Nuke your city

[eastendlu]

http://www.carloslabs.com/projects/2...roundZero.html

[ecduzitgood]

Boy that was a great way to relieve the tension...I feel much better now!

[Mike P]

Just for S&G, I nuked Otis and found out that not only wouldn't I be vaporized instantly, I wouldn't even suffer second degree burns, with a 450 kt explosion.

This doesn't tell you anything about the blast, though, and whether you'd get impaled on an uprooted tree or have a car slammed against you

I also think this assumes a ground level burst. An air burst at 2500' might show you a whole 'nother picture

[Raven]

no sound

[eastendlu]

Tough crowd

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by Mike P

Just for S&G, I nuked Otis and found out that not only wouldn't I be vaporized instantly, I wouldn't even suffer second degree burns, with a 450 kt explosion.

This doesn't tell you anything about the blast, though, and whether you'd get impaled on an uprooted tree or have a car slammed against you

I also think this assumes a ground level burst. An air burst at 2500' might show you a whole 'nother picture

I think it is for an air burst. At least, the bombs dropped on Japan show what I think is a comparable radius to what actually happened and those were exploded in the atmosphere.

[spence]

It looks to be limited to direct thermal damage, and seems pretty conservative.

Although I'd rather be vaporized than die a slow death via radiation.

-spence