Lots of speculation here. Will it be a dirty bomb? A Hollywood production? Something exploded underwater? Will it be in DC not NY? I don't know and neither do you. Maybe those dollar folders do.
I live on Long Island, NY. Get out! you say. Really? What do I do with the contents of my house? What do I do with my house?
I've been stockpiling all the right things and growing a garden. Just like I did in 2012 before Superstorm Sandy. Guess what? All my preps were destroyed. House gone and everything in it.
We watched the twin towers collapse together.
Background: I am 70. My husband of 35 years died of covid in January. It is a blessing that we were able to start over in a home that allowed my son and DIL to live in an apartment on the second floor.
I've been looking at properties in SC and I can swing another home there but just barely as I watch the deferred comp account my husband built over years laboring in a sewage treatment plant dwindle. I feel a profound sense of stewardship towards these and other funds he left me. But you say fiat will soon be worthless.
And another concern is my faith. I am Catholic. The south is overwhelmingly Baptist.
So, wise speculators, what would you do? Live in fear? Act rashly? And what about my dogs? Or just keep living until the flash bang or tidal wave comes?
If I lived on Long Island, NY, I would personally stay put.
From the warnings NYC has been giving, whatever is coming won't be a full nuclear detonation, nor will it be an EMP (which would destroy NYC's electrical grid, computers, communications, etc...).
What they seem to be warning about is likely a dirty bomb, as in a large showy fireball and some radioactive fallout thrown in so that Russia can be blamed.
Chances are, on Long Island you are about 35 miles East of NYC, and you get plenty of clean breezes from the ocean that will quickly clear the air of any bits of radioactive dust (if it's even real).
I would just get a few bottles of Iodide tablets, to protect myself from absorbing radioactive fallout, store a large amount of bottled water... and stay put.
People from NYC will either shelter in place... or Millions will make a mad dash for safety. In any case, they won't be going EAST. Not one person from NYC will try to flee East to Long Island.
Anyone that wants to loot, or cause any problems in NYC during the chaos will have ample room to do that. They know the consequences of trying that on Long Island. The trouble spots will be In NYC and West of the city.
Whatever happens in NYC, the National Guard will be set up on major roadways and bridges in order to lock people down or to get them to evacuate West, North or South. That same National Guard will prevent any traffic from going East... unless they can show ID proving that they live there.
After the event is over, and for at least a few weeks afterwards, you can enjoy peace and quiet (and occasional helicopters flying over).
I'd stay put. If NYC is "attacked", every other major city in the nation and every other state will be on high alert. Chicago, Atlanta, LA, Houston, Boston, etc... will all lock down and people will be required to stay home. Just because you went to SC or anywhere else doesn't mean you won't be under the same lockdown orders there as if you just stayed in Long Island.
We all know the whole incident will be false-flag crap. Let people run around and play their games. Meanwhile, I would stay home, enjoy the weather, let the dogs play and not worry about it too much. The last thing I would do is to flee to other parts of the U.S., where the chaos will be happening but where I don't know the neighbors or the surroundings as well.
I've seen people use this online NukeMap before to see the impact: https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
There is a setting to see the impact of a smaller detonation.