How to survive a nuclear explosion?

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Humanity, democracy and disarmament - everything is fine, but nuclear weapons have not been canceled. How to survive a nuclear explosion? Find out from this article.

Humanity, democracy and disarmament - everything is fine, but nuclear weapons have not been canceled, so everyone has a chance to see a stunningly bright mushroom in his lifetime. True, in most cases this will be the last spectacular moment in your life.

The love of life in any case will make you fight to the last, and it is better to know in advance how to do it. So, just in case, so that a nuclear explosion does not take you by surprise.

Listen

Despite the fact that in our country they are constantly talking about the collapse of the army and everything, everything, everything, early detection and civil defense systems are still working. You will not die ignorant, of course, if you hear. When a real threat arises, the horns hanging at intersections and houses will come to life, proving that they are not a meaningless decoration, but working devices. After that, they will say ATTENTION to ALL through them, and then about the threat, for example, about a nuclear missile attack.

So, if you hear strange sounds calling for attention, or try to understand what is being transmitted through the horns, or turn on the radio and TV. The same is guaranteed on all channels.

The voice from the megaphone will also tell you where to run and what to do to survive. Hear how much you have time.

Everyone underground

After a fascinating lecture has begun to be transmitted through the horns, you, in the worst case scenario, have about ten minutes left. You can have time to pray, mentally forgive everyone, or run to the subway. You will have to run fast - five minutes after the signal the metro will close.

Working bomb shelters left over from the Soviet era are a luxury that you will surely appreciate if you are lucky enough to be near him at such a momentous moment. If there is a bomb shelter nearby, do not run in the subway.

In all other cases, basements will do, for example, the basement of your house or the one into which you will be allowed. The main thing is not to look at the mushroom. Without a doubt, just an incredible sight and a worthy memory for all the remaining days or a day, but his eyes go blind. So hide in the shadows during the explosion and you will live for at least two weeks. Don't worry - the thrill will be enough for you anyway.

What kind of shelters do we have?

From the end of the seventies of the XX century to the present time, shelters were built for ordinary citizens that withstand the pressure of a shock wave of 0.1 MPa - type A-IV. Now these are being built not only for ordinary people, but in general for everyone.

The strongest and safest shelters are designed for 0.5 MPa - this is type A-I. Slightly weaker options A-II and A-III by 0, 3 and 0.2 MPa, respectively. But don't rub your hands enough if you have shelter A-I across the street from your house. It would not have been built just like that, most likely, there is a strategic facility nearby, and this is not good - they will try to destroy it first.

Since the end of the fifties, shelters were built only at 0, 15 MPa and 0.3 MPa, but the pre-war buildings were not designed for a nuclear explosion at all. But it is still better to meet the explosion than in the field, and if the shelter has not rotted from old age, it may withstand a wave of 0, 1-0, 2 MPa.

Where is safer when nowhere is safe?

In the sixties, we built shelters of the fifth class - at 0.05 MPa, the fourth - at 0.1 MPa and the third - at 0.4-0.5 MPa. They also built second and first class shelters in the metro and special bunkers. Metro stations at a depth of about 20 meters are of the second class, and they withstand not only an air explosion, but also a ground explosion up to 10-15 kilotons, even if it is nearby. Stations and tunnels at depths of up to 30 meters are the very first class that can withstand explosions up to 100 kilotons.

It should not explode directly above the shelter, but somewhere in a hundred meters from it on the surface of the earth.

And one more thing - even if you hid in a first-class shelter at the deepest metro station, it is not a fact that everything will be fine with you. From the explosion, seismic waves spread along the ground and all underground structures are thoroughly shaken. So people in the subway can hit hard against walls, equipment and other hard surfaces.

Before you run …

On the first day after the explosion, slim and athletic people will be most lucky - it will be easier for them to run away from the epicenter. Remember: the rest of your life, its quantity and quality, depends on your speed.

But if you are lucky enough to survive the explosion itself, you should not run away without looking back, in slippers and with a cat in your hands. Be sure to take all important documents with you, there will be something to show to the police, military, officials and everyone who still survived in your city or came from another.

Undocumented persons will start their life as a refugee in a filtration camp, and if you are not attracted to this prospect, do not forget to grab your passport in your panic. By the way, money will not be superfluous either, get the last stash, you are unlikely to return home soon.

When to climb out of the ground?

When the explosions are no longer heard, the earth does not shake and nothing falls, there is a choice - to climb out or sit still. If you are in a bomb shelter, not destroyed or looted, you have food and air, you can sit until this is all over. On the first day after a nuclear explosion on the surface, the level of radiation is such that protein bodies do not live in it.

Half-life is no joke, it works, and it works for you. The longer you sit in the basement, the safer it will be to get out. So if before or immediately after the explosion you don't have a car or at least a bicycle, but there is a bunker with food, choose the latter.

Run Forrest Run

If you can't sit out in the basement - there is no food and the air runs out, you will have to run fast while you can still do it. If the house has gas, you will have to get out even faster so as not to fry. However, gas is not a decisive factor here - the city is on fire, and death from it is much faster than from radiation. If the basement is completely overwhelmed, it will soon become difficult to breathe, if, on the contrary, it is collapsed, it will not save you from radiation.

The worst doses of radiation are near the epicenter, and if you are still alive, then you are far enough from it. At first, the radiation will hang high in the atmosphere, so you have every chance to react quickly and get out of the danger zone as far as possible.

We got out, and what's next?

The first thing to do is to determine by the location of the rubble where the blast wave came from. After that, with all possible speed, move away in the other direction. Do not go downwind - in the first few days after the explosion, dust spread by the wind will pose a particular threat. At this time, it contains primary decay products and secondary sources, so if it gets into the respiratory or digestive organs, it will have fatal consequences - radiation will penetrate into vital organs.

Immediately think about respiratory protection, if you do not have a respirator, cover your mouth and nose with a rag, and under no circumstances breathe through your mouth. Don't eat anything. You cannot eat food, you can only drink tap water, in extreme cases - running water, but only if it does not flow from the side of the explosion.

In general, the faster you go, the better your chances of survival, so it’s better not to rest at all. But if you run out of strength, at least you can't sit down and lie down on the ground, and it is advisable to avoid the lowlands.

And the last thing - if it rains, hide anywhere, so long as it doesn't hit you.

And listen again

When (if) you got out of the city so that he disappeared from sight, turn on the radio and listen to what good people have to say. As soon as they say about the public service points, go there. When (if) you get there, go through control and show your prudently captured documents, you can congratulate yourself - you survived. You will eat all the drugs you have given out, throw away your outerwear, and hope for the best.