOB with you, no bicycle, nothing motorized. You know you need to find cover fast, what are you going to do?
SHTF Scenario 2, Make your vote count!
Ok, before you vote, here is the scenario for a SHTF Situation:
Your at work, about 20 miles from home. Over the radio and TV comes emergency broadcasts that Nuclear Bombs have been launched from the middle east and we have 47 minutes before impact on about 100 major cities.
You look outside and cars, people are in the streets, blocking every which way out in mass panic. Your only way out is by foot. You can probably make it about 5 miles at most from where you work in this major city. You don't have a BOB with you, no bicycle, nothing motorized. You know you need to find cover fast, what are you going to do?
Your at work, about 20 miles from home. Over the radio and TV comes emergency broadcasts that Nuclear Bombs have been launched from the middle east and we have 47 minutes before impact on about 100 major cities.
You look outside and cars, people are in the streets, blocking every which way out in mass panic. Your only way out is by foot. You can probably make it about 5 miles at most from where you work in this major city. You don't have a BOB with you, no bicycle, nothing motorized. You know you need to find cover fast, what are you going to do?
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I'm still thinking about what I would do! LOL
I don't have huge cities around here... but for kicks let's say it was going to happen in one of the towns around here. We don't have subways, tunnels, or large underground shelters, so my first idea is opening a manhole with the tools in my truck. (I include my truck because if roads are blocked, it's useless anyways and it's how I'd get to work) and seeking shelter in the sewers... Not too sanitary, but... it's cover and i've worked with sewage in the past anyways.
47 minutes is plenty of time to eat lunch.
Grocery store across the street from my work.....make a real dent in a 12 pack...lol..............:upsidedown:47 minutes is plenty of time to eat lunch.
Eat lunch? I'd be looking for a joint and a secretary!:thumb:47 minutes is plenty of time to eat lunch.
Placid- Excelent thinking with the sewer lines, or storm drains would work in a big city!
Ok, serious.......there are 2 people that I know that have homes less than a mile from my office...one I know has a basement, the other (now that I have this idea) I will need to find out if her house has a basement.....we are in a large manufacturing facility but I am pretty sure there is no underground area to head to......the airport is across the street............hmmm, may need to find out the facilities there.
You're doomed!
What is there to do?!
Man... obviously you find cover and hope to Jesus that the city you are in is not being targeted.
Your chances are pretty good--bombs from the middle east is different from Russian bombs--which would blanket the country by the thousands. The Hadjis couldn't do that. Ergo you are pretty safe, unless in LA, NY, or DC.
If in a target area, take shelter until the hit--then BO upwind of the blast zone.
That's all you can do.
If your stuff is downwind of the blast zone--tuff. You're out of luck.
T
What is there to do?!
Man... obviously you find cover and hope to Jesus that the city you are in is not being targeted.
Your chances are pretty good--bombs from the middle east is different from Russian bombs--which would blanket the country by the thousands. The Hadjis couldn't do that. Ergo you are pretty safe, unless in LA, NY, or DC.
If in a target area, take shelter until the hit--then BO upwind of the blast zone.
That's all you can do.
If your stuff is downwind of the blast zone--tuff. You're out of luck.
T
I would probably actually go home and be with my wife and spend my last minutes holding her. I know that sounds cheesy, but why would I want to live knowing she is going to die alone?
i dont live i a big city either, but with all the nuke missle silos around here i don't think i could get away from them in 47 min. i guess i would just sit back and watch and count america's answer to the middle east as they fly away
Don't want to vote!
Well, I asked for another scenario - but I'm not sure I even want to vote on this one! Bleak. Like T said - not much else to do but search for cover. 45 minutes would be a long time for me due to proximity of work / home - so if I was able I would choose to go on foot to what I perceive as the best option for shelter. But for purposes of the example - 20 miles from home - to far; stay put.
Well, I asked for another scenario - but I'm not sure I even want to vote on this one! Bleak. Like T said - not much else to do but search for cover. 45 minutes would be a long time for me due to proximity of work / home - so if I was able I would choose to go on foot to what I perceive as the best option for shelter. But for purposes of the example - 20 miles from home - to far; stay put.
I live close enough to 3 military bases and a major city that a nuke of any modern size would vaporize me unless I was in a specifically built facility. Basically, I'd take comfort in the fact that I'm not really going to feel a whole lot and I'd sit down and rip through one of my $2k+ bottles of scotch right off in one sitting. There wouldn't be a whole hell of a lot else I could do.
--Wintermute
--Wintermute
i've spent over 30 years of planning to avoid winding up in this situation. my 1st suggestion is move.
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I drive a mini... I can fit in very small places very quickly. I work 27.9 miles from home I work in the Medical Center in Houston which is a stones throw from downtown... I would try to book south then head west, 47 minutes is a good amount of time to get me away from GZ... if I have less time the builings I work in are damn near nuke proof, I would shelter in place there. I do my family no good being dead.
Get a bag of marshmallows and a stick cause there is gonna be one hell of a fire when all the refineries along the coast go up.
Nice! I love seeing people's reactions to the scenario's! Good stuff here!
of course, the real question is: what yield are the weapons? Say it's a 1mt warhead (surface blast). You have a 900rem exposure at a 90 mile radius. Drive as friggin' fast as you can, but unless you're on open road and going say 120mph...you're probably dead. At an exposure of 300 rem being considered lethal (not immediately, but yes...it'll kill you), and 300 rem being the exposure level out to a 160 mile radius, with probably about 5+ years for the radiation levels to reach a safe point...unless you got to a sealed environment with enough food to live that long, you are hosed.
--Wintermute
--Wintermute
I'm going to Wintermute's house for a drink, he sounds like a true Striding Man to me. (The Striding Man is the Johnny Walker logo guy)I'd sit down and rip through one of my $2k+ bottles of scotch right off in one sitting. There wouldn't be a whole hell of a lot else I could do.
--Wintermute
I like the manhole cover idea too. I work in the capitol city of the 8th largest economy in the world, it's definately one of the 100 targeted cities.
I'd probably call home, tell my wife how much I love her and go find shelter somewhere. The Post Offices were built during the cold war and all have basement shelters.
I might make a quick run through a mini-mart for some preps too.
I I am north of my home, I will take the stormdrain route. However, 20 minutes south puts me 10-15 minutes away from downtown Dallas. With that in mind, I will go downtown to roof of the tallest building and get me a front row ticket to armageddon. If possible, I will score a bottle of hootch on the way and even double park.
I voted for Head for underground parking areas!
Although Tunnels would seem like a decent choice as well, I imagine they would be full of people attempting to flee the city, thus making them very unsafe, if you could even get into it at all.
Underground Parking area, I think would also be a little bit less crowed.
both are better than nothing though imho.
Although Tunnels would seem like a decent choice as well, I imagine they would be full of people attempting to flee the city, thus making them very unsafe, if you could even get into it at all.
Underground Parking area, I think would also be a little bit less crowed.
both are better than nothing though imho.
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