Having perused today's Times article about the government's push for nuclear preparedness, we've got our weekend plans locked in: curling up with some Elliott Smith records and this 135 page Planning Guide for Response to a Nuclear Detonation (Second Edition, pdf). Published by the Obama administration over the summer, the report introduces readers to such terms as Beta burn (Beta radiation induced skin damage) and LD50 (the amount of a radiation that kills 50% of a sample population). But the main message is that in the event of a nuclear explosion, don't flee. Burrow! The safest place to wait out a nuclear winter is underground, which is why our post-apocalyptic hellscape will be ruled by people who were previously pitied for residing in their parents' basements. (Resisters will be shipped off to Guitar Hero reeducation camps.)
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Basement Dwellers Get Last Laugh in Nuclear Attack
Residents Sue NYPD's Over Bunker Plans
The AP reports that three residential co-ops are suing the NYPD over its plan to build a "high-tech command bunker" at 1 Police Plaza. The residents believe that the bunker "must undergo environmental and land use reviews," but the NYPD says no review is required, plus there's "no change to the exterior or its existing footprint." Another issue residents are concerned about it traffic that construction will bring--1 Police Plaza is just north of the Brooklyn Bridge exits. Chinatown has been hit hard by the closure of Park Row after September 11, and one resident adds that the NYPD "should be moving critical functions away [from] densely populated" areas.
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