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Creating Your Own Custom Nuclear Blast Maps
Nuclear weapons are often measured in kilotons, but that doesn't really tell the story of a weapon's destructive power.
Now, a new Google Maps mashup called Ground Zero lets you see the radius of thermal damage caused by a nuclear weapons blast centered at the address of your choice.
In the screenshot above, you can see that an American-made B61 bomb would knock out most of San Francisco.
The visualization tool comes courtesy of Carlos Labs, an Australian coding firm. It appears that they used the same (or similar) data as the Federation of American Scientists. The FAS writes that most buildings within the inner circle will be "completely destroyed." The next circle will be fire-filled, and the outer regions would experience major damage from the blast shockwave.
If you want to understand what these colored circles mean, head over to the Department of Energy's Historical Test Films page and take a look at some of the footage of the American military's nuclear weapons tests.
Here's the link to access the Google Map Ground Zero Mashup:
http://www.carloslabs.com/projects/200712B/GroundZero.html
This is shared to enable enhancement of your planning tools. Have a safe and nuclear free 2009!
Mike :)
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Permalink Reply by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd on
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you know, I'm just a giver sometimes. and of course a bright ray of sunshine... you can never be too prepared!
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Permalink Reply by Adam Box on
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I'm assuming this tool doesn't account for radiation etc. just the thermal blast?
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Permalink Reply by Jason Brooks on
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Interesting piece of software. But, you have to know what the bomb size is. This would be a great teaching tool though.
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Ok, now that I have blown up everything I can think of, is there a way to download this to the computer?
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Here's links that will answer both yours and J. Brooks questions... ms
Nuclear Weapon Thermal Effects
Department of Energy Historic Atomic Test Films
Carlos Lab Thermal Blast Simulator (On Line Use Only)
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See above reply... ms
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Permalink Reply by Michael Vito on
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Wow, it reminds of the 1980's movie - The Day After.
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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on
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Mike,
The day job must have REALLY slowed down for you if you have the time to work this one up.
The nuclear blast map for my department would look something like this...
Notice the ocean and the complete lack of any land.
Ben
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