{"id":9791,"date":"2024-12-16T09:45:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=9791"},"modified":"2024-12-16T09:45:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:45:33","slug":"much-of-wyoming-may-be-safe-if-us-is-nuked-but-cheyenne-likely-to-be-vaporized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2024\/12\/16\/much-of-wyoming-may-be-safe-if-us-is-nuked-but-cheyenne-likely-to-be-vaporized\/","title":{"rendered":"Much Of Wyoming May Be Safe If US Is Nuked, But Cheyenne Likely To Be Vaporized"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The retired colonel’s rhetoric betrays his bias. All global leaders cater to their OCGFC overlords with little regard for the people as shown by the experimental gene therapy being released on them, here and in Russia. But if there was a major exchange of nukes, there isn’t much point hitting empty silos. Consequently, I have a post<\/a> about nuke yields and there is a site you can check such detonations on to see the zones of impact anywhere. Though impressive still, they’re not as large of an explosion as you may think or have been led to believe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/cowboystatedaily.com\/2024\/12\/15\/much-of-wyoming-may-be-safe-if-us-is-nuked-but-cheyenne-likely-to-be-vaporized\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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A FEMA map showing the best places in the U.S. to survive a nuclear attack shows much of Wyoming clear. Cheyenne and surrounding areas, however, will likely be immediately annihilated.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

By Mark Heinz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This map from the Federalo Emergency Management Agency shows places where people can buy homes to avoid the impacts of nuclear war, as much as that’s possible. Much of Wyoming is clear, except Cheyenne and the southeast corner of the state, which would likely be vaporized. (FEMA via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The dynamics of nuclear tensions have changed since the Cold War, and Wyoming might not take a direct hit if the bombs fly. But it\u2019s still best to keep putting the fear of God into the world\u2019s despots, a retired top-tier military official said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A FEMA map showing the places in the United States that would supposedly be the safest during a nuclear war leaves Wyoming pretty clear, but doesn\u2019t tell the full story about how safe the Cowboy State would be in a nuclear war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while most of Wyoming is seemingly marked safe from being vaporized by hellfire, Cheyenne and the surrounding areas are pegged to be hammered into oblivion by multiple strikes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay Strong<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

That might have been true decades ago, but things might go differently today. Wyoming might not get nuked at all, retired Air Force Col. Tucker Fagan told Cowboy State Daily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That doesn\u2019t mean it would be easy here in the aftermath of nuclear war, he said. It\u2019s likely much of the country\u2019s vital infrastructure and supply chains would be destroyed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, just as during the Cold War with the now-defunct Soviet Union, it\u2019s best to keep letting the world\u2019s despots know that they\u2019d have nothing to gain and everything to lose by going nuclear, Fagan said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs long as we are strong and we can deter, and Russians and Chinese and North Koreans are afraid to die, that\u2019s the essence of deterrence,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fagan is the former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Nuclear Section under President Ronald Reagan and the former Commander of  F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to the scenarios of nuclear war, Fagan is an expert. Along with his top-level military experience, he created the \u201cnuclear football\u201d<\/u><\/a> for President Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Putin Would Probably Go After People, Not Silos <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fagan said he\u2019s seen the map that supposedly shows the safest places in case of nuclear war, and others like it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem is, they rely on the Old Cold War philosophy. Arms stockpiles peaked in the 1970s and \u201980s, when each of the sides had more than enough weapons, more than 10,000 each, to lay waste to each other many times over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Had a nuclear war erupted in those days, missile silos would have been a prime target. And Cheyenne, along with much of southeastern Wyoming has plenty of those. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treaties have since cut the nuclear arsenals of the U.S. and Russia, down to about 1,500 warheads each, Fagan said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as Russian President Vladimir Putin has demonstrated in his country\u2019s war against Ukraine,Fagan said, the primary target would probably be America\u2019s people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s the Russian objective, what are they doing in Ukraine? Killing people,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re after the people, because they know the people will not be subjugated.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Americans would similarly refuse to be subjugated, so Putin would try to kill as many as possible, Fagan said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And to do that, he might not want to waste warheads on a sparsely populated places like Wyoming, he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scare The Dictators Themselves<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Despots like Putin don\u2019t care about the lives of ordinary citizens, even those in their own countries, Fagan said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why it\u2019s important for the U.S. to make sure the dictators themselves know they wouldn\u2019t survive going nuclear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou need to let them know you have the ability to kill even them. They don\u2019t want to die. Do you think those autocrats care about their people?\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m talking about Putin, Xi Jinping (China) and Kim Jong Un (North Korea), they don\u2019t want to die.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If any of the despots launched, and Wyoming didn\u2019t get hit directly, it would still be miserable here, Fagan added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe would still lose electricity, and supply chains would disappear,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tucker Fagan (Cowboy State Daily Staff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

States Would Have To Band Together<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is a glimmer of hope in the case of major national disaster, nuclear war or otherwise, Wyoming All Hazards Association President LaRae Dobbs told Cowboy State Daily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each Wyoming county has an emergency plan, which dovetails in with state and regional plans, she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And those plans include what to do in case of a huge breakdown at the national level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s more focused on what are the cascading events that are being caused, rather than what was the event that caused it,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first order of business would be making sure supplies of food, water and medicine kept flowing, as much as possible, she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toward that end, Wyoming and surrounding states have strategic stockpiles, of such things, she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe would immediately rely on the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security to coordinate with other surrounding states,\u201d Dobbs said. \u201cWe have mutual aid agreements with the other states.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emergency coordinators at the county level are the key to making it all work, she added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know each other by name and by sight, but the majority of our communities don\u2019t even know we exist,\u201d Dobbs said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The retired colonel’s rhetoric betrays his bias. All global leaders cater to their OCGFC overlords with little regard for the people as shown by the experimental gene therapy being released on them, here and in Russia. But if there was a major exchange of nukes, there isn’t much point hitting empty silos. Consequently, I have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","category-wyoming"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9793,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9791\/revisions\/9793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}