Watched the second episode of ‘Jericho’ (“Fallout”) today. I gotta say, I’m liking this show.
I’m especially liking the black guy who seems to know everything you need to know to survive a nuclear attack. And he knows how to protect from fallout…and fix a ham radio…and knows Morse code…and all those other little handy things. And whats behind that locked door in his basement, anyway?
Im guessing he’s not really a Detroit cop. Im guessing some sorta .gov agent/employee or maybe some sorta OEM/FEMA type. Who knows?
I am quite taken with this television series and am enjoying it immensely. Everytime I watch it I feel like going into the bunker and hugging all my stuff.
So…where exactly does one learn all those wonderful fun-filled facts about nuclear holocaust? Well, Im glad you asked. Probably one of the best books on the subject ever written was Kearney’s Nuclear War Survival Skills. This guy worked for the .gov and was given reign to test improvised bomb shelters and the like on the .gov dime. As such, his work is free to you and me and can be found online at various locations. Unlike a lot of ‘how to build a bomb shelter’ books, Kearneys shelters were actually nuked. Tough act to follow. Kearney also developed the Kearney Fallout Meter. A McGuyverism you build from stuff around your kitchen to measure how much radiation youre receiving.
Yeah good show. I have seen both eps myself. As for the black guy, Mr. Whatshisname … don’t count out him being a Bad Guy just yet. Him fixing the Yaesu and keeping the sites a secret made me wonder. Thumbs up though for sure.
Dean Ing wrote a novella called “Following Through” back in 1987 or so that included dealing with fallout after a strike. The remainder of the book was good reference material.
Unfortunately I’ve misplaced my copy. I really, really need to build some new bookshelves so I don’t have stuff stacked three deep and out of alphabetical order ;/
Detroit ? i thought he said he was a St. Louis cop
Thumbs up on Nuclear War Survival Skills. I especially liked that he had regular people (families, college girls, etc.) build the shelters and told how long it took them to do it. Important info if you’re using the book to build an expedient shelter. That, and he stressed the importance of getting the specs exactly right as opposed to making one’s own changes to the plan (as just about every guy I know, esp. the one I’m married to, would undoubtedly think nothing of doing).
“Pulling Through”, actually. sent me a copy. Not bad, but it left me wanting (alot) more. Ing writes some good stuff. His Mormons-rule-the-world series (“Systemic Shock”, etc.) was pretty entertaining. I especially liked ‘Flying To Pieces’ and ‘Spooker’.
If I recall correctly, most of his fallout ideas were from Kearney. However, the reason I bought the book in the first place was that it featured a watch cheetah, and I have a soft spot for cheetahs 😉
I’m digging the show also… but true to form, like every other good non-comedy it will probably be canned midseason.
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build a meter, a pump and filter, or dig a shelter for fun. I have! point is you can suffer from much worse things than a nuclear war, but the knowhow and skills can serve other needs in other post aftermath disasters.still to many believe in the FEMA faries and luck out dead because they coundn’t spend any time putting together kits, supplies, or develop actual skills at real survival, not like that pacified crap on tv. have fun, always. Wildflower 06
Deaprtment of the Army Pamphlet NO.50-3 “The Effects of Nuclear Weapons”. March 1977 is also a good reference. Nothing on survival per se, but the analysis of effects provides a whole lot of basis. Especially the Japanese experience.
I love the fact that the woman actually shot the bad guy, with a privately owned handgun no less.
That’s great.
Did you see the Spielberg version of war of the worlds? What a load of anti-gun claptrappery…
Hey, you noticed it was a Yaseu too, eh?
His thing with the radio may not have been done maliciously. Maybe he felt that the cohesion of the locals would come apart if they knew the full-scale of how bad things were.
Maybe I misinterpreted what I saw, but my take on “what’s behind the locked door” is the room with the map of the US, where he was adding the red pushpins in the last scene.
They are definitely writing some ambiguity into his character, it’ll be interesting to see how it works out. If we’re starting a betting pool, I’ll put my marker on “good guy” in the end. But I’ve been wrong before.