what ground zero means?
2007-10-15 10:58:36 · 8 answers · asked by beautiful_mind964 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The term Ground Zero may be used to describe the point on the earth's surface where an explosion occurs. In the case of an explosion above the ground, Ground Zero refers to the point on the ground directly below explosion (see hypocenter). The term has often been associated with nuclear explosions and other large bombs, but is also used in relation to earthquakes, epidemics and other disasters to mark the point of the most severe damage or destruction. Damage gradually decreases with distance from this point.
2007-10-15 11:01:28 · answer #1 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
They lifted it from the description used for where the A-bomb fell in Hiroshima on Agust 6, 1945. It was the original "ground zero". They also lifted it from the name of the outdoor snack bar in the courtyard of the Pentagon. It was named "Ground Zero", because a joke said that in any nuclear exchange between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, that central courtyard of the Pentagon would be ground zero.
2007-10-15 14:23:40 · answer #2 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably because there isn't any thing left now except the earth (ground) so that is why they would call it that. There is nothing left of what was there so there is the zero part.
All so sad, God bless the family's and those who lost the ones they loved and cared about. They will forever be missed!
2007-10-15 11:04:52 · answer #3 · answered by Cindy 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
nuclear testing sites were called ground zero
2007-10-15 11:02:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
centred by utilising what? might you settle the pentagon has the main protection cameras of any development interior the international?, so wheres the photos of something hitting the area of the pentagon? im sorry, 3 slides showing a 6 foot hollow doesnt cut back it
2016-10-06 23:59:52 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Ground Zero" is the usual term for the epicenter of a cataclysmic (Violent change; Really bad thing) event.
The term is also used for the point of detination for nuclear explosions, earthquakes, and he mouth of Harry Reid.
Warm regards,
2007-10-15 11:06:57 · answer #6 · answered by prancinglion 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It makes it sound like it's a battle zone so we could justify going to war.
2007-10-15 11:02:55 · answer #7 · answered by From Yours Trully 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
It simply means this is.........." where it happened."
No big explanation needed. You don't need a long history account because it has no meaning here.
2007-10-15 11:02:55 · answer #8 · answered by woodster 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋