I am not much of a regular television fan, but the premise of the new CBS show Jericho caught my interest. For those of you who haven’t heard about it, it is the story of a small Kansas town, (looks to be Western Kansas) and what happens when an apparent nuclear strike on Denver cuts the entire town off from the rest of the world. They later discover by way of a telephone answering machine message that Atlanta was also bombed.
What I found amazing is the idea that a nuclear war did not destroy everyone in America. As most of you know, that is the official line when our leaders discuss the subject of nuclear war. The idea of complete destruction is behind the Mutually Assured Destruction doctrine that we used to threaten Russia with. It is also the reasoning behind the discontinuation of our country’s civil defense program.
After doing research on the subject what I have found is that if you live in or near a large metropolitan area you are pretty well assured of destruction. If, however, you live in a smaller community you will not be vaporized. Now you may not survive the chaos, or you may freeze or starve to death, but you will not die as a result of the blast.
You can actually check out this fallout map that was taken from the Oak Ridge Laboratories and get an idea for how safe your home is from fallout.
http://www.parowanprophet.com/Nuclear_War_Comes/fallout_map.htm
It is kind of amazing that the powers that be (PTB) didn’t put pressure on CBS about the airing of this show as it refutes the standard party line that we have been led to believe for the last 30 or 40 years.
What I will be watching for in future episodes of Jericho is how they handle the issue of wind blown fallout. Since they are close enough to Denver to see the mushroom cloud, they will be forced to deal with fallout in the next couple of days depending on prevailing wind patterns. That will indicate how realistic the show really is.
Check it out. It might cause you to reevaluate your emergency preparations.
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