Yet more evidence that the American public are discovering sarcasm; if you are old enough to remember nuclear terror done properly – of the sirens, megatonnage-per-county and “how much of England might actually be left habitable?” sort – then you’ll probably find this about as funny as I did:

ReallyReady: FAS Analysis of Ready.gov

• The visual guide for nuclear attacks understates the effects of a nuclear bomb, which would have a radius of destruction of at least a mile. A graphic, shown below, depicts “you are here” next to a nuclear blast, and recommends running around the corner:
  

  from Ready.gov: Nuclear Threat

• The first piece of advice given in the Ready.gov guidelines instructs “quickly assess the situation,” which could be replaced by a more useful recommendation, since an individual who sees a mile or more of their downtown disappear will automatically assess their surroundings.

…and for context from where I’m coming, I recommend the following (short) ZeFrank videos:

1. don’t be afraid (explains the rationale)
2. fire eagle (includes the above)