A nuclear war is survivable

But, however, here is the good part. The radiation from fallout had a rapid half-life. At the first hour, should you be totally without protection, the radiation will kill you in less then 30 minutes. After two weeks, the radiation is only about 1/100 of what it was at the very first second. If one was to leave his/her shelter after a month, the amount of radiation would be so small it wouldn't be a threat. Now, let me explain what happens after receiving a certain amount of radiation from fallout. REM = Roentgen Equivalent Man, 1 REM is about 1 R. Less than 5 REM: No visible syndromes. 5-50 REM: Temporarily decreased red blood cell count. 50-150 REM: Decreased production of immunity cells; susceptible to infections; nausea, headache, and vomiting may be common. This amount of radiation is usually survivable without any medical treatment. 150-300 REM: 35% percent of exposed die within 30 days. Nausea, vomiting, and loss of hair all over the body. 300-400 REM: Severe radiation poisoning, 50% fatality after 30 days (LD 50/30). Other symptoms are similar to the 2–3 Sv dose, with uncontrollable bleeding in the mouth, under the skin and in the kidneys (50% probability at 4 Sv) after the latent phase. 400-600 REM: Acute radiation poisoning, 60% fatality after 30 days (LD 60/30). Fatality increases from 60% at 4.5 Sv to 90% at 6 Sv (unless there is intense medical care). Symptoms start half an hour to two hours after irradiation and last for up to 2 days. After that, there is a 7 to 14 day latent phase, after which generally the same symptoms appear as with 3-4 Sv irradiation, with increased intensity. Female sterility is common at this point. Convalescence takes several months to a year. The primary causes of death (in general 2 to 12 weeks after irradiation) are infections and internal bleeding. 600-1000 REM: Acute radiation poisoning, near 100% fatality after 14 days (LD 100/14). Survival depends on intense medical care. Bone marrow is nearly or completely destroyed, so a bone marrow transplant is required. Gastric and intestinal tissue are severely damaged. Symptoms start 15 to 30 minutes after irradiation and last for up to 2 days. Subsequently, there is a 5 to 10 day latent phase, after which the person dies of infection or internal bleeding. Recovery would take several years and probably would never be complete. Devair Alves Ferreira received a dose of approximately 7.0 Sv (700 REM) during the Goiï¿½nia accident and survived, partially due to his fractionated exposure. 1200-2000 REM: Death is 100% at this stage; symptoms appear immediately. The gastrointestinal system is completely destroyed. There will be uncontrollable bleeding from the mouth, under the skin and the kidneys. Fatigue and general illness takes its toll. Symptoms are the same as before with increased intensity. Recovery is not possible. More than 2000 REM: You're a walking dead. Sorry. So, let's take a scenario. A nuclear bomb is detonated in city X. Person Y is in a shelter so good that is reduces radiation to very small amounts. After a month he has received 20 REM. Outside, the radiation is still continuing to decay. He wants to play it safe and remains in safety for a week. When he goes outside, the radiation has reduced to less than 0.1 R/hr (meaning he is exposed to 0.1 R an hour. ) When he goes outside, the radiation is still decaying. At the present rate, he can stay outside totally unprotected for about 1000 hours [41 days] before he gets mild radiation sickness (100 REM). However, the radiation is still decaying, so the real amount is much larger. After a year the amount of radiation is so small it poses no threat even to a baby. Do you know a problem posed by an ancient philosopher? A man wants to get to the other side of the street. On the first day, he walks half the distance, so he's halfway. On the second day, he walks half of the REMAINING distance. On the third day, he walks half of the remaining distance and so on. When does the man get to the other side of the street? Never. Radiation is the same. [quote]You also claim , the Russians , presuming they are the ones who launched these bombs have better targets than cities. Think about it on many different levels , they are not aware of every secret America military base , and if they were would use other methods and bombs of destroying them , it would actually be a waste attempting to destroy these with atom bombs , as a large majority will be underground presumably , as the American government will have prepared for nuclear war. My sister once worked in a secret base , or not so secret underground one in England . Her job along with 100 other workers was to launch nuclear attacks against the enemy once the country had been destroyed , her base was pretty much indestructible unless you got inside it and blew it up. The Russian government would much rather destroy whole cities with the bombs they have , rather than waste them on small bases. [/quote] If Russia would launch nukes on USA, their first targets would be military bases. They don't care about killing civilians, they care about paralyzing American military. There's no logic in using *very* expensive nukes to kill civilians. Their target is the army. [quote]But think logically also , what the hell are you going to do after these blasts ? you come out your shelter you have ran out of food , nobody is around , the country destroyed , government collapsed , economy literally blown up. Nobodies coming to your aid , as it is to risky and they don't expect much survivors. Where do you get food ? how do you leave the area with no means of transport and are unable to even travel by foot ? Nuclear wars are survivable , its the aftermath that is not . However the aftermath can still be considered part of the war , as normally its the aftermath that kills most the people. [/quote] Let me break this up. [quote]But think logically also , what the hell are you going to do after these blasts ? you come out your shelter you have ran out of food. .. [/quote] Yes, indeed. But here are the good news. 1. After a nuclear war, you can grow new foods. You can grow corn, wheat or anything like that. Apples, oranges, carrots, potatoes, rise. .. the list goes on. So, you can grow foods. The problem is with acquiring meat. This problem could be solved by: A) Bringing two chickens, one male, one female, to the shelter will solve the problem. B) Finding an animal not affected by radiation. [quote]. .. nobody is around. .. [/quote] There would be survivors. Most people would survive the blasts, most survivors would die of radiation. There would be survivors. [quote]. .. [1]the country destroyed , [2]government collapsed , [3]economny literally blown up. .. [/quote] 1) Men survive. I'm sure the survivors, hopefully including me [:)], would start rebuilding the cities and society. It would take a while, but in the end I'm sure it would be possible. 2) Goverment will be rebuilt sooner or later. We don't really need that, we can survive without leaders. 3) Money could/would be replaced with bartering etc. [quote]Nobodies coming to your aid , as it is to risky and they don't expect much survivors. [/quote] There will be survivors, and the survivors will unite. Human nature is to survive, no matter what. Wouldn't it be great to look at every human forget their prejudice and hatred towards others?