Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst studied wind and weather patterns to predict a timeline for nuclear fallout, including the path radiation would take to spread across the country.
Experts agree that the Midwest, where 450 ballistic missile silos are stored, is the most likely primary target, particularly in Montana, North Dakota and Nebraska. The explosion of just two of these vaults could cause an explosion equivalent to 100,000 tons of TNT. by Scientific American.
Exposure to radiation poisoning from a nuclear attack would surely kill an estimated 300 million Americans within four days of the explosion.
Most residents of Kansas, Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, and parts of Colorado will die from radiation exposure within weeks after the silo state is destroyed.
In contrast, the westernmost states of California, Washington, and Oregon have been least affected by nuclear fallout, with radiation exposure in most areas within four days of the attack just exceeding the safest permissible levels. Dew.
The East Coast, on the other hand, is relatively safe from nuclear attack due to its distance from the hotspots of the northern plains region of the United States, from Maine to Florida, and from landlocked states such as Alabama, Tennessee, and Ohio. It turned out.
But experts say “no place is truly safe” from a nuclear attack.
“Even a relatively “small'' nuclear war would cause a nuclear winter starvation that would kill at least one billion people. [worldwide]'' said Christian Appy, director of the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. I recently spoke with Newsweek About the Scientific American report.
Low-level radiation poisoning can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, coma, and skin damage.
The nation's outermost coastal states, including Florida, Washington and much of New England, are in the best position to escape Dodge, with about four days to spare before the radiation hits.
Americans living in these Midwestern hotspots would face radiation exposure of 8 Gy (Gy) within four days of nuclear fallout, a death sentence.
Compare this to the nation's outermost coastal states: Florida, Washington, and most of New England. These states received just 0.001 Gy of radiation four days after the bombing, putting them in the best position to get out of Dodge before they get sick.
In the United States, the annual official radiation limit is 0.001 Gy, but some industrial workers are allowed to receive radiation up to 0.05 Gy, which is enough to cause symptoms.
Mr. Appy urged Americans not to think of the map as a real estate opportunity, telling Newsweek readers that “it is morally repugnant to think about the safest place to survive after a nuclear war.” .
“A major nuclear war would scatter vast amounts of soot and debris into the stratosphere, creating a nuclear winter that would kill all or nearly all of those who survived the war's blasts, firestorms, and radiation. “The peace advocate explained.
