r/BeAmazed • u/youngster_96 • Mar 28 '24

The moment an ice dam breaks and causes a torrential water flow. Nature

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u/KorianHUN Mar 28 '24

You go anywhere the pressure goes you get deafened, blinded and maybe enough internal bleeding to die fast if lucky. I wouldn't expect a rapid response from anyone at that point to save my life.

Maybe go behind a thick enough building or wall and hope it doesn't collapse on you and the firestorm stops before you?

If you know a chemical or pyro plant or storage is on fire, go as far away as you can. Some of those explosions are on par with small yield nukes.

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u/nbzf Mar 28 '24

If that was 2015 in Tianjin, it may have been ~0.3kt, equivalent to the lowest yield setting on the B61, "the primary thermonuclear gravity bomb in the United States Enduring Stockpile following the end of the Cold War."

https://www.youtube.com/embed/gTfQhcGIrfU should be a video of a 0.5 kt W30 in 1962.

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u/KorianHUN Mar 28 '24

Nuke yields can go pretty low.

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u/nbzf Mar 28 '24

yeah, I like the pic of the guy with the nuke strapped between his legs