In case of a nuclear attack.... stay put.

[elikay]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/science/16terror.html
U.S. Rethinks Strategy for the Unthinkable     By WILLIAM J. BROAD                       
 Suppose the unthinkable happened, and terrorists struck New York or   another big city with an atom bomb. What should people there do? The   government has a surprising new message: Do not flee. Get inside any   stable building and don’t come out till officials say it’s safe.       
     The advice is based on recent scientific analyses showing that a nuclear   attack is much more survivable if you immediately shield yourself from   the lethal radiation that follows a blast, a simple tactic seen as   saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Even staying in a car, the   studies show, would reduce casualties by more than 50 percent; hunkering   down in a basement would be better by far.       
  But a problem for the Obama administration is how to spread the word   without seeming alarmist about a subject that few politicians care to   consider, let alone discuss. So officials are proceeding gingerly in a   campaign to educate the public.       
http://www.citizencorps.gov/downloads/pdf/news/nccp/3-5_IND_Fact_Sheet_FINAL.pdf

[mancunian]

hmm

[elikay]

it was late at night...

[mancunian]

that hmm was directed at the article actually 

[whYME]

"based on recent scientific analyses showing that a nuclear attack is much more survivable..."

Translation: "we spent Millions of dollars doing studies to determine that Hiding out in a basement protects you from radioactive fallout far better than hanging out on the street."