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Letter Re: The Northwestern US as a Retreat Locale--the Downwind Issues
Hello;
We are on board with what is coming. Regarding location, my concern for
the Idaho and Montana areas are the Yellowstone
caldera - should it have a
massive
eruption and being downwind from the Seattle area should there be a nuke attack
there. What are your thoughts, please? Thank you - John
JWR Replies: All of Idaho is upwind of Yellowstone except for during the most unusual weather conditions.
Ditto for any parts of Montana where you would likely want to live. This is
because anywhere that is east (downwind) of Yellowstone is
also potentially downwind
of the Montana missile fields. (Headquartered at Malmstrom Air Force Base
near Great Falls, but dispersed across an area of several hundred square miles.).
As for your mention of the anticipated fallout from targets like Seattle and
Bremerton, essentially the only portion
of the continental US that is not downwind of a potential nuclear target is
California's
northern
coast (from Mendocino County northward), and southwestern Oregon. And even people
living there have to worry about residual fallout from nuclear strikes in Asia.
The bottom line is that every family in the US should have a fallout
shelter. And some families that live near anticipated nuclear targets need
a combination fallout and blast shelter.
