I said early on, on CC's thread, that war was coming and it would come to our shores. I also said that Russia had nukes and would use them on us here. Back then, that statement was pretty much ignored.
Now, we see war and I still believe it will come to our shores this time and we will be nuked. I have no intel and none of us wants to know what my remaining uncles would say. Well, maybe one of them. The other is a mean ass and has dementia.
Guys, this is no game. The oceans will not protect us. Technology is so far advanced from what it was in WWII.
Get your affairs and preps in order. We don't know when, but I know it will happen.
Quoting: Texan Buckeye I pretty much agree with this assessment. The only thing I'm not sure about is the scope. Will it be small exchange and then cooler heads prevail? Or will it escalate to a full nuclear exchange, including our population centers?
I know that once the first nuclear weapon is detonated - especially if it's in Europe - we will have precious little time to react here in the US. So, ask yourself:
"If a nuclear war happened tomorrow, do I have everything I need to be self-sufficient for at least six months, if not a year?" If the answer is "no," fix that deficiency immediately.
Understand that Indiana could go completely unscathed in a Russian/NATO nuclear exchange, and we would still need to be self-sufficient for an extended period of time. The panic and chaos that will follow a nuclear detonation on US soil will be unlike anything Americans have ever seen, and will make 9/11 look like vehicle collision by comparison. Multiply that by however many detonations there are on US soil, and the panic and chaos grows exponentially. Get home as soon as you can by any means and then stay there.
If anyone wants a map of nuclear targets for their state, let me know. I've been working on one for the entire country, but I only have the Midwest done so far. It will show minimum safe distance for no third-degree burns if flesh is exposed to the thermal pulse. Flash blindness is still possible, though. It does *not* include fallout patterns because wind direction and speed is too variable to predict that. Generally speaking, fallout will move from west to east across the US, with areas just downwind of our missile silos getting the worst of it.
You would think we would have learned our lesson in 1962. But noooooo...
