How to Survive the Nuclear Holocaust

May 7th, 2008

Longo

Wired has a wiki up about how to live through a nuclear blast. Some representative advice:

The seconds following the initial flash are critical. Luckily, factors like explosive yield, weather, and distance can lessen the effects of the shock wave — but don’t kid yourself, it’s coming. The best method for weathering this stage is finding an ideal barrier between yourself and the combination of extreme pressure, heat, thermal radiation and 500mph winds headed your way. This is where survival gets a little tricky.

Hopefully this one develops nicely. I am become death, destroyer of worlds! Image: Robert Longo, from his stunning series of ginormous charcoal drawings of atom-bomb blasts.

  • 2 Comments

Conversation:

  1. jjang poo says:

    man, use proper english, this doesn’t even make sense -/-

Trackbacks...

  1. [...] Advice for 1985: how to survive a nuclear blast. (via delicious ghost) [...]

Speak up:

You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

  • Categories

  • Archives

  • Blogroll

  • Superfriends

  • Meta

  • Search Form