The
New York Times reports on
the latest advice from the feds on what to do in the event of a nuclear bomb.
Suppose the unthinkable happened, and terrorists struck New York or another big city with an atom bomb. What should people there do? The government has a surprising new message: Do not flee. Get inside any stable building and don’t come out till officials say it’s safe. The advice is based on recent scientific analyses showing that a nuclear attack is much more survivable if you immediately shield yourself from the lethal radiation that follows a blast, a simple tactic seen as saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Even staying in a car, the studies show, would reduce casualties by more than 50 percent; hunkering down in a basement would be better by far.
According to the report, the safest place to be in a big city is inside the core of large building or in an underground parking garage.
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The New York Times reports on the latest advice from the feds on what to do in the event of a nuclear bomb.
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