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Eastbourne could be affected by nuclear bomb attack on London
A NUCLEAR bomb attack on London would leave residents of Eastbourne nursing third degree burns.
A controversial new website (www.nuclearsecrecy.com) allows users to select a town or city to target and then shows the different degrees of damage and fallout which would result from the subsequent blast.
The online projection shows that were the capital to be hit by a 100 megaton bomb, not only would everyone within a two-mile radius be killed instantly, but the after effects would stretch all the way to Eastbourne.
Thermal radiation would go out as far as 47.88 miles – taking in this corner of East Sussex.
The website’s designer Alex Wellerstein, who teaches at top US university Harvard, said he uses the maps to bring the reality of nuclear weapons to life for shocked students.
The 30-year-old said, “What I like about the map is it makes the explosions look large and impressive, but it shows it isn’t the end of the world.
“I think a lot of people think a nuclear weapon goes off and everybody gets blown up or disappears.
“The reality is the buildings would collapse and you would be set on fire, which makes it real and scarier.
“I don’t think nuclear weapons will be gone any time soon, but I hope we don’t use them. The map is just laying out the facts of it.”
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Carter
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 07:58 AMIn other news, people woke up and went to bed, breathed in and out and it rained a bit.
roneoron
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 03:08 PMProbably the answer to Eastbourne's many problems. As long as the Council were in session!
jimjim
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 12:53 PMEastbourne is actually a evacuation destination. Every london bus has a preprogrammed list built into the vehicles signs. But back in 1980 the government nuclear attack simulation (SquareLeg) predicted Eastbourne would be hit by nuclear weapons. I'm not sure why but it could be due to the radar base at Beachy Head. http:en.wikipedia.orgwikiSquare_Leg
Eastbourne-pirate
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 09:57 PMNumbers are down at the redoubt! Look out when a Nuke goes off your all going to fry! Is the editor bored?
Veracity
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 07:34 PMScaremongering again Herald? Dull news day? Security experts agree that any nuclear attack on London is likely to be a small 'dirty' device which will contaminate an area the size of The City to cause maximum disuption to the economy. Any weapon of the size mentioned, if indeed one exists, is likely to cause Armageddon, not 'third degree burns'. The prevailing winds (SW) put Eastbourne in far more danger from a nuclear accident in one of the many power stations on the northern French coast. The same winds would blow any contamination from London out into the North Sea. Where was this nonsensical story conjured from? A 1960s Min.of Info. booklet found in someone's loft?
Gary Coe
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 04:36 PMWhat an utter non-story. The biggest weapon ever detonated was 50 megatons and that was 50 years ago.
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