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melbo | 07-19-2006 10:38 PM
What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent ~~~ IF YOU ARE READING THIS ON-LINE, PRINT OUT SOME HARD-COPIES NOW! ~~~ PDF version for best printed copy is here http://www.ki4u.com/guide.pdf IF you can do so quickly, e-mail the link to this page to all on your e-mail list... www.ki4u.com/guide.htm ...with the brief message from you urging them to "Print and Read Now!" Your top priority right now, though, is preparing for your own immediate family survival! WHAT TO DO IF A NUCLEAR DISASTER IS IMMINENT! This guide is for families preparing for imminent terrorist or strategic nuclear attacks with expected severe destruction followed by widespread radioactive fallout downwind. IF ONLY A 'Dirty Bomb' Attack (Not the vastly more devastating nuclear weapon blasts with fallout discussed below.) - You can expect localized and downwind contamination from the explosion and dispersed radioactive materials. If you are near enough to see or hear any local bomb blast, assume that it includes radiological or chemical agents. You should move away from the blast area as quickly as possible. If the wind is blowing toward you from the direction of the blast, travel in a direction that is crosswise or perpendicular to the wind as you move away from the blast area. If possible cover your face with a dust mask or cloth to avoid inhaling potentially radioactive dust. Upon reaching a safe location, remove your outer clothing outside and shower as soon as possible. Refer to local news sources for additional instructions about sheltering or evacuation. The government is better prepared to direct and assist the public in a 'dirty bomb' incident, unlike an actual nuclear weapon attack discussed below. In a national crisis of imminent nuclear weapon attacks, read all the way through this guide first, THEN TAKE EFFECTIVE PROTECTIVE ACTION WITH CONFIDENCE... FAST! #1 - STAY OR GO? You must decide FIRST if you need to prepare where you are, or attempt evacuation. The nature of the threat, your prior preparations, and your confidence in your sources of information should direct your decision. If you know already you will be preparing to stay at your own home or, at least, the immediate local area, go now to #2 below. If you are considering evacuation, your decision requires a very high confidence that it is worth the risk. You do not want to get stuck between your current location and your hoped for destination, as there will probably be no easy getting back. If you fail to get to your destination, you may be exposed without shelter, in a dangerous situation with little effective law enforcement, perhaps among panicked hordes of refugees. Whatever supplies you have may be limited then to what you can carry on foot. IF you are in a big city or near a military target, AND you have relatives or friends in the country that you know are awaiting you, AND the roads between you and them are clear, AND the authorities are not yet restricting traffic, AND you have the means and fuel, evacuation may be a viable option for a limited time. DO NOT attempt evacuation if all of the above is not clearly known, or if the situation is deteriorating too quickly to make the complete trip. You do not want to get stuck and/or become a refugee being herded along with panicked masses. If evacuation is truly a viable option, do not wait - GO NOW! Do so with as many of the supplies listed on the last page as possible. Better to be two days too early in arriving than two hours too late and getting snagged mid-way, potentially exposing your family to a worse fate than having stayed where you were. Because of the very real danger of getting caught in an evacuation stampede that stalls, almost all families will be better off making the best of it wherever they currently are. #2 - WHAT YOU NEED TO DO FIRST Because time is of the essence, you need to first delegate and assign to different adult family members specific tasks so they can all be accomplished at the same time. Your first priorities to assure your family survival are Shelter, Water, and Food/Supplies. While some are working on the water storage and shelter at home, others need to be acquiring, as much as possible, the food and supplies. #3 - FOOD/SUPPLIES Because much of the food and supplies listed on the last page of this guide may quickly become unavailable, you need to assign someone NOW to immediately go to the stores with that list! Get cash from the bank and ATM's first, but try and use credit cards at the stores, if at all possible, to preserve your cash. #4 - WATER With one or more adults now heading to the stores with the list on the last page, those remaining need to begin storing water IMMEDIATELY! Lack of clean water will devastate your family much more quickly and more severely than any lack of food. Without water for both drinking and continued good sanitary practices in food preparation and for bathroom excursions (which will inevitably be much less sanitary than normal), debilitating sickness could rampage through your household with little hope of prompt medical attention. That is a highly likely but, avoidable, disaster, ONLY IF you have enough water. Every possible container needs to be filled with water RIGHT NOW! It will be very hard to have stored too much water. When the electricity/pumps go down or everybody in your community is doing the same thing, thus dropping the water pressure, what you've got is all you might be getting for a very long time. Empty pop bottles (1-3 liter) are ideal for water storage, also filling up the bathtub and washing machine. (Remember, later you'll have some in your hot water tank.) If you have any kiddie pools or old water beds, pull them out and fill them up, too. (Water from a water bed should be used only for bathing or cleaning, not for drinking as it may contain traces of algaecide and/or fungicides.) Anything and everything that'll hold water needs to be filled up quickly RIGHT NOW!! One of the shopping items listed on the last page is new garbage cans and liner bags which you'll also use for storing water. If you can't get any more new cans, you could clean out an existing garbage can and scrub it throughout with bleach, then put in a new garbage bag liner and fill it with water. Even sturdy boxes could be used with bag liners. (Use two liners if they are very thin/flimsy.) Choose well where you fill up garbage cans with water because they won't easily be moved once full and many of them together could be too heavy for some upper floor locations. Ideally, they need to be very near where your shelter will be constructed and can actually add to its shielding properties, as you'll see below. BE ASSURED, YOU CANNOT STORE AND HAVE TOO MUCH WATER! Do not hesitate, fill up every possible container, RIGHT NOW! #5 - SHELTER The principles of radiation protection are simple - with many options and resources families can use to prepare or improvise a very effective shelter. You must throw off the self-defeating myths of nuclear un-survivability that may needlessly seal the fate of less informed families. Radioactive fallout is the particulate matter (dust) produced by a nuclear explosion and carried high up into the air by the mushroom cloud. It drifts on the wind and most of it settles back to earth downwind of the explosion. The heaviest, most dangerous, and most noticeable fallout, will 'fall out' first close to ground zero. It may begin arriving minutes after an explosion. While the smaller and lighter dust-like particles will typically be arriving hours later, as they drift much farther downwind, often for hundreds of miles. As it settles, whether you can see it or not, fallout will accumulate and blow around everywhere just like dust or light snow does on the ground and roofs. Wind and rain can concentrate the fallout into localized 'hot spots' of much more intense radiation with no visible indication of its presence. This radioactive fallout 'dust' is dangerous because it is emitting penetrating radiation energy (similar to x-ray's). This radiation (not the fallout dust) can go right through walls, roofs and protective clothing. Even if you manage not to inhale or ingest the dust, and keep it off your skin, hair, and clothes, and even if none gets inside your house, the radiation penetrating your home is still extremely dangerous, and can injure or kill you inside. Radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion, though very dangerous initially, loses its intensity quickly because it is giving off so much energy. For example, fallout emitting gamma ray radiation at a rate of 500 R/hr (fatal with one hour of exposure) shortly after an explosion, weakens to only 1/10th as strong 7 hours later. Two days later, it's only 1/100th as strong, or as deadly, as it was initially. That is really very good news, because our families can readly survive it IF we get them into a proper shelter to safely wait it out as it becomes less dangerous with every passing hour. What stops radiation, and thus shields your family, is simply putting mass between them and the radiation source. Like police body armor stopping bullets, mass stops (absorbs) radiation. The thicker the mass, the more radiation it stops. Also, the denser (heavier) the mass used, the more effective it is with every inch more you add to your fallout shelter. The thickness in inches needed to cut the radiation down to only 1/10th of its initial intensity for different common materials is: Steel 3.3", concrete 11", earth 16", water 24", wood 38", etc. The thickness required to stop 99% of the radiation is: 5" of steel, 16" of solid brick or hollow concrete blocks filled with mortar or sand, 2 feet of packed earth or 3 feet if loose, 3 feet of water. You may not have enough steel available, but anything you do have will have mass and can be used to add to your shielding - it just takes more thickness of lighter wood, for example, than heavier earth, to absorb and stop the same amount of radiation. Increasing the distance between your family and the radiation outside also reduces the radiation intensity. The goals of your family fallout shelter are: To maximize the distance away from the fallout 'dusting' outside on the ground and roof To place sufficient mass between your family and the fallout to absorb the deadly radiation To make the shelter tolerable to stay in while the radiation subsides with every passing hour While a fallout shelter can be built anywhere, you should see what your best options are at home or nearby. Some structures already provide significant shielding or partial shielding that can be enhanced for adequate protection. If you do not have a basement available, you can still use the techniques shown below in any above ground structure, but you'll need to use more mass to achieve the same level of shielding. You may consider using other solid structures nearby, especially those with below ground spaces, such as commercial buildings, schools, churches, below ground parking garages, large and long culverts, tunnels, etc.. Some of these may require permissions and/or the acquiring of additional materials to minimize any fallout drifting or blowing into them, if open ended. Buildings with a half-dozen or more floors, where there is not a concern of blast damage, may provide good radiation protection in the center of the middle floors. This is because of both the distance and the shielding the multiple floors provide from the fallout on the ground and roof. Bottom Line: choose a structure nearby with both the greatest mass and distance already in place between the outside, where the fallout would settle, and the shelter inside. If you have a basement in your home, or at a nearby relatives' or friends' house that you can use, your best option is probably to fortify and use it, unless you have ready access to a better/deeper structure nearby.For an expedient last-minute basement shelter, push a heavy table that you can get under into the corner that has the soil highest on the outside. The ground level outside ideally needs to be above the top of the inside shelter. If no heavy table is available, you can take internal doors off their hinges and lay them on supports to create your 'table'. Then pile any available mass on and around it such as books, wood, cordwood, bricks, sandbags, heavy furniture, full file cabinets, full water containers, your food stocks, and boxes and pillow cases full of anything heavy, like earth. Everything you could pile up and around it has mass that will help absorb and stop more radiation from penetrating inside - the heavier the better. However, be sure to reinforce your table and supports so you do not overload it and risk collapse. http://www.ki4u.com/guide1.jpg http://www.ki4u.com/guide5.jpg http://www.ki4u.com/guide2.gif Leave a small crawl-through entrance and more mass there that can be easily pulled in after you to seal it up. Have at least two gaps or 4-6" square air spaces, one high at one end and one low at the other. Use more if crowded and/or hotter climate. A small piece of cardboard can help fan fresh air in if the natural rising warmer air convection current needs an assist moving the air along. This incoming air won't need to be filtered if the basement has been reasonably sealed up, however any windows or other openings will require some solid mass coverage to assure they stay sealed and to provide additional shielding protection for the basement. More details on this in the next (#6) section. With more time, materials, and carpentry or masonry skills, you could even construct a more formal fallout shelter, such as the lean-to shown to the right, but you should pile up much more mass than what little is shown here. An effective fallout shelter constructed in a basement may reduce your radiation exposure 100-200 fold. Thus, if the initial radiation intensity outside was 500 R/hr (fatal in one hour), the basement shelter occupants might only experience 5 R/hr or even less, which is survivable, as the radiation intensity will be decreasing with every passing hour. http://www.ki4u.com/guide3.jpg Adding mass on the floor above your chosen basement corner, and outside against the walls opposite your shelter, can dramatically increase your shielding protection. Every inch thicker adds up to more effective life-saving radiation shielding. As cramped as that crawl space fallout shelter might seem, the vital shielding provided by simply moving some mass into place could be the difference between exposure to a lethal dose of radiation and the survival of your family. The majority of people requiring any sheltering at all will be many miles downwind, and they will not need to stay sheltered for weeks on end. In fact, most people will only need to stay sheltered full-time for a few days before they can start coming out briefly to attend to quick essential chores. Later, they can begin spending ever more time out of the shelter daily, only coming back in to sleep. As miserable as it might seem now, you and your family can easily endure that, especially compared to the alternative. http://www.ki4u.com/guide4.gif It's really not so difficult to build an effective family fallout shelter, not to get it done... RIGHT NOW! #6 - ESSENTIAL DETAILS If you've accomplished the above; securing your supplies, stored water, and built your family fallout shelter, CONGRATULATIONS! You have now succeeded in improving the odds of survival for your family 100-fold, or more! Now, you need to expand your knowledge and fine-tune the tactics that will make the most of your family survival strategy. Government information and guidance is a vital resource in your response to a nuclear crisis, but for many reasons it may be late, incomplete, misleading or simply in error. While evacuation might be prudent for individuals who act quickly in response to a threat, governments will be slow to call for mass evacuations because of their potential for panic and gridlock. As the recent government calls for duct tape and plastic sheeting led to sold-out stores, anxiety, and derision from the press, there will be great reluctance to issue similar alarms. If you want to assure that you have adequate food and supplies for your family you must act BEFORE the panic without first waiting for government instructions that may never come or as urgently as warranted. You alone are ultimately responsible for your family. Filtering the air coming into your basement shelter won't be required. Air does not become radioactive, and if your basement is reasonably snug, there won't be any wind blowing through it to carry the radioactive fallout dust inside. Simply sealing any basement windows and other openings prevents significant fallout from getting inside. To improve both the radiation shielding inside the basement, and to protect the windows from being broken and letting fallout blow in later, you should cover them all with wood, and then with sandbags or solid masonry blocks or earth, etc. on the outside and inside too, if possible. If the basement air gets seriously stale later on, you could re-open a door into the upper floors of the still closed house, or secure a common furnace air filter over an outside air opening leading into your basement. Regarding fallout contamination, any food or water stored in sealed containers, that can later have any fallout dust brushed or rinsed off the outside of the container, will then be safe to use. As long as the fallout dust does not get inside the container, then whatever radiation penetrated the food/water container from the outside does not harm the contents. If you suspect that your clothes have fallout on them, remove your outer clothing before you come inside and leave them outside. A cheap plastic hooded rain poncho that can be easily rinsed off or left outside is very worthwhile. Have water and baby shampoo near the entrance (hose and containers) to wash and thoroughly rinse any exposed skin and hair. Exposure to fallout radiation does not make you radioactive, but you need to assure that you don't bring any inside. If any are stricken with radiation sickness, typically nausea, it is when mild (<100 Rads) 100% recoverable and cannot be passed on to others. Before fallout arrives, you might also try to cover up items you want to protect outside for easier rinsing off of the fallout dust later when it's safe to come out and do so. For instance, if you have a vegetable gardening spot, you might try covering much of it with plastic or tarp and weighting them down. If without sufficient time to acquire radiological instruments of your own, like Geiger counters and dosimeters, you'll need to be extra sure that your portable radios function properly from inside your shelter and that you have plenty of fresh batteries stocked for them. Without radiological instruments, listening for official guidance about the radiation threat levels in your particular area will be the only way you'll know when it's becoming safe to venture out. It might also be the only way you'll know when you first need to take your initial maximum protective action. When not in use, they should not be attached to any outside antenna or even have their own antenna extended. And, they should be wrapped in any non-conducting insulation, like layers of paper or bubble wrap plastic and then stored in a metal container or wrapped in aluminum foil to minimize the potential of EMP ruining the electronics. Having back-up radios would be very prudent. With extra radios, you can have one always tuned to the closest likely target city and, if it suddenly goes off the air, that could be your first indication of an attack. If close to a target, your first indication of a nuclear detonation may be with its characteristic blinding bright flash. The first effects you may have to deal with before radioactive fallout arrives, depending on your proximity to it, are blast and thermal energy. Promptly employing the old "Duck & Cover" strategy will save many from avoidable flying debris injuries and minimize thermal burns. Those very close will experience tornado strength winds and should quickly dive behind any solid object or into any available depression, culvert, basement, etc. A 500 kiloton blast, 2.2 miles away, will arrive about 8 seconds after the detonation flash with about a 295 mph wind blast that lasts about three seconds. An even larger 1 MT (megaton) blast, 5 miles away, will arrive in about 20 seconds. Hopefully, you are not near any target area 'ground zero' and will only, like the vast majority, have to deal with the fallout later. When fallout is first anticipated, even though it has not yet arrived, have anybody still outside begin wearing dust protector filter masks and hooded rain ponchos. Everyone should begin taking Potassium Iodide (KI) or Potassium Iodate (KIO3) tablets for thyroid protection against cancer causing radioactive iodine, a major product of nuclear weapons explosions. If no tablets available, you can topically (on the skin) apply an iodine solution, like tincture of iodine or Betadine, for a similar protective effect. (WARNING: Iodine solutions are NEVER to be ingested or swallowed.) For adults, paint 8 ml of a 2 percent tincture of Iodine on the abdomen or forearm each day, ideally at least 2 hours prior to possible exposure. For children 3 to 18, but under 150 pounds, only half that amount painted on daily, or 4 ml. For children under 3 but older than a month, half again, or 2 ml. For newborns to 1 month old, half it again, or just 1 ml. (One measuring teaspoon is about 5 ml, if you don't have a medicine dropper graduated in ml.) If your iodine is stronger than 2%, reduce the dosage accordingly. Absorption through the skin is not as reliable a dosing method as using the tablets, but tests show that it will still be very effective for most. Do not use if allergic to iodine. If at all possible, inquire of your doctor NOW if there is any reason why anybody in your household should not use KI or KIO3 tablets, or iodine solutions on their skin, in a future nuclear emergency, just to be sure. When you know that the time to take protective action is approaching, turn off all the utilities into the house, check that everything is sealed up and locked down, and head for the shelter. You should also check that you have near your shelter additional tools, crow bars, and car jacks for digging out later, if required. Also, any building supplies, tools, sheet plastic, staple guns, etc. for plugging any holes from damage. Your basement should already be very well sealed against fallout drifting inside. Now, you'll need to seal around the last door you use to enter with duct tape all around the edges, especially if it's a direct to the outside door. You don't need to risk fire, burns, and asphyxiation trying to cook anything in the cramped shelter space, if you have pre-positioned in your shelter enough canned goods, can opener, and other non-perishable foods, that are ready-to-eat without preparation. More food, along with water, can be located right outside your crawl space entrance that you can pull in quickly as needed when safe to do so. For lighting needs within the shelter have many small LED flashlights or LED head-lamps to stretch your battery life. Try not to have to use candles if at all possible. Bring in some books for yourself and games for the children. Maybe throw in a small/thin mattress, some cushions, blankets, pillows, etc. Toilet use will be via the 5 gallon bucket with a seat borrowed from one of the house bathrooms, if you did not purchase a separate one. Garbage bag liners, preferably sized for it, should always be used and a full-size and bag lined garbage can should be positioned very close to the shelter entrance for depositing these in when it is safe to do so quickly. Hanging a sheet or blanket will help provide a little privacy as shelter occupants 'take their turn'. The toilet needs to have its new 'deposits' sealed up tight with the plastic liner after each use. Use a very secure top on the bucket and position it near the wall with the outgoing upper air vent. Pets, and what to do about them, is a tough call. Letting dogs run free is not a humane option, both for their potential to die a miserable death from radiation exposure outside and/or to be a danger to others, especially if they get diseased and/or run in the inevitable packs of multitudes of other abandoned pets. Caring for them is ideal, if truly realistic and not a drain on limited resources, while 'putting them down' might eventually become a painful, but necessary reality. Boiling or bleach water treatments will be used for cleaning your stored water later for drinking. (This is for killing bacteria, not for radiation contamination, which is never a concern for any stored and covered water containers or even sealed food.) Tap water recently put into clean containers won't likely need to be purified before using. To purify questionable water, bring it to a roiling boil and keep it there for 10 minutes at least. If you don't have the fuel to boil it, you can kill the bacteria by mixing in a good quality household bleach at the rate of 10 drops per gallon, and letting it sit for at least 1/2 an hour. The bleach should be at least 5.25% pure, like Clorox, but be sure it has no additives such as soap or fragrance. You can later get rid of the flat taste from boiling, or some of the chlorine taste when using bleach, by pouring it from one container to another several times. There's much more that can be learned to better understand what you are up against and to acquire to help your family survive and endure it. While time permits, and if the Internet is still up & running, task somebody with getting and printing out additional information. Print out the plans for the home-makable KFM (Kearny Fallout Meter) that shows how to build at home, from materials commonly found there, an effective fallout radiation meter. Get the free plans for the KFM here... http://www.ki4u.com/free_book/s60p792.htm If there is enough time to both order, and be shipped, your own radiation detection and monitoring instruments, potassium iodide anti-radiation tablets, Nuclear Survival handbooks, etc., check first for remaining availability at these links... http://www.radmeters4u.com/package.htm http://www.nukalert.com http://www.ki4u.com/products1.htm For readily understandable, practical and more detailed information on nuclear bomb blast, thermal, and radiation effects, EMP, radioactive fallout, radiation health effects and first-aid, nuclear survivability and myth-busting facts, along with livestock protection and numerous Do It Yourself fallout sheltering tips, print out all three parts of this web site below... http://www.radshelters4u.com http://www.radshelters4u.com/index2.htm http://www.radshelters4u.com/index3.htm If at all possible, also check out this live prep forum, as they will be covering all the latest crisis news, interpreting the government pronouncements, and discussing the best practical survival preparations families can still do... http://www.timebomb2000.com BOTTOM LINE: When the TV or radio program switches abruptly to an terse announcement saying: "We Interrupt This Program For This Special Bulletin!", and your kids look up to you with questioning wide-eyes and eager for assurances, know then that you are confidently ready for them with your own Plan of Action ready to go! That's what this is all about... our children! This guide was purposely designed with the sober realization that the overwhelming majority of our fellow Americans would not be compelled to read such a guide until a nuclear crisis was imminent and, unfortunately, their preparation options and time to prepare then would be very limited. www.ki4u.com and other survival equipment suppliers will again be quickly sold-out, as all were after 9/11. This guide then will be the best/only help that we can offer. If you are fortunate enough to be exploring your family preparation needs and options before such a future national crisis, there is much more that you can and should do now to insure that they are even better prepared. "A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences." - Proverbs 22:3 LIST OF SUPPLIES TO ACQUIRE LOCALLY If stores are still at all stocked, and safe to go to, try to buy as many of the following items as possible... IMMEDIATELY! There are no quantities listed here on the food items below as family size varies and because, as the emergency and panic widens, many items will become quickly sold-out or quantities restricted and you'll need to try to get more of what does remain on the shelves. At a minimum you should be looking at two weeks of provisions, but much better to be aiming for two months or more. The reality is, if/when we are attacked, it will be a very long time before anything is ever 'normal' again, especially at any grocery stores. Hurricane victims can attest to the prolonged misery and disruptions from even a localized disaster, even with the rest of the country still able to help out. Nobody can begin to imagine how bad the suffering will be, and for how long, if nuclear weapons have gone off... and in multiple locations!The half-dozen top listed and UNDERLINED food items below are primarily for use while in the shelter. They are mostly ready-to-eat that requires no cooking or preparation, just a can opener at the most. (The iodine solution is included here because of its importance for its thyroid-blocking topical use detailed above, but it's NEVER to be ingested or swallowed.) The other foods listed below there are better cost/nutrition staples for later use during the extended recovery period. Then follows general non-food supplies, tools and equipment. Go Acquire It All Now QUICKLY! It's much better to risk being a little early when securing your families essential food and supplies, rather than a few hours too late... Canned goods (pasta, soups, chili, vegetables, fruit, tuna, meats, lots of peanut butter, etc.) Ready-to-eat foods (pop-tarts, raisins, cheese, granola/energy/protein bars, snack-paks, etc.) Some perishable foods (breads and fruits like bananas, apples, oranges, grapes, etc.) Assorted drink mix flavorings (with no cold drinks, just plain water, kids will appreciate it!) Plenty of potent Multi-Vitamins, Vit C, etc. Iodine solution, like Betadine (16 ounces)- NOT TO BE INGESTED OR SWALLOWED! Multiple big boxes of dried milk (Could include/use some inside shelter, too.) Multiple big boxes of pancake and biscuit mix & syrup Largest bags of rice Largest bags of beans Largest bags of flour Largest bags of potatoes Largest bags quick oats and other grains Largest bags of macaroni Large bag of sugar Large jar of honey Large 2 gallons or more of cooking oil Baking powder & baking soda & spice assortment pack Bottled water (especially if home supplies not secured yet) Paper or plastic plates/bowls/cups/utensils Quality manual can opener, 2 if you don't already have one at home Kitchen matches and disposable lighters New garbage cans and lots of liner bags (water storage & waste storage) 5 gallon bucket and smaller garbage bags sized for it (toilet) Toilet seat for the bucket (or use one from inside the house) Toilet paper and, if needed, sanitary napkins, diapers Baby wipes (saves water for personal hygiene use) Flashlights (ideally LED) and more than one portable radio Plenty more batteries, at least three sets, for each of the above Bleach (5.25%, without fragrance or soap additives) Alcohol and Hydrogen Peroxide Aspirin/Tylenol/Motrin, Pepto Bismol, etc. Prescription drugs filled, and as much extra as possible First aid kits Fire extinguishers Plenty of dust mask filter protectors Cheap plastic hooded rain ponchos for everyone Water filters and all other camping type supplies, such as Coleman cook stove and fuel, ammo, etc., if any sporting goods stocks still available. And, of course, rolls of plastic sheeting, duct tape, staple guns, staples, etc. Everyone is invited to copy, post, print, and distribute this 'WHAT TO DO IF A NUCLEAR DISASTER IS IMMINENT!' guide anywhere, as long as they do so without charging anything for it. It must be reproduced in entirety, including this notice, and not be altered or edited. To contact the author with comments and suggestions, e-mail: Shane Connor at webmaster@ki4u.com. This guide will be continually 'fine-tuned' so, before distributing it, download it fresh from http://www.ki4u.com/guide.htm or to print out, use this PDF version here http://www.ki4u.com/guide.pdf Last Update: 4/4/2006

Master_Ho | 07-19-2006 11:06 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent Melbo - Thankyou! Thankyou! Thankyou!!! I just happened to be working on a list of needed items and this is EXACTLY what I was looking for - for myself, all those I will email it too and all those who you have just helped......... Thankyou! Thankyou! Thankyou again!!!

chomper | 07-19-2006 11:08 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent You can never have enough info should a situation like this arise.

melbo | 07-19-2006 11:17 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent I'll post more Nuke stuff. I have tons of it. In the meantime. Go over to www.ki4u.com Hours of reading in Shane's FAQs

Book | 07-19-2006 11:27 PM
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Master_Ho | 07-19-2006 11:35 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent Quote:
Originally Posted by Book (Post 304629) :yippee: YOU SHOULD ALREADY HAVE THESE FOR EACH MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY Anbex IOSAT, Potassium Iodide, FDA approved Thyroid Blocker, Radiation Emergency Protection
Book - where does one get this???

Book | 07-19-2006 11:45 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent Quote:
Originally Posted by Master_Ho (Post 304634) Book - where does one get this???
Iosat is a trademarked product so...Google for best deal. :wavey:

Master_Ho | 07-19-2006 11:47 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent Quote:
Originally Posted by Book (Post 304637) Iosat is a trademarked product so...Google for best deal. :wavey:
Thanks! (The message was too short to post so I had to add more letters..........*rme*)

melbo | 07-19-2006 11:50 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent edit. KI4U, Inc. is much more than just a licensed Radiological Laboratory... We've been offering KI and KIO3 since 1999, long before most saw any need for it. We sell to the Federal Government, military, and many state and municipal governments, as well as to doctors, hospitals and pharmacies. Also, tens of thousands of individuals and families have bought KI or KIO3 direct from us via the internet. We've invested heavily to secure the largest private emergency inventory of KI in the USA with over 15 million doses, currently, but still know this won't be anywhere near enough in a future major nuclear emergency. Currently the total Federal Government stockpile consists of 1 million doses held by the CDC and another 600,000 doses, half of which we sold them, held by the Office of Emergency Preparedness. That's only enough for 1.6 million people, for ONE day, and then it's all gone! Nor, is enough of it likely to be exactly where it's needed when the time comes, either, until the day every family already has their own supply. Our popular informational FAQ site details it all at 'Potassium Iodide Anti-Radiation Pill FAQ' seen at... www.KI4U.com

Book | 07-19-2006 11:51 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent Quote:
Originally Posted by Master_Ho (Post 304640) Thanks! (The message was too short to post so I had to add more letters..........*rme*)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=iosat Lots of competition for your purchase. Shop around and learn much in the process. :beer:

Book | 07-19-2006 11:54 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent Quote:
But Damn, Book... You are a bit abrasive aintcha? -Melbo
Trying to save you from thyroid cancer and you call me names.

Master_Ho | 07-20-2006 12:01 AM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent http://thyroid.about.com/library/weekly/aa061402a.htm Potassium Iodide May Not Help With Dirty Bombs While demand for the drug has never been higher, potassium iodide may not help with so called "dirty bombs." It's thought that such bombs would likely use other radioactive materials, and not radioactive iodine, and the drug is only thyroid-protective in the even of exposure to radioactive iodine. This information does not appear to be slowing down the sales of the drug, however, as government agencies and individuals are stepping up purchases of the drug. The strongest sales are coming from the Washington, DC area, where it's though that Padilla may have been allegedly planning to carry out his attack.

RichyRich | 10-12-2006 12:42 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent bummmmmmmmmmmmmmppppppppppp

RichyRich | 10-12-2006 12:49 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent How effective would Potassium Iodide tabs be. Should I order some?

Green Mountain Boy | 10-12-2006 12:56 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent Quote:
Originally Posted by RichyRich (Post 385239) How effective would Potassium Iodide tabs be. Should I order some?
I figure that they would be a good thing to have around the house...or in your car.

Master_Ho | 10-12-2006 02:53 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent Quote:
Originally Posted by RichyRich (Post 385239) How effective would Potassium Iodide tabs be. Should I order some?
Here's my thought - They are incredibly inexpensive - they will store for many years - and while the government SHOULD be issuing them in an emergency, do YOU trust them to get them to you in a timely manner if there is a problem? (Can you say "Katrina"? I thought you could!) I picked up enough to cover my family (x 3 "incidents" - this gives us a bit extra and if we have 2 "incidents", which I would doubt, time to order more) and some to cover a few friends and neighbors. It didn't cost much and, while I think this sort of attack is unlikely, its not impossible, and won't you sleep better knowing you have them?

RichyRich | 10-12-2006 03:28 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent I just grabbed 7 packs off ebay for $50. Seems like a small price to pay. I really wonder how effective they would be in a real life situation.

melbo | 10-12-2006 03:31 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent You only ned to take them for a few days at the most. Might be a good idea to have a Nuk-alert and a few Ki tabs on your keychain.

Master_Ho | 10-12-2006 04:12 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent Quote:
Originally Posted by RichyRich (Post 385410) I just grabbed 7 packs off ebay for $50. Seems like a small price to pay. I really wonder how effective they would be in a real life situation.
The packages are 14 tabs a piece, for yout ake one a day for 14 days until told its all clear and you don't need to take them anymore. Trouble is - I did a lot of calling and research to discover only ONE company can legally sell them to ward off radiation sickness. A lot of companies make and sell the product but they are getting sued over it cause they are not up to standard. They may or may not have the right amounts of potassium product, but evenif its right, it might not be manufactured to breakdown in the right part of the stomach to get into the bloodstream. So six companies are in ligitation now over this issue and only one can sell it legally. As to how effective it is? I only know what the articles I collected say: Chernobyl: Lessons Learned Fortunately, scientists have not had much opportunity to study the effects of a nuclear emergency on human beings. Nuclear weapons have been used only twice against people, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, near the end of the World War II. There have been only a handful of nuclear reactor meltdowns, and only one that released deadly levels of radioactive energy. It occurred in April 1986, at a nuclear reactor in Chernobyl, Ukraine. Chernobyl was the first nuclear emergency large enough to threaten the health and well-being of millions of people. During that catastrophe, one of the main reactors of the power plant melted down, releasing an estimated 120 million curies of radioactive material. The surrounding land was heavily contaminated with plutonium and cesium, as well as with dangerous levels of radioactive iodine. Ultimately, more than 21,000 square kilometers of land were contaminated, and about 135,000 people were permanently evacuated. Experts later estimated that 17 million people were exposed to excess radiation,4 including 2.3 million children living in eastern Russia, southern Belarus, and northern Ukraine.5 At first, scientists did not appreciate the threat posed by high levels of radioiodine released during the meltdown. It did not take long, however, to start seeing the effects. Within four years, there was a sharp spike in the incidence of thyroid cancer.1 This increase occurred in children who had received less than 30 rems of radioiodine to the thyroid.6 Within 15 years, more than 1,000 cases of thyroid cancer had been reported in the affected areas, a 30- to 60-fold increase.6 All of the cases, according to the World Health Organization, were �most probably solely attributable to this single release of radioactivity to the environment.�5 Significantly, none of these areas made potassium iodide widely available. Following the Chernobyl meltdown, Poland immediately distributed 17 million doses of potassium iodide, including 10 million to children. This was the first time scientists had an opportunity to study the side effects of potassium iodide in a large population. The news was encouraging: side effects were clinically insignificant.6 Awful as it was, the Chernobyl experience confirmed a valuable lesson: children are by far the most vulnerable to radiation exposure, even in relatively small doses.7 Children exposed to radiation suffer from higher rates of certain childhood cancers, especially leukemia and thyroid cancer, and have a greater likelihood of developing breast cancer as adults.7 HO AGAIN - I have a file with various articles and research on this subject - I have been collecting information since I was made aware of this product and before I bought. While it is a personal file - I would be willing to share it with anyone who is interested. Just let me know. (NOTE - AS WITH ANY OTHER PRODUCTS I HAVE MENTIONED - I AM NOT IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ANY OF THEM, THEIR COMPANIES, THEIR PARENT COMPANIES, THEIR EMPLOYEES, NOR AM I SLEEPING WITH ANY OF THEM. ......so please, TPTB at GIM, :bowdown: do not ban me for sharing what I learn with others here who are interested. Thanks!)

GoldWampum | 10-12-2006 04:50 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent This is a good thread. Thanks melbo and thanks for bringing it back around Ho. Here I always thought you just croutched down by the windows. :D

gunner | 10-12-2006 04:58 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldWampum (Post 385489) This is a good thread. Thanks melbo and thanks for bringing it back around Ho. Here I always thought you just croutched down by the windows. :D
Wasn't the drill "duck and cover"? I have a 3rd grade school desk in my house just for this emergency

Master_Ho | 10-12-2006 05:38 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent Quote:
Originally Posted by gunner (Post 385504) Wasn't the drill "duck and cover"? I have a 3rd grade school desk in my house just for this emergency
And even in third grade I used to ask the teachers what possible good this would do? "It would help protect you from flying glass!" "Flying glass is the worst thing that we have to fear?" *sigh* Even by thrid grade I had started to give up on things I was being taught! :y:

keehah | 01-04-2007 02:53 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent Some radtiation protection trivia: Was reading the book The Secure Home last night (a must have!) and the options for emergency shelter radiation shielding. He recoomends shielding to block 70% of radiation minimal and 90% optimal. Thickness of shielding material of course depends on the materials density. Thus 2 inches of lead is equivilent to 5+ feet of wood. Now assuming silver shields as well as lead, for 70-90% protection one would need 1.6-2 inches of silver. Pretty close to 100oz bar thickness. Another reason to buy silver! :rofl:

mtnman | 01-04-2007 05:15 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent Besides tabs being powder and Iodine being liquid is there any other difference? A big bottle of iodine is only a few dollars at the feedstore.

Abouthadit | 01-04-2007 05:28 PM
Re: What to Do if a Nuclear Disaster is Imminent Quote:
Originally Posted by mtnman (Post 463071) Besides tabs being powder and Iodine being liquid is there any other difference? A big bottle of iodine is only a few dollars at the feedstore.
Not iodine but potassium iodide, if I am reading this thread, and threat, correctly. I wouldn't be ingesting any quantities of iodine.

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