I can haz fallout shelter?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

U.S. Rethinks Strategy for the Unthinkable

Suppose the unthinkable happened, and terrorists struck New York or another big city with an atom bomb. What should people there do? The government has a surprising new message: Do not flee. Get inside any stable building and don’t come out till officials say it’s safe.

George Alexanderson/The New York Times

The advice is based on recent scientific analyses showing that a nuclear attack is much more survivable if you immediately shield yourself from the lethal radiation that follows a blast, a simple tactic seen as saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Even staying in a car, the studies show, would reduce casualties by more than 50 percent; hunkering down in a basement would be better by far.

But a problem for the Obama administration is how to spread the word without seeming alarmist about a subject that few politicians care to consider, let alone discuss. So officials are proceeding gingerly in a campaign to educate the public.

“We have to get past the mental block that says it’s too terrible to think about,” W. Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said in an interview. “We have to be ready to deal with it” and help people learn how to “best protect themselves.”

Balance of article at URL above.

[Millefleur]

Simple way to get the message out - produce Hollywood blockbuster of terrorist nuclear attack on New York, everyon fleeing and jamming up the roads snuffs it, the ones hiding survive.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Simple way to get the message out - produce Hollywood blockbuster of terrorist nuclear attack on New York, everyon fleeing and jamming up the roads snuffs it, the ones hiding survive.

Then you would get cheap fallout shelters with a Burger King kid's meal, ultimately defeating the purpose. They would, however, be "collectible."

[Kaison]

Bring back Bert the Turtle!

[Atheist-Lite]

Why tell people? The smarter ones will hide from the radiation and the dumber ones think 'neat tan' and that'd sort things for the best. Natural selection.

[drl2]

A nuclear terror attack would be a clear sign that we need to reduce taxes for the top 1% of earners, invade Iran, and stop teh gays from getting married. Jesus told me so himself.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

A nuclear terror attack would be a clear sign that we need to reduce taxes for the top 1% of earners, invade Iran, and stop teh gays from getting married. Jesus told me so himself.

Nah, it's the Jews. It's always the Jews.

[Atheist-Lite]

A nuclear terror attack would be a clear sign that we need to reduce taxes for the top 1% of earners, invade Iran, and stop teh gays from getting married. Jesus told me so himself.

Nah, it's the Jews. It's always the Jews.

Are you sure it isn't the Irish?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

A nuclear terror attack would be a clear sign that we need to reduce taxes for the top 1% of earners, invade Iran, and stop teh gays from getting married. Jesus told me so himself.

Nah, it's the Jews. It's always the Jews.

Are you sure it isn't the Irish?

Don't know for sure, have all the women drop their knickers so I can check.

[drl2]

A nuclear terror attack would be a clear sign that we need to reduce taxes for the top 1% of earners, invade Iran, and stop teh gays from getting married. Jesus told me so himself.

Nah, it's the Jews. It's always the Jews.

Are you sure it isn't the Irish?

The Irish can't stay sober long enough to build a nuke.

(Just don't tell the Irish side of my family I said that... they might throw their empty whiskey bottles at me.)