How Long Do You Need To Stay in Your BUNKER After A Nuclear Bomb? - Radiation Detectors

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[RenaissanceMan]

SHEESH Ron, let the man talk!! I'm still gonna have to go online to find the difference in the meters because you kept interrupting him!

[b.thomas]

I've pieced this stuff from multiple sources across the net. Here's what I've found out:

Fallout is made up of A, B and G types of radiation. Your dosimeter can not tell you what type, it can only respond to radiation. Also, there are all kinds of types of substances that can emit radiation that can be blasted in the atmosphere. The half life of each substance is different (or how long it emits dangerous levels of radiation.) Substances that emit A-types of radiation could last decades, even centuries. However, A-type only hurts you if you ingest or inhale it. It's not strong enough to pernitrate your skin. A-type is why you see everyone wearing gas masks and hazmat suits. B-types can penetrate you body and its why you put as much dense stuff between you and it, such as lead or concrete. Again, radiation emitted by B's can also last decades or centuries. G-type can not be stopped. They pass through everything. The only way you can survive it is to get away from it. It is HOPEFULL you do not have some of the hard stuff on top of your shelter. If you do, your shelter is no longer viable. You'll need to evacuate depending on what it is.

If your underground, and the meter goes off immediately, then you got some G on top of you. Depending on the rate, your screwed if you stay.

If after 48 hours and you stick your probe above the lip of your shelter and it goes off, its up to you on how long you want wait to try again. More than likely you just got something that takes more time to cool off. If it were me, I'd button back up, and chill out another few weeks, then take another read. Odd's are it will drop off enough to be safe to move. That's why the old department of energy guides had recommended 6 to 8 weeks worth of supplies. That's just to stay in your shelter. You'll need more to rebuild after. So keep that in mind when it comes to supplies.

In the end if its something like a dirty bomb and you got some Cobalt 60 on top of you, it doesn't really matter how long you wait. That stuff will outlast you by a long shot and the problem is you wont know unless you got very specific lab equipment which is not widely available. So take a measure and decide calmly. The trick is NOT TO PANIC. Read the meter, check the charts, make a decision, plan a course of action, then execute.

If you can't get underground, then get high. Example: if you see a five story building, then get on the fourth floor. You don't want to be on the fifth floor because of fallout accumulated on the roof, but on the fourth floor, you're away from the ground that has accumulated A LOT more fallout than the roof and you'll have more protection. It should be understood to avoid windows. Get to the center of the building if possible.

Nuclear winter is a theory, but it has some sound logic behind it. When these bombs go off, they blast debris into the upper atmosphere, all the way into the stratosphere. This is above all clouds. and it's proven that it can take days, weeks, even years for all of it to come back down. It's theorized that if enough debris is blasted up, then it COULD reduce the amount of sunlight we get on the ground. If phenomenon occurs, then how bad it will be or how long it will last is conjecture so planning for it is tough.

Best to store lots of water and food. Greenhouses will be a good idea. Sunlamps will increase their efficiency. Solar power will be weakened if not useless. Wind turbines will still function. Storing power will be essential.

In the long term, remember that humans are the most successful when working together and pooling their resources. It will be tough to overcome fear, but its tougher to survive alone.


Anyways, that's my 2 cents. I hope this helps. I could be wrong on some of this, so take it with a grain of salt.
The data I pulled is from various sources, including a nuclear energy professor, data from the energy department, and a patchwork of videos and other assorted whatnot around the web.

[roughwoof]

*JESUS BRO... IF YOU DIDN'T INTERRUPT, THE MAN LITERALLY TELLS YOU THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING AND THEN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO ASK AGAIN LATER!*

But it was a very good video. It was really informative. Thank you for posting it and going the distance.

[scttiedsntknow]

For Those still wondering.. The low rang meter is for low levels of radiation meaning the meter top out fast and doesn't go high enough to tell you how much immediately lethal radiation is out there. That why you move to a high range meter. But the high range meter isn't sensitive enough to detect little bits of radiation its only for high doses so them you'd move to the low range.

[justmomagain]

Thank you, I'm 70 years old with 4 years in the Navy (66 to 70). I learned more on this video than anywhere else.

[samspade]

Retired Navy, Radiation Safety Officer, and State training officer for radiation safety. Your presentation is pretty much spot on. One more thing. Old CDV’s are much more resistant to EMP than the new meters.

[RobertMOdell]

This guy is giving good information. You need to stay in your bunker until the blast wave passes by, anywhere from 1 second to 2 minutes after detonation. If there is nearby fallout, you want to stay out of it for a couple weeks but you could walk through it after a couple days. Stay away from the detonation site for up to a year is best.

[fredacuneo]

When I was a kid we put a shelter under the concrete patio of our house when my Dad (USAF) was stationed in the suburbs of DC in the 70s. I remember him explaining all of this stuff to me. I had forgotten a lot of it, but I'm so glad you're here to help us all understand it. Who would have thought our country would have come to what it is now. I thought we had left all of this stuff in the past. But....(Hopefully we will never have to use this, God willing...)

[CoolHandLukeakaSgtBilly]

Please stop interrupting the person you are interviewing.

[brianp.]

Omg this guy and his knowledge is an absolutely life saver

[jackpinesavage]

Great video!  In the event of a nuclear attack, it's very important to have a portable AM/FM radio to keep up-to-date on any information about possible additional nuclear weapon detonations. Many septic tank companies build concrete storm shelters.  I've checked the price of a concrete storm shelter ($1, 200.00). Make sure you have at least eight inches of concrete in the walls and ceiling. I would add some solid blocks of concrete on the top and the walls of the storm shelter to reach that eight inch thickness of concrete. I would keep some sand bags available to block the door of the storm shelter. I would build a concrete hallway in front of the entrance door so fallout would have less chance of entering the shelter.

[floridahuntsman]

I love Texas . So glad I moved here ! Gonzalez’s is one of my favorites! Thank you for the good news .

[ritste]

I think an important thing to remember when talking about radiation and contamination is how to remember the difference. In Nuke School they taught use this simple analogy. Dog Shit is contamination, and the smell is radiation. If you have the mess on you (contamination) you will receive more radiation and track it. But the smell (radiation) gets less the farther you are from it. This is where the detectors come in handy since you can't smell radiation, you need to know if you have it, especially before entering your bunker.

[wayneskynet]

You just have to respect people who are so professional and experts in theyre field.

[staralioflundnv]

Very informative! Sure wished our country's public schools trained on this so that we could be informed and ready as teachers. After all, should there be an event during school hours, it would be up to the teachers and school employees to protect and care for the children entrusted to us by their families.

[johnd]

I worked in nuclear power plants and you have to be very careful when dealing with radiation above the normal background radiation. I will say this. If there is ever a nuclear attack, A LOT of people will die from it solely from ignorance. None of your bodily senses can detect even high levels of radiation and by the time they start getting the symptoms...it is too late. It is the one thing not to play around with or be ignotant of. Learn all you can about nuclear radiation, the symptoms and what to do if you get a dose. Be careful and be safe.

[eleones]

Incredibly interesting video! Thanks. Shane is extremely knowledgeable and easy to understand. He should do more videos on the subject.

[SurvivalLilly]

Great video, I came here from Canadian Prepper. :) ATB from Austria. Lilly

[saintroberts]

Personally I like to stay in my shelter after a nuclear war a few weeks to make sure everything cools down before I come bouncing out to check the mail.

[gammondog]

The Nagasaki bomb run was a failure because it missed the target and detonated in a valley thus attenuating the blast wave. However the advise about duck and cover still applies regardless of what causes the explosion. A good example is the asteroid explosion over Chelobinsk Russia. A school teacher remembered their duck and cover drills and evacuated the class into the hallway saving them from the shards of glass blown across the class room five minutes later. Don't run to the window to watch. It might become the last thing you will ever see for the rest of your life. Make like Burt the turtle.