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Subject: Does anyone here actually understand what nuclear winter is?
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a nuclear winter is when a nuke blows up the sun and its cold on earth

  • 07.06.2004 9:49 PM PDT
Subject: Chill out, man.
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Nuclear Winter is the climatic condition that takes place (theoretically) after a planet-sized nuclear attack. Theoretically the debris and dush/ash/etc. that is airborne after such an attack would block out the sun and decrease the temperature on earth until all life is extinguished. Personally, I don't believe the theory, but whatever. Mt. St. Helens exerted the energy of an atomic bomb going off every second for several hours, almost a full day, and it only blocked out the sun for a relatively small portion of the Northwest. Not to mention that there is no reason to suggest that the debris wouldn't settle after a short amount of time. The scientists are assuming that the air currents would hold a significant amount of blockage in the atmosphere, but there's a problem with that theory. If the world's temperature truly centralized, then there would be no air currents. Ergo, no floating matter that blocks the sun. Again, whatever.... it's just a theory anyway.

  • 07.06.2004 9:53 PM PDT
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There seems a need to point out that not even nearly all sunlight needs be blocked out. Reflecting about a tenth of the solar energy that normally stays here would be much more than enough to lead to nuclear winter. The sky wouldn't necessarily be dark. In fact, you might see a lot of blizzard gray.

  • 07.06.2004 10:31 PM PDT
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Good point.

  • 07.06.2004 10:38 PM PDT
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no nuclear winter is when after nuclear explosions are set off (at least 20 of them) nuclear fallout fills the clouds and nuclear fallout from the nukes downpour looking like snow and has any one here ever seen a nuclear winter i have 5 of my uncles worked with,created and tested nukes

  • 07.14.2004 11:33 PM PDT
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Posted by: PsychoElite
a nuclear winter is when a nuke blows up the sun and its cold on earth


wrong. (but nice try)

and

geez...this got way out of hand...

  • 07.14.2004 11:37 PM PDT
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A winter that's... nuclear?

  • 07.15.2004 12:16 AM PDT
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!GOD! no, ! let this die! please, for the love of God, let this thread die!

[Edited on 7/15/2004 12:20:58 AM]

  • 07.15.2004 12:19 AM PDT
Subject: Eww!
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That was weird. Some one bumped a thread to say that nuclear winter is flaky fallout... Which is different from what nuclear winter is.
*sigh*

  • 07.15.2004 1:43 AM PDT
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Nuclear winter is when large amounts of nuclear explosions go off and polute the air and make the world colder.
See yall.

  • 07.15.2004 7:41 AM PDT
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Actually thaty theory (if a nuclear war actually ensues) will almost certainly happen, Look at the mount st helens explosion, how much dust did that single explosion kick up, LIKE A FEW BLLION TONS thats how much, so if a nuclear war actually happens as many as 10 to 50 nukes can go off in one single day. this will throw so much dirt ash and fallout into the atmosphere that it would in fact lower the global temperature tens of degrees. causing a atificial winter. that will last as long as 100 years and the effects on the eco system would be leathal, and the world won't return to normal for at least 900000 years. ouch.

  • 07.15.2004 8:04 AM PDT

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