“”"”"East coast is wide open for this,”"”"”"

We eat-Coasters are tough as cockroaches, and — like those much-maligned critters — can probably survive nuclear blasts.

Also, we east-coasters know that — while the effects of a likely neclear blats form the likely yield of weapon available to rogue states and terrorists would be devastating to some locality — the catacllysmic effects of a nuclear blast are somewhat overstated. For instance, I have no idea where this “1 million casualties” notion comes from when talking about a single strike.

Finally, us folks in a potential ground zero know that we would be vaporized instantly, so there.