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Great points tripletfeb!
True, if a SATAN 2 hypersonic missile was fired at us from across the pond, most people would only have ~ 4 minute heads up through the Emergency Broadcast System warning that would flash across cell phones and tv, but I've been assured by my friend at the D0D that the US has non-publicly disclosed (but not classified) automated technology that would take out missiles before touching down, which is reassuring to know for the targeted areas, but it will not prevent fallout and missile debris from coming down, nor the affects of the EMP, so I already have faraday cans packed with backup electronics.
The 30 mins to fallout touchdown is the bare minimum time (and 2 weeks is the maximum needed to take cover)....the further away from the blast area, the longer you have to reach shelter, plus we have hazmat suits/respirators to protect us and a geiger counter to let us know when radiation starts to increase. These will also protect us and let us know if it's safe if we want to check on and feed the animals after a couple of days. The bird coop is right next to the greenhouse, and since they lived in it last winter, (and they know it's full of greens and veggies), they always run to the door wanting to get in when I let them out to forage (but I keep it closed now to protect the crops) so it will be an easy task to get them in there swiftly.
Perhaps I could do drills to see how fast we can suit up and get the animals to safety lol, but I think with everything set up ahead of time, we could manage it in under 30 minutes.
The green house and home has large vestibule areas to use as clean rooms so we can decontaminate before entering the area where the animals are. In my first post I mentioned I would install NBC (Nuclear-Biological-Chemical) filters in the green house since I still have a bunch left on the roll of filter fabric after I made the filtration system for our shelter. This filter fabric is what they use on the space shuttles and ISS so I am confident it will keep their intake air clean while allowing ammonia fumes from waste to escape.
As far as food and water goes for the pigs, goats, and birds, I plan to leave more than enough grains, plus many bails of hay, so even if the pigs and goats engorge themselves on the grains all at once, they will have more than enough hay and oat bails to last.
Another concern is not being able to milk my girly goat for days...she will be very uncomfortable but that's better than suffering radiation sickness!
And another question I have is....instead of giving them potassium iodide (that's what people take for max 2 weeks following a nuke event....but have no idea idea if it is safe for animals), I have kelp iodine supplements and apple pectin supplements (pectin binds to radioactive isotopes that are ingested through food and water) and I'm wondering if I should add some to their emergency water stores, and if so, how much per gallon?
