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To: greenspirit who wrote (17383)	2/3/1998 2:47:00 AM
From: Krowbar	Read Replies (2) of 108807

<< Del, I don't believe anyone knows for absolute certainty if ALL human life anywhere on the planet would not be able to survive above ground in the event of a nuclear attack. But it's sure a whole like more likely they wouldn't, then they would. >> Has it occurred to you that billions of people won't be anywhere near the attack? There are about 58 million square miles of land on Earth. Assuming about 15 square miles were destroyed by each bomb times 60,000 bombs ( this is generous, as the latest count is more near 40,000) = 900,000 square miles of land destroyed, or about 1 1/2 % of the land, assuming no overlap in the bombing areas (there probably would be overlap). Mt. St. Helens had the energy equivilant of 100 A bombs. In 1815 Mt. Tambora in Indonesia exploded with a force estimated at 10,000 A bombs. The example that I gave was an exchange between Russia and the U.S. There are billions of people that would be separated from the explosions by thousands of miles of land and/or water. The force of the explosion falls off rapidly with distance. How would all of these people be killed? Del

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