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Old 11-17-2008, 04:02 PM
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According to canon there were only two bursts within 40 miles of Chicago. Both were either south and east of the city reducing fallout. The Whiting IN strike being a 1.75 MT one would be the closest at 15 miles. I remember in the previous thread the closest fallout source (strike to the west) was well over 100 miles away.

The Whiting strike would cause serious problems with the southern industrial portion of the city. The northern and western portions of the city and quite a few Military installations (Great lakes Naval Station, Fort Sheridan, Glenview Naval Air Station) would not have been hit seriously by primary effects of the weapons. Post the TDM strikes the 49th Armored did not leave for 2 months so I am assuming that things were not too bad.

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