Do you suppose that one could survive the period of fall out after a nuclear blast, in the subway?

Question

I mean, some of those tunnels in NYC are like many many stories below ground.

This is also assuming the initial blast wasnt directly in the city, so fallen buildings and fire storms arent a major concern.

Would you be protected from the radiation and fall out. nevermind food or water.

Its not a creepy question, iam writing a book and can only do so much on google. Sometimes its just nice to hear what others think is plausible.

What about the number 3 water project tunnel? lol.

Answer 1

You'd drown, in NYC anyway. The subways are continually pumped out. If the infrastructure were destroyed, the tunnels would fill up with water within a day or two.

In a non-island location, the fallout would presumably get in via water seepage. You'd be awfully thirsty in there, and once the water in the pipes was gone, you might give in. Plus, I don't know how much would blow in from outside. That would depend a lot on details of the tunnel.

Answer 2

Theoretically yes you could survive there in the event of the blast but as I understand within a day or so you would want to start finding a way to get out and away from fallout as the ground will saturate with radioactivity and eventually get to you. I believe that you can even survive a blast or a meltdown if you sit in your basement against the wall that is facing the blast, however you only have a couple hours and taking iodine pills would also be recommended.

Answer 3

Yes, gamma radiation is effectively blocked by only a few feet of soil. That radiation is deadly and short lived. We built fallout shelters back in the 50's to survive. We never got to try them out but they were all government approved. But I always wondered what would happen when you came out. Things would be a mess I bet. Good luck.

Answer 4

Well, here in the SF Bay Area we would be able to down in the tunnels that go below the bay for sure. That's a good plan - that's straight where I'm headed come nuclear holocaust.

Answer 5

If you survive the blast and heat shock, you will probably be fine, at least for several years. People survived both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and they were not even in subway tunnels.

Answer 6

No
beside today it would not be like Hiroshima
in the first place the new boms are thousand times stronger

and in the second place there would not be just one
others would follow in retaliation,

the sun would be blocked out for maybe years ,and you would freeze to death ,if you survived the breathing

the only chance you would have is in the specially build sealed Subteranean cities ,which produce their own air and heat as well as having food stocks.

Only problem is that they are reserved for the ruling elites ,
and normal mortals have to demonstrate their mortality outside

Answer 7

you would probably have to surface before all the fallout had come down due to food and drink needs.

read a book called RATS Domain by James Herbert, its about a nuclear attack on London and people living in bunkers in the underground system.

good luck

Answer 8

Depends how far you are from "Ground Zero" but all-in-all, no since radiation can penetrate pretty far down...again, depending on how far you are from the initial blast zone.

Answer 9

You would succumb sooner or later. You would wish it was sooner.

Read up on Hiroshima survivors, that will give you the background you need.

Answer 10

Depends on the yield