Ground Zero or Nuclear winter ?

AKHunter · 03-07-2008, 09:12 AM

Lets say the Cold War went Hot. The USSR and USA had a massive nuclear war and all major cities in both countries were flattened along some allied cities/countries. Nuclear Winter is imminent. What would you choose if possible; Try to survive the Nuclear Winter, or be at Ground Zero ?

Ground Zero for me.

LarryO1970 · 03-07-2008, 09:15 AM

I'll catch that pass and go out painless... no radiation poisoning for me, thanks.

GlockMeister · 03-07-2008, 09:19 AM

G Z for me as well.

neophyte · 03-07-2008, 09:19 AM

AKHunter: Sir; get it over with now. Should you be caught in a radiation zone; it aint good.
LarryO: said it best

ArkansasHunter · 03-07-2008, 09:25 AM

O.K. I'll ask for me and others that don't know what you mean LarryO1970
What does...I'll catch that pass and go out painless mean ? LOL...A.H

LarryO1970 · 03-07-2008, 09:28 AM

... to catch it. I'd rather catch the missile between the eyes than go out slowly with radiation poisoning.

Ground Zero is where I'd want to be.

Death Metal · 03-07-2008, 09:32 AM

try and survive. So i can live out my "Road warrior" life fantasy.

now all i gotta do is get a leather jacket and cut on sleeve off....

ArkansasHunter · 03-07-2008, 09:45 AM

HEY LOOK !!!! It's snowing outside here in So.Arkansas !!!!! It really is !!!!

LarryO1970 · 03-07-2008, 09:50 AM

want some of ours? I'll send you some from Wisconsin... ?

BaserRonin · 03-07-2008, 09:52 AM

If i can steer clear of the radiation, I would go Nuclear Winter. After reading Lucifers Hammer I don't think it has been much of a choice for me.

Plus, I have already considered cutting the sleeve off my leather jacket road-warrior style...

mos19k · 03-07-2008, 10:42 AM

Most bombs used today are fairly clean, the radiation fallout would effect the surrounding areas but it could be avoided. In any situation I always want to live, I'll go down fighting and enjoying every moment of life that is given to me. Death is to permanent to accept so easily.

Windwalker · 03-07-2008, 12:20 PM

If I had the choice I would choose ground zero, but I don't think we would have a choice, it would just be a matter of where you happened to be. Radiation poisoning would be a painful way to go.

nathangdad · 03-07-2008, 12:26 PM

There is enough nuclear armament worldwide to still kill
the entire population of earth seven times over.
Even the Russia newspapers Pravda and The Moscow
Times do not deny this reality.
Rather doubtful few, if any, will see a nuclear winter.
Of the few who might see a nuclear winter it is even
more doubtful they will have descendants to learn of it.

LarryO1970 · 03-07-2008, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nathangdad

There is enough nuclear armament worldwide to still kill
the entire population of earth seven times over.
Even the Russia newspapers Pravda and The Moscow
Times do not deny this reality.
Rather doubtful few, if any, will see a nuclear winter.
Of the few who might see a nuclear winter it is even
more doubtful they will have descendants to learn of it.

... which is exactly why I say I'd rather catch the bomb right between the eyes and go out painlessly.

Coeloptera · 03-07-2008, 12:34 PM

Heh...I don't have an option. I'm awfully close to Nellis AFB. What with them housing the F-117As, controlling some Predators, and with Groom Lake out in the nearby desert, I think I'd be seeing multiple incoming warheads.

Given my druthers I'd like to try and survive it, though.

- Coeloptera

F1609 · 03-07-2008, 12:43 PM

I'd say survive it, just because I can always end my own life just as easy if something was happening to me. Plus if I do survive it that be one Hell of a story!

Midas · 03-07-2008, 12:50 PM

I would rather try to tough it out, and survive it. Unless Springdale, Arkansas IS ground zero!

LarryO1970 · 03-07-2008, 12:52 PM

I can only hope I'm outside of the plume from Chicago ... then I will do what I have to.

Mad Hatter · 03-07-2008, 01:59 PM

Definetly try to survive, I can always end it later if need be. Although I live only 35 miles from NYC, so I am not in the best of places to survive a full out attack. Saw the towers fall on 9/11, unreal.

jimkim · 03-07-2008, 02:11 PM

Hell I live in the blast area. Better quick than slow any day.

03-07-2008, 09:12 AM	#1
AKHunter Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Alaska Posts: 899	Ground Zero or Nuclear winter ? Lets say the Cold War went Hot. The USSR and USA had a massive nuclear war and all major cities in both countries were flattened along some allied cities/countries. Nuclear Winter is imminent. What would you choose if possible; Try to survive the Nuclear Winter, or be at Ground Zero ? Ground Zero for me.

03-07-2008, 09:19 AM	#3
GlockMeister Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 5,483	G Z for me as well. __________________ I'd rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6!

03-07-2008, 09:19 AM	#4
neophyte Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 3,569 Blog Entries: 2	Now AKHunter: Sir; get it over with now. Should you be caught in a radiation zone; it aint good. LarryO: said it best __________________ Craig By the standards of most

03-07-2008, 09:52 AM	#10
BaserRonin Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: In a Dark Cubicle Posts: 371	If i can steer clear of the radiation, I would go Nuclear Winter. After reading Lucifers Hammer I don't think it has been much of a choice for me. Plus, I have already considered cutting the sleeve off my leather jacket road-warrior style... __________________ "It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism" ~ R. W. Inge

03-07-2008, 12:20 PM	#12
Windwalker Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 3,579	If I had the choice I would choose ground zero, but I don't think we would have a choice, it would just be a matter of where you happened to be. Radiation poisoning would be a painful way to go. __________________ America: Love it and protect it or leave it

03-07-2008, 09:15 AM	#2
LarryO1970 "Blazing Saddles" GOV Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johnson Creek, WI Posts: 2,872	I'll catch that pass and go out painless... no radiation poisoning for me, thanks.

03-07-2008, 09:25 AM	#5
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,694	O.K. I'll ask for me and others that don't know what you mean LarryO1970 What does...I'll catch that pass and go out painless mean ? LOL...A.H

03-07-2008, 09:28 AM	#6
LarryO1970 "Blazing Saddles" GOV Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johnson Creek, WI Posts: 2,872	... to catch it. I'd rather catch the missile between the eyes than go out slowly with radiation poisoning. Ground Zero is where I'd want to be.

03-07-2008, 09:32 AM	#7
Death Metal Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 191	try and survive. So i can live out my "Road warrior" life fantasy. now all i gotta do is get a leather jacket and cut on sleeve off....

03-07-2008, 09:45 AM	#8
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,694	HEY LOOK !!!! It's snowing outside here in So.Arkansas !!!!! It really is !!!!

03-07-2008, 09:50 AM	#9
LarryO1970 "Blazing Saddles" GOV Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johnson Creek, WI Posts: 2,872	want some of ours? I'll send you some from Wisconsin... ?

03-07-2008, 10:42 AM	#11
mos19k Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Miami, Fl. Posts: 314	Most bombs used today are fairly clean, the radiation fallout would effect the surrounding areas but it could be avoided. In any situation I always want to live, I'll go down fighting and enjoying every moment of life that is given to me. Death is to permanent to accept so easily.

03-07-2008, 12:26 PM	#13
nathangdad Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,472	Factoid There is enough nuclear armament worldwide to still kill the entire population of earth seven times over. Even the Russia newspapers Pravda and The Moscow Times do not deny this reality. Rather doubtful few, if any, will see a nuclear winter. Of the few who might see a nuclear winter it is even more doubtful they will have descendants to learn of it.

03-07-2008, 12:34 PM	#15
Coeloptera Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,885	Heh...I don't have an option. I'm awfully close to Nellis AFB. What with them housing the F-117As, controlling some Predators, and with Groom Lake out in the nearby desert, I think I'd be seeing multiple incoming warheads. Given my druthers I'd like to try and survive it, though. - Coeloptera

03-07-2008, 12:43 PM	#16
F1609 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Medina, Ohio Posts: 201 Images: 7	I'd say survive it, just because I can always end my own life just as easy if something was happening to me. Plus if I do survive it that be one Hell of a story!

03-07-2008, 12:50 PM	#17
Midas Troll B' Gone Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Springdale, Arkansas Posts: 3,800 Images: 2 Blog Entries: 6	I would rather try to tough it out, and survive it. Unless Springdale, Arkansas IS ground zero! __________________ "Recoil lasts for a second, gravity lasts forever"

03-07-2008, 12:52 PM	#18
LarryO1970 "Blazing Saddles" GOV Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johnson Creek, WI Posts: 2,872	I can only hope I'm outside of the plume from Chicago ... then I will do what I have to.

03-07-2008, 01:59 PM	#19
Mad Hatter Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 614	Definetly try to survive, I can always end it later if need be. Although I live only 35 miles from NYC, so I am not in the best of places to survive a full out attack. Saw the towers fall on 9/11, unreal.

03-07-2008, 02:11 PM	#20
jimkim Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Near the Little Ocmulgee river in GA Posts: 2,048 Blog Entries: 11	Hell I live in the blast area. Better quick than slow any day.