I wasn't born until 1985 but my parents would have not had a fun time. They lived (and still live) further out in Suffolk in Bellport/East Patchogue. Think they would have been OK from any blasts but fallout from the west and north would have been a problem. Not sure what would get knocked out except for BNL and probably Gabreski and Grumman further east.We lived on Long Island, about 35 miles east of Manhattan. Probably would have been ok from the initial strike on NYC, but depending on fallout patterns we could have been very uncomfortable.
Also, there's the prospect of strikes on what at the time were the Fairchild-Republic plants in East Farmingdale. That would have probably ruined our day, backyard fallout shelter or not
Also, there probably were at least a couple of targets on the Connecticut shoreline north of us.