Safest place to be in the event of nuclear war?

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If North Korea/US/China/Russia start firing nuclear bombs at each other, where would the safest place be? Greenland? Australia/NZ? Would these places be affected by fallout?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Wouldn't mind moving to Greenland myself, have always had a fascination with the place.

Skylinehead

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Wouldn't mind moving to Greenland myself, have always had a fascination with the place.

Not necessarily safe...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_Air_Base

LirW

Dingle

alberto67

Isle of Man.

Duvetdays

Not Guam anyway

tomwaterford

Duvetdays wrote: »

Not Guam anyway

Why deos Kim want to blow up Guam though

LirW

Because his pu$$ya$$ missiles aren't half as good as he pretends and can't reach the americas anyway, so the closest base is Guam. Dunno really, maybe he dislikes the name or so.

Mancomb Seepgood

In the current situation,Dennis Rodman's house.

Ken.

If the North Koreans are firing it then the safest place to stand is wherever they are aiming it.

odyssey06

I'm going to go counter-intuitive right now and say Guam:
- North Koreans couldn't hit a barn door
- Something about the eye of the storm
- The US will have sent multiple levels of missile defences including fixed defences and anti-missile naval vessels

Failing that, the Falklands, can't even find that on a map and it's defended like hell since 1982!

Mech1

what 7 letter word can you make from

KIM MISSILE GUAM

answer = Aimless

Mech1

8 letter would be misusage

Ken.

odyssey06 wrote: »

I'm going to go counter-intuitive right now and say Guam:
- North Koreans couldn't hit a barn door
- Something about the eye of the storm
- The US will have sent multiple levels of missile defences including fixed defences and anti-missile naval vessels

Failing that, the Islas Malvinas, can't even find that on a map and it's defended like hell since 1982!

Fixed that for you.:)

XsApollo

Safest would proabably be in a big boat in the middle of some ocean.
Stay out there for a year or 2 fishing and come back to land after to find a deserted Wasteland.

Oh....


Make sure you bring a few females on the boat with you so when you return you have to start making babies to repopulate the earth.

Love out the rest of your days as king and the only willy in town having fun.

Ninthlife

If Indiana Jones thought me anything its that hiding in a lead lined fridge will keep you safe from nuclear explosions..

Wonder if Harvey Norman stock them?

mzungu

Antartica.

RhubarbCrumble

Kim Jong's bunker might be a good spot.

odyssey06

Conspectus wrote: »

Fixed that for you.:)

Thanks... the Falklands\Islas Mavinas confusion makes my port in a storm even harder to hit.

Owryan

Surely irish neutrality will save us, it'll be like a great be shield over our fair isle. It'll be powered by all the hot air from our looney left that keep invoking it

odyssey06

RhubarbCrumble wrote: »

Kim Jong's bunker might be a good spot.

That's what the Americans will be aiming for...

Not very safe if you offend Kim Jong by making eye contact, or making any comment conneted to reality.

RhubarbCrumble

Owryan wrote: »

Surely irish neutrality will save us, it'll be like a great be shield over our fair isle.

And if it doesn't I'm sure we've still all got the iodine tablets in the back of the press somewhere.

Barry Badrinath

I have it from reliable authority that if you smother yourself in porridge, you will be protected from the fallout

Sue Pa Key Pa

Nah! I'm not interested in living in a world where there is a nuclear war.

ED E

LordSutch

Large chest freezer (unplugged), fitted with a snorkel for air, filtered with a fine mesh filter.

External water supply by pipe from another chest freezer, filled with pure mountain spring water and then hermetically sealed.

Plenty of dried food in sachets (astronaut food) easily rehydrated. Toilet by way of a chemical potty + waste bags.

Radio with external antenna, wet wipes, crisps, LED torch & batteries ......

Two weeks inside till the dust has settled, then open the hatch (slowly) and see what's up!

Sorted.

Ubbquittious

Skylinehead wrote: »

Not necessarily safe...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_Air_Base

You should still be safe in a place like Ittoqqortoormiit. Unlikely they'll waste a full nuke on that place

Academic

Ubbquittious wrote: »

You should still be safe in a place like Ittoqqortoormiit. Unlikely they'll waste a full nuke on that place

Of course if it goes global no place will be safe. Watch the films "The Day After" (US) and "Threads" (UK).

Autochange

LirW wrote: »

Because his pu$$ya$$ missiles aren't half as good as he pretends and can't reach the americas anyway, so the closest base is Guam. Dunno really, maybe he dislikes the name or so.

To be fair Kim has said he will only attack Guam if the us attack him. Our news here likes to leave that part out

Miaireland

The bunker from Unbreakable Kimmy

mrmoonlight

Hide under the kitchen table until it's died down be grand. And dig out the iodine tablets the government issued , they will save you no problem nothing to be worried about!

uck51js9zml2yt

Does anyone have any of those iodine tablets left that the government gave us?

I'll build a table from them and hide under it:)

uch

Tanzania, them cúnts love their football but hate politics

4068ac1elhodqr

Technically: Iceland‡, Isle of Lewis^, Bern, Guam, Capetown*, Antartica^, TrisanDaCunha±, Yukon or Kansas°

‡ Plus: They have too much generational interbreeding, so may welcome fresh seed deposits.
^ Minus: Little or no continuous food sources, apart from 3-head fish supper.
* Minus: Top10 homicide city, imagine it x10 worse.
° Plus: Fertile and spacious lands
± Minus: Language

If it's a full-scale global stick throwing game you're stuffed if situated across the water (they'll be queuing up at ports for boats out).
But Cumbria may fair well according to one tabloid and a cheap place to start a bunker.

Here we go

Savlbard Norway there's a world seed fault that's where I'd go lol it's built to survive a nucualar war and has seeds, of every plant on earth and I presume other things needed to live until one could replant them

Randle P. McMurphy

Wherever you end up it's important to follow these steps.

1. Stay away from any windows.
2. Remove glasses and empty pockets of any sharp objects.
3 Loosen necktie and any restrictive clothing.
4. As soon as you see the blinding light, bend over and place your head firmly between your legs.
5. Then kiss your ass goodbye.

rekluse

Leitrim, always Leitrim.

bear1

Leitrim.
Can't attack somewhere that doesn't exist.

maudgonner

Miaireland wrote: »

The bunker from Unbreakable Kimmy

With Jon Hamm? Nice!

peckerhead

Well judging from this, Canada is pretty fúcked. In fact nowhere really gets away.

Ken.

https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ great fun to be had with this site.

JohnMarston

Not sure I'd want to be around after a nuclear exchange anywhere near this country. The fallout would make living a misery depending on where was hit where the winds blow afterward.

The movie Threads gave me nightmares about that sort of thing

JohnMarston

mrmoonlight wrote: »

Hide under the kitchen table until it's died down be grand. And dig out the iodine tablets the government issued , they will save you no problem nothing to be worried about!

Hide under a pile of coats, or make your own pillow fort in the living room. And those iodine tabs expired long ago. In fact I think our dog ate them

Mr.Crinklewood

In a cockroaches belly.

PucaMama

If you survive the initial blast (very likely that it won't be near us) your worry should then be surviving the world after the collapse of society. It won't go back to normal.

Avatar MIA

The correct answer is The Sea of tranquility and watch the pretty fireworks - which reminds me ...

PucaMama

JohnMarston wrote: »

Not sure I'd want to be around after a nuclear exchange anywhere near this country. The fallout would make living a misery depending on where was hit where the winds blow afterward.

The movie Threads gave me nightmares about that sort of thing

Threads was a very realistic picture of what it would be like. Very bleak.

lazybones32

All out nuclear war won't happen but an exchange could.

Ireland would be safe from direct attack and we'd be mostly be spared fallout. Air bursts are more effective than ground detonations, unless its a bunker you're aiming at.

Chill out everyone. Pay attention crossing the road, etc. More likely to die there.

PucaMama

PucaMama wrote: »

Threads was a very realistic picture of what it would be like. Very bleak.

Actually watched that about 3-4 days ago (spurred on by a similar thread on here).

Was a good film. Enjoyable and intriguing to watch, but it did get a little lost along the way and wandered a bit far into exaggeration, I reckon.

something like 15 years later people were still going around in gangs shooting looters and the likes

. But up to the 6-12 month mark I'd say it's on the ball.

harry Bailey esq

Mech1 wrote: »

8 letter would be misusage

A perfectly cromulant word.

Are Am Eye

Inside a fridge.