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Show Emergency Preparedness, August 21, 1980 - Page 5 What To Do In Case Of Nuclear Attack This issue covers information and guidance in the event of a nuclear attack. The guidance is general and should supplement specific instructions issued by local government officials. In the event of a nuclear attack, millions of Americans would die. Tens of millions would survive initial effects of the heat and blast. Many more would survive these effects if they had blast and heat resistent shelters, or if they could relocate to less vulnerable areas before an attack. Much has been done to prepare for a nuclear attack. Public fallout shelters for millions along with the Civil Defense systems which include warning systems, communication com-munication networks, preparation for fallout, emergency broadcast stations. If an attack threatened the United States one would not be alone. The whole nation would be mobilizing to repulse the attack. A lot of assistance would be available from local, state and federal government as well as your neighbors and fellow Americans. Understanding Hazards Of Nuclear Attack in preparing for a possible rwcier attack one must understand un-derstand major hazards faced in tne evenl. When a nuclear device explodes the main effects are intense light (flash), heat, blast and radiation. How strong these effects are depend on size and type of bomb; weather conditons; the terrain; and the height the bomb is exploded. The fallout or radiation occur immediately. If the explosion is on the ground, radioactive fallout created by particles of the earth would fall back upon the earth in the first 24 hours. Explosions of higher altitudes would create smaller amounts of fallout and real effects on people wouldn't be seen until months or years later. TYPE OF PROTECTION NEEDED People living in high destruction areas would need shelter to protect themselves from blast pressure. 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High risk areas are cities of 50,000 plus people or more, or areas near military installations. in-stallations. We in Utah County would evacuate to Uintah. Duchesne and south Utah County. "We're fortunate that we have wide open spaces to evacuate to. People on the crowded east coast and in California have definite problems. Where will they evacuate to that is fairly close" asks James Tracey, director of the Utah County Civil Defense Department. He noted that only five percent of the U.S. would have bombs dropped on it, 85 percent of the population lives there. If an attack occurred, the president would announce that an evacuation should begin. Russian activities would lead the president to this. The president's declaration would be passed on to the governors of each state and he would decide whether to evacuate areas of potential harm. If the governor says yes, the civil defense starts things going. James Tracey hopes to carry out evacuation plans in 72 hours and thinks it could be done in 48 hours if necessary. Relocation is much safer than providing protection from direct effects of nuclear weapons. WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE People close to the explosion, ex-plosion, in the area of heavy destruction, would probably be killed or seriously injured by the initial heat or radiation. Those people farther away -in the "light damage" area would be endangered by the blast and heat. However, it's probable that these people would survive, but would be later endangered by radioactive fallout. People on the outside of the immediate danger wouldn't be affected by light, heat or blast. These people as well as those in the "light damage areas" who survived would only be in danger of radioactive fallout. What would happen to people would primarily be dependant on how close they are to the explosion. (Ground Zero) LISTEN AND LIVE YOUR EMERGENCY BROADCAST STATION BUT, WHY WAIT FOR AN EMERGENCY? 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