Where you live and nuclear war.

[CentralMass]

17. That is pretty much it. From memory from reading up on it long ago there

are some critical steps to surviving the initial blast and immediate aftermath.
1. Don't inhale or ingest radioactive material.
- So if you were out and a nuclear event ocurred where the Shockwave didn't kill you put on mask (to filter out particulate
matter and don't drink or eat anything that may have been contaminated.

2. Get to a shelter as fast as possible
- Minimizing how much radiation you are exposed to is key to your survival. Public radiation shelter or a basement. From memory feet of concrete or dirt such as a basement with dirt cover at least 3 side.
This will mimize radiation exposure to your body that would give you radiation poisoning and a quick a miserable death. Radiation levels drop to a somewhat safer level after a number of days.
3. Take potassium iodide pills to protect your thyroid..
- potassium iodide protects your thyroid from absorbing radioactive iodine protecting it from radiation damage. The thyroid gland is the part of the body that is most sensitive to radioactive iodine.

4. A source of non contaminated food and water.
- This would have had to have been stored in advance in the shelter.

5. Sanitary concerns. At minimum the trash bag lined 5 gallon bucket with a toilet seat.

6. A Geiger counter and dosiometer to determine when radiation levels are safe enough for you to venture out and test food/water and to see how much radiation you have been exposed to.

In the end you would probably wish that you hadn't survived the blast. Having one round in the glock 9mm might be a better option.