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December 29th, 2011

Will You Survive A Nuclear Attack?

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Written by: Brad Radke
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Nabokov once described the region where I’m from in the Midwest as the three states beginning with “I.”

My adopted home state, Missouri, is widely regarded as a “fly-over state.” And if you’re erudite New York Times columnist, David Carr, the only waltz we know is the “dance of the low-sloping foreheads.”

But I’ve got news for you jet-setting city-slickers looking down on us from the first class cabins of your coast-to-coast red-eyes.

Once the nukes start dropping on metropolis, you just might find yourself knocking on the doors of us milquetoast Midwesterners. How come? Why not take gander at Google Maps-inspired website, Would I Survive A Nuke, and see how you and your fellow metropolitans will fair perhaps a 50 megaton Tsar Bomba detonates downtown.

If you survived, congratulations. If not, how about considering a move to my neck of the woods in Columbia, Missouri? Sure the website says I “live in the middle of nowhere,” but at least I survived the Tsar Bomba attack on St Louis. However, with the oncoming nuclear winter, I’ll need to brush up on my skiing techniques.

Bad news, though, should a dinosaur-ending meteor score a direct hit. In that scenario, we’re pretty much all toast.

 

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About the Author

Brad Radke
Brad Radke
@BradRadke joined the @Thronebuzz team in April of 2010 as a promoter. His passion for rock, punk rock and alternative music allowed him to easily excel in the promotion of up and coming music and bands.




 
 

 
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