[LINK] Surviving a nuclear bomb

[Jan Whitaker]

At 02:26 PM 17/12/2010, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:

>Administration officials argue that the cold war created an unrealistic
>sense of fatalism about a terrorist nuclear attack. "It's more survivable
>than most people think," said an official deeply involved in the
>planning, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "The key is avoiding
>nuclear fallout."

I guess 'duck and cover' was right all along. Who else was taught in 
the 50s and 60s to jump under your school desk if the big one hit? 
Raise hands. I wonder if kids today have ever heard the word 
'fall-out' before. I think I was probably 6 or 7 when I first heard 
it. We didn't have one, but many people had 'fallout shelters'. My 
grandparents had a room in the basement with a cot and lots of food, 
just in case.

How times have changed.

Jan



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