The Potential Nuclear Fallout in North Carolina, Mapped -- The Atlantic
You've probably heard by now that the U.S. military nearly committed the biggest "oopsie daisy!" in history when they accidentally dropped two nuclear bombs near Goldsboro, North Carolina. But what if they did? Thankfully they didn't detonate, but let's imagine, just for a split second, that they did. This isn't you typical Saturday morning exercise. There's a certain macabre aspect to it investigation that can be hard to get over. Thousands of people would be dead, but it's hard not to be at least a little curious to know how much of the U.S. would have been affected had the bombs gone off.
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My Comment: A legacy that we would still be paying for if this event had occurred. On a side note .... NukeMap3D is a fascinating website to check out .... the link is here.
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