PREPARING FOR A NUKE

IT IS NOT THE HOPELESS SCENARIO YOU MIGHT THINK

If you are familiar with your Bible, then you might agree that America is Mystery Babylon and it looks as though it's nuked in these end times. Revelation 18:9-24

Even if you are an Atheist, just reading the news points out the obvious condition the world is in and that the proxy war against Russia has us closer to being nuked than any other time in our history.

"A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences." - Proverbs 22:3

WHAT YOU NEED

A way of knowing what your exposure is... The worst fear is fear of the unknown. People will get comms gear to know what is going on in SHTF, but won’t spend $200 on a radiation monitor that fits on your keychain.

If you don’t know the threat, you cannot plan accordingly. Get a nukealert!

http://nukalert.com/index_a.html

TRACKING

• radiation network.com

MAPS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

The Good News About Nuclear Destruction

Radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion, though very dangerous initially, loses its intensity quickly because it is giving off so much energy. For example, fallout emitting gamma ray radiation at an initial rate over 500 R/hr (fatal with one hour of exposure for 50%) shortly after an explosion, weakens to only 1/10th as strong 7 hours later. Two days later, it's only 1/100th as strong, or as deadly, as it was initially.

• The thickness in inches needed to cut the radiation down to only 1/10th of its initial intensity for different common materials is:

  • Steel 3.3"

  • Concrete 11"

  • Earth 16"

  • Water 24"

  • Wood 38"

• The thickness required to stop 99% of the radiation is:

  • 5" of steel

  • 16" of solid brick or hollow concrete blocks filled with mortar or sand

  • 2 feet of packed earth or 3 feet if loose

  • 3 feet of water.

• When you know that the time to take protective action is approaching, turn off all the utilities into the house, check that everything is sealed up and locked down, and head for the shelter. You should also have near your shelter fire extinguishers and additional tools, building supplies, sheet plastic, staple guns, etc. for sealing any holes from damage. Your basement should already be very well sealed against fallout drifting inside. Now, you'll need to seal around the last door you use to enter with duct tape all around the edges, especially if it's a direct to the outside door.

• You don't need to risk fire, burns, and asphyxiation trying to cook anything in the cramped shelter space, if you have pre-positioned in your shelter enough canned goods, can opener, and other non-perishable foods, that are ready-to-eat without preparation. More food, along with water, can be located right outside your crawl space entrance that you can pull in quickly as needed.

• For lighting needs within the shelter have some small LED flashlights or LED head-lamps to stretch your battery life. Try not to have to use candles if at all possible. Bring in some books for yourself and games for the children. Throw in a small/thin mattress, some cushions, blankets, pillows, etc.

• Toilet use will be via a portable camp toilet or 5 gallon bucket with a pool noodle that's been slit lengthwise to fit on it as a seat. Bag liners, preferably sized for it, should always be used and a full-size and bag lined garbage can should be positioned very close outside the shelter entrance for depositing these in quickly to minimize exposure. Hanging a sheet or blanket will help provide a little privacy as shelter occupants 'take their turn'. The toilet needs to have its new 'deposits' sealed up tight with the plastic liner after each use (kitty litter or sawdust added good, too.) and hand sanitizer towelettes nearby. Use a very secure top on the bucket and position it near the wall entrance with the outgoing upper air vent.

• Pets, and what to do about them, is a tough call if you fail to make provisions for them. Releasing pets to run free is not humane, both for their potential to die a miserable death from radiation exposure outside and/or to be a danger to others, especially with dogs running in the inevitable packs of multitudes of others abandoned. Preparing for them is ideal, if truly realistic and not a drain on limited resources, while 'putting them down' might eventually become a painful, but necessary reality if the disruption of food supplies becomes very long term. 'When An ill Wind Blows From Afar!' document below has more on protecting livestock, farms and gardens.

• Boiling or bleach water treatments will be used for cleaning questionable water later for drinking. (This is for killing bacteria, not for radiation contamination, which is never a concern for any stored and covered water containers, same for sealed food.) Tap water recently put into clean containers won't likely need to be purified before using. To purify questionable water later, bring it to a roiling boil for 10 minutes at least. If you don't have the fuel to boil it, you can kill the bacteria by mixing in a good quality household bleach at the rate of 10 drops per gallon, and letting it sit for at least 1/2 an hour. The bleach should be at least 5.25% pure, like Clorox, but be sure it has no additives such as soap or fragrance. You can later get rid of the flat taste from boiling, or some of the chlorine taste when using bleach, by pouring it from one container to another several times.

• There's much more that can be learned to better understand what you are up against and to acquire to help your family survive and to better endure all of this. While time allows, and if the Internet is still up & running, task someone with getting and printing out this additional information and watch the Civil Defense films.

• https://www.ready.gov/nuclear-explosion

• Protecting yourself from radioactive fallout from a nuclear bomb...How to stay at home and survive.

• What you need to protect your skin and lungs from radiation fallout dust.

• How to protect yourself from fallout if your house has a crawl space or built on a slab.

• So do you have a plan to go to the bathroom if you're stuck in your improvised fallout shelter?

• How to protect your animals after a Nuclear War from radiative fallout.

• How to get water after a Nuclear War....Removing radiation from water