Talk:Pilot (Jericho)

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[edit] EMP and Denver cloud

The information in the sections marked "Electromagnetic Pulse Effects", and the section of the Trivia on the yield of the Denver explosion should be eliminated, as they constitute Original Research. In any case, one simply can't cite the entire contents of the Nuclear Effects book to support their theory about weapon yields - unless the book refers specifically to the mushroom cloud in the Jericho program itself, in which case, we'll need a page number.

Agreed. It's highly unlikely that a groundburst nuclear device would create any kind of significant EMP effect outside of its own blast radius. In order for the EMP effect to disable electronics, a large nuclear weapon (on the order of megatons) has to be detonated at an extremely high altitude. So away it goes. MikeFTM 18:30, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reference

The shape of the mushroom cloud seen in the episode is suggestive of an atmospheric nuclear blast in sub-megaton range, with maximum height of roughly 50-70 thousand feet. It is unlikely that such an explosion, should it occur in Denver, would be so visible anywhere in Kansas. [1]

The reference for this is an 8 megabyte PDF file, surely we can find something much smaller in a more conventional file type to support this claim? 211.30.71.59 12:21, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

I am no expert on air bursts, but someone please explain to me how a burst at 50-70 thousand feet will show a rising mushroom column from at or very near ground level? The distance from Denver to Jericho coupled with the curvature of the Earth cannot even remotely approach 50-70 kft. The intervening mountains visible in the shot guarantee that. Air bursts don't shoot a narrow column *down*, they shoot one up in the form of superheated material rising at insane speeds. In addition, an air burst would imply an ICMB, or rather a dozen of them within an hour of each other, which while possible is highly unlikely even in the supposed 2009 the series is set in. 216.99.212.251 22:16, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Official Title Of Pilot Episode

Per CBS, and as reported on Kryptonsite's Jericho forums, the official title of the pilot is "The First 17 Hours". The links need to be updated accordingly if someone more versed in that high a level of change would care to make them. 66.90.151.114 08:40, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Care to cite where CBS says its "The First 17 Hours"? thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 08:53, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

The CBS Jericho web site lists "Pilot" as the title, as does IMDB and most web hits - the only one I found with "17 Hours" is Kryptonsite. "Pilot" it is, barring any proof otherwise. --Ckatz^chat_spy 08:58, 22 October 2006 (UTC)