{"id":2843,"date":"2010-08-09T12:14:33","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T19:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/?p=2843"},"modified":"2013-11-27T11:15:31","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T18:15:31","slug":"10-things-you-didnt-know-about-survival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-survival\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things You Didn\u2019t Know About Survival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>1. The hipsters may just make it.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6093\" src=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/google-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/google-map.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/google-map-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>If a 21kt nuclear device was set off in downtown New York City, the overpressure from the blast would only be strong enough to kill instantly within about a 1\/3 mile radius. This means that the denizens of Brooklyn would survive the initial explosion, but would have to take shelter from the inevitable nuclear fallout. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinyvital.com\/Misc\/nukes.htm\" class=\"broken_link\">via<\/a>)<!--more--><\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>2. If the blast doesn&#8217;t kill you, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Effects\/effects7.shtml\">the heat will<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"496\" height=\"279\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"name\" value=\"flashObj\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoRef=07814_00&amp;shareURL=http%3A%2F%2Fchannel.nationalgeographic.com%2Fseries%2Fexplorer%2F4818%2FVideos%2F07814_00&amp;embedConfigFileName=config.xml\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/channel.nationalgeographic.com\/channel\/videos\/satellite\/satelliteEmbedPlayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"496\" height=\"279\" src=\"http:\/\/channel.nationalgeographic.com\/channel\/videos\/satellite\/satelliteEmbedPlayer.swf\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"videoRef=07814_00&amp;shareURL=http%3A%2F%2Fchannel.nationalgeographic.com%2Fseries%2Fexplorer%2F4818%2FVideos%2F07814_00&amp;embedConfigFileName=config.xml\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" name=\"flashObj\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\nThe heat generated by a nuclear explosion can reach about 9,000 degrees, which is hotter than the surface of the Sun. The thermal component accounts for about 1\/3rd of a nuclear weapons power. It&#8217;s hot enough to permanently burn an object&#8217;s shadow onto a surface behind it. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/Effects\/effects7.shtml\">via)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>3. Despite popular belief, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/food\/ingredient\/twinkies.asp\" class=\"broken_link\">Twinkies won&#8217;t save you<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/twinkie-cockroach.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/twinkie-cockroach.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/twinkie-cockroach-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Despite what popular culture would like us to believe, Twinkies do not have the radiation resistant, preservative-packed shelf life we would like to think they do. According to Hostess, a Twinkie stays good for about 25 days, and is as susceptible to nuclear radiation as any other food. (via)<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>4. Cockroaches are not the only things that will survive.<\/h3>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/S-6cIy_s8pQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/S-6cIy_s8pQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\nEveryone knows that a cockroach can survive higher dosages of nuclear radiation than humans, but they aren&#8217;t alone. The Mythbusters proved that a number of insects are remarkably resistant to the effects of nuclear radiation.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>5. <a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/17483\/8-nuclear-weapons-us-has-lost\">The US has \u201cmisplaced\u201d 8 nuclear weapons.<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/broken-arrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/broken-arrow.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/broken-arrow-300x281.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The Defense Department has a special name for nuclear weapons that have gone missing. They are known as \u201cBroken Arrows\u201d. During the Cold War, the United States <a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/17483\/8-nuclear-weapons-us-has-lost\">lost track of 8 nuclear weapons<\/a> (a combined explosive force 2,200 times the bomb dropped on Hiroshima).<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>6. It only takes about 35 lbs of enriched Uranium to make an atomic bomb.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6100\" title=\"uranium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/uranium.jpg\" alt=\"uranium\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/uranium.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/uranium-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>It takes as little as 35 pounds of enriched Uranium, and as little as 9 pounds of enriched Plutonium to construct a nuclear weapon. Luckily, the facilities required to enrich raw Uranium are expensive, and are larger than 5 football fields. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cosmosmagazine.com\/news\/579\/uranium-enrichment-how-make-atomic-bomb\" class=\"broken_link\">via<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>7. People exposed to nuclear fallout are <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/health\/1807666.stm\">eight times more likely<\/a> to develop mutations.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6097\" src=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>A study from 1956 found that people living in a nuclear test site in Kazakhstan were 8 times more likely to develop genetic mutations, and their children&#8217;s genetic mutation risk had increased five-fold. (<a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/health\/1807666.stm\">via<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>8. <a href=\"http:\/\/geekzkrieg.com\/how-to-survive-a-nuclear-holocaust\/\">Only 3 feet of water can protect you from nuclear fallout.<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/shark-aquarium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/shark-aquarium.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/shark-aquarium-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>After the initial attack, fallout can linger for months. Fortunately, it only takes 5 inches of steel, 16 inches of brick, 2 feet of packed earth, or 3 feet of water to protect against radioactive fallout. (<a href=\"http:\/\/geekzkrieg.com\/how-to-survive-a-nuclear-holocaust\/\">via<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>9. A Neutrino beam could (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.futurepundit.com\/archives\/001265.html\">theoretically<\/a>) neutralize any nuclear weapon.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6095\" title=\"particle accelerator\" src=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/particle-accelerator.jpg\" alt=\"particle accelerator\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/particle-accelerator.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/particle-accelerator-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>In theory, a weapon that fires a neutrino beam could effectively neutralize a nuclear bomb anywhere on the planet, but it would need to be 1000 km wide, require 50 gigawatts of power (enough power to run a city) and would cost $100 billion dollars to construct. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.futurepundit.com\/archives\/001265.html\">via<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>10. Nuclear winter could potentially <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newton.dep.anl.gov\/newton\/askasci\/1993\/environ\/ENV033.HTM\">counteract<\/a> the effects of global warming.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6094\" title=\"nuclear fallout\" src=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/nuclear-fallout.jpg\" alt=\"nuclear fallout\" width=\"600\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/nuclear-fallout.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/nuclear-fallout-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The dust kicked up into the atmosphere after a big enough nuclear blast could offer enough protection from sunlight to reverse the effects of global warming. Of course, it could also plunge us into a new ice age if too much sunlight is blocked. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newton.dep.anl.gov\/newton\/askasci\/1993\/environ\/ENV033.HTM\">via<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/explorer25\/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-impending-apoc\" class=\"broken_link\">BuzzFeed.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. The hipsters may just make it. If a 21kt nuclear device was set off in downtown New York City, the overpressure from the blast would only be strong enough to kill instantly within about a 1\/3 mile radius. This means that the denizens of Brooklyn would survive the initial explosion, but would have to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[378,224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fringe","category-resources"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}