A nuke in your city
This is interesting - and scary.Have you ever wondered what would happen if a nuclear bomb goes off in your city?
With Google's Maps framework and a bit of Javascript, you can see the outcome.
And it does not look good.
Just insert the name of your city (or your address - or the address of your boss!) and nuke it.This mapplet shows the thermal damage caused by a nuclear explosion.
Search for a place, pick a suitable weapon and press "Nuke It!" Then click the center to see the physical effects.
And since we are talking about bombs, take a look at our article about the Tsar Bomba (one of the nukes you can use in the mapplet): LINK.
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posted by RogerZ @ 9:09 AM
9 Comments
9 Comments:
what exactly do the different colors mean?
Obviously dark = bad, but it would be cool to know the specifics.
Hi!
You can see the meaning of the different colors by clicking the marker in the center of the explosion.
You didn't make this. So don't make a website and stumble it. Just stumble the original website.
Why? He found it and posted it (and gave credits to the developer) so leave the guy alone.
No way dude. Yeah man, heavy stuff. We all need to remember this dude, pease n stuff yeah ma. I gotta give a lot now. It's Ok dude
the big nuke dont even take out a quarter of london its not as bad as they say. Just sit down watch this morning the phillip scofield and Fern briton have a cup of tea and wait for it all to blow over.
This doesn't take into consideration terrain. Living in an area with large hills and mountains would make a great difference. Not everyone lives in a flat area.
Very cool. Thanks for sharing. I posted this too and linked back to you. I couldn't get the code to work with my own Google API.
Note that the average yield of the current Soviet and United States nuclear stockpiles is somewhere between the Joe-4 and Mk28 options in the list, so if you want to be as realistic as possible, select one of those (being a pessimist, I opt for the larger device). Only 3% of the current arsenals are above 4.5Mt, and the majority are actually below 1Mt. Keep in mind though that the entire Soviet arsenal is capable of thermal damage across 60% of the United States land mass and water mass... assuming they all launched, were targeted properly and detonated with the specified yields (all very big ifs... but then again, not ifs I'd like to test!)
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