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发帖数: 2474 | 1 Here's What Would Happen If a Nuclear Bomb Landed Near You
We all know a nuclear war would be bad, but it's kind of abstract.
Personally, I always just assumed I'd be vaporized if a nuclear bomb fell
near me. Apparently not, according to this video, which provides a
terrifying, in-depth look at just what would happen if you were close to a
nuclear ground zero. The real problem, we discover, is that "close" is a
relative term.
For instance, if the bomb dropped on a clear night, people up to 53 miles
away would experience flash blindness. People 7 miles away would get first-
degree burns. Within 5 miles, it's third-degree burns—which, if they cover
24 percent or more of your body, are very likely to kill you. But we're just
getting started:
Within a 4 mile radius, according to our video friend, the blast force would
be 180 tons. This would not be good for you or the structure you live in.
Within a bit more than a half mile, windspeeds would be over 700 kilometers
per hour. You can survive that, but a building would probably fall on you.
All this, by the way, is from a one-megaton bomb. The Russians have tested a
50-megaton bomb.
Oh, and none of this includes the radiation element—which is kind of a big
deal. That could land you with genetic mutations or an increased risk of
cancer. And if it doesn't kill you—and the bomb was part of even a small-
scale nuclear war—the nuclear fallout could dominate the atmosphere,
causing a significant loss of annual rainfall. That would devastate crop
harvests and, by one estimate, could starve as many as 2 billion people to
death. |
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