However, the distance from ground zero and the additional level of protection proved noteworthy.
It was ground zero for the psychedelic poster.
Injuries were reported up to 5 km and damaged houses were reported as far as 10 km from ground zero.
Just minutes before detonation, they knelt and braced themselves against the ground zero side of the trench and then ordered to take cover.
The expression ground zero was largely connected with nuclear explosions at the time this song was written.
Exposure to the toxins in the debris is alleged to have contributed to fatal or debilitating illnesses among people who were at ground zero.
Not everybody will be within the area of total destruction, even if it is a 20-mile radius from the ground zero of the nuclear strikes.
Members of the balloon unit were withdrawn to a safe distance of not less than 12·5 km from ground zero at the time of detonation.
