What should you do after a nuclear attack?
The MSM stated what they want people to do. Since they are B.S., I did not even read their reports for things like this. HERE IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO
If you are in America, you probably have a basement. Or something else that would serve the purpose (underground tornado shelters are pretty much the same as fallout shelters)
Here is what you do:
If you are close enough to see the flash and mushroom cloud, take your time and see which way it is blowing. If it is blowing away from you, you have little to worry about provided it is the only nuke and you don't get downwind of another nuke. FACT: The atmosphere at sea level will block all ionizing radiation after a distance of more than 2 miles. So it is safe to watch the mushroom cloud if you were far enough away from it to not get blown away.
If the cloud is blowing towards you, and you cannot GTFO, you will probably have a half hour or so to prepare before things get really bad.
Grab all the food you have and get it into the basement. Set up your shelter in a corner of the basement that is deepest underground if there is one. If you have a spot in the basement that is under a stressed concrete garage floor, use that. Build yourself a little fort in the corner that is comfortable with a bed mattress, any games you might have, a radio, and obviously flashlights. Get as many heavy items in the house as possible around your little fort.
The biggest threats will be dust that gets into the house, AND having a horizontal surface that collects a lot of fallout have a way to get all the radiation from that fallout to hit you edge on. If all you have to deal with is radiation from fallout that lands on the roof above you, you won't be likely to get a damaging dose of radiation. However, if your basement is not deep and as a result there is a side of your basement that is parallel with the ground, that will be a huge problem because all of the radiation from the fallout that lands on the ground will be there, radiating to the side, straight into you. You have to get low enough to have the radiation from the fallout that lands on the ground to pass above you.
If you have no basement, then go to the center of the house and put everything in the house around you. You won't block all the radiation, but some will be blocked. Old CRT televisions and monitors will block ALL the radiation because the screens are made out of leaded glass. They are defacto radiation shields. But not many people have enough of those around to build a fort out of . . . . . Water also makes a great radiation shield but it takes about 2 feet of water to block most radiation and about 4 feet to stop all of it. Any water at all in bottles surrounding you will be a lot better than nothing.
The worst time period is the first three days. Do not go out at all during that time. If you can stay down there for two weeks, it will probably be safe to go out after that.
If you have not made any preparations and are out of the house when the nuke goes off, but you can get home quickly, go home, don't go for groceries and don't try to drive out of town. There will be a traffic jam and the last thing you want is to be stuck in a car when it is snowing fallout. That would probably be doom.
If the nuke was an air burst, there might not be much visible fallout, but all the radiation will still be there. If you are downwind from the mushroom cloud, follow the same rules even if nothing visibly falls on the ground.
Key points:
1 .Get below ground level.
2. Have entertainment. Any games you might have around will be a godsend.
3. Water is more important than food. Even if all you can do is fill cups with water, get it to the shelter area and if the water is off that soon after a blast (not likely) fill your containers from the toilet tank
4. Have a little fort set up in a corner of the basement, with as much from the house as possible surrounding you.
5. If you don't have a basement or tornado shelter, seek the center of the house and set up a fort with as much furniture and heavy items as possible. 6. Try to get as much edible food as possible in your shelter area. In this situation, a coleman cook stove will be OK to use, but keep your cooking as short as possible.
7. NEVER GET STUCK IN TRAFFIC RUNNING AWAY FROM A MUSHROOM CLOUD. You'd be much better off at home if you can get home, cars won't block radiation AT ALL. Steel does NOTHING.
8. If you were far enough away to survive the initial blast, you have at least a half hour to prepare. Don't take much longer than that though.
The MSM stated what they want people to do. Since they are B.S., I did not even read their reports for things like this. HERE IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO
If you are in America, you probably have a basement. Or something else that would serve the purpose (underground tornado shelters are pretty much the same as fallout shelters)
Here is what you do:
If you are close enough to see the flash and mushroom cloud, take your time and see which way it is blowing. If it is blowing away from you, you have little to worry about provided it is the only nuke and you don't get downwind of another nuke. FACT: The atmosphere at sea level will block all ionizing radiation after a distance of more than 2 miles. So it is safe to watch the mushroom cloud if you were far enough away from it to not get blown away.
If the cloud is blowing towards you, and you cannot GTFO, you will probably have a half hour or so to prepare before things get really bad.
Grab all the food you have and get it into the basement. Set up your shelter in a corner of the basement that is deepest underground if there is one. If you have a spot in the basement that is under a stressed concrete garage floor, use that. Build yourself a little fort in the corner that is comfortable with a bed mattress, any games you might have, a radio, and obviously flashlights. Get as many heavy items in the house as possible around your little fort.
The biggest threats will be dust that gets into the house, AND having a horizontal surface that collects a lot of fallout have a way to get all the radiation from that fallout to hit you edge on. If all you have to deal with is radiation from fallout that lands on the roof above you, you won't be likely to get a damaging dose of radiation. However, if your basement is not deep and as a result there is a side of your basement that is parallel with the ground, that will be a huge problem because all of the radiation from the fallout that lands on the ground will be there, radiating to the side, straight into you. You have to get low enough to have the radiation from the fallout that lands on the ground to pass above you.
If you have no basement, then go to the center of the house and put everything in the house around you. You won't block all the radiation, but some will be blocked. Old CRT televisions and monitors will block ALL the radiation because the screens are made out of leaded glass. They are defacto radiation shields. But not many people have enough of those around to build a fort out of . . . . . Water also makes a great radiation shield but it takes about 2 feet of water to block most radiation and about 4 feet to stop all of it. Any water at all in bottles surrounding you will be a lot better than nothing.
The worst time period is the first three days. Do not go out at all during that time. If you can stay down there for two weeks, it will probably be safe to go out after that.
If you have not made any preparations and are out of the house when the nuke goes off, but you can get home quickly, go home, don't go for groceries and don't try to drive out of town. There will be a traffic jam and the last thing you want is to be stuck in a car when it is snowing fallout. That would probably be doom.
If the nuke was an air burst, there might not be much visible fallout, but all the radiation will still be there. If you are downwind from the mushroom cloud, follow the same rules even if nothing visibly falls on the ground.
Key points:
1 .Get below ground level.
2. Have entertainment. Any games you might have around will be a godsend.
3. Water is more important than food. Even if all you can do is fill cups with water, get it to the shelter area and if the water is off that soon after a blast (not likely) fill your containers from the toilet tank
4. Have a little fort set up in a corner of the basement, with as much from the house as possible surrounding you.
5. If you don't have a basement or tornado shelter, seek the center of the house and set up a fort with as much furniture and heavy items as possible. 6. Try to get as much edible food as possible in your shelter area. In this situation, a coleman cook stove will be OK to use, but keep your cooking as short as possible.
7. NEVER GET STUCK IN TRAFFIC RUNNING AWAY FROM A MUSHROOM CLOUD. You'd be much better off at home if you can get home, cars won't block radiation AT ALL. Steel does NOTHING.
8. If you were far enough away to survive the initial blast, you have at least a half hour to prepare. Don't take much longer than that though.