Survivability

I grew up in a town in northern Illinois where we could see a nuclear power plant from the end of our driveway about 3 miles away. After Chernobyl and Three Mile Island I became concerned about my family and I living in such close proximity to a nuclear powered electric plant. So I set myself to study about nuclear energy and it's possible health risks.

Subsequently upon the study of nuclear energy one does not have to look too far to find references to nuclear war and it's risks thereof. I remember well reading various references of how because of mistakes in the early warning systems of the United States against the launch of a nuclear attack from the then Soviet Union the U.S. had actually been within minutes of launching what it thought was a second strike or retaliation against what had been mistaken for a Soviet first strike against us. I was appalled that we the American people were just blithely living out our daily lives under such kinds of risks and new absolutely nothing about it.

Also, upon such investigations I learned even though survivability at or near ground zero is very improbable, fallout on the other hand is an entirely different matter. Though there is the potential for even more people to die from fallout it does not have to be, if some simple precautions are undertaken.

I learned however, this fact was actively suppressed by the U.S. government under the agreement of M.A.D., Mutual Assured Destruction between America and the U.S.S.R. The idea was that if either nation took steps to provide for the civil defense of either ones population then that would be a sign or indication that the one who provided it would be preparing for a first strike against the other. This I concluded was MAD indeed. I felt very much betrayed by our government in allowing it's citizens to in effect be held as hostage to the Soviet Union.

So in the course of my life I have paid close attention to any mention of nuclear threats being made. I am very attune to it, my ears instantly pickup on it.

So here we are with this ongoing list of news links making references to the possibility of nuclear war.

It is a threat. A very real threat and it has been for many decades now. The so called collapse of the Soviet Union did nothing to make us safer in fact all it did was make things more unsafe, more unstable. With all the weapons of mass destruction out there in this world someone somewhere is bound to push the button eventually.

Like sheep the populations of the world just go about their daily lives oblivious to the threats out there and with no one telling them that it is perfectly possible to survive the fallout from a nuclear detonation.

Just follow the links on the right hand side bar " The good news about nuclear destruction " and "WHAT TO DO IF A NUCLEAR DISASTER IS IMMINENT" for information of how it is possible to survive.