Do Not Expect Any Help From The U.S. Government After A Nuclear Blast

Nuclear Blast Victims Would Have To Wait -- USA Today

The White House has warned state and local governments not to expect a "significant federal response" at the scene of a terrorist nuclear attack for 24 to 72 hours after the blast, according to a planning guide.

President Obama told delegates from 47 nations at the Nuclear Security Summit on Tuesday that it would be a "catastrophe for the world" if al-Qaeda or another terrorist group got a nuclear device, because so many lives would be lost and it would be so hard to mitigate damage from the blast.

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My Comment: After the experience of Hurricane Katrina, if one expects help from the Federal Government immediately after a disaster .... they are definitely delusional. After a nuclear blast, with radioactive dust floating around .... if Federal help arrives within a week I would call such a reaction a miracle.

A nuclear blast in a major city will result in fires, building collapses, thousands buried in the rubble, radioactivity spread over a large swath of territory, multiple burn victims, refugees on an unmanageable scale, and a complete breakdown in communications and transportation facilities. And this will happen if only a small nuclear weapon .... a Hiroshima sized weapon or smaller .... is used.

The White House's statement is overly optimistic .... realistically .... the first "real" help will only arrive in the second week, and only as a cleanup crew to dispose of the bodies and to evacuate the survivors.