This Is How You Actually Survive a Nuclear Attack
This Is How You Actually Survive a Nuclear Attack
A nuclear bomb is the most destructive weapon in the history of modern warfare and the devastation left behind is nothing short of catastrophic! Check out today’s insane video that reveals the only way possible to survive a nuclear attack!
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0.24 -> Boom! Blinding light washes
out the landscape around you.
3.92 -> Several things all happen within a second.
6.24 -> First, your vehicle dies as an electromagnetic
pulse spreads at the speed of light, killing all
11.12 -> unshielded electronics. In the civilian world,
that means practically everything. If you were
15.44 -> not blinded by the flash of the explosion,
you'd see sparks dancing along the high
19.36 -> voltage wires overhead as they are overloaded
with energy. All modern vehicles that rely on
24.64 -> fancy computers and electronic gadgets to
make them super efficient and comfortable
28.88 -> are now just useless hunks of junk on four
wheels. Personal computers, cell phones,
33.2 -> even pacemakers are all instantly
shut down across a 40 mile radius,
37.12 -> and they will never be coming back on again.
The power grid is absolutely ruined and will
41.44 -> need to be completely replaced before it's ever
operational again, a task that will take years.
46.64 -> You're lucky that you were driving in the
opposite direction of the detonation point,
50.08 -> because if not you would've been facing towards
it. What's just happened about a mile above your
54.32 -> city is the birth of a second sun that burns
brightly for just a few milliseconds. That's
58.72 -> all that's needed to unleash billions of joules
of energy though, and much of that energy is in
63.36 -> the visible wavelength and searing the eyes of
anyone who happened to even be glancing in its
67.44 -> general direction at detonation. Those within a
two to three mile radius will be blind forever-
72.4 -> assuming they survive what's coming next-
while anyone outside of that area may be
76.24 -> blind for a matter of hours or minutes
depending on distance. Even those who
80.16 -> avoid being permanently blinded will likely
suffer at least some vision loss as a result.
84.72 -> You're safely out of the immediate
impact area, but for those who aren't,
88 -> ionizing radiation tears through their bodies
from the detonation. Their DNA is completely
92.8 -> unraveled as the ionizing radiation rips through
them- it's like taking millions of microscopic
97.76 -> shotguns blasts, only these pellets completely
disintegrate the very instructions for life.
102.56 -> Most people within a half mile will die
immediately from the radiation exposure-
106.8 -> if what comes in the next few
seconds doesn't kill them of course.
110.24 -> Outside of that range the effects of
radiation poisoning fall off steeply.
113.76 -> You were in your car, which protected you from a
lot of the thermal radiation, but not all of it.
118.24 -> Your arm was hanging out the window,
and even at over two miles from the
121.68 -> detonation point your arm has suffered
some pretty nasty second-degree burns.
125.36 -> You're lucky, 35% of the energy from a
nuclear explosion is released as heat,
130.08 -> and anyone caught out in the open can
suffer third degree burns at a distance of
133.92 -> even five miles. If third degree burns cover
24 percent of the body, or second degree burns
139.44 -> cover 30 percent of the body, those individuals
will go into serious shock with death imminent.
144.56 -> All flammable material directly under and
surrounding the blast site catch on fire
148.88 -> because of the intense heat. Even at two miles
out, some of the paint on your car evaporates
153.68 -> and the car door becomes painfully hot to the
touch. Tires on vehicles all around you burst as
158.64 -> the rubber softens and weakens, while billboards
catch on fire. People caught out in the open are
163.44 -> consumed in flames as their clothes ignite while
they're still wearing them. Some people's hair is
167.92 -> literally seared off their heads, leaving behind
painful second-degree burns across their scalp.
172.8 -> This has just been one second
into a nuclear detonation.
176.72 -> Your car spins out of control as the tires go
flat, but you get lucky and come to an abrupt,
181.2 -> but mostly safe stop. You have barely enough
time to look in the rearview mirror before you
185.52 -> see what's coming next. Like an invisible
tsunami, the pressure wave is now smashing
189.92 -> its way across the landscape, starting from the
detonation point and radiating outwards. This has
194.88 -> been a nuclear attack using an intercontinental
ballistic missile, so the explosion took place
199.36 -> a few hundred meters above the city. This way the
pressure wave could expand outwards unimpeded by
204.24 -> terrain and buildings. A ground impact is highly
unfavorable, as it leads to buildings or terrain
209.36 -> features absorbing much of the pressure
wave and limiting the damage dramatically.
213.36 -> Directly below and up to a mile away from the
detonation point, the destruction is complete.
218.24 -> Buildings are flattened and tall skyscrapers are
annihilated, leaving behind only the very core of
223.04 -> each building jutting up a few hundred feet like
a shattered, skeletal finger. Plenty of sewers
228 -> and service tunnels criss-cross a modern city, not
to mention transportation tunnels and subway. All
233.04 -> of these are collapsed, killing hundreds stuck
below or trapping them with no hope of rescue.
238.24 -> Outside of a mile, the damage
falls off, but is still severe.
241.52 -> Multiple story buildings are seriously damaged,
leading many to simply collapse in on themselves
246.08 -> or against their neighbors. Buildings with
only a few stories are less severely affected,
250.56 -> but have every single window blown out and many
of their roofs collapse, killing anyone below. At
255.52 -> least the tunnels and sewers that criss-cross the
city here are safe from collapse, only a few are
260.24 -> seriously damaged. Almost no human beings up to
two miles out survive if caught out in the open.
265.68 -> You're just over two miles out from detonation
point, and here the damage falls off once again.
270.88 -> Windows are blown out and some roofs and walls
collapse, but generally buildings remain standing.
275.68 -> As the pressure wave catches up to you, your car
is physically picked up and tossed like an angry
280.32 -> kid playing with his Hot Wheels car. The pressure
wave blows your car over and threatens to tip it,
285.2 -> but you’re too far away and your car comes
crashing back down onto all four wheels.
289.44 -> Debris pelts the landscape around you,
but you’re mostly safe inside your car.
293.92 -> A few people standing out on the
street get taken out by chunks of
296.88 -> concrete hurled through the air
by the hundred-mile-an-hour wind.
300.56 -> The roar of a second sun coming to life
above your city has been so incredibly
304.48 -> loud that you've temporarily lost all
hearing. It'll probably return in time,
308.64 -> but for those closer to detonation they could
experience permanent or severe hearing loss.
313.36 -> A strange silence falls over the
city five seconds after detonation
316.96 -> as a massive mushroom cloud slowly drifts
up into the sky. Then, the screaming starts,
322.16 -> tens of thousands of people seriously injured,
tens of thousand less so. You are now on
327.28 -> a ticking clock, because you've survived
the initial explosion through sheer luck,
330.96 -> but surviving what comes next is going to
take skills, knowledge, and quick thinking.
335.28 -> Tik tok, tik tok- you've got
15 minutes before you're dead.
339.52 -> What's currently happening and what will kill
even more people than the initial explosion,
343.44 -> is that an ecological disaster is in the brew,
and about to break out all over you and every
348.08 -> survivor in your city. The detonation of a nuclear
weapon above your city has sent ionizing radiation
353.04 -> all over the landscape, penetrating into the
very building materials of the city itself.
357.52 -> The thermal flash and pressure wave
pulverized all of that irradiated material
361.6 -> and turned it into very fine dust. Then,
the incredible heat- reaching as much as
365.76 -> the surface of the sun for a few milliseconds-
creates huge convection currents that suck up
370.64 -> gargantuan quantities of air and sends it roaring
upwards into the sky, hence the mushroom cloud.
376.56 -> But all that air is impregnated with
billions of tons of highly radioactive dust,
380.8 -> and in approximately fifteen minutes that
dust is going to start falling all around you.
385.28 -> You panic, because you know what's coming-
but now you've got a choice to make.
388.8 -> You could probably find a working vehicle
somewhere and take that to flee the city,
392.8 -> trying to outrun the fallout cloud that's about to
break over your head. In fact, many people along
397.04 -> the suburbs are right now climbing into their cars
to do just that. But you're smarter than that,
401.76 -> you know that even if you found a working
vehicle in the next minute, you could never
405.28 -> outrun the cloud of fallout looming overhead.
It's being propelled along by winds in the
409.44 -> upper atmosphere and will outpace anything
but the fastest sports car. Plus, the roads
413.84 -> and highways are inevitably going to be choked up
with vehicles and other people with the same idea.
418.4 -> The particles in the stem of the mushroom
cloud will end up falling right back down
422 -> where they were picked up. Not
many people will die from them,
425.12 -> but that's pretty much only because
anyone under the growing thick,
428.48 -> black, sooty stem of a massive mushroom cloud
is already dead from the initial explosion. It's
434.16 -> the rest of the billowing cloud that you
have to worry about, because what goes up
437.76 -> definitely comes down. But you're not the only
one in danger, as much of the radioactive fallout
442.4 -> will reach the uppermost layers of the atmosphere
where it will be carried along by strong winds.
446.96 -> Massive plumes of radiation will fall for
hundreds of miles from the detonation point,
451.04 -> poisoning communities entire states away. This is
the very reason why Russia may saber-rattle and
456.48 -> talk tough about using tactical nuclear weapons
in Ukraine, but in reality would only be shooting
461.44 -> itself in the foot as prevailing winds would carry
much of the fallout right back into Russia itself.
466.4 -> To avoid dying in the next fifteen
minutes, you have a choice to make.
469.36 -> Avoiding radiation poisoning is about three
things: time, distance, and shielding. The more
474.4 -> time you spend away from a radiation source, the
safer you will be as radioactive decay- especially
479.44 -> in fission byproducts of nuclear explosions-
tends to make dangerous particles extremely
484 -> short-lived. The greater the distance between you
and an unshielded radioactive source also means
489.2 -> you’d be exposed to less radiation. Meanwhile,
shielding takes into account placing barriers
493.68 -> between yourself and a radioactive source. If
you can't meet the requirements of one- time,
498.48 -> distance, or shielding- then you must compensate
by adding even more of the two other requirements.
503.6 -> To survive a nuclear attack you're
going to have to do all three though.
506.96 -> First, take a look around you. Your first
choice, and the absolute worst, is to remain
510.8 -> in your vehicle. This will put some shielding
and distance between yourself and the fallout.
514.88 -> The good news is that the radioactive debris about
to rain down on you is only hazardous if it's
520.48 -> extremely close to your body, so if your car can
simply physically keep it away from you your odds
525.6 -> of survival have greatly increased. You need to
put all the windows up and close all the vents,
530.16 -> stuffing them up with anything that you have
available. You can't let there be a single crack-
534.48 -> the first radioactive particles to fall
will be the size of grains of sand or salt,
538.48 -> and these should be easy to keep out. However,
over time the finer radioactive debris will begin
543.04 -> to descend and this can be as small as specks
of dust. In fact, you can detect the presence
547.92 -> of radioactive fallout after a nuclear explosion
simply by seeing coatings of dust on objects.
553.12 -> A car is a terrible survival choice,
but its better than nothing. However,
556.96 -> an even better choice is to shelter inside
a building with a basement if possible.
560.88 -> Basements may not seem like the best choice
since so much of that fine debris is going to
564.48 -> settle in low places, but the key is to choose
a basement with as few entrances as possible,
569.04 -> and then to seal those entrances as best
you can. However, in many modern cities-
573.44 -> especially in sunny SoCal- basements are rare.
In that case, you want to move to the centermost
578.4 -> area of a home or building and shelter in place
there. Staying at the core of a building will
583.36 -> add distance and shielding between yourself and
harmful fallout, but if you're going to survive
588.24 -> you're going to have to take some precautions
before the radioactive dust starts falling down.
592.24 -> Hopefully you've got duct tape available nearby,
in which case you need to immediately seal all
596.64 -> windows and doors with duct tape. A closed
window will be fine to protect you from the
600.72 -> initial larger grains of debris that falls down
first, but every window is leaky, and the finer
605.52 -> particles will ride in on those air currents,
potentially poisoning you inside the shelter.
609.76 -> This is why it's important to seal
windows and doors with tape and to
612.8 -> make your shelter as far from any window as
possible, ideally past several closed doors.
618 -> Your first priority is securing
your shelter, and luckily
620.96 -> you found an intact office building to hide
inside along with a few other survivors.
625.36 -> Working quickly you all sealed off exterior
windows and then taped up the doors leading
629.52 -> to your inner core. But now that you're
somewhat safe, it's time to get naked.
633.52 -> No, you're not repopulating the earth already,
but you are avoiding a very nasty death
637.68 -> by radiation poisoning. If you were
outside at the time of detonation,
640.8 -> there's a serious risk that you've
already contaminated your clothing
643.92 -> with radioactive particle debris. That's why any
of you who were outside when the bomb went off
648.64 -> need to immediately remove all outer garments
and put them in a plastic bag of some kind,
653.44 -> then seal the bag off. If possible, put
that first bag inside a second plastic bag,
658 -> and then store it somewhere far away from you
and make sure everyone is aware of its location.
662.4 -> You are also going to immediately want to start
wiping everyone down, and this means using the
666.08 -> buddy system to get those hard-to-reach spots
you can't get to yourself. You're going to be
670.72 -> stuck with your new friends for a while, so
what better ice breaker than getting naked and
674.16 -> giving each other a quick wipe down? You need
to remove all exterior contamination from your
678.08 -> body so that it doesn't rest against your skin
and damage your body with ionizing radiation.
682.72 -> You can do this with simple soap
and water to scrub away any grime,
686.64 -> but even just brushing off with a clean cloth
is enough. Afterwards though anything that you
691.12 -> used to clean each other off with is going
to have to go into another containment bag.
695.28 -> Never reuse or reopen an old containment
bag already full of contaminated material.
700 -> Now you've avoided the most imminent hazard-
exterior contamination. Your next greatest threat,
704.88 -> and one that will persist for a while, is interior
contamination. This will come from the finer
710.16 -> radioactive debris that can get inside wounds or
be breathed in and settle in your lungs or along
715.2 -> your esophagus. Inside your shelter, your odds of
survival are good- but only if you stay in place.
720.16 -> You've created distance and shielding, but
now you need to add time to the equation.
724.32 -> Fallout contamination decays very quickly,
with it giving off 80% of its energy in
728.96 -> the very first day. However, the debris is still
energetic enough to be deadly even after one day.
734.16 -> For every 7 fold factor of time, dose
rate decreases by a factor of ten.
738.4 -> Two hours after detonation, the fallout
will have lost half of its energy,
742.24 -> but this can still be extremely deadly.
Ideally, you want to shelter in place a
745.92 -> full 72 hours before leaving your shelter,
at which rate remaining radioactive debris
750.32 -> will still be harmful but only if you remain
in contact with it for long amounts of time.
754.8 -> Unfortunately, your city is going to be a
hellblasted nuclear landscape after an attack,
759.52 -> so you'll be in constant contact with
radioactive debris even after three days.
763.52 -> That's why the CDC recommends you wait a
full 7 days before leaving your shelter,
767.52 -> as this will give you the best survival
rates. By that time radioactive fallout
771.44 -> will have a fraction of its original
energy and be much less dangerous.
775.04 -> At this point external contamination is
unlikely to be a serious threat anymore,
779.04 -> but the biggest threat comes from internal
contamination. Too weak to penetrate the
783.2 -> skin at this point, radioactive debris that
gets lodged into wounds or inside your lungs
787.68 -> can still be deadly or pose serious long-term
health risks. So when you leave your shelter
792.24 -> you want to take precautions against
breathing in fine radioactive particles.
796.16 -> Face masks like the type we've been wearing
due to the Coronavirus outbreak are ok,
800.4 -> but not great for this. You would be better
off wetting a t-shirt or other large cloth
804.48 -> and wrapping it over your mouth and nose. It's
important to keep it wet as the moisture will
808.48 -> attract fine particles and trap them, and
important to cover both your nose and mouth.
813.2 -> After any excursion you'll need to wash whatever
protective equipment you've used and all exterior
817.68 -> garments. If you can, give your body a good
washing down as well just to remove any fine
821.92 -> particles that you might end up breathing in
or shoving into a cut or scrape accidentally.
826.48 -> Hopefully you had food and water in
your shelter- at least just water,
830.08 -> or you probably aren't making it to this
milestone and your story ends here. But if
834.48 -> you've managed to survive seven days, you're now
going to have to think about long term survival.
838.96 -> First, you need to consider if it's best
to remain where you are or to seek help.
842.56 -> Assuming that this was a small-scale attack,
844.64 -> there should still be help from the military or
emergency response agencies coming to your city.
848.96 -> If it was a full-scale nuclear conflict
though, you're probably completely on your own.
853.52 -> If you think help is coming, work on
increasing the resiliency of your shelter.
857.28 -> Improve the shielding to the outside by creating
layers of plastic or cloth, like curtains,
862.16 -> that hang in front of the exterior doors. This
will help keep radioactive dust down as people
866.56 -> go in or out. If you can, simply make suits out
of garbage bags to wear over your outer clothing,
871.6 -> that way it can be removed and thrown away in
a specified disposal location after each trip.
876.08 -> If you've got water to spare, create two 'cleaning
areas' for boots. You can do this by filling two
881.12 -> buckets with water and dipping your boots into
each one in succession. After a few rinses,
885.6 -> dispose of the water somewhere there's no
chance of it contaminating your or your shelter.
889.68 -> You're going to want to pay special attention to
boots and feet, as they will be the most likely
893.68 -> to be saturated with fine radioactive debris
since most of it will settle on the ground.
897.92 -> You'll also want to make sure your shelter
is visible to search and rescue parties
901.44 -> who are looking for survivors. Create
large, geometric shapes made of bright
905.28 -> materials to immediately grab the attention of a
helicopter or passing rescue vehicle or patrol.
910.24 -> SOS is a global sign of distress, but in
a city you should be able to find many
914.48 -> creative ways of making it obvious that your
shelter is occupied with survivors. Make sure
918.88 -> to regularly clean your emergency displays
to make it obvious people are still alive,
923.04 -> otherwise rescue workers may simply assume
that the shelter has been abandoned.
926.56 -> Whether you move out or shelter in place, you'll
probably need to find food and water eventually.
931.2 -> It should be obvious, but avoid anything that
isn't completely sealed in a non-permeable
935.28 -> material like plastic. Canned goods are
excellent options as they are air-tight,
940 -> but even pastas or breads in plastic
wrapping is ok to eat as long as the
944.08 -> wrapping is completely sealed. Just don't
open any food items outside of your shelter,
948.32 -> and it's best to wrap them up in cloth or plastic
as you transport them through the outside world
952.48 -> and back into your shelter- though as usual,
you'll need to decontaminate whatever you used to
956.56 -> protect them. You'll also want to get rid of the
wrapping material or tin cans after they're done
961.36 -> if they have been in an unsecured area
where they could be exposed to outside dust.
965.44 -> Water will be trickier because there will almost
certainly be no electricity in your city, which
969.68 -> means no water pumps to supply water. If you're
lucky enough to be in a safe interior location
974.48 -> when an attack takes place, immediately plug
up sinks and bathtubs and fill them with water
979.2 -> if it's still flowing. Underground water pipes
will be safe from the radioactive fallout for a
983.52 -> long time, but not forever as eventually the body
of water that feeds them will be contaminated.
988.4 -> That's why even if you have running water
after an attack you don't want to rely on it.
992.72 -> Better yet to stock up on water bottles, which
should be easy to find in shopping centers and
996.88 -> corner stores after an attack. Most water bottles
are made of thick plastic which will keep the
1001.2 -> contents safe even after fallout has descended.
However, as usual you'll want to decontaminate
1006 -> every bottle of water you bring into your shelter
from the outside before you start messing with it.
1010.8 -> If you can't find water, your best option might
just be to start moving and get out of the city
1015.6 -> or heading towards emergency services. Major
airports are a good place to head towards as
1019.84 -> it's likely that this is where the first
rescue efforts will take place. However,
1023.04 -> if you can't reach one or if government help isn't
coming, survival will still depend on getting out
1028.56 -> of the city. It'll help if you can figure out
which way the prevailing winds are blowing,
1032.16 -> and then head perpendicular to them. You don't
want to head into the wind, because you could
1036.16 -> just be getting facefulls of contaminated
dust. Instead, much like a rip current,
1040.32 -> head perpendicular and get out of the stream
of air that's carrying radioactive waste.
1044.8 -> Once you're out of the city, your best bet is
to head towards high ground- you’re safer on the
1048.8 -> leeward side of a mountain where the wind hasn’t
blown radioactive dust and debris onto the soil.
1053.6 -> Radioactive fallout will settle in low areas, and
rains and streams will wash it down mountains and
1058.96 -> into the valleys and plains below. It would be
wise to learn what major drinking water sources
1063.52 -> are around your city and then head to those that
are on high ground. If you can shelter in a safe
1068.16 -> area for a few months, radioactivity levels in
remaining debris should be manageable- at this
1072.72 -> point if you're forced to continue living in the
area of a nuclear attack a long, healthy life is
1077.6 -> out of the question. But you can probably enjoy
a moderately long life with few serious health
1082.16 -> problems. Some radioactive elements will remain
deadly for years, Strontium-90 for instance is
1087.52 -> still dangerous after 10 years, as is Cesium-137.
If you can't get away from the site of a nuclear
1093.2 -> attack, or if your entire nation has come under
nuclear attack, there's probably little you can
1097.04 -> do to avoid these dangers as these elements
will become part of the environment itself.
1101.28 -> But there's a reason why both Hiroshima
and Nagasaki are habitable today,
1104.96 -> and that's because a nuclear attack from
another nation will almost certainly be of
1108.4 -> the airburst variety. A ground burst weapon is
one designed to explode when it hits the ground.
1113.28 -> This greatly limits its destructive potential, but
also causes massive plumes of irradiated material.
1118.8 -> However, an air burst weapon explodes above
its target so the destructive shockwave and
1123.04 -> thermal radiation can hit as wide an area as
possible. This also comes with the benefit
1127.84 -> of shooting much of the weapon's radioactive
output up into the atmosphere or into space.
1132 -> Within days of both the Hiroshima
and Nagasaki explosions people
1135.6 -> were inhabiting the ruins and living
lives with few if any health effects.
1139.68 -> So cheer up, because the end isn't the
end after all. Now's the time to grab your
1143.68 -> trusty Pipboy and head off into the greatest
Fallout Larp event the world has ever put on.
1148.16 -> Now go check out What If North Korea
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