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L. Coyote

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Wed Aug 9, 2017, 12:53 PM Aug 2017

How to prepare for a nuclear attack [View all]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2163824/world-war-three-nuclear-attack-survival-guide/

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What to do before a nuclear blast?

The following are things experts recommend you can do to protect yourself, your family and your home if you believe an attack is imminent.

Build an Emergency Supply Kit, which includes items like non-perishable food, water, a battery-powered or hand-crank radio, extra flashlights and batteries. You may want to prepare a kit for your workplace and a portable kit to keep in your car in case you are told to evacuate.
Make a Family Emergency Plan. Your family may not be together when disaster strikes, so it is important to know how you will contact one another, how you will get back together and what you will do in case of an emergency.
Find out from officials if any public buildings in your community have been designated as fallout shelters. If none have been designated, make your own list of potential shelters. These places would include basements or the windowless central area of middle floors in high-rise buildings.

What to do during a nuclear blast?

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Kiss your arse goodbye!
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I plan to climb on the roof and work on my tan once and for all Orrex Aug 2017 #1
LOL! lunatica Aug 2017 #11
I'll be singing this song... edbermac Aug 2017 #2
It'll be my fucking bad luck that a dud missed-its-target bomb crashes into my backyard... hunter Aug 2017 #3
Since you mentioned a British paper, The Brits had those creepy Protect and Survive PSAs maryellen99 Aug 2017 #4
How bloody cheery. Doreen Aug 2017 #12
There's a whole bunch of them maryellen99 Aug 2017 #16
24-48 hours? That sure as hell does not give you much time to do anything BUT panic. Doreen Aug 2017 #22
They also had the manual as well that you could get at anytime maryellen99 Aug 2017 #23
More time to panic and yell at the husband for forgetting to get the manual at Doreen Aug 2017 #27
the last line is the only reasonable preparation. niyad Aug 2017 #5
I'll be in the back yard with a catcher's mitt ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #6
That's my idea, only it will be my comfy chair Warpy Aug 2017 #13
So long as you don't have a catcher's mitt ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #14
I live in Texas, and I'm taking at least one asshole Trump supporter with me. hamsterjill Aug 2017 #15
Nukes don't discriminate ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #17
I want one sitting next to me. hamsterjill Aug 2017 #19
I'm calling it Stupid October. Orsino Aug 2017 #7
A message from civilian defense C_U_L8R Aug 2017 #8
+1000s. Yep, I think I still have this one. . . DinahMoeHum Aug 2017 #30
Duck and Cover smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #9
Yes! peggysue2 Aug 2017 #18
I prefer the bend over as far as i can MyNameGoesHere Aug 2017 #10
YEP! Zoonart Aug 2017 #26
Go fishing. cloudbase Aug 2017 #20
Lol oasis Aug 2017 #25
the moment tump was elected i knew that this wan an all too real possibility.. Time2Evolve Aug 2017 #21
I'm starting to think we won't make it to the end of the year nt maryellen99 Aug 2017 #24
If they can just start the end times, they get to rise to heaven to be with God. L. Coyote Aug 2017 #29
Stock up on Twinkies sarisataka Aug 2017 #28
Bwaaaahhaaaaaa! montana_hazeleyes Aug 2017 #33
FEMA defines the same guidelines for a Zombie Apocalypse... brooklynite Aug 2017 #31
K&R Drills to Prepare Children for Nuclear Emergency - Civil Defense Training Drills - 1950s stonecutter357 Aug 2017 #32
To put a slightly serious face on a great thread... defacto7 Aug 2017 #34
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