Real Title: This House Paint Was Supposed to Stop a Nuclear Bomb
Not much more click-baity than mine.
Poster Comment:
When I woke up this morning I thought my hands had been exposed to a huge amount of ionizing radiation and were on fire. An almost waking dream.
Well, my arthritis and RSIs were bad and EweToob had a documentary about Chernobyl going on my laptop.
The conversation between me and Trump was really cool a couple days ago.
I can't sleep in silence. My tinnitus is so bad that I have to have some variable noise going to keep from going insane.
#1: Lod To: Esso (#0)
Is Home Depot still open this late?
Lod posted on 2020-07-03 23:24:37 Reply Private Reply
#2: Esso To: Lod, 4um (#1)
About all paint was white lead based back then. I think the point was more about reflectivity. Problem was, all paint about turned into soot/ash after the initial heat flash.
I'm guessing that aluminum siding was not yet invented or in widespread use due to the metal shortages back then. I remember the plywood window-well covers my dad made with a layer of fiberglass insulation on them. Those would've worked good for a tornado, but Dad's joint was about 2.3 mi from a primary target (Magnavox, IH, etc. I'm about 0.2 miles from those carcasses).
The shock wave would've liquefied your bones with a nominal 2MT burst. At the time 20MT was nominal weapon yield.
Yeah, white lead-based paint is effective. You'll get an extra femto- second of life.
Esso posted on 2020-07-03 23:43:49 Reply Private Reply
#3: Esso To: Lod, 4um, Dakmar (#1)
I dunno, Dakkie says they've got no N95 masks anyway.
Esso posted on 2020-07-03 23:45:20 Reply Private Reply
#4: NeoconsNailed To: Esso (#0)
NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-07-04 01:50:06 Reply Private Reply