For one thing, Baton Rouge wouldn't be here. The Exxon refinery made it a primary nuclear target during the Cold War and the proximity of the missiles in Cuba would have guaranteed it was one of the first cities wiped out if things had gotten hot.

Looking around BR today, that might not have been so bad.

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Posted by LegendInMyMind

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Posted on 7/3/21 at 4:54 pm to Dinosaur Vacuum

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For one thing, Baton Rouge wouldn't be here. The Exxon refinery made it a primary nuclear target during the Cold War and the proximity of the missiles in Cuba would have guaranteed it was one of the first cities wiped out if things had gotten hot.

I didn't have a chance of being here really, at the time both parents and grandparents lived within spitting distance of a nuclear plant.

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Posted by The Boat

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Posted on 7/3/21 at 4:56 pm to Dinosaur Vacuum

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For one thing, Baton Rouge wouldn't be here. The Exxon refinery made it a primary nuclear target during the Cold War and the proximity of the missiles in Cuba would have guaranteed it was one of the first cities wiped out if things had gotten hot.

Yes.. the ol "my city would have been wiped out in a nuclear war" trope. The same thing was said right after 9/11 in a morbid attempt to make people feel like their city is more important than it is.

The Soviets had plans for nukes to hit every city in the US.

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Posted by GreenRockTiger

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Posted on 7/3/21 at 5:16 pm to Dinosaur Vacuum

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For one thing, Baton Rouge wouldn't be here. The Exxon refinery made it a primary nuclear target during the Cold War and the proximity of the missiles in Cuba would have guaranteed it was one of the first cities wiped out if things had gotten hot.