Well, the vaults true purpose was for experimentation...PainlessDocM said:Approved by mad Glenn:
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Imagine having to share a vault with that guy for eternity.
Low enough to walk around maybe. Also I doubt that it is that simple.Ah-Teen said:
.Pixote. said:I read somewhere (A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson) that if a meteor was to strike the Earth, and it was large enough, and fast enough it would compress the atmosphere in front of it, as it entered the Earth, at temperatures in the 10s of thousands, within a second or so...so you would be scorched a split second before being obliterated. And the Earth would probably have about 2 seconds warning before the event. So unless your already living in your Vault 24 hours a day, you would have no chance of survival...actually if it struck while you're in your Vault you wouldn't survive the shock wave.
So these Vaults are only useful for man made disasters.
In case of nuclear attack, 2 weeks is the widely accepted minimum for remaining in a shelter. In that time, most of the most dangerous and powerful radiation will have decayed.Crni Vuk said:
Uhm no ?Just because it isn't really much in the news and media doesn't mean it is not a problem. I am not talking about the "zone" but the area around it. There are many people suffering from it. It is about the food chain. I am not an expert. And I can't say how many people are actually affected. But The Ukraine is not a very rich nation. And I doubt people have much choices but to stay in the dangerous areas. Even if save to be there. Is it save to consume the food ? The issue with the fetus isn't something that only affects "unhealthy" or "weak" ones. It affects them all. It is just random. There have been studies with mice and there was no indication that only weak fetus would be affected.DarthBartus said:
When even "mild" radiation has an effect on "healthy" people. Why should it not affect the fetus? The effects of radiation are very problematic. You can't say "at this point you will be sick" or "here you are save". Sometimes you can get a high dose of it and never suffer many issues. Other times already low doses will mean serious problems like cancer or other issues. Remember from the more then 500 000 people which have worked at Chernobyl after the accident not all have suffered issues. Some (albeit rare) are healthy. But that doesn't mean much. Of course at a certain level of radiation it is absolutely lethal because it is literally like burning. But the danger of radiation is actually counted in percentage which are many times measured by experience I think 1 Millisievert of radiation per year is seen as average for every human without any issues. At Chernobyl it was not rare that people would face much more then 1000 Millisievert in one hour. Something they did in Chernobyl after the accident was simply increase the maximum level of radiation at which point they expect some damage to a human. And suddenly the numbers of victims dropped a lot. Well one example of how one can tweak statistics.DarthBartus said:
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Impact specifics
The impactor's estimated size was about 10 km (6 mi) in diameter and is estimated to have released 4×1023 joules of energy (95,602,294,455 kilotons of TNT on impact). By contrast, the most powerful man-made explosive device ever detonated, the Tsar Bomba, had a yield of only 50 megatons, making the Chicxulub impact 2 million times more powerful. Even the largest known explosive volcanic eruption, which released approximately 1021 joules and created La Garita Caldera, was substantially less powerful than the Chicxulub impact.
Effects
The impact would have caused some of the largest megatsunamis in Earth's history, reaching thousands of feet high. A cloud of super-heated dust, ash and steam would have spread from the crater, as the impactor burrowed underground in less than a second. Excavated material along with pieces of the impactor, ejected out of the atmosphere by the blast, would have been heated to incandescence upon re-entry, broiling the Earth's surface and possibly igniting global wildfires; meanwhile, colossal shock waves would have effected global earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.The emission of dust and particles could have covered the entire surface of the Earth for several years, possibly a decade, creating a harsh environment for living things. The shock production of carbon dioxide caused by the destruction of carbonate rocks would have led to a sudden greenhouse effect. Over a longer period of time, sunlight would have been blocked from reaching the surface of the earth by the dust particles in the atmosphere, cooling the surface dramatically.
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