We're a cheerful bunch at YorkshireLive and so today we'd thought we'd talk about the cheerful subject of nuclear armageddon.

You may have wondered – or just as likely, never wondered – what would happen if Huddersfield town centre took a direct hit from a nuclear warhead.

How many people would die? Would any of our fine buildings survive? Would anyone survive and if so, where are the places with the greatest chance of survival?

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Using the cautionary, if rather macabre Outrider tool we'll bring you the mood-enhancing, projected statistics of doom.

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Over 80,000 would die if a nuclear bomb went off in Huddersfield, according to Outrider

To state the bleeding obvious a direct hit from a 300-kilotonne American W87 warhead would be devastating, not that the US – the UK's greatest ally – is ever likely to do that.

According to Outrider, 82,325 people would die and a further 73,162 people would be injured. Huddersfield has about 170,000 inhabitants, so such a scenario would affect 91% of the population. Woah.

The main blast would take out the entire town centre and university area. All buildings up to and including Huddersfield Royal Infirmary would be destroyed.

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Almost all life as far as Paddock, Fartown and Moldgreen would be wiped out while a wave of scorching radiation would destroy almost all homes as far as Golcar and Fixby.

Skin-melting heat would be felt as far as Linthwaite, Brockholes and Rastrick while windows would blow out as far as Holmfirth, Slaithwaite and Mirfield.

Of course, there are additional effects such as multiple fires and fatal levels of radiation in the air.

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More likely to hit the centre of Huddersfield with a nuclear missile – although extremely unlikely in the grand scheme of things – is North Korea.

Dictator Kim Jong-un has 240-kilotonne bombs at his disposal so the devastation would be 20% less devastating but nonetheless devastating.

If the bomb was detonated above Huddersfield town centre it would be more devastating.

The best places for survival

According to the US Government's official advice, the safest place to be is underground, or in the centre of a building away from windows.

If you have a cellar, as many of Huddersfield's old houses do, you have a greater chance of survival.

Additional credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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