Response to Beyond y2k

There isn't really a lot you can do to protect against nuclear war. You are either in it or you aren't. If you are in the initial blast zone, it is very unlikely you will survive. As to fallout, if you are in a fallout area, including downwind from the original area, you would have to have a safe supply of air for quite awhile depending on how far away from ground zero you are, what is the nuclear source and its half-life rate and how much of a barrier you could have erected ahead of time, i.e. bomb shelter, etc. and most people are not likely to have a facility that can provide that. So really, don't worry about it. If you are within range, you can expect to be a goner and if you are outside of the fallout area then you will be pretty much okay as long as you don't travel to the fallout area. It's pretty much a matter of luck. The only thing you can do is don't buy a farm next to Joel (LOL) and try to locate as far away from obvious targets as you can. The rest is pretty much dumb luck. It's kind of like worrying about whether or not a tractor trailer is going to hit you. If it happens, you are either going to be too close or you will get missed. There is no sense worrying about it because there is not much you can do about it anyway.

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