Recent content by Slim Pickens

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    Writing: Input Wanted Does a Nuclear Blast Create a Vacuum Effect Toward the Epicenter?

    The Turk 28112 blast is mesmerizing, in a horrible way.
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    Writing: Input Wanted Does a Nuclear Blast Create a Vacuum Effect Toward the Epicenter?

    Ehh, not sure.. I think for minimal accuracy I need to place the vacuum effect after the shock-wave. Which, come to think of it, makes a lot more sense.
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    Writing: Input Wanted Does a Nuclear Blast Create a Vacuum Effect Toward the Epicenter?

    Thank you! This is very helpful to the scene!
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    Writing: Input Wanted Does a Nuclear Blast Create a Vacuum Effect Toward the Epicenter?

    Thanks for the response. Apologies for the confusion! If I move my character to an elevated position, say mountain overlook 30km away, would he feel the effect of air moving towards the mushroom cloud?
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    Writing: Input Wanted Does a Nuclear Blast Create a Vacuum Effect Toward the Epicenter?

    Hi all, thanks for allowing me on to your forum. I'm not a physicist, but I am trying to write a piece of fiction and I'm aiming to get my physics at least some what plausible, so I thought I'd ask the experts. It goes like this: A character in a novel I'm slaving on (set in the early 80s) is...
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    Exploring Plausible Physics in Science Fiction: A Forum for Writers

    Thank you very much!
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    Exploring Plausible Physics in Science Fiction: A Forum for Writers

    Hi all, thanks for allowing me on to your forum. I'm not a physicist, but I am trying to write a piece of fiction and I'm aiming to get my physics at least some what plausible, so I thought I'd ask the experts. Any help would be greatly appreciated.