<!--QuoteBegin-[WHO+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([WHO)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Them,Jun 14 2004, 06:29 PM] <!--QuoteBegin-Caboose+Jun 14 2004, 03:14 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Caboose @ Jun 14 2004, 03:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Lol, Duck and Cover was great. They know that a thin cloth or even a newspaper can save them from the serious burn from an atomic bobm <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Were people really that dumb to beleive that ducking and covering can save you? I mean, it can destroy an entire city (Hiroshima) but your newspaper will save you!!! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Actually, I believe it's taking into account the fact that the blast damage has a radius of like 1-2 miles, but the flash can be seen far far further than that.
It's sort of like why you have to wear that special helmet when using an arc welder, that light can seriously mess up your eyes and skin with enough exposure. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> I don't have the sheet in front of me, but I remember having a chart describing the effects of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima within certain spheres of the blast.
I might get to validate this tomorrow: 0-1 miles = you disintegrated if you were outside and melted if you were inside. tasty. 99% dead. temperatures at the blast center reached several million degrees Celsius, with winds over 600 miles per hour. 1-2 miles = most buildings utterly destroyed, most people again disintegrated from the intense heat. ~80% dead 3-5 miles = people under adequate shelter (not a newspaper) survive. people outside probably die. ~50% dead 6-10 miles = reallllly bad sunburn / radiation poisoning. 10% dead.
And then most of the survivors will have cancer or leukemia of course.
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Were people really that dumb to beleive that ducking and covering can save you? I mean, it can destroy an entire city (Hiroshima) but your newspaper will save you!!! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Actually, I believe it's taking into account the fact that the blast damage has a radius of like 1-2 miles, but the flash can be seen far far further than that.
It's sort of like why you have to wear that special helmet when using an arc welder, that light can seriously mess up your eyes and skin with enough exposure. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I don't have the sheet in front of me, but I remember having a chart describing the effects of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima within certain spheres of the blast.
I might get to validate this tomorrow:
0-1 miles = you disintegrated if you were outside and melted if you were inside. tasty. 99% dead. temperatures at the blast center reached several million degrees Celsius, with winds over 600 miles per hour.
1-2 miles = most buildings utterly destroyed, most people again disintegrated from the intense heat. ~80% dead
3-5 miles = people under adequate shelter (not a newspaper) survive. people outside probably die. ~50% dead
6-10 miles = reallllly bad sunburn / radiation poisoning. 10% dead.
And then most of the survivors will have cancer or leukemia of course.
[edit] Just realized how far off-topic this thread has gone...meh [/edit]