If there are multiple nukes detonated across the United States, roving bands of looters from those cities (that were just nuked) raping their way through rural areas would be the LAST thing you need to worry about.
I would think it would be more like:
I can't believe this is happening, and I'm still alive. Is everyone OK?
Who did it?
What areas were hit?
How many died?
Did we retaliate?
Are there more incoming?
Am I near a silo/base/dam/power plant that will get hit?
Am I in danger of radiation fallout?Are my friends and family in other parts of the country alive?
WTF is going on?!?! Powers down...I don't what is going on. (Single terrorist? Accident? All out war?)
Is this the end of the world?
What do I do next??!? Should I stay here? Is it safe?
What is the government doing? Is there still a government? (OK, maybe not...insert potato joke here).
Not...."Oh bummer, nukes hit....better go outside to drop a tree and set up a defensive perimeter. The Duke and his crew will be here any day now"
Something to keep in mind.
If a large nuclear event happens, everything in the path of any fallout is toast. That means no living off the land, no hunting, no well water, no livestock, no crops....nada. If it is in the path of any fallout, consider it contaminated. You would also want to stay indoors as much as possible.
If you are lucky enough to be out of harms way, and months later, you see people. They are not there to loot you for your valuables and rape your wife. If they are there with intent on harm, it is to scavenge your house for food, water antibiotics and painkillers. And as I said before, you should probably be concerned with locals that KNOW what you have vs some radioactive stranger stumbling through the country side scrounging for food. Yes, they are dangerous, but so is your neighbor down the road that only had 6 weeks worth of food and water for his family, and you are now 8 weeks into this event. (Or vice versa, maybe you don't plan on letting your family starve....and you know the elderly prepper that lives 5 miles away had 6 months worth of stuff in is basement.)