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Who ducked and covered?

Posted on 3/13/17 at 8:40 pm
Posted by reverendotis
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Posted on 3/13/17 at 8:40 pm
Visited the National Museum of Nuclear Science recently. Greatly exceeded my expectations and only $12 for admission. Highly recommend it to anyone who grew up in the atomic age.

We weren't still doing actual bomb drills but we did watch the videos in school explaining what to expect during and after a nuclear attack.

They were still blowing the air raid sirens every so often to clear the bird nests out of them - two or three times a year if memory serves me.

Kids should grow up worrying about being incinerated at any minute, builds character.
Posted by Sampson
Chicago
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Posted on 3/13/17 at 8:42 pm to
I'm genuinely impressed you know how to operate a computer/smart device at your age
Posted by upgrayedd
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Posted on 3/13/17 at 8:43 pm to
Posted by ChenierauTigre
Dreamland
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Posted on 3/13/17 at 8:43 pm to
We used to have to get under our desks at school during the drills. Like that was going to help.
Posted by lsuoldft
Perdido Key, FL
Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 3/13/17 at 9:07 pm to
We had an evacuation plan. Parents drove to school and took as many kids in their cars as they could. We drove around a few blocks and came back to school. I wondered where we would go in the event of a real attack. Seemed no one knew.
Posted by The Boat
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Posted on 3/13/17 at 9:10 pm to
Cold War kids were hard to kill.

Under their desks in an air raid drill.
Posted by LSUAlum2001
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Posted on 3/13/17 at 9:11 pm to
Posted by WestSideTiger
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 3/13/17 at 9:13 pm to
They also warned people to keep their yards free of debris and to paint their houses bc a painted house is less likely to catch fire. Many people ignore this advice nowadays.
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 3/13/17 at 9:20 pm to
sounds interesting...where is this museum located?...
Posted by Dont_Call_Me_RAY
Member since Feb 2017
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Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:20 am to
quote:

Who ducked and covered?


Not JFK.
Posted by AnimalSteele
Member since Mar 2017
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Posted on 3/14/17 at 9:36 am to
It always seemed crazy to get under the desk to help protect against a nuclear warhead. Illusion of safety and all that.
Posted by Cali-to-Death Valley
SF Bay Area
Member since Dec 2004
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Posted on 3/14/17 at 10:10 am to
We did duck and cover drills. During those few weeks of the Cuban Missle crisis, it seemed like we did them daily. All the desks had to be aligned parallel to the windows. In reality, there was way more chance of dying when a bunch of 1st and 2nd graders struggled to turn their desks over on their sides without being crushed than there was of being killed by a nuclear blast.
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