Procrastination is easy, especially in preparing for events you don’t want to think about.
But since we told you about the New Jersey bus ads on radiation emergencies, new happenings might make you want to step up your preparedness efforts.
The British Daily Mail ran an Oct 19 article on New York City’s Cold War fallout shelters. It provided information on how New Yorkers could find the nearest shelter, while showing many photos of the shelters’ deplorable condition. There are no supplies, and no radiation measuring instruments such as Geiger counters.
Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu made phone calls to his counterparts in the U.S., UK, France, and Turkey, warning that Ukraine was planning to explode a “dirty bomb” (radiological dispersal device) and blame it on Russia. Ukraine denies this. Ukraine has the ability to make a dirty bomb, and Zelensky has mentioned it, but the significance of various officials’ statements is unclear.
Ukraine is reportedly evacuating civilians from Nicholaev (Mykolayiv), which lies on the road between Russian-occupied Kherson City and Odessa, and is supplying Geiger counters and protective gear to the military.
The U.S. has purchased $290 million worth of Nplate, a drug approved for immune thrombocytopenia, which might be useful for radiation sickness.
The Biden Administration says that the risk of “Armageddon” is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
The main effect of a “dirty bomb” itself is to cause panic and chaos; it has been called a “weapon of mass disruption.” Americans have been taught, falsely, that there is no safe dose of radiation, but in reality few would get a dangerous dose from a dirty bomb.
It might, however, lead to direct confrontation between the U.S. and Russia, for example, if the troops in the U.S. 101st Airborne Division recently deployed to Romania try to enter Odessa. There is no clear stopping point for escalation of conflict between nuclear-armed parties.
As mentioned Oct 3, things that you can do:
- Make sure that you and yours have the information on the 60-second training card.
- Consider obtaining a radiation detector suitable for wartime doses, or make a Kearny Fallout Meter yourself (instructions in Nuclear War Survival Skills).
- Download a copy of Nuclear War Survival Skillsand print it out.Also buy a printed copy—there is invaluable information for surviving any type of crisis.
- Read at least the first 30 pages.
- Be sure you have water, food, medications, batteries, and essential supplies.
- If you are a first responder, contact janeorientmd@gmail.com regarding the possibility of obtaining expedient radiation detectors for yourself and your crew.
- Do not panic or despair. IF you have minimal knowledge, chances for survival and health are very good.
- Additional resources at ddponline.org and physiciansforcivildefense.org.
- Videos of the Arizona nuclear preparedness tour are at https://www.youtube.com/user/Roadman911.