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@keccers.eth
Potassium iodide pills are a no brainer to keep around as countries look to add to their nuclear arsenals in the wake of Trump <$20 USD, great gift, can be useful even with no other knowledge than duck and cover https://www.cdc.gov/radiation-emergencies/infographic/potassium-iodide.html
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@nerdy
This is only effective vs your body absorbing radioactive fallout. It won’t help against the four types of radioactive emissions (alpha, beta, gamma, neutrons).
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@keccers.eth
Yes, although your clothes can protect you from both alpha and beta. Gamma requires proper shelter made of lead etc. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK224057/#:~:text=Alpha%20radiation%20can%20be%20stopped,where%20radioactive%20materials%20are%20present.
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@nerdy
Depends on the clothing. If you’re in a light sun dress with a design containing dark pigment, the design may be burned into your flesh by beta. I studied nuclear weapons effects in school. Beta particles are technically antimatter (anti electrons) so it would be a cool conversation starter. Alpha is just really hot helium 4. M Neutrons are blocked best by water. So reinforced concrete blocks both gamma and neutrons. And if you piss yourself in terror, just claim it was for added neutron shielding hahaha!
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In my book on this they train u to quickly make shelters. It’s pretty interesting Curious — in the class, did they offer a perspective on the likelihood of nuclear winter?
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Nuclear winter is pretty much the same as a super volcano eruption or idiot tech bros doing stratospheric aerosol injections, for perspective. It’s dependent on how many cities burn. Honestly I don’t remember how much needs to burn, I think I have a rare book that covers it back at home.
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In my book the American author finds it to be highly unlikely, and I kind of went with that in my own belief system. But my Russian neighbor takes it as an inevitable consequence. We got into a squabble about it. I later learned it’s a whole propaganda point that was especially pushed by Soviets. obviously it still could happen, like I’m not saying it’s not real, but the strategy is to make you extra scared https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA165794 They are going to bring this narrative back as well, supposedly https://www.semafor.com/article/02/11/2025/russia-to-target-americans-with-nuclear-winter-propaganda-european-intelligence
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Fear is deliberate, it makes the world safer. People not going into depth means it will stay off the table. If everyone knew you could depopulate an entire city without irradiating it significantly, nukes would be used more frequently. If everyone knew you could kill an army of tanks without damaging the equipment, get in, and turn them around on your enemies, nuclear proliferation would be a damned nightmare.
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