01-13-2018, 03:05 PM
most people will be OK, especially in remote locations like Puna.
Initially yes, there is little we in Puna could do in the first few minutes or hours after an attack, assuming Oahu is the target. Puna would not receive any serious effects from radiation or fallout from a strike on Oahu. Long term however, statewide communications would be impacted, TV, phone service, and emergency civil defense radio all originate on Oahu, and if Honolulu harbor were bombed all of our food would have to be airlifted from the mainland into Hilo. We would also lose advanced medical care from Honolulu hospitals.
This assumes it's a limited first strike, and a proportional response. If Trigger Happy McTrump gets twitchy, all bets are off.
Initially yes, there is little we in Puna could do in the first few minutes or hours after an attack, assuming Oahu is the target. Puna would not receive any serious effects from radiation or fallout from a strike on Oahu. Long term however, statewide communications would be impacted, TV, phone service, and emergency civil defense radio all originate on Oahu, and if Honolulu harbor were bombed all of our food would have to be airlifted from the mainland into Hilo. We would also lose advanced medical care from Honolulu hospitals.
This assumes it's a limited first strike, and a proportional response. If Trigger Happy McTrump gets twitchy, all bets are off.
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