Comments on: Watch This: 5 Men Knowingly, Intentionally Stand Directly Under a Nuclear Explosion

By: Anthy Hellmers

Anthy Hellmers — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 05:29:05 +0000

Thanks to everyone who made their comments. I found them very interesting and amusing and I mean that seriously. #10 TedF. you made my night with your statement, ‘ don’t get all emotional over something you don’t understand.’ I am going to use that statement in my life when in a situation that warrants it. Thank you.

As for those poor human sacrificial lambs at ground zero; we’ve come a long way baby! I write this with regard to the population questioning their governments ‘bright’ ideas. No pun intended.

By: scribbler

scribbler — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:52:50 +0000

13: From Webster’s: “. the point on the surface of the earth or water directly below, directly above, or AT WHICH an atomic or hydrogen bomb explodes. ”

If a bomb is set off so far above the ground that the blast does not touch the ground, such as those used for EMPs or those in space, then ground zero is usually referred to as the center of the blast…

By: Particle Man

Particle Man — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:56:55 +0000

The air intercept missile used in this test only had a 1.5 kiloton yield which in nuclear terms is very, very small most weapons are measured in 100′s of kilotons if not megatons of yield.

“The Douglas AIR-2 Genie (previous designation MB-1) was an unguided air-to-air rocket with a 1.5 kt W25 nuclear warhead”

” Lethal radius of the blast was estimated to be about 300 meters (1,000 ft).”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIR-2_Genie

By: Stephen Anderle

Stephen Anderle — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 05:17:06 +0000

Matt. Fun? Expensive way to get a tan!!!

By: Stephen Anderle

Stephen Anderle — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 05:15:11 +0000

scribbler, check up on that please. Ground Zero is the point ON the ground DIrectly Under the blast center, 0’0″N, 0’0″S, 0’0″W, 0’0″E.. BIG difference!!!!

By: scribbler

scribbler — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:19:55 +0000

Uh, ground zero was at the center of the blast…

By: Phil Plait

Phil Plait — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:53:35 +0000

Christina Macphreson (#5): You are incorrect. If you read the NPR article linked above, you’ll find that none of the men in this video (including the cameraman) got cancer from this. Many people did during atomic testing over the years, of course, and I have no wish to downplay that. But in this specific case, these men were in fact not greatly affected physically by this test, as I pointed out in my comment above (#2).

By: TedF

TedF — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 08:31:24 +0000

In response to floodmouse: Your ‘hurt’ is entirely misplaced, DDT was and is an excellent insecticide that did not harm humans; fact. It was however too persistant, degraded into even more persistant compounds which got concentrated into food chains, famously into raptor egg shells. The children had good reason to smile, DDT greatly reduced insect borne diseases. Don’t get all emotional about something you don’t understand.

By: Mike D

Mike D — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:27:38 +0000

I’m so pissed off right now that the explosion wasn’t shown.

By: floodmouse

floodmouse — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:41:59 +0000

Have you seen the video where they sprayed DDT directly on young children playing in a swimming pool? I believe it was to keep off mosquitoes. I don’t have a link to the video (I think I saw it on cable, not the Internet). It hurts me to see people smiling when they do stuff like that to themselves.