Of course a full on nuclear war could cause hurricane force winds and fire storms. Does anyone really know how far that could spread? There is a lot of vegetation in close proximity to targets, and in places little to stop a fire spreading for hundreds of miles through crops and forest.
Also, you would have to deal with the fallout from the nuclear power plants that have just been mixed into those hurrican force winds.
Humanity may survive but the effects could be felt far beyond the blast radius of the bombs.
Of course, but there would still be many survivors (especially in the 50s and 60s) and good civil defense measures would have greatly increased that number.
Also, you would have to deal with the fallout from the nuclear power plants that have just been mixed into those hurrican force winds.
Humanity may survive but the effects could be felt far beyond the blast radius of the bombs.