Wednesday: 31 January 2018, Part Zero

Welcome Preppers and Survivalists,

原子雲 (ca August 6th, 1945)

photograph by

Mitsuo Matsushige

The Article
Several days ago, The Atlantic ran a story. A story about many things, how the possibility of nuclear war never really went away; even through, we thought it had; how these United States government planned to survive a nuclear war; and ...

With that said, I disagree with the article's characterization of government efforts to protect the citizens of these United States, the futility of preparing to survive a large scale nuclear attack, and other issues, such as failing to mention that a nationwide shelter program with pre-stocked supplies would save millions of people.

The Atlantic - The People Who Would Survive Nuclear War
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/01/that-time-the-government-commission-fiction-about-nuclear-war/551303/


Charlottesville
During the same time period, several days ago, The Atlantic ran a fictional story about a nuclear attack on these United States. In the story, Charlottesville, Virginia is spared a direct hit from a nuclear weapon.

Link:
The Atlantic - 'Charlottesville': A Government-Commissioned Story About Nuclear War
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/01/charlottesville-a-government-commissioned-story-about-nuclear-war/551432/


"Official"
Needless to say, the fictional story part of an effort by these United States' government to tell the citizens about ...

Link:
Atomic Archive - The Effects of Nuclear War
http://atomicarchive.com/Docs/pdfs/7906.pdf