[plug] Be afraid. Be very afraid.

[Bret Busby]

Carl Gherardi wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Christian wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 10:17:43PM +0800, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> > > http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0807/news-navy-08-07-00.asp
> >
> > Anyone have any idea what happens when a nuclear reactor bluescreens?
> >
> >
> >
> 
> In the words of one of my head lecturers, remind me to head down south the
> next time the carrier comes into Fremantle.
> 
> Carl

Back, in the early 1980's, I was speaking with an atmospheric physicist,
who told me that, in the event of a full-on nuclear war in the northern
hemisphere, all the human life (or, life pretending to be human) would
be exterminated immediately. He also told me that, due to the
atmospheric winds, the southern hemisphere would be safe, for a couple
of years, providing that no nukes landed in the vicinity; however, the
fallout would take about two to three years, to find its way to
Australia and New Zealand. The result is that the life in the northern
hemisphere (apart from the cockroaches) would be exterminated
immediately, and, in the southern hemisphere, death would be slower,
taking a couple of years.

So, nowhere is safe; it is just a matter of whether you die quickly,
preferably without knowing it, as you become vapourised, or, whether you
die slowly, from radiation sickness...

Isn't life wonderful?

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Bret Busby

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