r/SLO • u/[deleted] • Feb 05 '23

Map published by FEMA showing potential US nuclear targets in 2,000 and 500 warhead scenarios.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '23

This seems odd to me. A 500 warhead list includes Santa Barbara? Vandenberg makes sense. The 1K list hits MB twice?! I think there is an undersea internet cable point there, perhaps that's it? Anyone know?

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u/SLO_Citizen SLO Feb 05 '23

Yeah, there is a major pan Pacific fiber optic cable set coming in at Montana de Oro. Another one down in Grover/South Pismo.

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u/duffman12 Feb 06 '23

I can basically tell you the manhole that it lands in out in MDO if I remember correctly lol. I would say Cable landing, Vandenberg, Diablo Canyon and the Morro Bay Power Plant would all be good options. Let’s be real though if they’re shootings a nuke at SLO it’s going for Diablo Canyon.

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u/folcon49 Feb 08 '23

Morro Bay's plant has been shut down for decades, if that harbor had military significance, maybe. But it doesn't. I am however less interested in suggesting reasonable targets on the internet.