Comments on: Los Angeles goes boom http://blogging.la/2009/02/27/los-angeles-goes-boom/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: AArtVark http://blogging.la/2009/02/27/los-angeles-goes-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-32683 AArtVark Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:03:31 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=21671#comment-32683 Great post! For anyone that grew up pre-Iron Curtain going down, this was a reality. One of my small comforts was knowing that Los Angeles was targeted with overkill capacity because of all the defense contractors - Skunk Works, Rocketdyne, Hughes, etc... So it would have generally been a quick and painless end. If one was lucky a good view of one or two detonations would be visible before being vaporized. BTW - ICBM's still exist. We got 'em, the Russians got 'em... They're not deactivated and in monthballs. Just because no one talks about it anymore doesn't mean that some maniac can't still launch 'em. With the end of the cold war, the US "detargeted" our ICBM's, the Russians did not last I heard... and they've just recently finished their Doomsday launch capabilities - kind of like in Dr. Strangelove, but not as sci-fi. http://www.slate.com/id/2173108/pagenum/all/#page_start But don't worry - all will be just fine. Great post! For anyone that grew up pre-Iron Curtain going down, this was a reality. One of my small comforts was knowing that Los Angeles was targeted with overkill capacity because of all the defense contractors – Skunk Works, Rocketdyne, Hughes, etc… So it would have generally been a quick and painless end. If one was lucky a good view of one or two detonations would be visible before being vaporized.

BTW – ICBM’s still exist. We got ‘em, the Russians got ‘em… They’re not deactivated and in monthballs. Just because no one talks about it anymore doesn’t mean that some maniac can’t still launch ‘em. With the end of the cold war, the US “detargeted” our ICBM’s, the Russians did not last I heard… and they’ve just recently finished their Doomsday launch capabilities – kind of like in Dr. Strangelove, but not as sci-fi.
http://www.slate.com/id/2173108/pagenum/all/#page_start

But don’t worry – all will be just fine.

]]> By: lucindamichele http://blogging.la/2009/02/27/los-angeles-goes-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-32682 lucindamichele Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:57:48 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=21671#comment-32682 That is a thing of beauty. That is a thing of beauty.

]]> By: WILL CAMPBELL http://blogging.la/2009/02/27/los-angeles-goes-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-32681 WILL CAMPBELL Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:42:10 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=21671#comment-32681 Strike that: it's not the Google underground that's twisted, it's Carlos Labs. Strike that: it’s not the Google underground that’s twisted, it’s Carlos Labs.

]]> By: WILL CAMPBELL http://blogging.la/2009/02/27/los-angeles-goes-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-32680 WILL CAMPBELL Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:40:38 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=21671#comment-32680 There is a subbasement in the Google compound that is populated by some seriously morbid geeks. There is a subbasement in the Google compound that is populated by some seriously morbid geeks.

]]> By: evan http://blogging.la/2009/02/27/los-angeles-goes-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-32679 evan Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:30:57 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=21671#comment-32679 I think I would rather die in a nuclear blast than survive. I think I would rather die in a nuclear blast than survive.

]]> By: waltarrrrr http://blogging.la/2009/02/27/los-angeles-goes-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-32678 waltarrrrr Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:17:35 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=21671#comment-32678 Tip: enter a zipcode for better accuracy. Tip: enter a zipcode for better accuracy.

]]> By: Jason Burns http://blogging.la/2009/02/27/los-angeles-goes-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-32677 Jason Burns Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:38:02 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=21671#comment-32677 It may be a little premature to claim that we have survived Seacrest. It may be a little premature to claim that we have survived Seacrest.

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