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When I was a kid, it was more "Find a sturdy wall, ideally below ground, to sit against. Put your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye."

Hopefully, now, they're smaller and farther away. Ideally, they're farther away in time also.




Sun Ra, "Nuclear War"

    It's a motherfucker
    don't you know

    If they push that button
    Your ass got to go

    What you gonna do
    Without your ass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsPrINajncU


You know what? I'd give the whole superheroism gig a try. Keep an eye on the comic book store shelves for "The Phantom Clenching Adventures of ASS-LESS CHAP!!".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_xg9w98bd4


Depending on the size of the bomb, and your distance you might actually be fine. If you survive the initial blast, shower, change clothes, and leave the area quickly you may not have any noteworthy issues at all. Or you could see the blast, and get cooked at a cellular level and die horribly a few days later.

They were right that dirt and concrete do wonders to stop gamma rays.




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