Comments on: The 50th anniversary of Starfish Prime: the nuke that shook the world

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:13:57 +0000

You can argue this and argue that. It still all boils down to the FACT that hundreds of thousands of Baby Boomers were exposed repeatedly to toxic levels of fallout from whatever sources, in the womb and during their early childhood years. Radiation affects young children (including babies in the womb) and the elderly much worse than it does the other general population. I found documentation that fallout came over my town several times when my mom was pregnant with me in 1955. It makes me sad and mad that I now have thyroid problems and probably a much higher risk for any kind of cancer because of dumb decisions made years ago.

By: Nuclear EMP | End of the World News EMP Survival

Nuclear EMP | End of the World News EMP Survival — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:28:50 +0000

[...] The strength of the pulse was so huge that it affected the flow of electricity on the Earth hundreds of kilometers away! In Hawaii it blew out hundreds of streetlights, and caused widespread telephone outages. Other effects included electrical surges on airplanes and radio blackouts. (source) [...]

By: The Adventure of Links (July 15, 2012) | A Quantum Of Knowledge

The Adventure of Links (July 15, 2012) | A Quantum Of Knowledge — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 08:11:09 +0000

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By: Paul A.

Paul A. — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 03:40:57 +0000

I have been trying to find more detailed information about what Soviet Union nuclear attack targeting would have looked like when there were many more weapons to use, like in the eighties. When I look at the Civil Defense maps all I can see is broad descriptions of the targets like, Cleveland, Toledo, ect. I know now a target area like Cleveland had dozens of weapons aimed at it and I wanted see that. I live in the county next to Cleveland and wonder what our targets where, though I can well guess.

I consider myself as a survivor of the Cold War. I was too young to be scared by the Cuban Missile Crisis, but was pretty nervous when the Russians invaded Afghanistan. Years ago I never thought I would see Berlin Wall come down without World War III first.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:47:17 +0000

Could extraterrestrials have seen this blast and learn of our civilization that way? Would the effects of the blast be different enough from naturally occurring cosmic phenomena for them to conclude that it was created by an intelligent life form? Or to put it another way could we learn of the existence of aliens from them doing similar tests?

By: Len F

Len F — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:49:36 +0000

I thought everyone knew about EMP after Goldeneye.

By: tjane30

tjane30 — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:12:47 +0000

So no one believes that this may have been the start of global warming?

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:49:53 +0000

If there was such a strong EMP, I’m surprised there’s video of the event. I would have expected the camera taking the video to have suffered damage. Was this an older-school hand-crank camera? My guess is no, but that might answer the question.

Thoughts?

By: Themos Tsikas

Themos Tsikas — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 08:56:40 +0000

“Bad guys are out there”.

Consider yourself lucky if you can tell who the bad guys are.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-57470079-503543/clinton-vows-more-help-to-laos-as-vietnam-era-u.s-bombs-continue-wrecking-lives/

By: HardThing

HardThing — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:42:33 +0000

“There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.”