They mocked my tin foil hat. But they’re taking me seriously now! Seriously, excellent prep there.

Not such a credible source:”Putin ‘moves family members to Siberian ‘underground city’ designed to survive a nuclear war’, says Russian professor who also claimed Vladimir is suffering from secret illness”  The Daily Mail using a source that seems questionable. Not saying it isn’t possible, but confirmation from another source would be good before believing this.

That’s exactly what Putin is counting on and that’s exactly why we are forced to expect a very very rapid escalation to nuclear.

I think Putin is the one being cavalier here. If he’s bluffing, he’s convinced me of his insanity. He knows the calculation we are making:If we bow to his demands here, he will not stop. We have no choice but to prepare to engage on his level and that means nuclear, according to the threats he has been making.

Many people here are just saying this to reassure themselves and find any reason to block out the horrific alternative possibility. At this point, it would be like a family of lambs finding themselves in a lion cage and one of them saying “Remember, lions don’t always eat lambs….”  There will only be one option here: Say f you to the lion and be ready to launch missiles.  We have no way to know if he has altered the nuclear control chain or has kidnapped the families of those who are to carry out his insane orders. We have no insight. There is only one choice.

I agree with your reading of the writing on the wall. It’s pretty clear and easy to see.

If Putin is only pretending to be a mad man, he deserves an Oscar.

Ordered my potassium iodide January 19. Now no longer available. Reading your post leads to think of another scenario: The chaos from convincing the populous of a nation that your intention is to strike. If Putin does that, but doesn’t strike, you have a whole other set of on-going problems. No nuclear winter, just complete societal breakdown. That’s when you would want to have made agreements with like-mind people ahead of time on defenses, restoring order, and so forth until government can bring civil control back into line. It could be a very violent period, but maybe not more than 6 weeks max? Not sure. Never thought about this particular problem.

MAD fails if a major nuclear nation is controlled by someone who literally is mad. Putin is delusional and has threatened other major powers with nuclear force. He either doesn’t believe the results of full nuclear exchange or doesn’t care.

I think you are right on target, so to speak. The unspeakable is no longer unspeakable and your analysis is sound, as are your questions. I hope someone here will provide some answers. Your experience in this field or lack thereof has nothing whatsoever to do with the validity of your inquiry.

Thanks.  Hopefully, it will not need to be put into practice.

No, he won’t.  Can a P100 respirator block lung ingestion of nuclear fallout?  I’ve got the iodine pills, I’m just wondering what kind of breathing gear I can use if I am lucky enough to not be incinerated.

Also old-school and as I have seen parts of this thread through email notification, I have wondered in what circumstance the backend of some of these services will remain functional at a time of an emergency so dire that these preparations are needed? I can’t forsee that the people who run these services are going to be sitting at their desks maintaining infrastructure during a crisis so grave that we are all implementing emergency plans.

I would definitely go with beefing up the doors and adding the bars. I don’t think it puts a target on your back. I think it advertises “There’s an easier target down the street.”

It’s October now, and I would say your forecasting abilities are pretty good. What’s your take on the next six months?