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Old 06-10-2009, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Graebarde
Life After Doomsday has a windrose table in the appendix that shows the wind speed and direction for locations all across the US.

Also remember that radiation starts to degrade at a factor 7/10 ( ten fold drop for every seven fold time) from time of detonation. The longer they are in the atmosphere the less lethal they are when they fall.

I actually have found the average wind direction for November 1997 for 313 locations through out the US. I think I am going to determine the closest location to a strike and use a slightly randomized wind based on that location's average wind direction.

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