Nuclear Destruction Range

ID: 5226 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Washington State Archives.
This file appears in: Head for the Hills

This map of the destruction range for a nuclear attack demonstrates the futility of evacuation.

This file appears in: Head for the Hills

By Steven Fry
On a rainy spring morning in Spokane, the wailing cries of air raid sirens rang across downtown. Operation Walkout had begun, as thousands of employees and residents evacuated the downtown district on foot. They gathered at points where busses were…