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mnhtnbb

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25. Since I replied to this thread earlier this morning

Fri Feb 25, 2022, 08:08 AM

Feb 2022

I was nauseated after getting out of the shower. Realized it was the acute anxiety brought on by thinking about nuclear war. Nausea is gone, but I have that just below the surface of full out jittery sensation.

Damn Putin. Damn Trump. Damn Republicans. Two YEARS of Covid--and it ain't over, yet--and now the very real threat of nuclear war from a fucking bully? Those two BOTH have talked about the idea of why have nukes if you aren't going to use them?

Damn, damn, damn.

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Where you live and nuclear war. [View all] LiberatedUSA Feb 2022 OP

As a child of the Cold War ... Straw Man Feb 2022 #1

I always thought the best place to be was ground zero. Chainfire Feb 2022 #24

That's how I feel nini Feb 2022 #28

I agree with that assessment csziggy Feb 2022 #41

During the height of the Cold War my plans were to just get a lawn chair out Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #2

Lived in Wichita for half of the '70s JanMichael Feb 2022 #53

"The Living would envy the Dead" PCIntern Feb 2022 #3

In the blast radius of Wright Patterson dwayneb Feb 2022 #56

I grew up about a half hour from WPAB Buckeyeblue Feb 2022 #57

At my age, just make it quick. multigraincracker Feb 2022 #4

Memories! kozar Feb 2022 #10

Well, if I hadn't gotten myself out of the US mnhtnbb Feb 2022 #5

Well, I'm pretty sure the nearby Ft Huachuca is a target. panader0 Feb 2022 #6

The thing that would make me wish I was dead the most... LiberatedUSA Feb 2022 #7

Don't worry about it... MiHale Feb 2022 #8

If you are a direct hit, you are the lucky one bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #9

People really have no idea, do they. Strelnikov_ Feb 2022 #26

Powerful movie Owl Feb 2022 #80

I'd say 50-100 Polybius Feb 2022 #70

Munitions are made in "flyover country" blogslug Feb 2022 #11

That is pretty much it. From memory from reading up on it long ago there CentralMass Feb 2022 #17

Not good DetroitLegalBeagle Feb 2022 #12

My chances aren't good Norbert Feb 2022 #13

On the Beach LittleWoman Feb 2022 #14

Yes, great book. Good movie too. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #21

Scared me too nt XanaDUer2 Feb 2022 #52

One depressing movie. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #64

I live in SW WI John Ludi Feb 2022 #15

You're fucked inthewind21 Feb 2022 #40

I was 12 years old during the missile crisis in Cuba Walleye Feb 2022 #16

Wow. I'm about 3 miles from his RB home. we can do it Feb 2022 #31

Don't know why I thought of that. It's such a quiet neighborhood I couldn't keep that image out Walleye Feb 2022 #34

Tampa would become a field of molten glass HAB911 Feb 2022 #18

I'd be a goner Generic Brad Feb 2022 #19

We all live near DC, so we're goners, too. But I'm used to that. As a child, I Nay Feb 2022 #29

Yep, I knew that feeling. The grown-ups were scared so I was scared Walleye Feb 2022 #35

Great Falls, Montana; Mountain Home, Idaho; Ellsworth, South Dakota; Minot, North Dakota; ... NT mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #20

. . . along with everything south and east of Kansas City (Whiteman) n/t Strelnikov_ Feb 2022 #22

North Central Florida now, so who knows? Jax area would be gone, not sure about Gainesville area. dameatball Feb 2022 #23

Since I replied to this thread earlier this morning mnhtnbb Feb 2022 #25

Funny, I wasn't able to sleep much at all last night -- I bet it's anxiety over Nay Feb 2022 #32

This is creating a sort of critical mass in my anxiety levels as well Walleye Feb 2022 #36

"Critical mass" is a good way of putting it. One thing on top of another, then Nay Feb 2022 #69

I'm in the shadow of the National Capital Best_man23 Feb 2022 #27

As a kid I was taught getting under my desk would save me nini Feb 2022 #30

We were out in the hall putting our hands behind our necks like it was World War I Walleye Feb 2022 #37

Yep, here, too - In Central Florida during the Cuban Missle Crisis csziggy Feb 2022 #42

Awesome lol nini Feb 2022 #43

I'm in a target zone...just South of Seattle. Wounded Bear Feb 2022 #33

Me too, Wounded Bear Trailrider1951 Feb 2022 #50

I spent my childhood worried about this. Iggo Feb 2022 #38

Zero. As an Air Force brat from the 60s relayerbob Feb 2022 #39

Same. I remember standing in an Air Force base in GA, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2022 #72

Not really as there are military bases and missile silos in red states. Please stop trying Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #44

Thank you. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #47

+1 Celerity Feb 2022 #63

I'm toast. Wingus Dingus Feb 2022 #45

I Live RobinA Feb 2022 #46

smack dab in between LA and a Naval Base... I'd be toast. Rapidly. WarGamer Feb 2022 #48

Lol...yep. Iggo Feb 2022 #51

Taft, CA is the safest place in the United States if nuclear war breaks out. BannonsLiver Feb 2022 #49

Hey...the #2 Target in The USA! NYC'r. Lived through The Cold War... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #54

I live in Raleigh, NC and I think my area would be Jspur Feb 2022 #55

I remember the movie "The Day After", and ... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #58

When I was a kid . . . peggysue2 Feb 2022 #59

Do you live near a military target? EX500rider Feb 2022 #60

Unless it is a very limited range small nuke, LuckyCharms Feb 2022 #61

Nuclear missle silos are spread across the midwest. Military bases too. Swede Feb 2022 #62

VERY rural area for me... tosh Feb 2022 #65

Spent the Cuban Missile Crisis in Houston on my Grandparents farm. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #66

I have never lived anywhere that wouldn't be gone in the first hour of nuke war Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2022 #67

I live approximately 40 miles from an old nerve gas ammunition plant. Emile Feb 2022 #68

Live in a very rural area. Fallout would be a concern for 72 hrs Kaleva Feb 2022 #71

"I don't know what weapons VGNonly Feb 2022 #73

Ohio people- 'Conceptual Nuclear Weapon Target Map of Ohio, created by FEMA Sept 1990'. irisblue Feb 2022 #74

We're in San Diego. A major military site. maveric Feb 2022 #75

we're about 12 miles from MacDill AFB onethatcares Feb 2022 #76

A major target VGNonly Feb 2022 #77

I live near major oil refineries. inanna Feb 2022 #78

Close to Washington DC. Closer to the NSA complex. Stinky The Clown Feb 2022 #79