Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site tellab1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!tellab1!heahd From: heahd@tellab1.UUCP (Dan Wood) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Survival in the Nuclear Winter Message-ID: <244@tellab1.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Jun-84 13:32:33 EDT Article-I.D.: tellab1.244 Posted: Mon Jun 11 13:32:33 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Jun-84 01:26:29 EDT References: <1699@iddic.UUCP> Organization: Tellabs, Inc., Lisle, Ill. Lines: 35 Two excellant articles concerning nuclear winter appeared in the March and April issues of Natural History magazine (published by The Americal Museum of Natural History). The first (in the March issue) discussed the phenomenon in general, how this model of aftermath was arrived at and the effects on life on earth. The author did postulate a few human survivors in the southeren hemisphere but painted a pretty bleak picture for everything but a few plants and insects in the north. The second article was Stephen Jay Gould's This View of Life column in the april issue and was mostly concerened with what a shame it would be if one little species managed to wipe out 4 billion years work in a few hours. If I remember right, Mr. Gould didn't think the southeren hemisphere would fare much better than the north. In either case, nuclear winter is indeed a chilling (pun intended) prospect. As far as survivelism goes, I don't think all the guns, ammo, freeze-dried food, and bottled water in the world will be of much good if this sceenario comes true. -- Yrs. in Fear and Loathing, The Blue Buffalo Haunted by the - /\ /\ / /~~~~~~\ \ ( ( \ / ) ) \ [~] [~] / \ / || \ / \ /||\ / ~~~ G \(^^)/ ) o h `--'\ ( z o \) n s o t of G ...!ihnp4!tellab1!heahd