Response to Beyond y2k

I spent 30 years in the weapons industry and during that time learned more about the effects of nuclear weapons than I wanted to. In fact, what I learned is what motivated me to move beyond the sidewalks. The most unpleasant surprise most people are going to get in the event of a nuclear exchange is the most of the immediate fatalities will be limited to high density populaltion areas. Most of US don't live there and are going to be survivors. Civil unrest will be the biggest problem and the studies I read projected that by the time some sort of order is restored, more deaths will be the result of civil violence than nuclear effects. Survival,in a nutshell, is going to depend on being able to defend your perimeter (use boobytraps - if you get into a gunfight and get wounded it's a good bet you'll die of the resulting infection) and avoid fallout hotspots. Get a gieger counter, enough dosimeters and a charger to cover those in your family. Put away enough black plastic to drap your house so that any fallout which washes off your roof is carried away from the house and doesn't accumulate outside the walls. Old or abandoned military airbases should be avoided as most of them have hardened runways which might serve a dispersal sites for our aircraft are almost certainly terciary, if not secondary targets. Everything else you will need is probably already on hand if you live beyond the sidewalks. Good luck and keep your head down, John

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