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What Would Happen to Your City If It Got Nuked?

What would happen to your city if it got nuked? 109.com 26 Feb 09 A new Google mashup reveals what kind of damage you could expect after a nuclear attack on your city, and highlights the effects of radiation spreading outward from the blast. At BLDG BLOG, Geoff Manaugh talks about the history of “nuclear urbanism,” calling this map mashup by CarlosLabs in Australia as its latest example. The mashup, called Ground Zero, is disturbingly simple: You can pick your city, then pick your weapon (anything from 1950s “Fat Man” to an asteroid collision), then hit the button that says “Nuke it!”. Then the map blooms with flame and destruction.

Dystopia Can Be Fun: What Would Happen to Your City If It Got Nuked?

February 26, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war