Show HN: NukeCast – If it happened today, where would the fallout go

18 pointsposted 13 days ago
by todd_tracerlab

7 Comments

jann

13 days ago

It complements https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ nicely. As someone not living in the US, I'd find it interesting to at least have some other non-US cities available in the free plan though.

TeMPOraL

13 days ago

Something that I always wondered about this tool, and why I bucketed it in my mind as a "cool but ultimately boring toy" - why are all effects perfectly spherical? Surely the actual effect, especially for lower-yield devices, would be meaningfully affected by local topography and even buildings?

Kalibr

13 days ago

$10 a month for premium? Now that is a niche market right there

cedws

13 days ago

They probably make most of their money from enterprise licenses for Iran.

piloto_ciego

12 days ago

Alaska and Hawaii effects are not visible on this. Very cool tool.

user

13 days ago

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