Politico Asks Twitter Users If They Know What To Do During A Nuclear Attack, The Answers Are Something Else

I have no idea why Politico is asking this question right now (I didn’t think we were on the edge of nuclear war, but whatever), but it asked anyway.

Would you know what to do during a nuclear attack?

Most Americans don't https://t.co/nBkjwkjOAY

— POLITICO (@politico) June 16, 2018

The article basically goes on to say that most Americans have no idea what to do or how to react to a nuclear attack. Some people are pushing for the federal government to bring back a type of Cold-War era program that would essentially teach the millennials of the world what to do in the event of a nuclear attack.

“I would say that the United States is probably less prepared for any kind of nuclear detonation than it has been at any time since the Cold War,” says Alex Wellerstein, a historian of science and technology at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. “And that is a dangerous place to be.’’

Wellerstein, along with Kristyn Karl, a political psychology professor at Stevens, is pushing for the United States to bring back civil defense, the-all-but-forgotten federal Cold War-era program for preparing and responding to a nuclear event. Exactly what a revamped, 21st-century version of civil defense might look and sound like is the objective of a new project they are directing, called Reinventing Civil Defense. Started in 2016 and funded by the Carnegie Foundation, RCD boasts a diverse, high-powered advisory group that includes everyone from former Secretary of Defense William Perry to nuclear health physicists to screenwriters. The mission: Tell you what to do in the event of a nuclear crisis.

Grab your avolatte and RUNNNNNN!

Karl and Wellerstein, along with many other experts, lay much of the blame for this alarming nuclear unpreparedness among the general public on the federal government and its failure to communicate how to prepare for such an eventuality. “The government has given Americans no good sense of what, specifically, to do when the next nuclear crisis occurs,” says Michael O’Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

You get the idea. Think back to the old days where they instructed kids to hide under their desks.

Cue Twitter.

We drilled for this in elementary school. It's not hard to figure out. https://t.co/9ChbYx7O2V

— Scott Greenfield (@ScottGreenfield) June 16, 2018

I mean…I didn’t. Tornado drills– yes. Nuclear bomb drills– no. But I’m pretty sure it’s the same effect. (PS– I still blame those tornado drills for my extreme fear of tornadoes.)

Go back to elementary school and get under the desk?

— it's just me (@tkcrockett) June 16, 2018

Now for some more ~creative~ answers.

Livestream it on FB of course.

— MikeBixby (@mikebixby305) June 16, 2018

We laugh, but some people would do that.

I'd Livestream it while constantly screaming out "WorldStar HipHop."

— Andy (@ar910793) June 16, 2018

Some people would do that too.

This is what it would look like pic.twitter.com/EeItm1wL0u

— Alexander Crouton-Skitch (@AlexanderSkitch) June 17, 2018

I hate to say it, but I think some people actually WOULD try to take nuclear selfies.

Strip naked and run directly toward the mushroom cloud.

— Køpper J. Kopp (@kopper) June 16, 2018

Stop, drop, and roll?

— HasAnyoneSeenMyTrousers (@Rivet_Gun) June 17, 2018

Bend over and kiss my ass goodbye

— AJ Wilson (@AJWilso07900331) June 17, 2018

When the alert happens, I will turn to Twitter and get expert advice. Duh. https://t.co/Be0HYaBevA

— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) June 16, 2018

Stand near something you’d like to get the superpowers of. https://t.co/WrUZ3xGLsx

— Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) June 16, 2018

HAHAHA yes.

Climb into a fridge? https://t.co/gmtktFMYcM

— Nieds Dead Horse (@NDH_j_m_f) June 17, 2018

Maybe?

Delete my browser history.

— Ryan Maples (@GUSMAPLES) June 17, 2018

It’s fill your bathtub with water, right? It’s always fill your bathtub with water. https://t.co/Tmbv7eTKJc

— Carl Clark (@Clarkitect) June 17, 2018

I’m going to walk around in my white briefs, cowboy boots, cigg in mouth, martini in hand and sing “It’s raining men.”

— Matthew DeLeon (@Matthewdeleon69) June 17, 2018

I guess that’s one way to go out.

What would I do? Uh…good question. Pray. Locate my immediate family members and call my dad and ask him what to do because he’s a prepper type? Grab my LifeStraw? I don’t know. Do I need to be thinking about this right now?

Fine. I’ll try to figure out my nuclear bomb plan today. Thanks for bringing me down, Politico.

h/t Twitchy