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This map shows what your neighborhood would look like if a nuclear bomb hit it

sudshr47 March 30, 2018

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It’s 2018, and there’s one thing on the back of everyone’s minds — nuclear warfare.

If it isn’t, it should beIn January of this year, the doomsday clock moved two minutes closer to midnight because of elevated nuclear warfare riskThe Outrider Foundation decided to take advantage of this uniquely terrifying moment in history and publish an interactive nuclear bomb simulator, allowing users to see how their houses and neighborhoods would be affected if they were hit by a nuclear bomb.  

To use the map, simply type in your address and zip code and choose your bomb of choice. The visualization can show you how the large the impact of the bomb might be, how much of your neighborhood would likely be vaporized and how many people might be affected by radiation poisoning — ya know, all the good stuff. Read more…

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Locals call it ‘The Tomb’: What’s in the Marshall Islands concrete dome?

sudshr47 February 26, 2018

After bombing the Marshall Islands 67 times between 1946 and 1958, the U.S. buried contaminated material under a concrete cap. Locals call it ‘The Tomb.’ Its rotten innards are leaking into the ocean, and the rising sea levels pose a threat.
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Pentagon’s proposed nuclear strategy elevates cyberattacks to a terrifying new realm

sudshr47 January 20, 2018

It’s the fall of 2019 and America is paralyzed.
A wave of cyberattacks have crippled America’s banks, sent a blackout rolling across the East Coast, and disabled almost all U.S. internet infrastructure. 
America’s response is nuclear. A submarin…

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Blame Hawaii’s apocalypse fake-out on this common video game mistake

sudshr47 January 16, 2018

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Nobody likes a bad user interface.

It makes video games — and really, any app or software — needlessly confusing and difficult to navigate. And as we now know, it’s also the reason the state of Hawaii experienced a brief yet horrifying period of existential panic on Saturday.

When an unnamed state official accidentally issued the alert about an incoming ballistic missile attack, this is the screen they were looking at:

This is the screen that set off the ballistic missile alert on Saturday. The operator clicked the PACOM (CDW) State Only link. The drill link is the one that was supposed to be clicked#Hawaii pic.twitter.com/lDVnqUmyHa

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FALSE ALARM: Panic ensues as Emergency Alert Service issues missile threat for Hawaii

sudshr47 January 13, 2018

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Residents of Hawaii woke up to a terrifying notification on Saturday morning when the Emergency Alert Service issued a ballistic missile warning, telling residents to “seek immediate shelter.”

“BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL,” the alert, which was delivered at approximately 8:07 a.m. HST, reads.

HAWAII – THIS IS A FALSE ALARM. THERE IS NO INCOMING MISSILE TO HAWAII. I HAVE CONFIRMED WITH OFFICIALS THERE IS NO INCOMING MISSILEpic.twitter.com/DxfTXIDOQs

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FALSE ALARM: Panic ensues as Emergency Alert Service issues missile threat for Hawaii

sudshr47 January 13, 2018

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Residents of Hawaii woke up to a terrifying notification on Saturday morning when the Emergency Alert Service issued a ballistic missile warning, telling residents to “seek immediate shelter.”

“BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL,” the alert, which was delivered at approximately 8:07 a.m. HST, reads.

HAWAII – THIS IS A FALSE ALARM. THERE IS NO INCOMING MISSILE TO HAWAII. I HAVE CONFIRMED WITH OFFICIALS THERE IS NO INCOMING MISSILEpic.twitter.com/DxfTXIDOQs

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FALSE ALARM: Panic ensues as Emergency Alert Service issues missile threat for Hawaii

sudshr47 January 13, 2018

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Residents of Hawaii woke up to a terrifying notification on Saturday morning when the Emergency Alert Service issued a ballistic missile warning, telling residents to “seek immediate shelter.”

“BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL,” the alert, which was delivered at approximately 8:07 a.m. HST, reads.

HAWAII – THIS IS A FALSE ALARM. THERE IS NO INCOMING MISSILE TO HAWAII. I HAVE CONFIRMED WITH OFFICIALS THERE IS NO INCOMING MISSILEpic.twitter.com/DxfTXIDOQs

— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) January 13, 2018 Read more…

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People are not buying Trump’s reassurance on North Korea’s latest, most powerful missile yet

sudshr47 November 29, 2017

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North Korea has tested its most powerful rocket yet, and this one is finally capable of reaching the entire U.S. mainland, it claims.

North Korea on Wednesday announced the new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), called the Hwasong-15. It’s reportedly tipped with a “super-large heavy warhead,” greatly increasing the country’s fire power against enemies.

In a television broadcast, North Korea said the new missile reached a record height of around 2,780 miles (4.475) — more than 10 times the distance between Earth and the international space station, if true. Read more…

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