What Happens When Nukes Drop

[Mike.357]

We had a thread about EMP, and i believe that book, not too long ago

Just finished One Second After this evening. That is not a scenario I want to see happen. I see no way my family would live through it. We would all be dead within months more than likely.

[Il Duce]

two words;

who cares

[Guest Mad4rcn]

Going to need a lot of tin foil !!

[Chucktshoes]

[Guest bkelm18]

I live in Oak Ridge which is probably pretty high on a lot of people's war target list. I'll be killed in the initial blast. Screw that radiation crap.

[Punisher84]

I live in Oak Ridge which is probably pretty high on a lot of people's war target list. I'll be killed in the initial blast. Screw that radiation crap.

"Dirka dirka dirka Oak Ridge dirka dirka"

BOOM!

[Desert Rat]

If Oak Ridge goes that will give me the opportunity to see another Mushroom cloud in my life time. Being outside of the normal wind patterns that pass over ORNL I would miss the fall out also. The chance of that happening is less than the Yellowstone Cauldera blowing or a major earthquake hitting western Tennessee. I really thing it would be more likely an F5 tornado would touch down on my property because ORNL is probably a 3rd or 4th level target rather than first due to the amount of stock piled ammunition already in storage that would be targeted first. Delivery transport, Storage facilities then manufacture of delivery systems and finally manufacture of ammunition.

[Guest mustangdave]

How far is the Alcoa plant from here...I need some quality TIN FOIL

[Desert Rat]

TIN FOIL HATS:

Scientific basis

The notion that a tin foil hat can significantly reduce the intensity of incident radio frequency radiation on the wearer's brain has some scientific validity, as the effect of strong radio waves has been documented for quite some time.[3] A well-constructed tin foil enclosure would approximate a Faraday cage, reducing the amount of (typically harmless) radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation inside. A common high school physics demonstration involves placing an AM radio on tin foil, and then covering the radio with a metal bucket. This leads to a noticeable reduction in signal strength (probably because of the bucket and not the tinfoil, eliminating the utility of the foil). The efficiency of such an enclosure in blocking such radiation depends on the thickness of the tin foil, as dictated by the skin depth, the distance the radiation can propagate in a particular non-ideal conductor. For half-millimetre-thick tin foil, radiation above about 20 kHz (i.e., including both AM and FM bands) would be partially blocked, although tin foil is not sold in this thickness, so numerous layers of tin foil would be required to achieve this effect.[4]

The effectiveness of the tin foil hat as electromagnetic shielding for stopping radio waves is greatly reduced by the fact that it is not a complete enclosure. Placing an AM radio under a metal bucket without a conductive layer underneath demonstrates the relative ineffectiveness of such a setup. Indeed, because the effect of an ungrounded Faraday cage is to partially reflect the incident radiation, a radio wave that is incident on the inner surface of the hat (i.e., coming from underneath the hat-wearer) would be reflected and partially 'focused' towards the user's brain. While tin foil hats may have originated in some understanding of the Faraday cage effect, the use of such a hat to attenuate radio waves belongs properly to the realm of pseudoscience.

Just use more layers of the cheap stuff or as an alternative you could just put a Mylar potato chip bag on your head as mylar has better reflective properties than even Aluminum foil. You should also cover your windows with Mylar reflective treatment so the waves stop effecting you in your house!

This is the ultimate head gear that is used to protect sensitive computer equipment during transport to keep it from being affected by transient waves:

Pink Antistatic Ziplock Bags

4 Mil Amine-Free Pink Antistatic Ziplock Bags

Traditional static protection where Faraday Cage protection is not required. Superior performance in low relative humidity. Meets full static decay requirements of MIL-PRF-81705D Type II & EIA-541.

[Guest mustangdave]

LMAO.....but seriously folks

[Desert Rat]

What gave you the impression that this was supposed to be a serious discussion? I personally thought it was comedy hour!

[Guest SUNTZU]

Oh ****, my sides hurt. :bowrofl::bowrofl:

[Guest KimberChick]

The Internetz...you win at it.