The Nuclear Attacks are the beginning of the storyline for Jericho. These attacks are depicted to have occurred sometime in September during the year 2006. These attacks consisted of nuclear weapons being used in the destruction of 23 American cities.
Cities included in the nuclear attack were:
- Denver, Colorado ("Fallout")
- Atlanta, Georgia ("Fallout")
- Chicago, Illinois ("Fallout")
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ("Fallout")
- San Diego, California ("Fallout")
- Dallas, Texas ("Four Horsemen")
- Los Angeles, California ("Four Horsemen")
- San Francisco, California ("Four Horsemen")
- Seattle, Washington ("Four Horsemen")
- Lawrence, Kanas (Live Long the Mayor)
- Kanas City, Missouri ("Four Horsemen")
- Detroit, Michigan (9:02)
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (9:02)
- New Orleans, Louisiana (9:02)
- Washington, D.C. (Live Long the Mayor)
- Baltimore, Maryland (Black Jack)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
