Quote:Dartz wrote: Even ten seconds warning to not stand outside under glass watching it might've saved a lot of injuries. Generally, 'us' means something entirely different on the cosmic scale.I saw a report that an elementary school teach near Chelyabinsk was being hailed as a hero for recalling her Cold War "duck and cover" training and getting all her students under their desks when she saw the flash. Unfortunately, she didn't follow her own directions and was "seriously lacerated" by flying glass when the shockwave blew in the windows. But none of her students were injured.
100 Kilotons or so of bang.
Ironically, I'm reminded of all the idiots I've seen claiming that "duck and cover" was just a "feel good" measure -- generally, people who's understanding of "A-bomb" was "magic destroy-everything bomb," with no understanding of just much larger the survivable overpressure zone is than the fireball. Well, now we have an actual field test (and for a blast that might have gone as high as half a megaton, by some reports).