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- Jan 14, 2020
Why the fuck would we evacuate Hawaii just because of nuclear accidents a quarter of the way around the world from it? The Pacific is big, really big, and water is very good at absorbing radiation. I mean, vast quantities of nuclear pollution in the SCS would be an environmental disaster of unprecedented magnitude, but it's not like everyone in Japan is going to get radiation poisoning suddenly, let alone the people in Hawaii. Remember how many times we nuked random islands in the '50s and '60s, just to test things out? Not a good thing to do, since it kicked a lot of radioactive dust into the atmosphere, but you'll note Hawaii is still inhabited.
One thing I would like to add to that point is the amount of nuclear testing that was done in the Nevada desert in the 1950's and 60's as well. Iodine 131 exposure leads to thyroid disease, hence how come there is such a high prevalence of endocrine associated disorders since the nuke age in certain portions of North America. This event unfolding, I wouldn't say that it would ruin the entire Pacific, quite a bit of a hysterical take. Though it will for sure fuck a lot of the marine life, and considering that the Pacific Ocean is where the marine life thrive. We could see some serious consequences to the food supply in Asia, a long with the amount of agriculture it would destroy (on top of the pandemic && epidemic(s) ).
People also tend to forget the amount of environmental damage the non-nuke factor would cause, because think about how China essentially is the worlds industrial waste land at this point. If even some of the residual chemical waste, let alone the bio-hazards that are going to get leached in the ocean, will probably fuck a lot of things up in that neighborhood for a long time. That would the untimely demise of the CPP at that point, no need for any type of conflict what so ever at that point, and then the commie cannibalization can begin. Either way though, I don't see the current communist China surviving beyond the mid 2020's at this stage in the game, too much bad shit in too little of time.