What Would Happen if North Korea Hit San Francisco with a Nuclear Missile?

It wouldn’t be pretty. Here’s a quick breakdown of what to expect.

Simulated effect of a 30-kiloton nuclear airburst explosion over downtown San Francisco. Yellow is the fireball radius; green is the radiation-death radius; gray is the air-blast radius; and orange is the thermal-radiation-burns radius. Courtesy of NukeMaps.

Talk of missiles and mayhem has found ample play in the news cycle as of late as Trump tweets and international sanctions inflame the nuclear aspirations of the North Korean government. The San Francisco Bay Area is a rich and…