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Here's a short video from CNN describing Hawaii's preparations for a North Korean nuke strike. We're the first state in the nation with an official announcement. The basic advice - - get into a concrete building with two weeks worth of food and water to protect yourself from fallout.
http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2017/08/...al-shorts/
Additional note: as of this morning North Korea has threatened Guam, not Hawaii. Also, despite all of their missile tests recently, experts note North Korea has not shown a capability for accurate reentry, meaning the farther away the target, the less likely they'll hit anything.
Four people are in a room and seven leave. How many have to enter again before it's empty?
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Although I'm usually quick to criticize our state and local governments, Civil Defense is one area where I grudgingly give them credit for some success. Preparedness seems like a good idea even if North Korea's abilities to strike here are limited for the time being.
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basic advice - - get into a concrete building
Perhaps they could make a pamphlet and run some radio spots?
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news...ear-drills
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just something to think about. There doesn't need to be a direct impact with earth. One detonating overhead would cause a emp. Keep a little extra cash on hand.
Example of "high" altitude detonation. Image if it where a low altitude explosion..........
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-alt..._explosion
The worst effects of a Soviet high-altitude test occurred on 22 October 1962, in the Soviet Project K nuclear tests (ABM System A proof tests) when a 300 kt missile-warhead detonated near Dzhezkazgan at 290-km altitude. The EMP fused 570 km of overhead telephone line with a measured current of 2,500 A, started a fire that burned down the Karaganda power plant, and shut down 1,000-km of shallow-buried power cables between Aqmola and Almaty.
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Hawaii public schools urged to conduct nuclear drills
And what about the older folks? Perhaps a refresher course on 'Duck & Cover' updated for those who have slowed with age, maybe with a touch of arthritis.
'Crouch, Crawl, & Curl Up Under A Table If You Can Get There In Time'
Four people are in a room and seven leave. How many have to enter again before it's empty?
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Duck and Cover?... seems like it would be safer to crawl into the cesspool..
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Properties with lava tubes may be promoted by realtors as "bombproof."
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I'd only be worried if I were in S. Korea.
But how about a study,some pamphlets etc...?
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"The basic advice - - get into a concrete building with two weeks worth of food and water to protect yourself from fallout."
That might work in Waikiki or downtown Honolulu although assumes you're always lugging two weeks worth of food and water around with you. Not sure it works so well elsewhere.
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more worried about the other idiot
