{"id":35073,"date":"2018-06-14T05:48:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T10:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=35073"},"modified":"2018-06-14T05:48:45","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T10:48:45","slug":"heres-what-would-happen-if-a-nuclear-bomb-was-detonated-on-the-ground-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=35073","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s What Would Happen If a Nuclear Bomb Was Detonated on the Ground in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s What Would Happen If a Nuclear Bomb Was Detonated on the Ground in NYC<\/a><\/h3>\n
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After the meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump seemed to end on an optimistic note, one may have hoped that our fears of a nuclear attack would subside. Not so, according to The New Yorker, who published an article entitled<\/a>, \u201cThis Is What a Nuclear Attack on New York Would Look LIke.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the timing may seem odd, it\u2019s important to note that feelings are mixed about the North Korea-US summit.\u00a0 Some are pleased and feel that a great deal was accomplished, while others are unhappy \u2013 even angry \u2013 that Trump made nice with a brutal dictator.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s tough for many folks to separate their feelings about Trump,\u00a0whether those feelings are animosity or support,\u00a0and it shows in their assessment of the conversation. And this isn\u2019t unique. People had the same difficulties with President Obama. Supporters thought everything he did was great, while detractors thought he was the Anti-Christ. We\u2019d all be wise to try to separate our feelings from our take on current events, as difficult as that might be. However, that isn\u2019t what this article is about.<\/p>\n

What would the nuclear threat look like?<\/h3>\n

The\u00a0 New Yorker piece is prefaced with the opinion that the potential nuke won\u2019t be from the sources most\u00a0of us have been worrying about. \u201cIf America is attacked, the strike probably won\u2019t come from North Korea. And it will be even scarier than we imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The intro\u00a0is a political diatribe with some legitimate facts that are overshadowed by a blatant bias. But\u00a0Ferris Jabr is an experienced science journalist<\/a> who is a contributing writer for Scientific American and has been published in\u00a0Wired, Foreign Policy, Aeon, Hakai, New Scientist, and Quanta, to name just a few outlets.<\/p>\n

\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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