View Full Version : So you have 30 minutes before the nukes land, what do you do?
Team Sergeant
01-15-2018, 10:44
This should be interesting. ;)
rsdengler
01-15-2018, 10:45
Have a Quickie.........:D
Mustang Man
01-15-2018, 11:19
Do what I can to survive the blast and fallout for the sake of enjoying the mad max/post-apocalyptic world that would follow.
Edit to add: And of course add my final post here introducing a code and response to forum members I may potentially come across and ally with.
I already thought of one, if anyone hears "SHIT!" during all the chaos respond back with "HOLE!" Seems appropriate. :D
We're so out of touch down here that I wouldn't even know I had only 30 minutes for several hours.
We're so out of touch down here that I wouldn't even know I had only 30 minutes for several hours.
Are you saying that you have poor cell service? :D
Are you saying that you have poor cell service? :D
What's that? :confused:
OJ, simple syrup and tequila...'cause you in for one hell of a tequila sunrise, baby !
Have a Quickie.........:D
And the other 29 minutes? :D
Assuming I have 30 minutes and everyone else is oblivious:
Start running the hose into our 1000L water pallets.
A last run to the market just up the beach to buy batteries, booze, wine, and chocolate by the case.
And some extra staples to top up stores with flour, sugar, coffee, baking powder/soda, and bleach by the case.
I might be cheeky and chuck a shopping cart in the Ute bed.
Top up vehicle tanks(“half is empty” after the earthquakes) both diesel, across street from market.
Way down in middle earth it’s probably worth the gamble for a final supply run and just park up in the garage if the wagons makes it home(EMP).
After that it’s cleaning rifles and marksmanship principles with the kids while the wife checks with the neighbours(we’ve got a pretty solid ultral local community proven to a point with earthquakes).
Otherwise savour a coffee, plan, plot, scheme, worry.
Old Dog New Trick
01-15-2018, 13:00
Flagg you are an ethical person. I commend you.
I hope though that you “buy” things with a credit card and save the cash.
The Reaper
01-15-2018, 13:04
The media has blown nuclear effects far out of proportion, most Americans think they are unsurvivable. Unfortunately, our enemies understand that this is not true.
Thirty minutes is not enough time to run to town (and barely enough to get home from work), so I would focus on battening down the hatches, getting everyone home or prepared to shelter in place, filling up containers with water, charging batteries and battery powered devices, unplugging all other electronics, opening the safe and getting weapons and battle rattle distributed and loaded up, putting electronics (less one battery operated radio on the emergency channel) in Faraday containers, repositioning fire extinguishers, extraction tools, and first aid kits, getting some MREs and bottled water handy and ready to move, closing blinds and wetting down the east side of the roof, and checking everyone's go bags. Everyone into the shelter five minutes out. I have a prioritized checklist, just in case.
Worst case is no notice, or too much notice, because the odds are much better of you being killed by the aftermath (or the pre- and post attack runs on Wal-Mart) than the detonation itself.
TR
Old Dog New Trick
01-15-2018, 13:13
If I’m home or near home (go home) and pour a tall glass of scotch (the good stuff) light up the best cigar I have turn up some classic tunes start grill and have a brief conversation with the family as to what we do in the event we survive.
If I see the blast light start counting if it’s over a couple minutes away, go pour second glass and ready the frozen stuff for immediate consumption.
rsdengler
01-15-2018, 13:54
And the other 29 minutes? :D
LOL....Wahaaahaaa.....have 29 more quickies and a cigarette..:)
If I’m home or near home (go home) and pour a tall glass of scotch (the good stuff) light up the best cigar I have turn up some classic tunes start grill and have a brief conversation with the family as to what we do in the event we survive.
If I see the blast light start counting if it’s over a couple minutes away, go pour second glass and ready the frozen stuff for immediate consumption.
Great answer sir!
Same here. I would though, text a few folks to say," I love you, always have, and always will" etc... Then just pop some corn, hang with my sis, and get ready to party in Heaven, lol.:lifter.
Holly
I live so far out in the sticks I think I would climb the tall hill next to the house with a lawn chair and try to watch it, with prescription sunglasses of course. Oh ya, slip in a quicky so I don't miss any action.
What is this country turning into? All I hear is we were so frightened and traumatized by the false alert. They should be glad and sit down and make some plans if it really happens and get prepared. Quit being a victim and grow a pair.
As a kid we did drills at school, church and at home. Guess the population is too scared of their shadow and any other thing to live without fear. Boy have gone backwards. Before everyone feared us and now we fear everything.
Dean Jarvis
01-15-2018, 18:32
Bubye
frostfire
01-15-2018, 19:32
it's not everyday you can get a free "flash" painting of your silhouette to be forever printed .
Assuming I know the yield and location (ground vs air blast), I would pick the best canvas
Old Dog New Trick
01-15-2018, 20:16
I think every time Kim Jung Um launches a ballistic missile towards the Pacific Ocean we should launch two or three towards the NKPR and China.
It’s the only way to modernize our ballistic missile defense system! Not to mention Beijing won’t put up with his Tomfoolery for long every time their missile detection system alerts.
Editors note: scrambling B1 and B2 bombers with nuclear payloads are easier to recall. But I’d still like to see the SHTF moment in Beijing when two or three Minuteman missiles are incoming.
Bleed Green
01-15-2018, 20:41
I am kind of on the same page as the guy playing golf in Hawaii while this was going on. Keep on playing, light what may be my last cigar of my life and hope to God I am playing with somebody of the same mind so I would have a witness in case I managed to get a hole in one. Of course in that case I am sure the bar tab would be negligible as most people would have left their sticks and hauled ass home.
... we have a couple subs stationed off their coast and wipe the goofy bastard off the face of the earth. .
Wouldn't take two subs to put them back in the stone age.
Flagg you are an ethical person. I commend you.
I hope though that you “buy” things with a credit card and save the cash.
Cheers!
Credit card of course.
I always clear the card every month, but it’s not my fault if the interwebs gets knocked out.
I forgot to add the part about running over little old ladies in the road if it’s an ambush come-on.
mojaveman
01-15-2018, 21:30
So if the government does detect a launch how long does it take for the nuke to hit?
Let's say from North Korea to Hawaii or to a large city on the west coast.
If they hit the nearest town to me in the middle, it would take about 500 Kilotons to take me out and prevailing winds aren't in my direction. Course, that assumes their aim is good. I have plenty of preps so I'd just sit back, grab a beer, and watch the fun.
What size can NK actually hoist in terms of yield?? 10-15 kilotons is about the highest they tested so far I believe. Now, if it's the ROOsians or the Chinese, the throw weights get a little bigger.;)
Here's a program to do some simple calculations. You just got to figure what's the nearest target to you they will be aiming at, and punch in an estimated throw weight.
http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
Let's say from North Korea to Hawaii or to a large city on the west coast.
Twenty-one minutes and thirty-eight minutes to SF. Or until it breaks up on reentry. ;)
...get on Twitter and make sure everyone understands that my demise rests securely at the feet of the current president and his partisan congress.
PedOncoDoc
01-16-2018, 09:21
Hug the wife and kids then send the kids to the basement so I can have some alone time with the wife. If time permits, enjoy a bourbon on the rocks and a good cigar. Afterwards (assuming I'm not in the immediate blast area), put a clear plan in place for the immediate family and then contact the hospital to find out when casualties are inbound and get instructions on where/when to report to help with triage.
This answer must've been in the wrong thread so I've relocated here it for him:
I would like to be mounted, by a skilled taxidermist.
Find a suitable swimming pool not indoors, put sunscreen on and grab a nice beverage. When the Flash goes off DUCK AND COVER and hold my breath for two min while the heat and blast wave go over head and hope its not close enough to evaporate all the water instantly. :cool:
Find a suitable swimming pool not indoors, put sunscreen on and grab a nice beverage. When the Flash goes off DUCK AND COVER and hold my breath for two min while the heat and blast wave go over head and hope its not close enough to evaporate all the water instantly. :cool:
keep a tank and Reg available and sit on the bottom for a while to keep the ash off and surface 1 hr later.:eek:
Hate holding my breath during a stress event.:D