surviving bomb blasts

[bigpaul]

[Mosstrooper]

gives you a pretty good idea of the situation ..... how i`d react i`m not sure.
i know that these kind of attacks really anger me

[bigpaul]

i think my first reaction if i survived and wasnt injured would be to get the hell out of there in case there were other bombs planted, also by getting out i would be one less body for the emergency services to worry about.

[Jonas]

It's not necessarily just bombs. A fertilizer plant north of Waco Texas blew up this morning, showing a 2.2 on the Richter scale. Not terrorism, just an industrial accident, but quite a few, including firemen and EMTs injured and some casualties. You might want to take note of any companies near you that have the potential to explode and widen your awareness and plans accordingly.

[bigpaul]

It's not necessarily just bombs. A fertilizer plant north of Waco Texas blew up this morning, showing a 2.2 on the Richter scale. Not terrorism, just an industrial accident, but quite a few, including firemen and EMTs injured and some casualties. You might want to take note of any companies near you that have the potential to explode and widen your awareness and plans accordingly.

thats is why we left Somerset when there were plans to build a 3rd nuclear power plant less than 15 miles from where we lived, we now live in a small rural market town, where the worst businesses are a small 2 pump filling station 1 mile away, a couple of car repair places, an abattoir(slaughterhouse) on the other side of town and a dog biscuit wholesaler!

[Highlander]

[Grumpy Grandpa]

Was ambushed at the back of that damned bus station...

[Straight Shooter]

Never experienced anything like that HL ......and never want to .....don't know how I would react , nothing can prepare you for something like that.... brings home what our guys and gals go through in war zones, how can anyone come to terms and reconcile that, bloody impossible , even with time

[Mortblanc]

The reason there is so much chaos and panic is that the bombers pick soft target to create panic and confusion.

How would you react?

Depends on the size of the device, where it is placed, how far you are from it and it you are injured. Lots of factors and you often have no control over your reaction.

Bombs create concussion, concussion scrambes your brain.

I once was inside a command post bunker that took a direct hit from a Russian 82mm mortar round. It was a well built bunker and still collapsed on us.

I did not have a scratch on me but both ears were bleeding, I was completely addled and remained that way for several days. Some say I am still addled.!

I do know that my ears have been ringing for 40 years and I say "what did you say?" a great deal.

I also have a scar on my leg from shrapnel that exploded more than 200 yards from my position! I am sure that if it had hit me in the head rather than the leg I would be dead. Now that one pi$$ed me off!

You never know what you are goin gto do until the situation arises. Better just count on crapping you pants and squeeling like a little girl as you run away. I have seen well trained soldiers do that.

I have also seen hard core athiests pray like Jesuits and promise their lives to missionary service while cowered in the fetal position.

[Highlander]

Its training that makes the difference in most cases