Your post was very informative. it would appear you love in Georgia. The highway system there is very complex. Does your state currently employ an evacuation route inland or is it just coastal? I live just south of you in Florida and our evacuation routes are 75 N, the Turnpike N, and 95 N. But then we already deal with that issue during hurricane season. People in central and northern Florida flood into your state, causing even more congestion on your highway system.
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I think that for any state this could be a problem. Careful planning of evacuation routes, contingency routes included in that, should always take place. it would appear, depending on the type of blast, that many people could seek shelter in your larger buildings in ATL. They are concrete construction and provide basement levels.
Based on the readings the main issue is distance from the blast, and time. Being far enough away to not be affected by the initial blast could save some lives, but there is always the issue of fallout with nuclear waste. This can pose a problem for some time. Bioterrorism is another issue all together. It is an issue of containing an airborne attack of an organism which can be difficult. I mean look at how the flu spreads even with vaccinations being available. Imagine an organism that there is no vaccine for and maybe no current line of effective treatment. The Ebola spread in western central Africa about five years ago comes to mind. We were preparing for the potential spread of it here. It was daunting.
We can prepare for all of this as much as we want, but the best defense to me is maintaining a good relationship with nations that could potentially launch an attack.
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