The Effects of a Terrorist Nuclear Bomb on a City

[Liberty's Teeth]

******PART II ADDED ON PAGE 2******
I think that most people over/under estimate the power of nuclear weapons. Since I put together the "How to Survive a Nuclear Bomb" series I get several questions a day asking "I live x distance from a probable target, what would happen if a nuclear bomb detonated near me?" This video is the first video in a three part series that attempts to answer the question. In this video we take a look at a small 20 kiloton terrorist bomb that is driven into the city and detonated on the ground. The video explores the effects from three different vantage points of varying distance. You can use the information to make better prepping decisions to avoid the zombies that will immediately start wandering around. Stay tuned for parts 2 and 3 where we look at 500 kiloton and 20 megaton warheads.

[video=youtube;gOFDFogc6Gk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOFDFogc6Gk[/video]

 

[rockhopper46038]

Blast effects simulator (not particularly sophisticated, but knock yourself out).
Ground Zero II | Carloslabs

 

[philo]

Blast effects simulator (not particularly sophisticated, but knock yourself out).
Ground Zero II | Carloslabs

Not a bad simulator, but you need to rotate the fallout plume about 120 degrees clockwise for our prevailing winds.

 

[CathyInBlue]

NUKEMAP2 by Alex Wellerstein

 

[irishfan]

I worry about chicago and st louis based attacks outside of indy. Honestly a nuke threat is low on my list

 

[Cameramonkey]

I worry about chicago and st louis based attacks outside of indy. Honestly a nuke threat is low on my list

Especially now that Ft Ben is no longer the financial hub of the military. Back in the day it was a primary nuke target under the theory that if you cant pay your soldiers, they wont fight for you. Given today's system is more distributed I would assume that we are no longer quite as much of a target as we were pre-21st century.

I think today we now have more to worry about dirty bombs by freaks and terrorists than actual nukes.

 

[columbusprepper]

Just to throw more wood on the fire

Drudge report today:
QAEDA RISES AGAIN...
STATE DEPT ISSUES WORLDWIDE TRAVEL ALERT...
U.S. EMBASSIES ACROSS MIDDLE EAST TO SHUT DOWN SUNDAY...

 

[Tactical Dave]

Especially now that Ft Ben is no longer the financial hub of the military. Back in the day it was a primary nuke target under the theory that if you cant pay your soldiers, they wont fight for you. Given today's system is more distributed I would assume that we are no longer quite as much of a target as we were pre-21st century.

I think today we now have more to worry about dirty bombs by freaks and terrorists than actual nukes.

As far as I know it still is the financial hub.

 

[longbow]

20mt -- if those are going off we have much bigger problems.

I would worry about the 5 kt range for now. Someone might get lucky and build a 20Kt bomb. Anything over that range and Governments would be involved.

 

[Mikeshep1462]

NUKEMAP2 by Alex Wellerstein

Well, there went an hour of my time. That thing is kinda neat.

 

[Liberty's Teeth]

Here is part 2 of the series. This one takes a look at what would happen if a major superpower used one of their warheads on Chicago:


[video=youtube;iE_bw4ME9v8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE_bw4ME9v8[/video]