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In reply to the discussion: Remember these? (if you're an old fart that is) [View all]braddy
(3,585 posts)77. Do as you please, but please don't push it onto the general public, let people try to
Last edited Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:27 AM - Edit history (1)
save as many lives as possible, and reduce as many injuries and their severity as we can.
I can't understand this obsession with standing up and watching debris and heat coming at you and at school children, it almost seems like a political, or ideological, or spiritual position.
Here are two Wiki links that will explain the usefulness of seeking cover.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_and_Cover_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_and_cover
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Duck and cover is still what you need to do if you see a blast, or tornado, or explosion, etc.
braddy
Dec 2016
#9
Unless of course, if you are within the total destruction radius of a modern nuclear weapon.
A HERETIC I AM
Dec 2016
#15
I think we all know that, but it doesn't change the fact that duck and cover is a huge life saver
braddy
Dec 2016
#24
No it isn't, a bomb in a city is not a matter of only being vaporized, or unscathed. Countless
braddy
Dec 2016
#38
I'm sorry but you really ought not kid people into thinking that if they are in range of a nuclear
Augiedog
Dec 2016
#52
As a veteran you should remember some of your own training in duck and cover. We were trained in
braddy
Dec 2016
#62
Army basic training should have covered much more than shooting an M-16, mine did at
braddy
Dec 2016
#75
If you see a "blast" it literally will be the last thing you ever see. Yes, I am a Vietnam vet and I
Augiedog
Dec 2016
#74
Do as you please, but please don't push it onto the general public, let people try to
braddy
Dec 2016
#77
In the two Japanese bombings, odds are 1:1000 on living. Today's are thousands of times powerful.
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2016
#89
I grew up by a munitions plant, the department of defense, a major aircraft company
RKP5637
Dec 2016
#27
See #27, that was my life as a little kid. Also, we used to hear explosions from the munitions
RKP5637
Dec 2016
#32
In 1973, many of us in the military were packed and ready to go, during that global alert.
braddy
Dec 2016
#11
Many people living in the US today probably have no idea what we're talking about.
RKP5637
Dec 2016
#34
Drop drills. I recall those from the the 60's. Teacher would yell "Drop" & you assumed the position
iluvtennis
Dec 2016
#49
I remember being shown this video in grade school in the 1970s: Duck and Cover Cartoon Turtle
malchickiwick
Dec 2016
#56
Ill probably get a hide for this, but here goes: in the 50s/60s, those guys were a different country
jack_krass
Dec 2016
#57
I remember October 1962. Dad drove us to the Philly airport and showed us the B-47s lined up,
Ford_Prefect
Dec 2016
#59
Once upon a time progressives questioned the country's paranoia about Communisms
onenote
Dec 2016
#66
This is why I feel scorn for US billionaires whining about uncertainty.
raging moderate
Dec 2016
#69
Yeah, I know, I NEVER dreamed the person I would have to fear most would be the
RKP5637
Dec 2016
#76
We didn't bother, but we had 24 nuclear tipped Bomarc missles a mile down the road.
Thor_MN
Dec 2016
#79