US Nuclear Target Map

[MachineGhost]

You safe, PS?

[quote=http://modernsurvivalblog.com/nuclear/u ... arget-map/]Out of curiosity I searched for maps that would reveal nuclear targets in the United States, and I’ve posted them here for your interest.

Each target map is in the public domain. They vary with regards to nuclear proliferation and opinion of the day during the time they were published.

Some maps are older than others and might not represent some of the changes which have occurred since their publish, but they are still interesting to examine, especially relative to one’s own location…[/quote]

[Pointedstick]

So… Maine and Oregon, huh?

[dragoncar]

At some point, it'll just be nice to be vaporized

[Ad Orientem]

If they ever start tossing around the big bombs on a large scale, I am just going to paint a bull's eye on my roof and crack a bottle of aged bourbon I have been saving for a special occasion.

[MachineGhost]

I think I'd take Maine over that very remote and dry desert of Southern Oregon-Northern Nevada.  Ught.  If there's ever a place to film Fallout as a movie, that is it.

[Pointedstick]

I think I'd take Maine over that very remote and dry desert of Southern Oregon-Northern Nevada.  Ught.  If there's ever a place to film Fallout as a movie, that is it.

Well, that is where the first two games were set.

[Mountaineer]

You are leaving out the Big Bend National Park area as a place to live - maybe set up shop in Boquillas, Mexico.

Si?

... Mountaineer

[Libertarian666]

You are leaving out the Big Bend National Park area as a place to live - maybe set up shop in Boquillas, Mexico.

Si?

... Mountaineer

Yes, and it is very convenient to live there, with so many of the good things in life within easy mailing distance!

[Mountaineer]

You are leaving out the Big Bend National Park area as a place to live - maybe set up shop in Boquillas, Mexico.

Si?

... Mountaineer

Yes, and it is very convenient to live there, with so many of the good things in life within easy mailing distance!

I visited that lovely burg in the early 1970s after touring Big Bend.  Big Bend was the absolutely most quiet place I have ever been on the planet; you could hear your heart beat at the sabre tooth tiger exhibit - not another soul in miles, no bird sounds, no insect sounds, no people sounds, NOTHING.  In boquillas, a bottle of soda cost, as I remember, 8 cents - about 1/4 of what it was in Texas at the time.  I also remember several other wonderful things about Boquillas - the odor of donkey droppings, the shade of a tree in 100+ degree heat, water you would remember during a few days of throne sitting, offers to "protect" your vehicle, offers to "buy" my sister, and seriously - friendly people; I don't think the drug trade had struck yet - back in the good old days of tricky Dick.

... Mountaineer

[Libertarian666]

You are leaving out the Big Bend National Park area as a place to live - maybe set up shop in Boquillas, Mexico.

Si?

... Mountaineer

Yes, and it is very convenient to live there, with so many of the good things in life within easy mailing distance!

I visited that lovely burg in the early 1970s after touring Big Bend.  Big Bend was the absolutely most quiet place I have ever been on the planet; you could hear your heart beat at the sabre tooth tiger exhibit - not another soul in miles, no bird sounds, no insect sounds, no people sounds, NOTHING.  In boquillas, a bottle of soda cost, as I remember, 8 cents - about 1/4 of what it was in Texas at the time.  I also remember several other wonderful things about Boquillas - the odor of donkey droppings, the shade of a tree in 100+ degree heat, water you would remember during a few days of throne sitting, offers to "protect" your vehicle, offers to "buy" my sister, and seriously - friendly people; I don't think the drug trade had struck yet - back in the good old days of tricky Dick.

... Mountaineer

You are leaving out the best part! How much did they offer for your sister?

[madbean]

I love Big Bend.  In our pre-children days, the wife and I camped up in Chisos Basin for a few days.  I love the wide open spaces.

Almost burnt the place down once while camping on top of the Chisos. Dug a hole to burn some used toilet paper instead of packing it and carrying it out like you were supposed to when to my shock and horror a wind came up and blew it away. It was an exceptionally dry time, even for the Chisos, and I barely managed to stamp out the fires before it got out of control. Would probably have been my 15 minutes of (unwanted) fame.

I also remember there was a place in Big Bend where you could actually walk across the Rio Grande into a little village on the Mexican side.

One of the more interesting NP's I've visited in my journeys you don't hear much about. Another not far away was Mckittrick Canyon.

[madbean]

McKittrick Canyon is really nice!  I liked Guadalupe Peak a lot also.  I hiked up there on three different occasions, and I'd like to get back there one day. 

Did you ever make it to Marfa?

Don't recall driving through Marfa but I did hike to the top of Guadalupe Peak and spent a windy night in a tent. By then I'd learned not to burn the toilet paper.