Apartment buildings near my old house in Changwon
In case anybody hasn't heard already, North Korea has a nuclear weapons program. The surprise (*ahem*) revelation early this week is causing a bit of trouble for the Sunshine policy which is now in danger of setting amidst a possible nuclear winter, but officials in the South Korean government are still optimistic. In reality, I am actually a bit more optimistic too. You see, for years people have threatened that North Korea could be selling nuclear missiles all around the world to everyone and their dog. Now it's confirmed that they have a program but speculators are saying that North Korea has, at most, enough plutonium for two bombs. That's hardly a thriving export industry is it? Of those two, I'd assume they'd want to keep at least one-- just for the sake of being able to call themselves a nuclear power. Apply the standard White House Exaggerated Threat Spin Factor (reduce the number of any quoted danger by at least half) and you end up with one nuclear missile-- which Pyongyang will likely only bring out during parades (A nuke in the hand is worth two in the media). Overall, that's not so scary, is it?
If you're still worried, here's a link to plot your very own nuclear fallout/blast damage map, courtesy of PBS. Unfortunately, i couldn't find precise information on Seoul. From the general text, I can assume that I would completely escape the blast damage, nestled safely in my apartment in Nowon-- then die from radiation poisoning in under 16 hours. Go ahead. Try it out for yourself. I can almost guarantee that you'll find your hometown. I know. I've plugged in the hometowns of all my friends already *MUHAHA*.
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