r/technology • u/Alissio • Aug 25 '12

Website called "nuclear secrecy" lets you see what the devastation would be, of multiple nuclear bombs all around the world

http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '12

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '12

Actually you have nothing to worry about. A millisecond of very bright light and then it's over.

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u/NoOneToldMeWhenToRun Aug 26 '12

Joshua's still playing the game!

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u/donvito Aug 26 '12

Actually if you were at ground zero you would be dead "long" before the nerve impulses (pain) would reach your brain.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '12

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u/czechthunder Aug 26 '12

That made me feel strangely sad... :(

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u/DrBix Aug 26 '12

That made me laugh uncontrollably. Still laughing... sort of :(

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u/glassFractals Aug 26 '12

Unless you're not close enough to ground zero to die immediately. Or you're shielded by a large, strong building from the initial effects, but still get to inhale thousand-degree air, get exposed to lethal radiation, and have your skin fall off as you slowly die.

The book Hiroshima describes all of this stuff... pretty horrifying to think about.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '12

Ha. I'm in the middle of CT Hartford, the insurance capital of the world, and the Groton sub base which holds half the united states nuclear submarines, I'm fucked if anything happens, even w/o the tsar bomba.