Ground Zero: Google Maps Simulates Nuclear Blasts
By Jared Newman
It’s decidedly not funny to target your hometown in the crosshairs of a “Fat Boy” or “Tsar Bomba” nuclear bomb, but if you’re curious about how big an area would be affected, the Ground Zero application from Carlos Labs is illuminating. Just type in a city name or address, select from an arsenal of historic weapons and click “Nuke It!” to view the resulting blast radius. You can even see how an asteroid like the dinosaur-wiping Chicxulub would pretty much screw us all. [Carlos Labs via BLDGBLOG]
Give Ground Zero a try, nuke your own neighborhood.
