New York City’s emergency management office has come under scrutiny for a decision to air a public service announcement offering residents of the city advice on how to survive a nuclear weapons attack.
The office defended its decision on Wednesday, stating that the advertisement was meant to spread awareness of how to survive a nuclear attack in the event that a nuclear weapon was aimed at New York.
“There is no direct threat to the city but we felt it was important that we addressed this topic,” said Allison Pennisi, head of public information for NYC Emergency Management.
The 90-second advertisement, released online by the department on Monday, opens with a person saying: “So there’s been a nuclear attack. Don’t ask me how or why, just know that the big one has hit.”
It makes you wonder how fucked up the priorities of the people who are supposed to be in charge really are, doesn’t it? And you wonder why I have no faith at all in any of these so-called ‘civic leaders’