I found a neat little tool that lets you show the blast radius of nuclear weapons superimposed on a google map at meyerweb.com I did a few simulations, namely of a 100 ton nuclear demolition charge, a 22 kiloton implosion bomb, a 400 kiloton thermonuclear bomb, a 1.6 megaton hydrogen bomb, and the "Queen Mother of Nuclear Weapons", the Tsar Bomba. All of them detonated at the base of the Washington Monument in Washington DC. I also tried to flesh out the results a bit by explaining the damage to various buildings around, and adding video of the respected bombs being tested. I also used for music some Gustav Holtz, namely the Mars and Jupiter symphonies. They just seemed appropriate. I'm sorry about the damned computer voice, I have to microphone, so this is the closest I can get to narration. Tell me what you think.
Tags: nuclear, weapons, Washington, DC, monument, simulation, atomic, thermonuclear, hydrogen, fission, fusion
