Nuclear bomb fallout + Google maps

[flameboy]

I had always wondered how at-risk I am living near a high-profile target like Los Angeles. This neat little tool lets you detonate a bomb anywhere and see how far the blast will reach.

http://www.carloslabs.com/projects/200712B/GroundZero.html

Turns out I am no where near the blast radius of even the biggest nuclear detonation.

[heycorey]

One of my more favored wall-paper ...

[M. Sage]

This doesn't account for fallout, only blast radius.

[CSDGuy]

Actually, it doesn't account for either blast radius or fallout effects. It only accounts for immediate radiation effects.

The scope & direction of the fallout effects depend upon prevailing winds at the time of the blast and how much dust/debris is sucked up into the radioactive cloud at the time of the blast.

[Librarian]

This doesn't account for fallout, only blast radius.

This one does: http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/nuke...lloutcalc.html

And FAS has a blast version: http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/nuke...&contentId=367
(Set for SF)

Happy nightmares.

[berto]

Oh the joy in typing in Berkeley and then clicking "nuke it".

[Jason762]

Oh the joy in typing in Berkeley and then clicking "nuke it".

Ha ha ha nice! I ride through there on my way to work. Nice pavement...

[Technical Ted]

Check out the Ship-based Attack On Hollywood scenario http://www.missilethreat.com/scenari...32/default.asp

[Vinz]

that Tsar Bomba is a bad mother.


Vinz

[hybridatsun350]

This doesn't account for fallout, only blast radius.

Exactly.

[Tillers_Rule]

Asteroid impact would screw the whole country, even if it landed in San Diego

[yellowfin]

It's about like calculating effects of the anti 2A political machine, which is probably worse since the prevention isn't as extensive and cleanup is apparently a lot longer process.

[berto]

Ha ha ha nice! I ride through there on my way to work. Nice pavement...

The streets only get fixed in years when there are local elections. And even then they do stupid stuff like repaving before they replace the sewer. One nuke probably isn't enough.

[westcoastr]

Oh the joy in typing in Berkeley and then clicking "nuke it".

hey! quit nuking berkeley, im in the fallout shadow!!

[Librarian]

hey! quit nuking berkeley, im in the fallout shadow!!

Me too. Worth it.