![]() Radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion, though very dangerous initially, loses its intensity quickly because it is giving off so much energy. Even if you manage not to inhale or ingest the dust, and keep it off your skin, hair, and clothes, and even if none gets inside your house, the radiation penetrating your home is still extremely dangerous, and can injure or kill you inside. This radiation (not the fallout dust) can go right through walls, roofs and protective clothing. This radioactive fallout ‘dust’ is dangerous because it is emitting penetrating radiation energy (similar to x-ray’s). However, rain can concentrate the fallout into localized ‘hot spots’ of much more intense radiation with no visible indication. Once it arrives, whether visible or not, all that will fall will have done so usually in under an hour, then blow around everywhere just like dust does on the ground and roofs. The smaller and lighter dust-like particles will typically be arriving hours later, as they drift much farther downwind, often for hundreds of miles. It may begin arriving minutes after an explosion. The heaviest, most dangerous, and most noticeable fallout, will ‘fall out’ first closer to ground zero. It drifts on the wind and most of it settles back to earth downwind of the explosion. Radioactive fallout is the particulate matter (dust) produced by a nuclear explosion and carried high up into the air by the mushroom cloud. You must throw off any self-defeating myths of nuclear un-survivability that may needlessly paralyze and panic, and then seal the fate of, less informed families. The principles of radiation protection are simple – with many options and resources families can use to prepare or improvise a very effective shelter. #5 – SHELTER KI4U Nuke Prep Expertise & Solutions ![]()
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