
This is the most accurate answer so far. Face away from the blast immediately as soon as you can, because you can be blinded for hours by the intense light produced by a nuclear explosion (called 'flash blindness', imagine being blinded by a camera times say, a thousand.) You should immediately duck under or in something heavy and well fortified, perhaps under a car or inside of a building (a basement is preferable.) EDIT:((Thanks, jamren!)) The safest, most prime area for you to be is a middle level of a tall building (provided they survived the explosion) but this post is written in the idea that time is a factor, or you live in a city without many high rises (or perhaps you're in another ...
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