Nuclear war dream

I have had 2 or 3 war dreams in my life. Last night I had the most realistic war dream ever. I dreamed that I saw a flash so bright I could not look at it. It was from the Salt Lake Valley. I was at my parents house where I grew up. It was so realistic it's scary. The dream went on. I went to a place where I had hidden guns and ammo and fled to the low hills with a group of people. I didn't know who any of them were. While up there the dream was so realistic again. I remember tripping over rocks and falling down 2 times. When we were hiking up there we saw another flash coming from the Provo area. I just knew in my dream that the flashes of light were nuclear bombs.

I don't think about this stuff very often. In fact it was Easter and I had just come from a family dinner. I had taken some pictures and was thinking about my family and those pictures. I don't know where this dream came from but I had to put it down in writing so I would remember when I had it.

I know dreams are not literal and shouldn't be taken literally but I do wonder why i would have this kind of dream and why it was one of those that are so realistic. It has me worried. It makes me wonder what would need to happen before things got so bad that Salt Lake and Provo got nuked.

Anyway, odd dream. That's my thought for the day.