"Trust me, I know what I'm doing."
Posted on 01/23/2006 6:39:38 AM PST by Dark Skies
That said, I still believe the dangers of a terrorist nuke is way over blown, especially by World NUT Daily.
Correct, it would not be of "doomsday" effect, but it sure would s**k.
"The resulting fireball and blast wave would destroy instantaneously the theater district, the New York Times building, Grand Central Terminal, and every other structure within a third of a mile to the point of detonation," he wrote. "The ensuring firestorm would engulf Rockefeller Center, Carnegie Hall, the Empire State Building, and Madison Square Garden, leaving a landscape resembling the World Trade Center site. From the United Nations headquarters on the East River and the Lincoln Tunnel under the Hudson River, to the Metropolitan Museum in the eighties and the Flatiron Building in the twenties, structures would remind one of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Office Building following the Oklahoma City Bombing."
I fail to see the downside...
But the good news is...maybe no more UN building.
Ah, see Achmed,"adding some cobalt" quick jot that down. :)
Oh, I didn't catch the other reference. Certainly the damage they described seemed more consistent with 10 kiloton.
I'm not a big reader of WND either - just what I read here.
What's the problem? Call Jack Bauer. Problem solved before the bomb goes off.
Then call Chuck Norris for revenge.
}:-)4
For sure, 10MT is in the size range of the largest thermonuclear weapons (hydrogen bombs) ever fielded.
Don't get cranky! I'm not disputing you! Don't you think a 10KT range is most likely for a "container bomb?" And whatever happened to the suitcase nuke scare?
I wasn't being "cranky" at all. Just bringing up the information about Hiroshima and Nagasaki for reference.
Right. I think there were (are) 20 megaton "city busters" and up to 60 MT bombs tested.
Article says 10 KT later on, someone pointed out.
"Trust me, I know what I'm doing."
A 10 megaton blast in Charleston would obliterate the city. The casualties would be in the 250,000+ range. This reporter probably meant 10 kilotons.
Right. Thanks.
Okay! I'm cranky, then! I'll admit it.
The total wind energy of a category 3 hurricane is roughly on the order of 10 megatons/day.
I did not know that. thanks.
Excellent link...thx!
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