Nuclear attack on the White House is "inevitable" in the next 20 years

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

A nuclear device detonated near the White House would kill roughly 100,000 people and flatten downtown federal buildings, while the radioactive plume from the explosion would likely spread toward the Capitol and into Southeast D.C., contaminating thousands more.

The blast from the 10-kiloton bomb — similar to the bomb dropped over Hiroshima during World War II — would kill up to one in 10 tourists visiting the Washington Monument and send shards of glass flying the length of the National Mall, in a scenario that has become increasingly likely to occur in a major U.S. city in recent years, panel members told a Senate committee yesterday.

"It's inevitable," said Cham E. Dallas, director of the Institute for Health Management and Mass Destruction Defense at the University of Georgia, who has charted the potential explosion's effect in the District and testified before a hearing of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. "I think it's wistful to think that it won't happen by 20 years."

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.d.../556828862/1001

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

that should drive down housing prices in the dc area.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

that should drive down housing prices in the dc area.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It's "wistful" to think it won't happen. Hmmm...

Someone's been watching too much Terminator 2, I think.

[William33 110]

Inevitable? He should smoke less crack...

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Weren't they saying that in the 50's too?

All that "duck and cover" b/s.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I can't believe you guys. Are you implying that the Director of the Institute for Health Management and Mass Destruction Defense at the University of Georgia doesn't know what he's talking about. This couldn't possibly be about getting funds for his Institute.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I can't believe you guys. Are you implying that the Director of the Institute for Health Management and Mass Destruction Defense at the University of Georgia doesn't know what he's talking about. This couldn't possibly be about getting funds for his Institute.

As far as the article goes - all this guy specifically talks about is what would happen on the ground in the event of a nuclear explosion. I don't doubt him as far as that goes.

[almaty 19]

he is a chopf##k publishing a BS piece for national exposure...

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

All thats missing is an "inevitable alien invasion"

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

All thats missing is an "inevitable alien invasion"

Nobody from the SETI Institute has testified before the Senate yet. Give it time.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

One word:

TRIPODS!

[almaty 19]

damn, i saw one of them this morning in alton..disguised as a water tower

[Heracles 417]

Weren't they saying that in the 50's too?

All that "duck and cover" b/s.

Yes considering nuclear bombs could be carried in suitcases.

Then again the day this happens the world will change because the entire middle east will end up being one large sheet of glass.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Would a nuclear explosion really turn land into glass? I hear that expression a lot, would like to understand where it comes from.