Scientists Know How You’ll Respond to Nuclear War—and They Have a Plan

Interesting article.

This is also an example of "if we only had more computing power".

I do disagree with Lee Clarke -- these are not "'fantasy documents', designed for the purpose of giving the public a sense of comfort, but not much else." These simulations do provide one basis for emergency preparedness planning and the need for appropriate policies such as robust, resilient, multimode communications capabilities and a resilient and restorable electrical power grid.