Nuclear bomb in NYC
posted by Mr. Carlisle at 9:42 AM
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
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17 Comments:
New York would be the absolute worst place to be hit in America. On top of being a huge psychological and cultural blow to the U.S., the most obvious and direct devastation would happen in the financial system. 9/11 alone had a huge impact on the economy, because the stocks dropped 2000 points. This would be a million times worse. Not to mention the fact that Wall Street would be annihilated. The financial center center of the country, destroyed? Wouldn't look good for us. Also, like the website mentioned, the obscenely high amount of injured civilians (approx. 900,000) would completely overwhelm the medical system.
I don't like thinking about it...
4:10 PM
I'm going to state woooooo!!
but that means... i might miss the history test next tuesday.... oh golly that is def NOT CUTE!
4:22 PM
if that would happen in new york, i bet the US will go onto a downfall in both economically and emotionally......but we have to realize if one place is hit by an atomic bomb, then it gives other countries a reason to release theres, so i believe we would all be affected by it...it is scary to think that maybe one day we might have a nuclear warfare
4:30 PM
It's amazing how fast it can spread in that short amount of time. If it did happen, I don't think NY could restore its self. With a large population decrease and the radiation everywhere, there would be economic devastation and numerous effects too. Everyone would be in panic and needing aid. With all the people running around, wouldn't it be hard for medical crews to get in? It's like a snowball effect to our destruction!
4:44 PM
I've contacted Community Cycling Center in Portland.
Yay? Nay?
They're already helping with another aspect of our Bike Fest. Hopefully they are able to send someone down that day. Kind of a last resort - or if that doesn't work, get someone from the Police Dept. We'll see.
I'm gonna be glad when this is over.
4:49 PM
Obviously America would never be the same. As you said, if we are ever attacked again the constitution will most likely be thrown out the window. Everyone would be too devistated to care.
Its always shocking to think that people have this obscene amount of power.
I know it sounds all hippy-dippy, but its sad to think of all the animals that would die as well. There has to be something alive in the bomb test areas.
It would be unreal if this happened, and I hate to think that we could do this to another country. With all of the things that go on with our gov't that we don't agree with, it seems like only a matter of time before something huge happens without the full approval of the country.
I kept thinking of someone I know being in New York at the time. It seems like everyone in America would be personally impacted.
People would want to punish someone for it.
Ugh, bad things.
5:01 PM
Sorry for the delay in this:
North Carolina
With 87% of the precincts reporting:
Obama - 798,048 votes - 56%
Clinton - 590,644 votes - 42%
Indiana
With 86% of the precincts reporting:
Obama - 516,713 votes - 48%
Clinton - 557,166 votes - 52%
Obama has won big in North Carolina, but Indiana is still way too close to call. Everyone is waiting on Lake County, which can tip the votes into Obama's favor. THe problem is they have said they won't start counting ballots until all their absentee ballots are in, which could extend the counting several hours.
7:53 PM
This wasn't actually as bad as I thought... I guess maybe I'm too pessimistic. In a city of over 8 million people, I thought a lot more would die. It's amazing how fast it goes though...within a few seconds the area affected expands greatly.
It is scary to think of all the buildings the site mentions being completely destroyed. Those are a big part of American culture, or at least New York culture.
Hopefully no country is ever stupid enough to do that... the U.S. would probably blow up the planet in an attempt at revenge. All the radiation still around would make NYC uninhabitable for a while. I wonder what would happen in Los Angeles... there aren't as many buildings as there are in NYC (I don't think), but Hollywood IS America's culture center. The movie industry would take such a long time to recover.
8:12 PM
that amount of distruction is insane.
i don't think the nuclear bombs should have ever been created because some day there might be a nuclear war and i don't think that people or the environment can handle that amount of radiation
it's sad that so many dollars and so many recources are devoted to making better ways to kill people
aren't we supposed to be making this world a better place
anyway, what would happen if new york was hit by an atomic bomb is scary...so much destroyed,,it is definatly one of the worst places that could be hit in the US
8:25 PM
Uh, when is 800,000 deaths considered "not bad"?
8:26 PM
i think this is crazy, how fast the the bomb can spread. even if you saw it coming, you can't run or drive away from it. if i was one of the civilians, i would probably just sit or stand with no hope to escape it.
9:00 PM
I think it's bad...it's horrible. I just thought it would be more.
9:03 PM
That is crazy. I cannot believe those are the estimated numbers. Almost a million people would die from one bomb! It is also amazing how fast the explosion will spread, with hundreds of thousands of people dead instantly within seconds. That is pretty scary...
9:28 PM
As bad as this would be for America and the our allies, I would hate to be the country or people that did this to us. Can you say "see ya"?
10:37 PM
After 99% of the precincts reporting, Hillary Clinton can safely say that she won Indiana (although barely).
Clinton has 637,389 votes and 51% of the vote, Obama has 615,370 votes and 49% of the vote.
The call came only after Lake County, the second largest county in Indiana, reported most of it's votes in 1 large chunk. It started at about 8:45, when 28% of the precincts in that county came in all at once, at that time, he was winning in that county 75% to 25% with a 20,000 vote lead.
45 minutes later, another 28% reported all at once, his lead holding at about 20,000 votes, but the percentage shrinking to 65%-35%.
Just now, another 42% of the vote came in all at once, bring the results down to about a 13,000 vote lead in Lake County. Leaving him about 22,000 votes short in the state.
There was talk about why it took so long to release the results, and also why they were releasing them all at once, as opposed to releasing the results as they came in, as almost all other counties were doing. The county said they had 11,000 absentee ballots to count, and they were waiting on those, but that still leaves many questions. It will be interesting to see their reasoning about the delay emerge in the next few days.
Indiana's 72 pledged delegates will be split almost down the middle, with, Obama probably taking a 1 or 2 delegate lead. The reason behind the lead is the delegates are assigned by congressional district, not votes. They draw the districts where the people are, and Obama won in the major population centers.
Either way, the delegate count will remain pretty deadlocked, with Obama up anywhere between 150-200 delegates total over Clinton. The current tallies are:
Obama - 1,823
Clinton - 1,676
The next contest in 1 week from today, when West Virginia holds it's Democratic Primary (the Republican one was held on Super Tuesday back in February). After that will be the Republican only Hawaii convention on Sunday the 18th. Then 2 days later, on Tuesday the 20th, Kentucky and Oregon will hold their primaries. Oregon is the largest delegate prize remaining, with 55 delegates. Then comes The GOP Idaho Primary on the 27th. Then the Puerto Rico primary on the 1st, with 55 delegates, it's tied with Oregon for largest prize left. Then the last contests will be held on the 3rd, with the South Dakota primary, the GOP New Mexico primary, and the Democratic Montana primary.
Then starts the 2 month long slog to the Democratic Convention in Denver. Followed in September by the GOP Convention in Minneapolis.
And now about the actual blog post :P
(I'm going page by page, so these may seem erratic)
I can't believe that, 75,000 people dead in 1 second... that's insane, only 2 things in world history can compare in my opinion: Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Not to mention structures closely held in the American heart would be destroyed.
And that number increasing by 300,000 just a few seconds later is even more insane.
It's even sadder to think that many will die from lack of medical care, but at the same time, I don't think anything can be done about it, 900,000 injured would overload any medical system.
Out of nearly 3 million people, more than 25% die... that impossible to believe, we've never even lost that many people in a war.
All in all, I hope that this never happens, to anyone anywhere in the world.
I am of the belief that dropping the bombs was necessary, but I hope we never find ourselves in a war where we need to make that decision again.
10:45 PM
wow that was intense, it would be really scary to see something like that happen and not know if something like that would happen here too! i wonder if we would have responded differently to the attacks on the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon had we been older. i really dont remember much about 9-11 except the images. i dont even know how many people died. but i think a bomb being dropped on New York would really freak me out.
11:50 PM
insane how not only would the actual blast kill hundreds of thousands, but also the after effects such as the radiation. Imagine how the country would respond to this attack. A lot of patriotism and hate for whoever nuked us would arise.
12:56 AM
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