How to Survive a Nuclear Terrorist Attack.
You can increase your chances of staying alive
if you know how to decrease your exposure
to radiation.
You will need Potassium iodide Shelter and
decontamination.
Step 1.
Have potassium iodide on hand; you may need
it to protect your thyroid from the radioactive
iodine fallout of a nuclear event.
It is available without a prescription; ask
your pharmacist for an FDA-approved brand
and dosage guidelines.
In the event of an attack, emergency officials
may advise people over 40 not to take potassium
iodide, since they have the lowest chance
of developing thyroid cancer or thyroid injury
after exposure to radioactive iodine.
Step 2.
If an attack is imminent, get indoors and
go as far below ground as you can.
If that's not possible, seek whatever shelter
you can.
Step 3.
Once indoors, close all windows and doors
and turn off air conditioners, heaters, and
other ventilation systems.
Step 4.
If you can't get to a building, stay inside
your car.
Close the windows and vents, turn off the
heat and A/C, and hold a cloth over your mouth
and nose to avoid breathing in radioactive
dust and smoke.
Step 5.
If you're caught outdoors or very near the
blast when it happens, don't look at it or
you risk temporary or even permanent blindness.
Keep your mouth open so your eardrums don't
burst.
Don't touch objects thrown by an explosion;
they might be radioactive.
Step 6.
If you are more than 10 miles from the epicenter
of the blast, remain in the shelter for 48
to 72 hours after the blast.
Step 7.
If you are closer than 10 miles to the epicenter
after the explosion, get moving!
You have 10 to 20 minutes to get at least
a mile away from the mushroom cloud, or you
risk lethal radiation poisoning.
Be sure to move downwind or perpendicular
to the wind.
Step 8.
Keep your mouth, nose, and as much of your
skin covered as you move away from the blast
area.Once you're at a safe distance, take
off your clothes; this alone may get rid of
up to 80 percent of radioactive dust.
Then take a shower, which will further reduce
your exposure.
Step 9.
Rid your body of radioactive material as soon
as possible by reporting to the nearest decontamination
center set up in your area.
Did you know In the film "Godzilla 1985,"
a Soviet captain tries to launch a nuclear
missile at Tokyo after learning that Godzilla
is back.
