I would have very little chance of survival lol.

I was a B-52 Aircraft Commander in SAC towards the end of the Cold War.

In a full scale nuclear exchange with the inventories we had circa late 1980s -

Nothing east of the Mississippi would live and very little to the west of it. Maybe a few remote Indian reservations in some of the western states.

My missions would have had us putting the 3rd or 4th weapon on any given target. We'd have been just digging the craters deeper at that point.

Best chance for survival would be somewhere in the southern hemisphere.

Well my copy of Protect and Survive says I should build an Inner Refuge in a room furthest away from the exterior of the house. Living in a two up, two down though that's not possible and I reckon I'm too lazy to build the shelter out of doors that it recommends. I'm also literally next-door to one of the largest targets in the entire country. So I reckon I'll just die, likely instantaneously.

Well considering we don't have Rad-X or radaway or stim packs I'd say if we went threw the fallout world level bombings that happened we would be pretty messed up without much of a future. Thankfully we don't have the number of bombs they used...... yet.

Remember those two skeletons in the Gibson House? One of those would be mine

But weren't the bombs they used relatively low yield compared to the bombs we have today? We might not need to use as many as they did.

Right, so if I recall correctly in the Fallout universe, they mass produced smaller nuclear warheads in favor of fewer, larger ones. Turns out, the smaller a warhead is, the greater radiation it puts out in comparison to its explosion. As for what we might expect from modern nukes, the Tsar Bomba had an explosion radius of approximately 22 miles. That might seem smaller than you'd think, but that's only the explosion. You could drop that bomb in DC and get third degree burns...in Pennsylvania. This was also after the Russians cut the yield by half. Whether or not there are more bombs of that size, I have no idea.

Living near New Orleans no idea why anyone would waste a bomb on a bunch of drunks stumbling down Bourbon St. I might actually be safe. Fast boat straight south into the gulf lol.

New Orleans is a pretty important port for shipping things up the Mississippi to the North American interior. I would think it would be a secondary target at least.

*edited for snotty sounding tone I didn't mean to convey*

That always make me sad. That and the McClellan Family Townhome.

Does anyone have the SAS Survival Guide book?

I haven't read it in ages, but one thing that always stands out in my memory, the section about how to prepare a nuclear shelter. It talks about when the attack is basically happening:
"If you do not have a trench shelter prepared, start digging -- FAST!"

It's actually serious though, talking about getting some earth on top of you and/or blankets and such to give you as much chance as possible against radiation and fallout.

Remember, put your thumb in front of the nuclear mushroom cloud, if the latter is bigger than the former, run like hell.

I live in the UK neare a place called Aldmasten and AWE both are involved in ucluker wepons so i am basicly Screwed if a bomb hits one of thse two places as iIwould be incrated by the inital blat as would Reading town. It would be a shame as they have a good festavel there every year.

I thought the US Navy(!) had a base there?

Shots fired to late brah!!!

Kidding, I've been living here 20 years and the port is the last thing I think of. You might be right, considering the way this dump is made a direct hit would wreck this place. Place be flooded lol

I'd either die in the initial blast or die trying to save people from raiders, either way if Fallout happened in real life I'd be taking a dirt nap and pronto.

This ^ when the bombs drop. Although, I live in the middle of nowhere. Or hide out in my local Walmart and live there for the remainder of my life lol.

I can't help but think a nuclear bomb would make Tadley better to be honest mate. Couldn't make it any worse.

Fun fact: If Fallout really did happen, by the year the bombs dropped, many of us will either be dead or really old. And then dead.

Since I live about 10 miles east of Oakland/SF, I tell my wife to run TOWARDS the bright light. It will just be easier that way.

Yeah, sorry 'bout that. I read what I posted originally and thought "Damn. That sounds really jerkish.". You are correct though, place would definitely be flooded! It might would be interesting seeing survivors building settlements in the upper stories of some of the more sturdy buildings still standing, in a future game.

Rule #1, be as far away from urban areas, military installations, and other likely targets as possible. If you live out in the sticks (assuming you don't live near a ballistic missile base!), you will most likely survive the initial blasts. Dealing with and avoiding radiation will be the biggest hurdle. If you live in a big city, it's pretty much bye-bye, but the good news is you probably won't know what hit you.

But even then, depending on target saturation and number of missiles actually assigned to each big target, will determine how many smaller, less densely populated targets get hit. As those get hit, then the risks begin to increase for those folks living in the boonies. Best to be underground, but how many people will be actually able to manage that assuming short notice.

Why? If you're near Oakland a nuclear bomb should increase your chances of survival!