I have to think that that would trigger all out war.

It may very well be as simple as not wanting to detonate a hydrogen bomb in the more confined areas of the Yellow Sea (which would also upset the Chinese and Russians) or the Sea of Japan.

I also suspect that detonating a hydrogen bomb in the open Pacific would also make it harder for the US and others to fully evaluate the results of the test.

Hawaii is preparing for nuclear attack, according to the Internet

Warnings but I don't know if the hotel businesses talked him out of it or not.

We're filling the water jug and checking our batteries, etc,

I just loathe DJT. None of this had to happen.

Nome, Alaska is closer and probably has fewer defenses

is that he would probably be more than willing to sell the recipes to terrorist groups—if he hasn't already.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/21/kim-jong-un-trump-north-korea-threats

Japan braces as North Korea threatens hydrogen bomb test in Pacific

Japan must brace itself for the possible launch of a nuclear-armed North Korean missile over its territory if the regime carries out a threat to test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, Japan’s defence minister has warned. Itsunori Onodera said such a test could involve a nuclear device mounted on a medium-range or intercontinental ballistic missile. “We cannot deny the possibility it may fly over our country,” Onodera said, hours after the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, said Donald Trump would “pay dearly” for threatening to destroy his regime.

The prospect of a major escalation in tensions in the region rose after North Korea’s foreign minister, Ri Yong-ho, said Pyongyang could respond to Trump’s recent threat of military action by testing a powerful nuclear weapon in the Pacific. Ri, who is due to address the UN general assembly at the weekend, told reporters in New York: “It could be the most powerful detonation of an H-bomb in the Pacific. We have no idea about what actions could be taken as it will be ordered by leader Kim Jong-un.”

Earlier, in an unprecedented personal statement, Kim said that he was considering retaliating at the “highest level” after Trump warned that the US would “totally destroy North Korea” if Washington was forced to defend itself or its allies.
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and the idiot-potus is just as much responsible for this slow march to armageddon as the idiot-supreme leader threatening to use an hydrogen bomb to make a point. Deplorable mess. And I just can't believe the nazi's and confederates of our nation want this. If they do, they are just as dangerously psychopathic as their goddam supreme leader.

will be wall street dumping about 60 % while tRump craps his diaper. im sure banksters with their huge short positions will love it.