[vyper]

Cause that'll do you when a shockwave hits.

[Clave]

well, you have to stay indoors, natch, but it's cheaper than a million-dollar vehicle which actually will not protect you from the shock either...

[Liberator]

Originally posted by IceFire

And then there's the issues of food, water, and the fact that gamma radiation in any quantity is going to go through pretty much all but the most rediculous radiation shield makes this so impractical that its not worth doing.

I though gamma was stopped by tin foil and it took heavier stuff to block alpha, beta, and the x-rays?

[Black Wolf]

Originally posted by Liberator


I though gamma was stopped by tin foil and it took heavier stuff to block alpha, beta, and the x-rays?

Other way around. Clothing'll stop Alpha, Cement;ll stop beta and several cms of lead will stop Gamma. Dunno about X Rays, but I assume bone'll stop a lot of em, so I can't imagine the requirements being particularly significant.

[aldo_14]

And there was me thinking the good thing about nuclear was that there wouldn't be any SUV drivers afterwards.......

[Clave]

There pretty much won't be any modern vehicles still working, or computers, telephones, aircraft, radar, ships, trains etc. etc.  Everything with delicate electronics will be EMP'd to death...

[Vertigo1]

*starts humming the movie theme to Stripes*

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Clave
There pretty much won't be any modern vehicles still working, or computers, telephones, aircraft, radar, ships, trains etc. etc.  Everything with delicate electronics will be EMP'd to death...

I believe the US has in fact developed fax machines which can resist a nuclear blast.

I don't believe they've developed users who can survive a nuclear blast, though.