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Originally posted by Mike11Bravo The Lurker:
I live 80 miles from a major SAC base if ther is a nuke dropped on it, will the blast or fallout kill me?
If anything, the fallout. At 80 miles, your greatest danger will be panic--from yourself, or others.

That is, of course, assuming a direct hit. Depending on who launched it, that might not be a very good assumption to make.

Onward and upward,
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