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Historian of science, secrecy, and nuclear weapons. Professor of STS at @FollowStevens. UC Berkeley alum with a Harvard PhD. NUKEMAP creator. Coder and web dev.

Hoboken, NJ / NYC

Joined September 2011

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Nick Grube‏Verified account @nickgrube 13 Jan 2018

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Not everyone got the cell phone alert. If you have an iPhone you might want to check your Notifications settings to make sure you have these turned onpic.twitter.com/AS0E1bpSrz

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Nick Grube‏Verified account @nickgrube 13 Jan 2018

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And now local officials are turning their attention to damage control for the state's $15 billion tourism industry...

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Nick Grube‏Verified account @nickgrube 13 Jan 2018

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"Nothing I can do about it: One blinding flash, and everything's done." — That's what Scott Speldrick of Minnesota told @CivilBeat reporter @stewartyerton today while reacting to the false alarm of a nuclear missile attackpic.twitter.com/tyLHoDaJwy

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Nick Grube‏Verified account @nickgrube 14 Jan 2018

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Seems to me they might want to move a little faster in light of yesterday's eventspic.twitter.com/DnQkOeyP3U

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Nick Grube‏Verified account @nickgrube 14 Jan 2018

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There's some information here on what Hawaii residents can do in the event of a REAL nuclear attack https://dod.hawaii.gov/hiema/files/2017/11/HI-EMA-PUBLIC-BMP-working-brief-NOV-2017.pdf …pic.twitter.com/vx3NECI0jt

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Bill Shanafelt‏ @Gumbyman342 15 Jan 2018

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If Oahu does get nuked it’s all over. Look at Hiroshimo, total destruction. Gotta get under ground so where on Oahu is deep under ground? Only dumb luck will save a few people. Glad I left for Texas. Might as well just enjoy every day and don’t worry. Gov can’t save you

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this is all so absurd‏ @darlingCorinne 16 Jan 2018

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This just isn't true. An estimated 90% of the people on the island will survive. Most people in Hiroshima survived, and they didn't have the benefit of modern knowledge about fall-out or modern concrete architecture.

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Bill Shanafelt‏ @Gumbyman342 18 Jan 2018

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Replying to @darlingCorinne @nickgrube @LethaAnn1

90%? Sounds like we need a fact check on that. No one survived within kill zone, I’m pretty sure.

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this is all so absurd‏ @darlingCorinne 18 Jan 2018

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Replying to @Gumbyman342 @nickgrube @LethaAnn1

Wrong. Most people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki survived. google it. As for a weapon from N. Korea, the best public model is http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ by @wellerstein. The state of HI estimates 90% survival for state based on a target of Pearl Harbor.

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Bill Shanafelt‏ @Gumbyman342 22 Jan 2018

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Okay, I’ll watch from Texas and write my comments after we see what happens. Stay inside? Did you look at what left to city of Hiroshima ? Not a hell of a lot.

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Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein 22 Jan 2018

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Replying to @Gumbyman342 @darlingCorinne and

We actually have records for mortality rates re: Hiroshima — sheltered versus unsheltered makes a huge difference in mortality. It makes no big difference if the weapon goes off directly on top of you, but if you're half a mile, a mile, etc., it does.

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1. Nick Grube‏Verified account @nickgrube 22 Jan 2018
  
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  Aloha, Prof. Wellerstein! NUKEMAP is a great tool. Any suggestions for what people should do in the event of real nuclear attack?
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