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re: For people born before 1992, how close was your hometown to a direct Soviet ICBM strike?
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:10 pm to Swamp Angel
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:10 pm to Swamp Angel
quote:<——Cabell County Hospital Maternity Ward, Class of ‘61
I was born in Huntington and raised in Ashland.
We got out in ‘67, barely remember the place. Still know folks there.
It’s terrible. Ashland is a bit better, but that’s faint praise.
That’s an extreme area of economic backwater.
Folks who’ve never been would be surprised at how bad that region is.
Ironically the countryside that’s not despoiled is beautiful.
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Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:11 pm to Centinel
Same here.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:12 pm to UndercoverBryologist
North Lafourche would have been whipped out from blasts along the river.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:12 pm to Centinel
quote:
Born and raised in Huntsville. It was accepted that we would be fricked from day one
Good incentive to make sure those missiles coming out of Redstone Arsenal worked.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:19 pm to soccerfüt
quote:
Cabell County Hospital Maternity Ward, Class of ‘61
Cabell County (now Cabell Huntington) Maternity Ward Class of '68 for me.
What a wonderful place to be FROM and not have to go back TO!
This post was edited on 3/16/21 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:19 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Was born in Omaha and we lived in Plattsmouth, NE. When we would go to Omaha to go shopping we would drive right past the end of the Offutt AFB runway. Sometimes they would be running a drill and scrambling the B52s. We knew we were vapor if it ever kicked off.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:21 pm to gobigred
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We knew we were vapor if it ever kicked off.
Technically, you'd be a plasma until recombination occurred.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:22 pm to LegendInMyMind
Looks like they targeted all nuke plants in the 2000 strike. Lol
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:22 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Baton Rouge and the Old River Control Structure were targets.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:24 pm to soccerfüt
quote:
<——Cabell County Hospital Maternity Ward, Class of ‘61
My mother grew up in Huntington and graduated from Marshall in '45. My grandpappy was from Buckhannon, Upshur County.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:27 pm to Thecoz
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barksdale ...bossier city
SAC headquarters.
Offutt AFB in Nebraska was SAC HQ. Barksdale is (or was) the HQ of the Mighty 8th Air Force.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:27 pm to LSU Coyote
quote:Pardon me while I wipe this thing out.
North Lafourche would have been whipped out from blasts along the river.
You do know that “whipped” =/= wiped?
You really are not a good speller person.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:28 pm to soccerfüt
The Soviets would have whipped it out on North Lafourche.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:29 pm to Swamp Angel
quote:I tell people the exact same thing anytime that comes up.
What a wonderful place to be FROM
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:37 pm to Centinel
I was halfway between you and Bham. I’d have seen the mushroom clouds from both before dying a slow agonizing death from radiation poisoning or an even slower and more agonizing death from starvation and exposure during the ensuing nuclear winter.
This post was edited on 3/16/21 at 9:38 pm
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:53 pm to Friscodog
Lake Charles wasn’t the target, it was Westlake. At that time Olin Chemicals owned the plant that was bought by Arch Chemical and now is owned by Lonza. They were one of I believe two at the time then for a while the only manufacturer of hydrazine in the U.S. Hydrazine is used in the manufacturing of rocket fuels.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:55 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Vegas was always a target
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:57 pm to Thecoz
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barksdale ...bossier city SAC headquarters...lived just off base ...we knew there was no where to run....
Same
Posted on 3/16/21 at 10:21 pm to Thecoz
quote:Yep. We also knew about the first Gulf War roughly 18 or so hours before the first bombs dropped. No sound like the drone of those bombers getting airborne. It went on for hours.
barksdale ...bossier city
SAC headquarters...lived just off base ...we knew there was no where to run....
Course that wasn't quite enough---spend my last 3 years of High School in Wiesbaden, Germany which was the main Air Base/Airport sending in supplies during the Berlin Airlift.
This post was edited on 3/16/21 at 10:36 pm
Posted on 3/16/21 at 10:22 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Yeah but they used to make us do bomb drills at school where the teachers directed us into the hall and made us sit against the wall with our head between our knees and hands behind our head. I remember doing this at school in the late 1970’s early 1980’s.
This post was edited on 3/16/21 at 10:25 pm
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