How do you think people would react if we were being nuked?

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I would predictably be in a corner scared senseless, to anyone including my DC

I would be googling ways to easily and quickly end my life instead of being fried to death by fire or a building collapsing on me

What do you think you would do? How do you think the public would react if we got told 'a nuclear bomb is heading our way, this is goodbye'. Not even sure who would be manning these radio stations etc to even talk about it so it would be eerie and strange as no radio outlet

I ask because I stumbled across Jim Carey's book and he said in an interview with Graham Norton that was a screenshot of his face when his sister, I think, told him a bomb was coming in Hawaii and this was it.

He said he felt strangely calm. People on Reddit who claim to have been there when they got the warning say all different things

Surprisingly there isn't a collective answer which sort of surprises me. I thought human nature would largely act similarly

In London, so would go up to the loft, open the lovely big skylight and thoroughly smash my Dry January.

Nowhere. There are no hot zones. If we didn't have nuclear war during Suez, Cuban Missile crisis or after the Korean Airline takedown we certainly aren't going to have it now. So all parts of the world/planet/country are equally risk free. This is stupid talk.

factually incorrect, in any war various strategic areas are marked out as primary then secondary etc

I started school in 1982. I never did a nuke drill at school. I never did hiding under the desk.

Obviously my school was failing in its duty to scare the shit out of kids.

Aren't many military installations deliberately kept on the down low? Some aren't shown on maps so people might not even know about them.

I used to live near a military HQ which would almost certainly be a nuclear target if it ever came to that, but loads of people who also lived near it had no idea it even existed.

some are, and even google maps is censored to a degree depending on the region etc

The first thing you would know about it is when you saw a flash.

Some people might see unusual activity if they lived in certain places but the vast vast majority of the public wouldnt be told unless it was a small targeted strike to avoid mass panic and blocking up the roads.

under uk rules , if such an event happened and martial law was declared all motorways are restricted to military traffic only

@LauderSyme Of course - but even in the cold war, the Soviets were fully aware of where "secret" bases/facilities were - it was one of the reasons why the UK moved away from plans around the huge underground central government bunker type complex in Corsham.

theres also mount weather

I'd just give my loved ones a big hug and go together. Hopefully quickly. However, knowing my luck I will be at work teaching a class of unruly teenagers and with colleagues I don't like.

Oh yes, I would definitely expect the top brass of our 'enemies' to be completely aware of where best to drop bombs, just not necessarily us great unwashed!

https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/russia/1997/bmd970404a.htm

I would fart out of fear. Very ferocious.

We live within 5 miles of a military base that would certainly be a target. It’s quite discrete and you wouldn’t necessarily know its there if you've not driven directly past.
I think I’d load everyone up in the car and get as close as possible - don't fancy a nuclear winter!

However, years ago I had a similar conversation with someone who worked there. They said any incoming missile would be spotted and shot down well before it got to the Chanel…possibly bad luck for the Isle of Wight!

@RedToothBrush well it was Croydon Council!

You might have been too small starting primary in 1982. I don’t think we did it at primary in Sutton like you say scaring small children is not a great idea! .

But I started secondary in 1983, Croydon loved a good drill 🤦🏻‍♀️

Then I would scoop out the soil with me bare hands and build a tunnel. I would put lanterns down if bog roll 4 chickens and a Cadbury fruit and nut. I'd be sure to have a long straw in me gob then jump in and cover the hole. Then and blow me whistle through the hole and hope for help.

Same with the one I lived near. It has dense coniferous hedging and buildings that look like student halls, and that's all you really see. It's only when you drive right past the main gate and crane to look that you see men on guard with very large guns.

A friend worked there and said the number of underground levels and the depth they go down is mind-blowing. All this in a fairly affluent but unremarkable part of Greater London.

Growing up there in the 70s and 80s, my parents always said we'd be gone in the first strike as if that was a reassuringly good thing.

I'd just hope me and my children were at least together first and foremost. We're all over 18, so maybe just drink all the alcohol we have?
I have siblings and I'd hope they were together too but unlikely due to distance.
It honestly does scare the shit out of me and I'm pretty pissed off that the people in power will have bunkers etc but there's not much I can do about it I suppose.

I put Frankie goes to Hollywood on and overdose on pills !

Whilst I don't think it's suspicious or worth reporting, OP, you have actually started 3 separate threads today. All specifically about nuclear weapons. I'd say that was a bit over the top.

Have you read On the Beach by Neville Shute?

Personally, I think more than just London would be bombed and there just wouldn't be any survivors or time to do anything meaningful.

I suppose that the answer is to live like it's your last day and your loved ones know you love them. Trite, I know.

@RainbowZebraWarrior maybe do. I know, it's a lot. But again, you don't have to read any of it or take anything seriously

I actually think it's next to impossible anyway. But I was interested in the social aspect of people's reaction to nuclear attack, and we don't have many examples of than Hawaii

@sheetsoflux what?