You guys are gonna think I'm nuts...........

[mmurphy]

Cumminsluke, in revisting this thread I think what ever you decide to make,just think on the line of what else I could use this for in the event it may never be needed and it will be well worth what ever you put in to it. I found this to be a very interesting thread to see what every body is thinking in a event that could change everything as we know it. The good thing here in the U.S.A. I believe fellow americans would pull together to get through.

 

[mjncad]

Didn't we develop a nutron bomb?as I understand it doesn't destroy the buildings etc. russ

If I recall correctly, President Jiminy Peanut put the kibosh on the neutron bomb.

 

[mjncad]

This is all great info and great responses. I don't know, what I am going to do, I just feel like I should do something? I could build a pretty good tornado shelter in my basement relatively easy and inexpensively. The thought of all the evil in the world and their desire to due us harm makes me think I should examine bunker options in order to take cover from whatever could happen. I just don't know? I feel like my family deserves a fighting chance.

I sympathise with your quandary; but I agree with another poster...build a tornado shelter given the part of the country you live in, and put aside money for your kids' educations.

I have some old 1960's era home improvement books my old man had, and a bomb shelter was one article in the set. Looking at how much you could potentially spend on a bomb shelter to build and stock it properly; I think it would be better to live in the here and now enjoying life instead of fretting about what might happen.

 

[forgeblast]

Near the nuke power plants they usually hand out iostat pills in case there is an ohno.
they are cheap last for years and can give some piece of mind.
they block the rad from messing with your thyroid.

 

[brin]

We have a Tornado shelter in our basement..concrete over steel roof with all concrete walls and steel door that opens in...it would also serve as a fallout shelter if needed.

Did any of you ever see the TV series " Jerico " ? It was about domestic terrorists that set off nukes in about 8 American cities..I hated it when they took it off the air and always wondered why..anyone ever see it ? It showed one community pulling togeather after the bomb.

 

[Obed]

I'd prefer to deal with accumulated contamination that is not airborne for a couple of days rather than deal with airborne alpha emitters for even an hour.
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As an aside, my first real job out of college was as a nuclear engineer for the Navy.I was a civilian ... sailors who manned them. Definitely a lot of good people. When did you get out Obed, I wonder if we ever crossed paths? I was at Norfolk until 2003.

Lt CHEG, I'd agree that avoiding breathing the stuff into the lungs would be the highest priority. The DHS document recommended breathing through a cloth while there was airborn rads.

From your comments, I wondered if you had a nuclear background. I was impressed by the civilian Navy nukes; they seemed to only take the brightest of the bright.

I got out of the Navy after almost 7 years in 1991 when the 1st Gulf War started. I did my nuke training in Orlando and Hartfort, CT. I was stationed on subs in Groton, CT and Charleston, SC. I interviewed with Admiral McKee when I was in college before being accepted into the nuke program. If I had interviewed one year earlier, I would have had to interview with Admiral Rickover (known as "The Father of the Nuclear Navy"). I have talked with people who interviewed with Rickover; there are some interesting stories. One guy went to his interview and Rickover told him that the guy wasn't ready yet to interview with Rickover and made him wait in a closet with the door shut for 2 hours. I knew a guy in college who interviewed with Rickover the year before my interview. He did not get accepted into the program. His interview with Rickover was so traumatic that he would not talk about it. I have no idea what happened.

 

[6thgpSF]

mjncad,thanks for the info.did you know carter was a nuke capitan,he also let all the draft dodgers come home. brin I remember Jerico ,believe the city was somewhere here in Kansas. obed my best buddy served in nukes in the early 70s and he told me some good stories about Rickover. russ

 

[Lt CHEG]

Lt CHEG, I'd agree that avoiding breathing the stuff into the lungs would be the highest priority. The DHS document recommended breathing through a cloth while there was airborn rads.

From your comments, I wondered if you had a nuclear background. I was impressed by the civilian Navy nukes; they seemed to only take the brightest of the bright.

I got out of the Navy after almost 7 years in 1991 when the 1st Gulf War started. I did my nuke training in Orlando and Hartfort, CT. I was stationed on subs in Groton, CT and Charleston, SC. I interviewed with Admiral McKee when I was in college before being accepted into the nuke program. If I had interviewed one year earlier, I would have had to interview with Admiral Rickover (known as "The Father of the Nuclear Navy"). I have talked with people who interviewed with Rickover; there are some interesting stories. One guy went to his interview and Rickover told him that the guy wasn't ready yet to interview with Rickover and made him wait in a closet with the door shut for 2 hours. I knew a guy in college who interviewed with Rickover the year before my interview. He did not get accepted into the program. His interview with Rickover was so traumatic that he would not talk about it. I have no idea what happened.

I've heard a number of Adm. Rickover stories. When I was completing my undergrad I took a nuclear power plant operations class where there were spots available to test for senior reactor operator certification with the NRC. Half the guys taking the class were former Navy Nukes who were making the transition to civilian life. I was only minoring in nuclear engineering (my BS is in Chemical Engineering - hence the CHEG in my user name) at the time and didn't want to take a spot from a guy who could use the certification to make a living so I didn't take the certification exam through the NRC, just my college's practical to have their blessing to operate the reactor. The point of the story is that I heard lots of great Adm. Rickover stories from both the Nukes attending the class and from the teaching assistant who was also a former nuke working on his PhD. Definitely some good memories with some good people. It's been good talking about this stuff with you Obed.

 

[sailorman]

" I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. " Albert Einstein

I don t know if he really said it though.

 

[mjncad]

mjncad,thanks for the info.did you know carter was a nuke capitan,he also let all the draft dodgers come home. brin I remember Jerico ,believe the city was somewhere here in Kansas. obed my best buddy served in nukes in the early 70s and he told me some good stories about Rickover. russ

Yeah I knew Jiminy Peanut was a nuke boat officer. I always found it ironic that one of our country's weakest presidents served in one of the Navy's most elite disciplines. I also got a kick out of his inability to pronounce 'nuclear' correctly. It always came out sounding like 'nukeyer.'

I knew of the Jericho TV show; but it never piqued my interest enough to watch it. However, I do enjoy watching Jack Bauer kick terrorist butt on '24.'