I’ve been watching two films. One is called Threads, a TV program filmed by the BBC in the 80’s and The Day After, an American film filmed in a similar vein.
Both films show the build up, destruction, survival and aftermath of a Nuclear War.
These films got me thinking. What if a Nuclear war loomed. Lets say you had three months to prepare and when war comes you and your home are lucky enough to have survived the attack. Outside is destruction, fallout, death. How would you prepare and how would you survive?
I did some research and it appears radiation is not so deadly as once thought. Initially radiation is deadly and fatal. So the first few days you have to stay indoors. After several weeks radiation has decayed sufficiently that heavy clothing will protect you but inhaling radioactive dust will still kill. After 6 months it would be relatively safe to move and work outdoors. After this period your main challenges are general survival.
So the premise is this;
1. What would you do to prepare for survival?
You have to take into account personal finances, time scales and practicalities of doing so.
2. How would you survive the first two weeks?
3. How would you survive the first 6 months?
4. What then?
When I started to think about this myself I started to realise the difficulty is in the small things, the detail not what appears the biggest problems radioactivity, death and destruction.
Threads http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads
The Day After http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After
By: hampden98 - 8th October 2013 at 13:01
TonyT – Good start but as you now have survived the holocaust what now?
By: charliehunt - 8th October 2013 at 13:00
You didn’t say where you put the cigar when you’ve hopped on……:D
By: TonyT - 8th October 2013 at 12:59
The second best thing to put between you and a detonation after distance is Earth, Earth tends to cut down the nasty radiation that kills you.
I think those that trained to survive in it in the Military on here will tell you that it is as bad as originally thought.
By: hampden98 - 8th October 2013 at 12:59
There has been so much written over the years about surviving nuclear holocaust. Much would depend on how much destruction there was, both globally and regionally and locally. On balance I think I’d probably prefer not to survive, unless the effects were relatively localised.
You have to survive because you are still alive. What about your family? The wider destruction is not important. This is survival now! You can wonder about the wider issues after 6 months.
By: TonyT - 8th October 2013 at 12:56
1, Find the hottest chick possible
2, Buy in a barrel of good beer
3, Buy in a damn good cigar
4. At the 3 minute warning, pour a pint, light the cigar and hop on the chick..
5, Go at it like there is no tomorrow
6, Spend the other 2 minutes contemplating life whilst supping a pint and sharing your Cigar with her.
🙂
By: charliehunt - 8th October 2013 at 12:43
There has been so much written over the years about surviving nuclear holocaust. Much would depend on how much destruction there was, both globally and regionally and locally. On balance I think I’d probably prefer not to survive, unless the effects were relatively localised.
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