The reason that the earth has not already been destroyed by nukes is that when a nuclear bomb detonates it creates a vacuum around itself large enough to contain a good deal of the blast (as is my understanding of it). This would explain why the atmosphere hasn't ignited by now. Anyway, that's what I hear tell. I'll visit a website and confirm this information. Technical details to follow.
I feel fairly confident that we won't be experiencing nuclear war anytime soon. As stupid as the nuke-havers of the world are, they aren't crazy (as far as I know). They realize that a single nuke launched will doom the world. If one country launches a nuke at another country with a nuke, the latter will panic and fire nukes at the other countries with nukes, and everyone will start bombing each other, and the entire earth will be destroyed. And I don't think they want that.
The way I see it, there are two things that might happen if a nuke ever gets dropped on the U.S.: 1) I am taken by surprise and killed, and 2) I don't get affected and I flee the country. Thus, stockpiling supplies and whatnot is a moot point. I just really can't imagine sticking around in a country that's being bombed.
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