Indiana Jones survived a small nuke by hiding in a fridge.

SideWinder said:
So is it actually possible? :o
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No.
it might block a bit of radiation but that isn't really a problem with an air burst nuke anyway, after that it all depends how far away you are, but pressure wave would kill you, if you where far enough away that the pressure wave didn't kill you, then that flight would kill you. It is one hell of a flight with an instant stop and you would be bloody and broken.
 
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SideWinder said:
It was basically a direct hit. The outside of the fridge said lead lined.

So is it actually possible? :o
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No. The fridge would have been vaporised in a direct nuclear explosion. You can melt lead on your stove so a nuke going off would negate the lead lining and besides just the blast wave would have broken every bone in his body.
 
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It worries me that you're even asking that question.
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HAHAHA +1

Come ON, It's Indiana Jones, nothing in this film is possible.
Good film though, although I recommend you watch The Godfather tonight at 9pm on Film4... Theres something we can talk about!
 
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Films generally never seem to take into account the existence of blast waves for some reason. The number of films I've seen where you can survive a blast by simply staying out of the fireball is hilarious.
 
The energy of a nuclear explosion is transferred to the surrounding medium in three distinct forms: blast; thermal radiation; and nuclear radiation. The distribution of energy among these three forms will depend on the yield of the weapon, the location of the burst, and the characteristics of the environment. For a low altitude atmospheric detonation of a moderate sized weapon in the kiloton range, the energy is distributed roughly as follows:
50% as blast;
35% as thermal radiation; made up of a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum, including infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light and some soft x-ray emitted at the time of the explosion; and
15% as nuclear radiation; including 5% as initial ionizing radiation consisting chiefly of neutrons and gamma rays emitted within the first minute after detonation, and 10% as residual nuclear radiation. Residual nuclear radiation is the hazard in fallout.
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Because of the tremendous amounts of energy liberated per unit mass in a nuclear detonation, temperatures of several tens of million degrees centigrade develop in the immediate area of the detonation.
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http://www.fas.org/nuke/intro/nuke/effects.htm

Don't think he stood much of a chance in reality. :cool:
 
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