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6. If a nuclear bomb ever hits my city I sincerely hope it drops right in my back yard.

Thu Mar 29, 2018, 06:08 PM

Mar 2018

That's not something I want to "survive".

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What would happen if a Nuclear Bomb went off in your backyard. Sobering [View all] tomhagen Mar 2018 OP

I would be vaporized vlyons Mar 2018 #1

Indeed and probably among the 'lucky' if that were to happen. hlthe2b Mar 2018 #2

That's right, I would never even know vlyons Mar 2018 #4

And you wouldn't even have time to realize what just happened. sdfernando Mar 2018 #3

I wouldn't be around long enough to even notice it. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #5

Does anyone here remember the tv special The Day After? bobbieinok Mar 2018 #7

Yes, I do remember that show/movie. Seems like it was around 1984. Grammy23 Mar 2018 #12

I remember watching the movie On the Beach Skittles Apr 2018 #15

You can watch it on YouTube Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2018 #16

In my backyard are.... SonofDonald Mar 2018 #8

I'm just down the road from JBLM Evergreen Emerald Mar 2018 #13

I would be Dead? Canoe52 Mar 2018 #9

well rownesheck Mar 2018 #11

If it hit the Port of Los Angeles we would survive. denbot Apr 2018 #14