Nuclear War Coming !

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:04 am

If you knew there would be a worldwide nuclear war in one week...what would you do ?

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:14 am

Cancel my subscription to the Economist and the New Scientist, and write a strongly worded letter to Bin Laden expressing my displeasure at him being a complete bollix. Then I would get a sign saying "The End is Nigh, no really it is this time, no messing" and join into the general throng hanging round the bus station.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:17 am

The bus station...of course !

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:23 am

Take my kids out of school, take the week off and spend the week together doing all the nice 'family' things we all enjoy. If we're going to die at least we'll be together and the kids will know how much we love them AND they wont know whats about to happen (hopefully) because I won't tell them. Just a nice week and then...poof!...its over!

I think the WORST thing that could happen is if we were all killed but one of our children managed to survive alone surrounded by our remains. (Depends how close the blast was - no remains would mean no survivors.) If we HAVE to die I would hope we would all just go together and painlessly.

Pretty grim subject there Nomad!

Do you know something we don't? :sneaky:

Bella_Boo · Post by **Bella_Boo** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:24 am

Nomad wrote: If you knew there would be a worldwide nuclear war in one week...what would you do ?

id sell everything i have and take my son to egypt to learn about history and feel history in his own hands.. would be a humbling experience...

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:26 am

I'd still take my chances at the bus station.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:35 am

Pretty grim subject there Nomad!

Do you know something we don't? :sneaky:

Sieze the moment was more of the thought process.

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:55 am

Galbally wrote: I'd still take my chances at the bus station.

Hehehe you know some very strange things go on at bus stations, not of course that I've seen them, just heard the rumours u know, yeah rumours!! :p

sherry · Post by **sherry** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:49 am

Nomad wrote: If you knew there would be a worldwide nuclear war in one week...what would you do ?
If I knew for certain I'd try and find out where they'd land first and go and campout there so I'd get hit first and not know anything about it.

actionfigurestepho · Post by **actionfigurestepho** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:19 am

Ooh, honestly?

If a slow painful death were imminent, I'd probably kill myself.

actionfigurestepho · Post by **actionfigurestepho** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:46 am

Far Rider wrote: nothin, be happy... cuz.... christmas wont be coming!:wah:
Have I found another anti-Christmas person?! Oh joy!

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:04 am

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lady cop

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:13 am

actionfigurestepho wrote: Ooh, honestly?

If a slow painful death were imminent, I'd probably kill myself.

But what if there were a last minute reprieve? What a waste of a life.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:45 am

Rapunzel wrote: But what if there were a last minute reprieve? What a waste of a life.

God wouldn't that be the ultimate let down wouldn't it!, "what do you mean WW III is canceled due to industrial action?" Bloody worse than the fricking Millenium.

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:17 pm

Nomad wrote: If you knew there would be a worldwide nuclear war in one week...what would you do ?

Fight to find a way to survive for me and my family.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:34 pm

Bez wrote: Fight to find a way to survive for me and my family.

Don't want to put a downer on things (in a armaggedon thread!), but if there was a proper Nuclear War, you wouldn't want to survive, trust me.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 1:37 pm

Max out the credit cards buying bottles of Cris!

;)

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 1:48 pm

so that drill we used to do when i was a kid, hiding under our desks, wouldn't have saved us from a nuclear explosion???

...................... Internet Archive: Details: Duck and Cover In school we had this sort of "duck and cover" propaganda complete with drills ... The 'Duck and Cover' US Civil Defense film from the 1950's shows the US ...

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 1:58 pm

Galbally wrote: Don't want to put a downer on things (in a armaggedon thread!), but if there was a proper Nuclear War, you wouldn't want to survive, trust me.

Someones gotta stay positive here....when you lot are all frazzled someones got to get the survivors organised....yeah , yeah, yeah....I know...been watching too many disaster movies

LilacDragon · Post by **LilacDragon** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:06 pm

Well, since my husband is on the other side of the world - I know what I wouldn't be doing!

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:19 pm

Dear all...we should club together and buy this place...I will NOT be beaten !

Just needs an 'Extreme makeover' !

Enormous nuclear bunker for sale

A nuclear bunker made to house the government and civil servants in the event of nuclear attack is for sale.

The existence of the underground complex at Corsham, Wiltshire, was kept secret until recently, but the Ministry of Defence is now inviting buyers.

Built in the late 1950s, the bunker covers many acres and was decommissioned in the 1980s.

It is underground - more than 100ft (30m) down - and includes a kitchen and BBC studio.

The MoD says it has received hundreds of enquiries for purchase which will be under a private finance initiative, including two serious bids.

Despite being close to one of Britain's busiest railway lines, the facility was shrouded in secrecy for 50 years beneath non-descript government buildings.

Enormous and fully-equipped kitchens remain unused

In the 1950s as the threat of nuclear war intensified, the government pinned its hope for survival on buildings already used by the military.

If there had been an attack, the then prime minister Harold Macmillan and much of Whitehall would have been moved west to the bunker.

Nick McCamley, author of Secret Underground Cities, said in the past the government "simply refused to admit" the bunker existed.

"They gradually released documents about some of the other sites in the area, but as far as was concerned it simply did not exist."

Chairs and office equipment are still stored there, in preparation for thousands of civil servants. There are huge generators to provide power that might have been needed for weeks, boxes of paper and files, and enormous kitchens - all unused. One of the largest telephone exchanges ever built would have linked to the regional government, which would also have been underground in the event of an attack.

cars · Post by **cars** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:11 pm

IF I KNEW LIKE YOU SAID, THEN DO A PREMPTIVE STIRKE, & DO IT TO THEM FIRST!

Then while the launch was beginning, take off in a Space Shuttle & fly into outer space, & circle the earth for 4 or 5 months till things cooled down. :-2 :rolleyes:

Then when we got back, I guess things would be kinda lonely. But then I would be "master of the universe", I claimed it, before Nomad did!!:D

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:13 pm

cars wrote: IF I KNEW LIKE YOU SAID, THEN DO A PREMPTIVE STIRKE, & DO IT TO THEM FIRST!

Then while the launch was beginning, take off in a Space Shuttle & fly into outer space, & circle the earth for 4 or 5 months till things cooled down. :-2 :rolleyes:

Then when we got back, I guess things would be kinda lonely. But then I would be "master of the universe", I claimed it, before Nomad did!!:D

That's the spirit cars....how many people fit in a space shuttle ??

cars · Post by **cars** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:22 pm

Bez wrote: That's the spirit cars....how many people fit in a space shuttle ??

At least your family & my family, so were in!!!

First come, first served!!

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:24 pm

cars wrote: At least your family & my family, so were in!!!

YES !!!!!

cars · Post by **cars** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:41 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: I'd be one of the mutant zombies that nuclear waste always generates, so you two better hide your brains when you get back from space.

Thanks for the compliment!