Gothamist: Map of the Day: Kiss Your Ass Goodbye

Zach

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:51:08 -0500

Someone should tag this map with all the old nuclear shelters in town. I see the signs all over town. Not that entering a bunker unopened since the 80's wouldn't be worse than death itself (rats anyone?), but...

zincink

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:15:44 -0500

I thought us toxie jersey people were immune to something like this....

Gregory

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:55:35 -0500

Try centering the explosion on the port of elizabeth, or the middle of Upper New York Bay, likely detonation points if the device were to enter our area in one of the 10s of thousands of shipping containers entering our region without being searched. If it were detonated in the port, it would take a 10,000 KT blast to seriously effect manhattan, staten island on the other hand.... a blast in the middle of the harbor would be very bad, only requiring 1000kt to seriously effect brooklyn, manhattan, jersey city, etc

FalseFlag

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:19:53 -0500

This is why I moved to Washington Heights. Soon, Uptown will truly be the new Downtown.

ando

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:21:20 -0500

according to this report, a 12.5 kiloton nuke would be much more likely. It would also most likely explode at a port since that's the easiest smuggling point. There aren't really ports in Manhattan right? Guess it's 50/50 between New Jersey and Brooklyn.

chris

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:43:28 -0500

woohoo, morningside heights is outside the circle. it's all slow, torturous radiation death for us! and with regard to that world map: I guess I ought to start looking for property in spain...

Tim N.

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 13:35:09 -0500

Nod to Bickle... my bad. I realized that immediately after I hit the post button. Kinda like when G'ist checks the punctuation (sorry, guys, couldn't resist...)

JESUS CHRIST

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:37:08 -0500

Dudes, it's so much better to get killed instantly in a nuclear blast than to die slowly from the various forms of cancer you will get from the nuclear fallout.

Liza T

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:35:51 -0500

Wow, thanks guys. This makes me even more excited about my office job in the Paramount building.

smitty

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:27:50 -0500

thanks for this really uplifting article. sheesh.

mickster

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:19:30 -0500

Makes you hope for a neutron bomb so you just fry instantly. If the bomb comes, I hope I'm at ground zero. Don't want to suffer or try to survive or worse....become one of the new C.H.U.D.!

yb detsoP

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:16:17 -0500

And here is an even more disturbing scenario.

stuck_on_staten_island

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:16:00 -0500

finally, a reason to be glad i'm on staten island!

MissPinkKate

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:13:22 -0500

Woo woo, just safe living in Astoria! Suck it haters! But I work in Union Square, so I'm fucked.

yb detsoP

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:09:09 -0500

Here is a link to a Times Square detonation:

blaah

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:01:22 -0500

Also, this only refers to structural damage. Nothing about the ensuing firestorm (try running away!), immediate blindness if the blast is seen directly from Isn't science wonderful! Sweet dreams!

jake

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:59:43 -0500

yep-- my bad-- i prepped the image first, then decided that an explosion at times square would be more likely than one outside of La Esquina, however devoutly we might all wish for that.

d

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:55:55 -0500

well according to the map above, that intersection doesn't exist even more after the yellow cake

Bickle

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:48:53 -0500

What are you talking about? An intersection of Lafayette and Delancey doesn't exist. Delancey turns into Kenmare Street west past the Bowery.

Tim N.

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:36:02 -0500

Umm, guys, that map isn't centered on Times Square. Looks more like Lafayette and Delancy. Since my house is in the third circle, it kinda matters. :>)